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South China Morning Post
44 minutes ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong wedding firm boss arrested as closure leaves couples in lurch
Customs officers have arrested the owner of a Hong Kong wedding decoration company that closed suddenly leaving more than 100 engaged couples in dismay, with the firm revealed to have racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debts. Acting assistant superintendent Ho Wai-sum of customs' unfair trade practice investigation division said officers arrested the 40-year-old male owner of a wedding decoration company based in San Po Kong on Friday after receiving 166 complaints about the firm allegedly wrongly accepting payments. 'We suspect that when the owner received prepaid sums, there were no reasonable reasons to believe the company could provide the services promised,' he said. Last month, the suspected closure of Ps Wedding and Event Decoration, which had an office in San Po Kong, sparked 31 complaints to the Consumer Council involving more than HK$337,000 (US$43,200) in losses. Ho revealed that the 166 complaints made to customs involved HK$1.9 million in total, with each contract for between HK$3,000 and HK$40,000. The acting superintendent said preliminary investigations showed that the company, which had been operating for 13 years, owed money for rent and salaries before its abrupt closure.
Al Bawaba
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Al Bawaba
Is Katy Perry missing Lauren Sanchez's wedding? Here's everything we know
ALBAWABA - Katy Perry 's absence from Bezos-Sanchez wedding sparks breakup rumors online. As Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos prepare to exchange vows in a three-day celebration in Venice, Italy, later this month, everyone's attention is focused on the guest list and one A-list couple in particular. Actor Orlando Bloom is apparently going to the wedding alone, according to TMZ, which has led to fresh rumors over his relationship with Katy Perry. The engaged couple, who have been together since 2016, have reportedly been through a difficult time lately. Orlando's decision to go to Lauren Sanchez's wedding without Katy Perry is now drawing further criticism. US singer Katy Perry (L) and English actor Orlando Bloom (Photo by Michael Tran / AFP) Given her recent intimacy with Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry's absence is especially noteworthy. Together with their boyfriends, the two women have taken multiple summer vacations in Europe, enjoying sunny days in Italy and Croatia. They appeared to have a smooth relationship, both leading fulfilling lives and finding common ground beyond the spotlight. But that relationship isn't limited to social networks. Perry was one of several invited to participate in a planned all-female mission, while Sanchez, as vice chair of Blue Origin, has garnered media attention for supporting female-led space efforts. Perry's absence from Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' wedding in Venice, therefore, raises eyebrows and provokes questions about the current situation as well as the logistics of the tour in light of that past. Lauren Sanchez Instagram profile Despite their friendship, insiders claim that Katy Perry has previous tour commitments that will prevent her from attending Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos' wedding. Perry's current tour of Australia includes dates that directly coincide with the June 24–26 wedding, with shows in Adelaide on June 26 and Perth on June 22 and 23. It's intriguing to note that the latter performances were added to her tour after the original announcement but months before the wedding details were made public, indicating that there was no deliberate omission. TOPSHOT - A handout photo published on April 14, 2025 on the X account of Blue Origin (Photo by X ACCOUNT OF BLUE ORIGIN / AFP) However, the timing has sparked speculation, particularly in light of rumors that the pair has been going through a difficult time. Insiders reveal that the unsatisfactory reception to her most recent album, 143, released in September, left Perry feeling overwhelmed and irritated. After the reaction to her new album, Katy was really irritated. She was really stressed out by it," a source told PEOPLE. "There was some tension, but Orlando was understanding." "She was also disappointed in some of the tour reviews," said another insider. Their relationship is under stress as a result. Although there are still rumors circulating, a source informed the Daily Mail that a breakup is not likely to happen very soon: Though it's not too late, the rumors of a difficult period are accurate. They both want to solve the problem and are aware that they need to fix it. ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: (L-R) Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom (Galai/Getty Images for MTV/AFP) The 48-year-old actor, who will not be accompanied by Katy Perry, is anticipated to attend the wedding of Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos alone and socialize with a glittering array of monarchs, business titans, and celebrities. Fans hope Katy's absence is merely a scheduling conflict and not an indication of more serious issues, but given Sanchez and Perry's shared past, it's likely to be felt.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Getting hitched? Here are some of Pueblo's best wedding venues to consider for the big day
