Originally, Alaji-Sharif wanted to elope as she’s never been a huge wedding person. “I just think that they’re ridiculously expensive,” she told Insider.

The couple bought a house in Atlanta in December 2022 and would rather spend money on their home than on a big wedding, Alaji-Sharif said.

They didn’t have a particular wedding budget in mind. “I just knew that I wasn’t about to spend $1,000 on a dress,” she added.

She wanted the wedding to be fun, informal, and have a traditional Vegas vibe, she said. Excluding the

Sony Pictures has won global distribution rights to the hot comedy package “My Ex-Friend’s Wedding,” a script co-written by buzzy author Taylor Jenkins Reid starring a murderers’ row of funny women.

Oscar winner Ariana DeBose, “Saturday Night Live” breakout Chloe Fineman, Amanda Seyfried and Megan Stalter are set as the core ensemble. The film follows four childhood best friends who receive a drunken voicemail from a former BFF on the eve of her wedding day — confessing that she thinks she’s made a mistake. The group sets out to stop her wedding and rekindle the friendship they once shared.

Comedy

You may remember an article we did a few months ago about a company that was taking pictures of user accounts from social media and then using that data to train a facial recognition artificial intelligence (AI) platform.

The company, Clearview AI, made headlines today when it announced that 2,400 law enforcement agencies in the United States have used its facial recognition software to conduct searches.

How many quests you may ask?

About 1 million according to the company’s CEO, Hoan Ton-That.

This pride comes in

Pregnancy is an exciting time in a woman’s life, and it’s important to celebrate and document every moment of it. Therein lies the importance of professional maternity photography. Not only will it allow you to capture memories of this special time, but it can also help boost your confidence and celebrate your changing body. At Artin Photography, we believe that maternity photography should celebrate the beauty of pregnancy and empower women to embrace their bodies, regardless of their shape or size.

In this blog post, we’ll explore how maternity photography can help you celebrate your body during pregnancy, and why

Fox “News” played stupid again, with one of its reporters spotting a “common pattern” she noticed after today’s deadly school shooting at a Nashville elementary school that left seven people dead. No, the common pattern wasn’t that every killer happened to be toting a deadly weapon. It’s that the schools all have side doors.

“From what I understand, a side door was unlocked — that seems to be a common pattern in many of these shootings,” the Fox detective declared. “If we can lock the side doors, and make sure the schools are secure, hopefully we can avoid these tragedies

Princess Diana’s niece walked down the aisle in style.

Lady Amelia Spencer married her boyfriend of 14 years, Greg Mallett, in a stunning mountaintop ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa last week — and while her custom Atelier Versace gown was fit for royalty, it also had a sweet tie to her late aunt.

Wearing a long-sleeved lace gown with puffed sleeves and an open back, the first cousin of Prince William and Prince Harry was a vision in white as she said her vows in the stunning photos shared by Hello!

The Versace design features layered floral details on

• Between classes, Charis Cheung runs a photography side hustle focused on creative and editorial images.
• Cheung booked five figures in revenue last year, some of which came from passive income streams.
• She explains how she leveraged TikTok to find clients and earns passive income from her side hustle.

When Charis Cheung isn’t pursuing her undergraduate degree at Pepperdine University in Los Angeles, she’s running her photography side hustle.

What began as a hobby she adopted when