Tying The Knot

Michael Jordan is doing his part to help Greece during their disastrous financial crisis ... by honeymooning there.

After having a ridiculously lavish wedding in Florida two weeks ago, the 50-year-old NBA legend and his gorgeous new wife Yvette Prieto were spotted enjoying the first days of married life together by strolling through the European country hand in hand.

Besides hitting up local restaurants and shops like most tourists, Mr. & Mrs. Jordan were also snapped living it up on a sick yacht on the Mediterranean Sea.

Just how redneckish was the Mama June wedding hootenanny?? TMZ has learned the "Honey Boo Boo" stars didn't just serve up a whole roasted pig (with the head intact) ... they also gave away HUNTING KNIVES to the male guests!

And it only got more gluttonous from there!

Our well-placed wedding spies tell us ... when June Shannon and Sugar Bear unofficially tied the knot, guests feasted on pulled pork sandwiches and ribs (ya know, from the dead pig), corn on the cob, macaroni and cheese, baked beans, rolls and sweet tea ... basically your cardiologist's worst nightmare.

And don't forget dessert ... which included a frickin' gourmet candy bar -- i.e. a bar full of candy -- which offered Airheads, Sour Patch Kids, Twizzlers, Swedish Fish ... you get the idea.

As for the gift bags -- women got red candles ... the men got small hunting knives ... and EVERYONE got diabetes!!!

'Honey Boo Boo' stars Mama June and Sugar Bear finally tied the knot in the redneck wedding of the century -- an event worthy of its own theme song. You're welcome June. Yee-haw!!!

Mama June is on a show on TLC -- home of shows like "Say Yes to the Dress" and "I Found the Gown" -- but clearly she did not enlist the help of either of them to pick out the dress for her wedding today.

As TMZ first reported, Mama (aka June Shannon) and Sugar Bear (aka Mike Thompson) decided to tie the knot today in Georgia.

FYI -- Mama (real name June Shannon) and Sugar Bear (real name Mike Thompson) met in an online chat room 9 years ago ... hit it off, shacked up, popped out a now-famous kid -- Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson.

But this ain't gonna be no private small shindig -- according to the wedding invitation, obtained by TMZ, cameras will be rolling during the ceremony ... and will most likely air on TLC.

In fact, wedding guests have been warned -- "No cell phones, cameras, or outside video taping will be allowed."

Fun Fact -- we're told the people working the wedding have been instructed to show up in full redneck attire (either hot pink or camo clothing).

CONGRATS!!!

The woman who was once engaged to NBA star Jason Collins tells TMZ, she had NO CLUE he was gay at the time of their relationship ... in fact, she only found out last weekend ... and she was floored.

Carolyn Moos (who played a few seasons in the WNBA) dated Collins for seven years and was engaged to him until they broke up in 2009 ... after Collins pulled the plug on their wedding.

Carolyn tells TMZ, she never once suspected he was gay, so the news is shocking. She says Collins eventually revealed everything last weekend -- just days before his big announcement -- and said that his homosexuality was the real reason he ended things with her.

At the time of their breakup, Carolyn says Jason gave a bunch of BS reasons for calling it quits ... and she could never understand what went wrong, until now.

Carolyn -- who's back on the hunt for Mr. Right -- tells us, "It's very emotional for me as a woman to have invested 8 years in my dream to have a husband, soul mate, and best friend in him. So this is all hard to understand."

Michael Jordan had to invite a friend as close as Tiger Woods to his huge wedding -- but with his track record ... let's hope TW didn't get too close to the bride, the bridesmaids, the mother of the bride, the cake ...

Moments after tying the knot in a lavish wedding to his new hot wife Yvette Prieto, Michael Jordan was spotted making a quiet exit in a classy white Rolls-Royce in Palm Beach, FL this weekend.

On a day meant to celebrate love, commitment, honesty and faithfulness ... Michael Jordan chose to invite the man who has come to symbolize the OPPOSITE of all that, Tiger Woods, to his wedding.

If you invested in Facebook, here's another reason to unfriend Fbook billionaire Sean Parker -- he's blowing nearly $9 mil to create a temporary backdrop for his wedding.

We've learned Parker -- who made billions with companies like Napster and Facebook -- booked the entire ultra-swank Ventana Inn in Big Sur, CA for the weekend of June 1st to tie the knot with Alexandra Lenas in an over-the-top wedding with a medieval flair.

To realize his vision ... we're told Sean hired a landscaping company to build fake ruins, waterfalls, bridges, ponds and a gated cottage in the resort's surrounding forest -- where he'll say "I do" in a ceremony fit for a king ... or Hobbit.