Pueblo lovebirds who have decided to tie the knot have hundreds of choices to make before the big day, from where to get hitched to what to wear, who to invite, what to eat, what kind of flowers to use for decorating, and who to hire for photography. When it comes to choosing the site, considerations often include whether the ceremony will be indoors or outdoors (or a little of both), as well as atmosphere, accommodations, staff, accessibility, and even parking. Josh and Kristan Lepik of Lepik Photography have been capturing memorable moments of Puebloans' wedding events for the past 12 years. They've spent a lot of time gauging the pros and cons of wedding venues they've worked at and have shared blog posts on their website that help newlyweds-to-be decide where they want to hold their big event. "We are trying to be that premier place to help choose venues. We started with a blog on the Abriendo Inn and the Union Depot and we are currently working on the convention center," Josh Lepik told the Chieftain. The photographers' website also lists considerations to take into account for several different photography locations and sample pictures at each site. They even get into details like whether there is a parking fee. When it comes to making the choice, sometimes multiple options get the nod. "We had one couple that got married at a very tiny church and then the reception was in a backyard so neither place was great for photos," he explained. It turned out that Lake Pueblo was between the church and the reception, "so we went to the north entrance of the reservoir and there is a road off to the right with a half-circle parking lot and that's right by the water so that's where we took the photos." "The good thing about Pueblo is that you can get anywhere in 20 minutes. We try to find unique places around Pueblo that can make it epic," Lepik explained. The former passenger train station, built in 1889, is a red-brick marvel harkening back to the Romanesque era. A large banquet hall can accommodate up to 500 guests and is used for more than 200 events yearly, from wedding receptions to private parties. "It is a great location, has a bridal loft for getting ready and plenty of photo opportunities," Lepik said. Find out more at This circa 1906 blonde-brick four-story mansion offers a fairy-tale-like setting for weddings. The Abriendo Inn is owned by Jeff and Cindy Baily. Cindy Baily has three decades of experience as a wedding planner and the couple hosts 10 to 12 weddings and receptions each year, ranging from 30 people inside to up to 325 people outside. The inn has "obvious beauty both inside, with stunning woodwork, stained glass windows, and chandeliers, and outside with beautiful lawn, trees and a water fountain," Cindy Bailey said. "There are plenty of rooms for all guests to get ready, and it's a beautiful property for taking lots of pictures," Lepik said. "We offer clients a one-stop shop for their special day. Couples and guests can attend the ceremony and reception all in one place, eliminating the need to travel to a new location for each part of the event," Cindy Bailey explained. Find out more at Surrounded by green meadows, aspen and pine trees, and breathtaking views of the Wet Mountain Range, Brush Canyon Ranch is a private, quiet mountain location that specializes in outdoor weddings. The facility is highlighted by a ceremony gazebo, a reception pavilion and cabin lodging. "It is a great location with suites for both the bride and groom to get ready, plus it is great for photos," Lepik said. Find out more at The 1997 convention center received major upgrades in 2019. The center can accommodate almost any budget and weddings ranging from 25 to 1,000 guests With an in-house culinary team, the center staff can also handle the reception and feeding guests. "It is one of the top places in Pueblo. They can accommodate any size of wedding with multiple rooms that can expand. It is in the heart of downtown with lots of parking and is easily accessible," Lepik said. He pointed out the convention center has limited photo opportunities, "unless you drive a short distance or walk to the riverwalk." Some other popular wedding venues in Pueblo include the , which is centrally located in the heart of downtown and provides nice shade; the , which has Industrial vibes, an outdoor patio and inside space; and the , which is a "wonderful riverwalk venue with plenty of parking where there are lots of photo opportunities," Lepik said. Both and can be good outdoor-only wedding venues with "plenty of space for everyone, which makes them great for the ceremony and reception," Lepik said. "The only downside is they are fully outdoors, so weather will be the biggest factor." Pueblo is also home to several other smaller event and reception halls and there are several other ranches that also host weddings in the county. The Lepiks have worked to build up their business and that effort has won them Best of Pueblo Community Choice Awards for photography businesses for the past few years. They said one thing they've learned is that there are many great choices for photos in the community. The old jailhouse, the Station at the Riverwalk, a public sidewalk with