Here Are Preen’s 2015 Emmy’s Best Dressed Girls

Only at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards can you see characters as diverse as the actresses that play them. This diversity also applies to the fashion choices at the red carpet.
The Emmy’s is where Khaleesi of Game of Thrones drops her huntress-like ensemble and platinum blonde locks to be Emilia Clarke herself—brunette and in a custom Donna Karan Atelier. That Orange is the New Black chick Taylor Schilling was in a custom Stella McCartney and not in her orange prison suit, too.
For this best dressed list special, we compare and contrast these girls’ TV show costumes and how they’ve transformed—or, barely—into red carpet superstars.
Claire Danes
While Claire Danes is on a break saving America from a terrorist attack as Carrie Mathison in Homeland, she opts to put on a purple, sequined Prada dress with metal chain straps. Its low-lying back and plunging sides are a far cry from her blue jeans and wrinkly blazer. It’s a total upgrade and a really good one!
Lady Gaga
The American Horror Story: Hotel star Lady Gaga checks in the red carpet in a sharply cut Brandon Maxwell refined, black number. As glimpses of her show garb circulated the web last month (see above!), we now know that Elizabeth, “a very wealthy social doyenne who is consumed with art, fashion, and people,” will also be wearing red carpet-worthy costumes in the show and yes, with a bedazzled silver claw, of course.
Emma Roberts
Emma Roberts in Scream Queens is your typical sorority girl: blonde, beautiful, and fashionable. And with megawatt co-stars with her (Arianna Grande and Lea Michele), expect this show to be filled with equal parts stylish garb and suspense. It makes sense then that come the Emmys, Emma chose a blush Jenny Packham number, merging her usual personal style and her sorority girl show persona.
Jaimie Alexander
Jaimie Alexander has a penchant for all things shiny. From her Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. metal armor as Lady Sif to her Armani Prive blue, red, and purple fully beaded number, her fashion choices on- and off-screen are equally badass.
Laura Carmichael
The setting: the 1910s. The era’s garb: Edwardian. So when Laura Carmichael went out of her Downtown Abbey boudoir and came dressed in Erdem on the red carpet, everybody was just as transfixed. Captivating as she already is in her silk lampshade gowns as Lady Edith, modern day Laura manages to impress.
Sofia Vergara
Modern Family hot momma Gloria is your typical, well, MILF. No stranger to flaunting the curves, Sofia Vergara came down the carpet as that hot momma that she really is but this time in a St. John dress with 64,000 hand-applied Swarovski crystals.
Kerry Washington
It’s been barely a week since Marc Jacobs closed New York Fashion Week, but Kerry Washington already got her hands on a piece from the collection. This silver modern-day flapper dress definitely is paparazzi-friendly—miles away in comparison to her ubiquitous pantsuits in Scandal.

Hayden Panettiere Refuses Wedding To Baby Daddy Wladimir Klitschko Because Of Parents’ Divorce?

Hayden Panettiere may be refusing to go on with planning the wedding with her baby daddy Wladimir Klitschko because of what she has seen through her parents’ divorce. Seeing how messy marital affairs can be, “Nashville” star may be choosing to opt out.
According to TMZ, she has been a key player in her parents’ divorce, funding their living expenses as well as divorce fees.
The reporter writes that “Hayden Panettiere is a dream daughter, helping both her mom and dad who are locked in a bitter divorce fight ... seemingly without taking sides. Hayden's mom says she's virtually destitute with no place to live in L.A., and were it not for the generosity of her daughter she could be homeless.... But Hayden's generosity doesn't stop there. According to the docs, Hayden gave Alan a $100,000 gift just this year.”
After dealing with the end of her parents’ marriage, it’s understandable that Hayden Panettiere doesn’t even want to look at an engagement ring.
In fact, she is choosing to focus on getting “Nashville” season 4 rolling and not the pending wedding to Wladimir Klitschko.
According Us Weekly, “[Steven] Tyler, who wore an amazing silver ensemble for his small screen country moment, shared a snap of himself and Panettiere, 25, on set together via Twitter late on Tuesday, Aug. 18, showing off his awesome outfit and trademark scarf-covered mic stand.”
Just a few weeks ago, she greeted her 26th birthday with Wladimir Klitschko and her baby girl, but still managed to dodge the wedding question. Maybe this celebration gave “Nashville” actress another good reason to ignore delays.
It looks like Wladimir Klitschko has to work a lot harder to persuade his baby mama.
But some say that this is making Wladimir Klitschko more and more “frustrated”. With their wedding constantly pushed back, the rumors surrounding their union has been intensifying.
According to a source from Ok! Magazine, it is “Nashville” actress who is avoiding the wedding topic.
"Between her career and caring for the baby, she claims she's just too busy to plan anything,” the source said. "Now Wlad is starting to worry that she won't ever commit."
The fans are guessing that wedding is no longer a priority for the couple, but still hoping that there will be a glamorous celebration of the couple’s love.

