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TRUMP, MELANIA KNAUSS AND CHRISTIAN DIOR
Donald and Melania; happy couple. LONDON- When Melania Knauss walks down the aisle to marry real estate mogul Donald Trump, she'll be wearing a sumptuous gown by Christian Dior. Knauss chose the gown during the haute couture shows in Paris with help from Vogue editors Sally Singer and Andre Leon Talley. She models the voluminous strapless gown -- which took 550 hours of labour just to do the embroidery -- on the cover of Vogue's February issue and Singer chronicles the shopping trip over 14 pages inside. "Melania definitely got what she was looking for: a dress that would be absolutely special and a dress that could only be worn to one's wedding," It will be the third marriage for Trump, host of the NBC reality show The Apprentice. Knauss, like many brides-to-be, thought she wanted something a little more modern, but eventually realized she wanted a more theatrical dress, Singer said. "The dress also had to hold its own against the massive ballroom they've built at Mar-a-Lago (the Trump estate in Palm Beach)," Singer said. The room is in the ornate Louis XIV style and the visual theme of the wedding is white, gold and jewelry -- meaning diamonds. Singer, who will be a guest at the wedding, said she couldn't begin to estimate the gown's price tag. "Some of these couture gowns, they are showpieces. No one really expects someone to order them. ... I'm sure it cost a lot." The Vogue fashion and features director said she "believed" Trump had purchased the gown because she couldn't imagine Dior giving away something so expensive, but she didn't know the arrangements. Knauss, 34, wasn't intimidated by the hunt for her wedding dress or the ceremony of haute couture. "Most women when they encounter fashion -- whether it's in a magazine or in the mall or watching the Golden Globes -- they compare it to what they can wear. Melania isn't like that, probably because she was born beautiful," said Singer. Because of the sheer volume of the dress, the magazine reports, Knauss decided to sit on a bench for dinner because a chair wouldn't work and change into a new outfit following the traditional first dance with her new husband. That dress is a sexy and sleek tulle number by Vera Wang. S. Critchel.
Former X-Files star, Gillian Anderson marries doc filmmaker
They were both delighted, but I would rather not
go into details." Anderson's manager, Connie Freiberg, confirmed the
report Tuesday. Ozanne, 42, a documentary filmmaker, was previously a
correspondent with the London Financial Times. Anderson, 36, starred
as agent Dana Scully in the Fox sci-fi series The X-Files, which
co-starred David Duchovny. She has a 10-year-old daughter, Piper, from
her previous marriage to production designer Clyde Klotz. Anderson
played Lily Bart in 2000's The House of Mirth, an adaptation of Edith
Wharton's novel.
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A RABBI FROM THE UNITED STATES MAKES
HEADLINES MOSHE WIENER REVERED AS HUMANITARIAN AND MAN OF THE YEAR
LONDON-This is not a Broadway's premiere. It is real life. A good one. It is about rabbi Moshe Wiener, a Jewish community leader in Coney Island, New York. Recently, this rabbi has been written up in numerous publications and by news agencies, including the World Jewish News, The Globe Weekly News, Jewish Press, Jewish Week and the New York Monthly Herald. In short, he is making a big buzz. His good deeds were noticed by the public and the media. The New York Monthly Herald elected him man of the year. So did the Jewish Agency. AM I MY BROTHER’S KEEPER? So you find yourself destitute. Things happen. Off shoring, merging, downsizing. Who cares about the reason, here you are at the bottom of the barrel, and not much ale left in there to cheer you up with, either. Let’s say you have contacted, whined to, applied to, and net-worked everyone from the big shots you had known so well in your glory days to your uncle Harry in New York. You blasted the Internet with your resume and harassed all the head hunters you could think of. And nothing happens. No one is helping. So you call a rabbi. An important rabbi who owes you a favor or two from those good old days. What did you want from the rabbi? Suppose he came to your place, looked at your less than spectacular mode of living, seemed rather shocked, and said “Let’s go tomorrow and pray together.” Do you really need an intermediary with the Almighty, or would you rather have him act like the father of his congregation, use his considerable resources, and give you some material help? I did not make up this rabbi story, it happened. But no further comment about it is needed. Some rabbis have simply forgotten that it is their job to be their brother’s and sister’s keepers. To be the helpers and the providers. To be our last chance. They do their religious duties, and if they are powerful enough they associate with the high and mighty, but they are not closely associated with the material needs of their people. Their congregation is, to all intents and purposes, orphaned. A very different rabbi lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His name is Moshe Wiener and he is the Executive Director of SJCC and of JCCCGCI, the Community Council of Greater Coney Island. The mayor of NY also appointed him as a member of the Senior Advisory Council for the Department of the Aging. Plenty on the good rabbi’s plate, you would think. These organizations are not limited to Brooklyn – they work with the entire city – helping Jews and non-Jews alike. The elderly are fed and driven to appointments and to shopping, the illiterate are taught, the bad boys are kept out of trouble, and everyone has a chance to improve their business and computer skills through educational programs that have put many back on their feet. The entire community is strengthened and stabilized because of these organizations. Rabbi Wiener orchestrates it all with grace and style. He has more work to do than most CEOs. In addition to all his public work, he is also a scholar, a writer, and a published author. And yet, would you believe he answers his own e-mails – promptly and politely? Every time? And if you are contacting him because, as we have mentioned before, you have lost everything and you fear the worst, do you think he offers a prayer? Maybe he does, privately. It won’t hurt to have a true man of of the Lord pray for you. But he does not talk about it to you. Instead, he takes you by the hand, figuratively. He mobilizes his considerable resources, he makes phone calls, he tells his employees what to do about you. He manages to find help for you, and suggests ways to find work. And you come out of it all with a much lighter burden and some hope for a better future. This great leader is as humble and as pleasant as he is powerful. A recipient of many honors, including the coveted Brooklyn Angels Award, he tends to give credit to his employees, his friends, and the many good people who love him. He does not take the credit he so richly deserves. Those who know him and his work recognize, though, that he merits any honor or award you can think of, because he is a rarity among leaders and even among rabbis. Yes, Rabbi Moshe Wiener is, indeed, his brother’s keeper.
Sons 'help keep Charles in touch'
The interview is the first at length with all three princes.
LONDON-Princes William and Harry keep Prince Charles "in touch with what's going on", their father has said. Joining Charles in an interview with TV duo Ant and Dec, the young princes revealed they argued over possession of the television remote control. And the interviewers are ribbed about their past as pop stars PJ and Duncan. The interview is being screened on ITV1 on Saturday night as part of celebrations to mark the 30th birthday of the Prince's Trust. Dec Donnelly asks Charles: "How important are William and Harry in keeping you in touch with what's relevant today and what's in fashion?" Do we look fashionable? Yes, right," interjects William. "I'm sure they think they are very important, ha, no I do, they are very good at keeping me in touch with what's going on a bit," Charles replies. I mean particularly on a sort of music front and things like that. I can't keep up with all the different new bands and everything else that pop up on the scene." William and Harry admit to having similar tastes in music. "I'd say his was pretty shocking but mine was very good," William says. "But apart from that we tend to like pretty much the same music." However, Charles is less impressed, saying his sons' loud music makes the house shake. "It's just like houses up and down the country - 'turn that racket down'," says Donnelly. Referring to the interviewers' previous incarnation as pop stars PJ and Duncan, William says: "I was at school - we love them, don't we... that's those two." We had a very brief music career," Ant McPartlin replies. "In a former life," adds Donnelly. The young princes also reveal "there is usually an argument over the remote" and that they watch reality TV shows including Pop Idol and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! - both presented by their interviewers. Other topics covered include the cooking skills, or lack of them, of all three princes. After being congratulated on the 30th anniversary of the Prince's Trust, Charles replies: "You're very kind, thank you very much. "It is rather worrying. And I'm still alive." Ant and Dec Meet The Three Princes - the first interview at length with the three - will be screened as part of Saturday night's celebrations, which also include a pop concert in the Tower of London.
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LONDON-Former X-Files star Gillian Anderson has married
longtime boyfriend Julian Ozanne. The couple exchanged vows last Dec. at
a friend's beach house on Lamu's Shella island, off Kenya's Indian
Ocean coast, People magazine said Tuesday. The ceremony, which
included hymns sung by a Kenyan choir in Swahili, was attended by
immediate family and a handful of close friends. "I can confirm it
took place," People quotes Jonathan Clayton, a veteran London Times
African correspondent and friend of Ozanne's, as saying. "It was a
spectacular occasion. 
Coney
Island's rabbi Moshe Wiener.