beautiful blooming trees in the background, the dome in Mineral Palace Park, and many other places can be ideal to capture memories of the big day. "We got married at the top of the (Rawlings) library on Abriendo. You can rent out the whole rooftop of the library and it was insanely cheap," Lepik said. "We felt like we were on top of the city, on top of the library on top of the hill on Abriendo. We had half indoor and half outdoor accomodations and it was truly cool," he explained. More: How the Pueblo Convention Center set a new gross revenue record in 2024 Chieftain reporter Tracy Harmon covers business news. She can be reached by email at tharmon@ or via X at Support local news, subscribe to The Pueblo Chieftain at This article originally appeared on The Pueblo Chieftain: Here are the best wedding venues in Pueblo, Colorado
CNN
an hour ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
After the show's 90th wedding, real couples from ‘90 Day Fiancé' explain why love for the franchise endures
When '90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way' cast members Shekinah Garner and Sarper Güven got married in bed, the pair seemed to thrill and enrage their audience in equal measure. Some viewers offered up congratulations to the newlyweds in comments on social media, while others viewed the nuptials as a stunt meant to garner the pair more airtime. Welcome to the world of the '90 Day' franchise, shows people love to watch and live to hate-watch. Garner and Güven's wedding was the 90th of the franchise, which has multiple shows and millions of fans. The original show, '90 Day Fiancé,' premiered on TLC in January 2014, featuring stories about Americans who fall in love with people from other countries. The '90 day' refers to the amount of time an individual with a K-1 fiancé(e) visa has to marry their US sponsor and start the process to become an American citizen. The franchise has grown to have multiple spinoff series, including '90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days,' '90 Day: The Single Life,' '90 Day Fiancé: Love in Paradise' and 'The Last Resort.' (Like CNN, TLC is part of Warner Bros. Discovery.) Loren and Alexei Brovarnik joined the show in 2015 after meeting and falling in love in Israel, where she had traveled as part of a birthright trip in 2013. Viewers have followed their lives over the past ten years as they settled in Florida and welcomed three children. It hasn't always been easy, something Loren learned after she underwent a surgical 'mommy makeover,' which caused some tension with her husband and divided viewers. 'You're always being judged,' Loren Brovernik told CNN. 'You're damned if you do, you're damned if you don't and you can't do it right no matter what.' Public scrutiny hasn't dissuaded the couple from participating in several spinoffs, including '90 Day Fiancé: Pillow Talk' and 'Loren & Alexei: After the 90 Days.' They will next be seen in a new season of '90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?' 'It's a brilliant concept and every story is different,' Brovernik said of the entire franchise. Alon Orstein, senior vice president for production and development for TLC, credits the appeal of '90 Day' shows to their mix of romance and drama. 'It's boy meets girl, boy meets boy, girl meets girl,' he said. 'People love to see the romantic journeys. People love the rollercoaster relationships, and '90 Day Fiancé' gives it this twist of this international component.' He insists that the show is not scripted, as some on social media have suggested. Orstein said they aim to cast individuals who are 'open, being honest, giving full access, being ready to wear your heart on your sleeve, being ready to dig deep and to be ready, willing and able to sort of have your most intimate experiences be out there.' 'That's not so easy. Not everyone can do that, and it's something that we have to be mindful of in the casting process. And sometimes even during productions people become more guarded,' Orstein said. 'It's hard to do these stories and to make a show like this if people aren't ready to sort of open up and give full access. That's really what makes the best cast members, people who are just ready to go there.' Kenny Niedermeier and Armando Rubio became famous for their appearance on '90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way,' when Niedermeier moved to Mexico, married Rubio and become co-parent to Rubio's daughter, Hannah, 12. The couple even had a spin-off in 2022, titled 'Kenny & Armando: Love Is Love.' The two men said they didn't quite know what to expect when they joined the franchise, but it's been a great experience. 'I think our favorite part is that we were able to tell our story, and I think it helped a lot of people that are in our situation that might feel kind of left out or they feel like a lot of people don't support them,' Niedermeier said. He added that occasional negativity they received for sharing their lives was something that made them closer. 'We felt so much support along the way,' Niedermeier said. 'We weren't sure what we to expect when we signed on to do '90 Day Fiancé,' but we were pleasantly surprised and I think it really made a difference in our lives.' The new season of '90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?' premieres Sunday, July 6 at 8pm ET/PT on TLC.