On rites and rights — I performed my first gay wedding

I’m not one to preach.
But last weekend I was called upon to perform a marriage out of love for two young men, deeply in love.
Over that same long, holiday weekend, Kim Davis, the once-meek Kentucky county clerk now hoisted to celebrity status by anti-gay-marriage crusaders and a couple of 2016 presidential wannabes, spent five nights in jail for refusing to issue marriage licenses – which is her job.
She sheathed her pen, pitting the supreme being vs. the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling on June 26, which legalized gay marriage nationwide.
If the irony of a marriage-license-wielding clerk in her fourth marriage isn’t enough, or a court denizen breaking the law or even a citizen standing up for religious liberty while denying others due process, then maybe it's time to throw the good book at the good clerk.
Rowan County Clerk of Courts Kim Davis waves to a crowd of her supporters at a rally in front of the Carter County Detention Center in Grayson, Ky., on Sept. 8, 2015. Davis was ordered to jail last week for contempt of court after refusing a court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (Photo: Ty Wright, Getty Images)
I’m not a Christian. But one of the grooms I married was raised Catholic, so I spent weeks thinking about how to weave God’s word into the ceremony. Mostly, I focused on the love passages.
And here’s what I learned the Bible also has to say about:
• Judgment. From Matthew 7:1-3: “Judge not, that ye be not judged. ... And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”
• Equality. From Numbers 15:15: "For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you, a statute forever throughout your generations. You and the sojourner shall be alike before the Lord."
As humans, it’s hard to avoid interpreting what we read through the filter of our own beliefs. It’s easy to misinterpret.
Amid such excitement lately over Pope Francis’ seemingly progressive pronouncements, an August survey by the Public Religion Research Institute and Religion News Service found that nearly half of Americans who are in favor of gay marriage mistakenly believe that the pope is, too.
They recall his “Who am I to judge …?” remarks as a breakthrough, especially in contrast to the words of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who wrote a decade ago that homosexuality was “a strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil,” a “disorder.” Francis even used the less-clinical and English word “gay” speaking in Italian, which made him seem more compassionate, while still adhering to the church’s anti-gay doctrine.
The mother of one of the grooms I married Saturday elected not to witness the blessed event because of her devout Catholic convictions.
I am not one to judge. She is a lovely woman who loves her son dearly. I only pray she can live with no regrets.
Because if there’s one lesson my first gay wedding framed well, it's this: Live and let love and eschew regret. Indeed, the ceremony went off with a hitch — many hitches. The cake fell over. The sound system failed. The entire schedule went kablooey as last-minute details were nailed into place.
Yet the joie de vivre expressed by the grooms and 60-plus merrymakers was transcendent. A few relatives may not have been in attendance, but God was surely there, in the light on everyone’s faces.
can only pray that Davis and her supporters will be thus illuminated. As I said in my sermon: "I hope that someday all men who love men and women who love women — and everyone in between — will no longer feel scorn and hostility from certain corners of society."
For marriage, contrary to what some might think, is not about losing your freedom. For some, it’s about exercising it.

Ashlee-Paige Bednar - Daniel Lane Holmes

Ashlee-Paige Bednar and Daniel Lane Holmes were united in marriage at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, in Immanuel Baptist Church. James F. Holmes, grandfather of the groom, officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Melinda Colleen Beaty of Little Rock and Jon Phillip Bednar of Loudon, Tenn. Her grandparents are Vonda and the late Girdle Beaty Jr. of Benton and Sharron and the late Andrew Phillip Bednar of Jonesboro.
Terri and Byron Lane Holmes, 205 Vigne Lane, are the parents of the groom. His grandparents are Peggy and James Scott and Bette and James F. Holmes, all of Little Rock.
Arrangements of mostly succulents decorated the chancel. Nuptial music was by pianist Jon Hynes and organist Lyndon Finney.
Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory mermaid-style gown embellished with Swarovski crystals. The lace bodice had a sweetheart neckline and the skirt was formed of layers of tulle and lace. She carried a bouquet of blue and cream roses, light pink lisianthus, purple stock, succulents and seeded eucalyptus.
Maid of honor was Elizabeth Leggett of Seattle. Bridesmaids were Ali Glasier of Rogers; Abigail Scott and Lindsey Price, both of Kansas City, Mo.; Becky Bednar of Knoxville, Tenn.; Lauren Stringer of White Hall; and Hannah Thomas, Jordan Boris and Jessica Crain, all of Little Rock. They wore one-shoulder black chiffon gowns and carried bouquets of hydrangeas, roses, stock and lisianthus. Junior bridesmaid was Summer Cathey of Little Rock, cousin of the groom.
Flower girls were Greer Jennings and Anderson Jennings of Rogers, and ring bearer was Gage Cathey of Little Rock, all cousins of the groom.
Kyle Holmes of Little Rock was his brother's best man. Groomsmen were Payden Richards of Tulsa; Jonathan Bednar of Knoxville, brother of the bride; Greg Gibson of Marianna; and Ross Dunn, Alex Bennett, Nate Talley, Phillip Kosmitis and Tanner Bailey, all of Little Rock. Guests were seated by Will LaFoe and Andrew LaFoe of Cape Girardeau, Mo., cousins of the bride.
A reception at Chenal Country Club followed the ceremony. Guest tables were centered with gold candelabras and elevated arrangements of succulents and rich purple, pink and cream wedding flowers. Music was by The Shotgun Billys. Assisting were Elizabeth LaFoe of Columbia, Mo., and Sarah Bednar of Jonesboro, cousins of the bride.
The bride has a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and is employed by Arvest Central Mortgage Co. as an insurance claims specialist.
The groom graduated from the university's Walton College of Business with bachelor's degrees in business and finance. He is employed by Grace Composites Fiberglass Co. in Lonoke.