Regardless, in most cases, the bride can't even legally indulge in her own champagne toast.

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Husband-and-wife filmmakers Nancy Meyers and Charles Shyer also created the successful remake of "Father Of The Bride, " and they once again display a deft touch for updating material even though the main story device is hopelessly outdated.

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In the coming weeks, voters will decide on the rings, the bride's and bridesmaids' dresses, the groom's tuxedo, the cake and even hair and makeup.

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"Marcel Duchamp: The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even" (1973) was, by contrast, devoted to an artist whose aims were opposed to those of the painters with whom Golding felt deep affinity.

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One man, Bilal Masih, even came to a polling station in the central city of Multan dressed in his wedding attire, saying his bride could wait until he voted.

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