HOLLYWOOD NEWS: Sofia Coppola weds musician Thomas Mars!

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Sofia Coppola has wed for the second time.

Peter Kramer  /  AP file.

Sofia Coppola and longtime love Thomas Mars tied the knot in a civil ceremony in Italy Saturday.

The filmmaker went back to her roots for her big day, marrying the French Phoenix singer at her family's villa in Bernalda, the town where Coppola's grandparents were born.

The bride's father, director Francis Ford Coppola, walked her down the aisle. Clad in a lavender gown custom-designed by Azzedine Alaia, the 40-year-old "Lost in Translation" screenwriter said "I Do" in front of about 80 guests, including Johnny Depp and director George Lucas.

Mayor Leonardo Chiruzzi performed the civil ceremony. "Everything went well," Chiruzzi told The Associated Press. "It was simple, calm, in the garden."PHOTOS: Gorgeous celebrity weddings

Guests of the couple enjoyed a variety of local cheeses, fish, salads, pasta and pork, which they paired with wine from the Coppola family's farm.

The meal was followed by a simple vanilla cake with chantilly cream, decorated with white flowers. Made to serve about 100 people, it was designed by the chef at the Magna Grecia hotel in Bernalda.PHOTOS: Celebs show off their engagement bling

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SUPERSTITION Vs. ANIMAL PROTECTION LAWS: High drama as monkeys wed in India!

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• July 9, 2011 
• Reuters 
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• The tale, set in the forests of northwestern India, had all the ingredients of a perfect Bollywood love story: emotion, celebration, star-crossed lovers and a nail-biting climax.
  The only difference was that the lovers were monkeys, taking part in India's first simian wedding -- with the whole unfolding drama a classic clash between age-old village belief and the demands of modern life sceptical of that way of thought.
  Hindu belief includes worship of animals as avatars of the gods. Monkeys have an especially significant role in Hindu mythology where they are worshipped as avatars of Hanuman, the mighty ape that aided Rama in his fight against evil.
  So when plans for the wedding of "Raju" and "Chinki" were laid in the small village of Talwas, deep in the forests of Rajasthan, villagers responded with excitement.
  Raju, the "groom," was famous in Banetha village, about 55 km from Talwas, attracting crowds whenever he went outside. He was known for eating, sleeping and smoking cigarettes with his owner, Ramesh Saini, who treated him like a son.
  "I want to enjoy the feelings of a son's marriage through Raju's wedding," said Rajesh, a 38-year-old married but childless auto rickshaw driver who nursed Raju back to health after finding him unconscious three years ago.
  So he was overjoyed two months ago when he met Chinki's caretaker, a priest in a nearby village, who proposed that the two monkeys be married.

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Afghan Boiler: Gunmen attack Afghan wedding party, killing nine!

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Villagers stand around the covered bodies, during the funeral ceremony of who were killed by gunmen on a wedding party in Dur Baba district of Nangarhar province east of Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday. Photo: AP.

The assailants entered a field where the groom and his family had gathered on Wednesday night in the remote Dur Baba district and started shooting, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the provincial government spokesman. The attackers also set fire to a nearby house and a car.

Gunmen opened fire on a wedding party in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine people, including the groom, officials said on Thursday.

The assailants entered a field where the groom and his family had gathered on Wednesday night in the remote Dur Baba district and started shooting, said Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the provincial government spokesman. The attackers also set fire to a nearby house and a car.

God! won't they spare even marriage parties too or are they competing with NATO forces in attacking marriage parties?

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