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Chelsea Clinton's beguiling 'Cinderella' wedding

The Week — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:33:00 -0400

Oh, how times have changed. Since the "fashion-challenged" 1970s, when Bill and Hillary Clinton unceremoniously recited their vows "in the living room of their house," weddings have evolved from aggressively informal "political statements" into dazzling affairs with "Cinderella loveliness," says Joan Vennochi in The Boston Globe. And nowhere was this decadence more on display than in Rhinebeck, NY, this past weekend, where Chelsea Clinton and her husband-to-be, Marc Mezvinsky, donned designer duds for their "storybook" nuptials. Despite the posh trappings, writes Vennochi, Chelsea "must know that...

Chelsea Clinton's wedding: The full recap

The Week — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:16:00 -0400

After weeks of media obsession, speculation, and outright impatience, Chelsea Clinton and her groom Marc Mezvinsky were wed this past weekend in upstate New York. While the Clintons and their guests obediently safeguarded the details during the preparations, now all can be told. (Watch an ABC report about Chelsea's wedding.) Here, a brief rundown of the festivities:

Where was the wedding held?
As expected, the event took place on Saturday, July 31 in Rhinebeck, New York, at the opulent Astor Courts estate, a private Beaux-Arts mansion on 50 wooded acres that overlook the Hudson River.

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Chelsea Clinton's wedding: An instant guide

The Week — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 14:57:00 -0400

After weeks of media obsession, wild guesses, and outright impatience, Chelsea Clinton and her groom Marc Mezvinsky were finally wed this past weekend in upstate New York. While the Clintons and their guests obediently safeguarded the details during the preparations, now all can be told. (Watch an ABC report about Chelsea's wedding.) Here, a brief rundown of the festivities themselves — and a Q&A guide to the months of speculation that preceded the event.

PART I: THE BIG EVENT

Where was the wedding held?
As expected, the event took place on Saturday, July 31 in Rhinebeck, New York...

Chelsea Clinton's wedding: Better than a fairytale?

The Week — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:00:00 -0400

Chelsea Clinton easily could have ended up like Lindsay Lohan, says Isia Jasiewicz in Newsweek. In fact, she may be the "first American since Shirley Temple" to grow up a household name without crashing and burning. And Chelsea had it tougher than most, debuting on the national stage when "she was an awkward 12-year-old with frizzy hair and braces." Then she watched her parents deal with crisis after crisis, from Paula Jones to Whitewater. But Chelsea survived, and flourished. That's why, behind all the gossip and glitz, this is one celebrity wedding where Americans feel genuine affection for the...

America's 'creepy' fascination with Chelsea Clinton's wedding

The Week — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:30:00 -0400

With former first daughter Chelsea Clinton's Sunday wedding fast approaching, news organizations are desperately competing for details on an event the Clinton family wants to keep private. Even with scant information, coverage of what the New York Daily News boldly calls the "wedding of the millennium" has dominated much of the U.S. media in recent days. Why is everyone so invested in Chelsea's big day?

It sells newspapers: Even news junkies have to admit this is "kinda creepy," says Howard Kurtz in The Washington Post. Chelsea Clinton may be a former-president's daughter, but in the decade since...

Chelsea Clinton's $3 million wedding: First reactions

The Week — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:00:00 -0400

While the public has demonstrated a voracious appetite for details about Chelsea Clinton's wedding, to be held this Saturday, no factor has gotten more attention than its projected cost. Between the $15,000 deluxe portable toilets, several hundred thousand dollars worth of flowers, glass-walled tents, and premium security (President Obama won't be attending, but Oprah Winfrey and Barbra Streisand reportedly will be), the bill for the nuptials is being estimated at between $2 million and $5 million. Should we expect no less for the daughter of political royalty (who earned a reported $109 million...

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The Week — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:40:00 -0400