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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden

The Top 15 Celebrity Weddings of 2010

From Nicole Richie's at-home wedding to Miranda Kerr's elopement, we count down the best of 2010.

Love was certainly in the air for Hollywood this year, and while there were surely a huge rash of splits, there was also a treasure trove of celebrity weddings to offset nature's balance. Who made the list of the most glamorous, A-list weddings this year? Certainly the recent nuptials between Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, but who else? Click to find out and reminisce on the loving couples of 2010.

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Why Didn't Nicole Richie Invite Paris Hilton To Her Wedding?

Did Paris' hookup with Benji make it awkward? Or was Nicole afraid that Paris might steal the show?

When reformed bad girl Nicole Richie finally got around to marrying long term boyfriend Joel Madden, the ceremony had everything a celeb in love could want... a star-studded guest list, a winter wonderland theme, a live elephant. The only thing missing? Richie's former BFF, Paris Hilton.

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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Finally Get Hitched!

In a blowout wedding that included an elephant, Nicole said 'I do' to her longtime baby daddy.

Finally! After two kids, an engagement that seemed to drag on forever and endless wedding talk (and wedding planning), Joel Madden and Nicole Richie finally got married. It was getting to the point where these two either needed to do a huge blowout wedding or quietly elope, because the build-up had gone on for what seemed like years. But leave it to the fashionista and her music legend papa to go the blowout route. Not that we would expect anything less from the Richies, but this was a star-studded bash that included Kim Kardashian and Samantha Ronson. While we're still waiting for all the details, here's the 4-1-1 on what went down on the much-anticipated Richie-Madden nuptials.

Wedding Bells Ring for Nicole Richie & Joel Madden

Wedding Bells Ring for Nicole Richie & Joel Madden

Nicole celebrates her upcoming nuptials with a bevy of BFFs—but sans a spurned Lindsay Lohan.

While former BFF Paris Hilton is still making headlines for her "gum" habit, Nicole Richie's planning a walk down the aisle with long-time beau and baby daddy, Joel Madden. (Aww, had it worked it between Paris and Benji, they coulda been sisters-in-law). But no need to fret—Nicole's still got plenty of gal pals by her side, and what better way to say sayonara to singledom than a full-on bachelorette weekend in Cabo? The apparent bride-to-be headed south of the border with Burlesque beauty Christina Aguilera, deejay Samantha Ronson, and a few other key members of her entourage. There they enjoyed margaritas, spa seshes, and R&R by the pool at celeb fave Las Ventanas.

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5 Sexiest Celebrity Jailbirds

Lindsay Lohan has avoided jail for now but these other foxy famous folks didn't.

Lindsay Lohan narrowly avoided going to jail this week. But there are plenty of other famous people who didn't avoid the slammer, and today we're going to take a look at a few of our favorites.

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Nicole Richie & Joel Madden Get Engaged-- Why Now?

Who knows? Who cares! Her ring is fabulous.

Nicole Richie announced her un-recent engagement to Joel Madden last night during a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman. And ladies, her ring is unbelievable. Apparently the couple of three years and two children have had plans to wed for some time now but were keeping it under wraps until... one of them had an appropriate venue to tell the world? Who knows!? Seems more likely that they were waiting in deference to Casey Johnson's untimely death (the two girls where childhood friends, with Casey originally cast to play the part of Paris' BFF on The Simple Life before Nicole signed on).

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Brangelina, Wyclef And Tiger Lead Haiti Donations

Celebs giving money, asking fans to help devastated island.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donated $1 million to Doctors Without Borders to help the international relief organization bring rescue workers and medicine to Haiti, two days after a massive earthquake struck the Caribbean nation.

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Nicole Richie Mourning Ex DJ AM

Pregnant Nicole devastated by former fiance's death.

Nicole Richie is devastated by the sudden death of her former fiance, DJ AM, Star reports, and her family is worried that her grief might cause her to go into labor.

Nicole And Joel Planning Shotgun Wedding?

Nicole And Joel Planning Shotgun Wedding?

Parents of toddler plan to marry before second child arrives.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are planning to tie the knot before their second child arrives this summer, the National Enquirer reports. "Nicole wants to take Joel's last name," a friend told the rag. "When she marries Joel, she's going to become Nicole Madden."

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Nicole Richie Tells Tila Tequila To Back Off

Nicole Richie will not have some floozy flirting it up with her man.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are said to be engaged (to be married). And it's said that she is pregnant with their second baby. You can therefore imagine her consternation at seeing Tila Tequila flirting with Joel Madden. Nicole Richie then took the law into her own hands and got Tila Tequila to "back off" her man.