All the guests will enter through a $600,000 gate, dance on a $350,000 floor, and they better stop and smell the roses ... because Parker's dropping more than $1,000,000 on plants and flowers!

Throw in a bunch more fancy overpriced decorations ... and grand total for the BACKDROP is $8.6 million.

In case you care ... Sean hired the costume designer from "Lord of the Rings" to make threads for his guests ... and like yarmulkes at an Orthodox Jewish temple ... you can't get in without 'em.

Now the kicker ... the entire backdrop will go in the dumpster immediately following the shindig.

Angelina Jolie has just made it crystal clear ... she and Brad Pitt did NOT secretly get married.

You'll recall, Angelina swapped out her $500,000 diamond engagement ring for a simple gold band during a recent humanitarian trip to the Congo ... probably so it wouldn't get lost or stolen ... but that didn't stop everyone from speculating that she and Brad had wed on the DL.

"Teen Mom" stars Catelynn Lowell and fiancé Tyler Baltierra might not be getting married as soon as you think ... TMZ has learned the duo has joined the new season of "Couples Therapy."

Catelynn and Tyler -- who infamously put their "Teen Mom" kid up for adoption back in 2008 -- have been on and off for over seven years -- but were reportedly set to tie the knot in Michigan in a few months.

Now, sources tell us, Catelynn and Tyler will hash out their problems on the Vh1 show ... about couples whose relationships are floundering.

We're told rapper Chingy, Flavor Flav and Joe Francis have also joined the cast ... with their current significant others.

Attention teens who don't want to sling burgers for minimum wage. You can score a cool $5k, and all you have to do is get married and possibly ruin your life ... on television.

That's what 17-year-old Jurnee Mroczek is raking in for tying the knot on Oxygen's new reality show, "Too Young To Marry."

We obtained a copy of the contract Jurnee (common spelling) signed ... which also obligates her to do voice-over work. The contract also provides for exclusivity, presumably meaning she can't get married a second time on another reality show.

In case you're a romantic ... Jurnee and her hubby, 21-year-old Don Atkinson met at a V-Ball game in 2009.

Bump, set, spike, hitched.

Michael Jordan's gettin' serious about settling down ... TMZ has learned the NBA icon applied for a marriage certificate in Florida this morning in preparation for his April wedding.

MJ and his longtime GF Yvette Prieto were spotted at the counter at the courthouse in Palm Beach County, FL ... and a court spokesperson confirmed the couple had filled out the paperwork.

Jordan and Prieto are reportedly set to get hitched on April 27.

The move seems to be proof that Prieto isn't fazed by the paternity lawsuit MJ is facing in Georgia ... filed by a woman who claims the NBA legend fathered her 16-year-old son while he was still married to Juanita Vanoy.

Miley Cyrus made a HUGE statement last night without ever saying a word ... 'cause she went out in public WITHOUT her engagement ring ... in the wake of rumors her fiance cheated on her.

Miley DID have some jewelry on her hand when she went out in L.A. last night ... in fact, she even had a couple of rings on her ring finger ... just NOT the giant rock Liam Hemsworth gave her when he proposed.

The timing is interesting ... 'cause there have been reports that Miley was angry with Liam ... who was recently spotted in the back of a car with actress January Jones.

Just a few hours before she went out in public yesterday, Miley had tweeted that she had NOT called the wedding off.

Then again ... 'lotta stuff can happen in just a few hours.

LeBron James has finally selected a WEDDING DATE ... which is great news ... for everyone except LeBron's Jewish friends ... 'cause it's all going down on Yom Kippur ... TMZ has learned.

We've obtained a copy of King James' "Save The Date" ... which instructs his friends to block out Friday Sept. 13 through Sunday Sept. 15 for the NBA star's destination wedding to fiancee Savannah Brinson in exotic San Diego, CA.

The "Save the Date" even came with a fun caricature of Bron, Savannah and their 2 children ... each dressed in their finest wedding outfits. Cute.

But here's the problem ... Sept. 13 is the beginning of Yom Kippur -- a high holy day in the Jewish religion in which Hebrews and Shebrews are supposed to fast for roughly 24 hours while praying their faces off in temple.

And for the record, James DOES have Jewish friends ... including the famous Rabbi Yishayahu Yosef Pinto (pictured below) ... a man known around New York as the "Rabbi to the Business Stars."

The good news ... LeBron will probably save a bunch of cash on the buffet.
The bad news ... he won't be able to brag about the savings to the people who would appreciate it.

Mazel Tov!!!