Telegraph
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Lauren Sánchez's wedding gown won't be understated. But who will design it?
Those for whom the hourly news cycle is enraging and overwhelming – all of us – will at least find some sort of distraction in the forthcoming nuptials of the world's richest man and the cat who got the cream. While the world goes to hell in a handcart, Lauren Sánchez is marrying Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in a three-day extravaganza rumoured to be costing upwards of £7 million. Set to take place in Venice between June 24 and 26 (we're guessing the couple aren't Glastonbury fans, then), the wedding itself is expected to occur in an open-air theatre before guests move onto Bezos's £370 million mega-yacht, Koru. Alas, said vessel will be unable to glide 'grammably under the Bridge of Sighs due to its almighty heft, but even Bezos can't buy everything. Although he can buy suites. Guests will be put up at one of five hotels including the Aman Venice and the Gritti Palace, generating an accommodation bill in the region of $500,000. After the space trip backlash, the lovebirds are said to want to be 'less Marie Antoinette', resulting in an 'intimate' guest list of under 200 people. But oh, what people they are. Donald Trump will be there, apparently, for why wouldn't the president of the United States jet off to Venice simply because the world is at war? Also in attendance: Kim Kardashian, Kris 'babyface' Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio (Kris had better watch out), Eva Longoria and everyone's favourite ground-kissing pop chanteuse, Katy Perry. While rumours abound about the entertainment – Elton John and Lady Gaga have allegedly been ruled out – no detail is more keenly anticipated than that of the dress. Pronuptia, it won't be. Low-cut, figure-hugging and fiendishly expensive is more likely to be the vibe. Sánchez doesn't do understated. This is a woman who rocked up at the president's inauguration ceremony in a white trouser suit unbuttoned to reveal a white bra. It's hard to capture the essence of Sánchez's unique sense of style using words alone. So I asked Chat GPT. 'Lauren Sánchez's style is a confident mix of high-glam, sultry elegance and bold personal expression,' it quoth. So there you have it. As for which feted designer the journalist, entrepreneur and astronaut will choose, there's no shortage of runners. When money is no object, it all comes down to personal taste. Thankfully, Sánchez has no shortage of female friends from whom to take advice. 'Forever starts with friendship, surrounded by the women who've lifted me up, illuminated my path in dark times, and shaped my heart along the way,' she recently posted on Instagram to her 926,000 followers. But don't expect American Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour to be involved. She's been too busy tending to the needs of her friend Huma Abedin, who married Alex Soros in the Hamptons last weekend. Here are some contenders. Maybe she'll wear all of them. You wouldn't bet against it. The favourite: Dolce & Gabbana View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kitty Spencer (@ If multiple sources are to be believed, all bets are off. 'The wedding gown is being made by a designer who has a longtime relationship with Lauren,' one perfectly placed source recently revealed to Page Six. Since Sánchez has often worn designs by the Italian label Dolce & Gabbana, it's certainly tempting to put two and two together, and make five. But let's do the math, as Bezos would say. At the risk of seeming pedantic – a prerequisite when sleuthing – this 'source' said 'a designer': there are two designers helming D&G. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have dressed a wide variety of brides, including Kourtney Kardashian and Lady Kitty Spencer, whose 2021 Rome wedding saw her wearing a Victorian-inspired lace gown that showcased the duo's traditional, understated leanings. We doubt that will be the brief for Venice. The classic: Oscar de la Renta When you've spent 11 minutes of your life being hurtled into space, no-one would forgive you for eschewing thrills and embracing the predictable. Which is why it's highly feasible that Sánchez might plump for Oscar de la Renta on her big day. Helmed by Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia, the storied New York-based label is one of Sánchez's most frequent choices for high profile events: she wore a 'shattered glass' gown to the 2024 Met Gala, as well as a floral crop top and matching skirt to lunch at her bachelorette weekend in Paris. De la Renta has always been synonymous with classic, upscale American chic, dressing first ladies and socialites alike, including Jacqueline Onassis, Nancy Reagan and Princess Diana. That he's dressed brides Amal Clooney and Lizzy Schaffer, daughter-in-law of Anna Wintour, signals his impeccable credentials. The outsider: Sarah Burton for Givenchy Couture She may be a journalist by trade, but in her own mind it seems, Sánchez is a princess. Now that she's marrying into tech royalty, it's not entirely improbable that she would choose Sarah Burton to create her gown. As creative director of Alexander McQueen, Burton designed one of the most famous wedding dresses of the 21st century, given that an estimated 162 million people watched Kate Middleton marry Prince William in Westminster Abbey in 2011. With Burton newly installed as creative director of Givenchy, and still to reveal her first couture collection for the house, Sánchez might relish the 'scoop' of wearing a Givenchy Couture wedding gown, although Abedin was the first bride to be awarded that privilege last weekend, courtesy of Wintour. The stayer: Vera Wang For some A-listers, there is only one choice: Vera Wang, the former figure-skater and Vogue staffer who has been making brides look beautiful since 1990. Arguably the most famous luxury designer in the bridal market (she's frequently referenced in Sex and the City), Wang, 75, has created wedding gowns for Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, Mariah Carey, Ivanka Trump and Ariana Grande, to name a few. While she can't guarantee their marriages will last, she can certainly guarantee her brides will be as chic as their own personal taste will allow. The longshot: Galia Lahav Her wardrobe might be groaning with high-end household names such as Dolce, Valentino and de la Renta, but Sánchez also likes to flex her fashion muscles by occasionally wearing lesser-known names. For her Paris bachelorette, her first look, a plunging white corset top and skirt with lace-up sides (note to bride: you have already pulled the world's richest man – you can afford to dial it down a notch) was by the Romanian brand Murmur, who no doubt appreciated the publicity. While Murmur doesn't do a bridal range, another Sánchez favourite, Galia Lahav, does. She may not be a household name, but Lahav more than 30 years of experience. Born into a family of Russian seamstresses, her gowns are renowned for their delicate embroidery and fine beading, and are sold in the UK via Browns Bride. Will Sánchez surprise everyone by following in the footsteps of Beyoncé, Paris Hilton and Simone Biles by choosing Lahav? It's all to play for. The non-runner: Jonathan Anderson for Dior He was only appointed as creative director of Dior menswear in April, and had a mere two months to design his inaugural collection (due to be unveiled in Paris on June 27). Having also recently been announced as Dior's first sole creative director since its namesake, it's fair to say that Jonathan Anderson has his work cut out. Even though Sánchez frequently wears Dior, on this basis alone, there is surely no way that he could add another task to his already busy diary. Given that the industry is already fretting about 'burnout' on account of Anderson's onerous 18 collections a year, we're ruling him out.
