February 21st, 2012

This beautiful 24-year-old is not a superstar, but the crowd has talked about her as if she were a superstar when she was kidnapped and now, when she has married her fiancé. Yap, Elizabeth Smart has married her Scottish fiancé at a Mormon temple in Hawaii. A family spokesman, Chris Thomas, confirmed Elizabeth married Matthew Gilmour of Aberdeen, Scotland, on Saturday on Oahu’s north shore.

“Elizabeth’s desire was for what most women want — to celebrate her nuptials in a private wedding with family and close friends,” Thomas said in a statement. “She decided, about a week ago, the best way to avoid significant distraction was to change her wedding plans and to get married in an unscheduled ceremony outside of Utah.”

The couple decided to hold their special moment at the Laie Hawaii Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in front of a small group of family members, Thomas said. The group then celebrated at a private reception and luau.

“The bride and groom were beaming as they left the LDS Temple,” Thomas said. He said the couple planned to go on an extended honeymoon in an undisclosed location.

Elizabeth and the Prince Charming Gilmour got engaged last month and initially made plans to wed this summer. The wedding was held several months earlier than planned after news of her engagement last month attracted media’s attention.

In the engagement announcement, Elizabeth’s father, Ed Smart was the exited one. He told more about the fiancé and the wedding plan than the daughter did. And now he is still surprised and happy for the marriage, for the husband who will love and protect his daughter from the second kidnapping.

“We’re just thrilled that she’s married,” the daddy said in a statement, calling the ceremony a “kind of a spur-of-a-moment thing.”

Elizabeth was kidnapped at 14-year-old in Utah by Brian David Mitchell and called her kidnapping ‘nine months of hell’. Wish her now starting years of heaven with the chosen man.

The two members band Sleigh Bells has prepared their recorded tracks and they are launching their new album Reign of Terror this week via Mom + Pop. It was featured by the New York Times an a Reign of Terror full album stream this week. Sleigh Bells performed the songs Comeback Kid and End of the Line of their upcoming album Reign of Terror.

“FIRST came the recorded sound: drums and riffs, some demonically heavy marching band. Next, a couple of guys with guitars, who immediately started messing with their pedals in the darkened club. Two minutes later there was Alexis Krauss, with ripped jeans and a distinct saunter. She raised her arms as she reached the microphone, the black-haired queen of this stage. White lights exploded behind her, over a wall of Marshall stacks and an unfurled American flag,” reads the NY Times description of the live experience.

The duo which is comprised of Derek E. Miller and Alexis Krauss offer the different dynamics performances to expand the songs. They offer long-lined melodies instead of chants, more extensive layers of guitar, and lyrics that open themselves to reflection and sorrow. It’s may surprising to hear Sleigh Bells’ newer music has more on its mind than elemental impact. Under the salvos of programmed percussion, new songs like “End of the Line,” “Comeback Kid” and “Leader of the Pack” were anthems of mourning and consolation.

Jeremy Lin the Knicks’ primary point guard presented impressing 3-pointer shot Sunday afternoon and led the Knicks to the victory. The first American-born Taiwanese player scored 28 points and a career-high assist in the Knicks’ 104-97 victory over Dallas Mavericks at Madison Square Garden. The mates Steve Novak made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter— three on assists from Lin and he had all of his 14 in the final period as New York won for the eighth time in nine games.

After the Mavericks closed the gap to 95-93, Lin hit another 3, this time over Marion, with 2:57 remaining. He closed the afternoon by stealing the ball from Nowitzki and sending a deep pass to Chandler for a game-sealing breakaway dunk.

“The game that he had, that’s ridiculous,” Coach Mike D’Antoni said. “It just seems like the harder the moment, the better he shoots the ball and makes big plays. He’s definitely fearless.”

“I think in the moment, I don’t really think too much about it,” Lin said with a smile. “But looking back, it’s like, I was watching them win the championship last year. And that’s obviously where this team wants to go.”

Tyson Chandler, who helped Dallas win the title last June, had 14 points and 10 rebounds. “I think this was the best team effort we’ve had all year,” Chandler said, adding: “We really have a balance now. You can see it will be that much better when we get Melo back.”

The Knicks have won eight of their last nine games, all since Lin became their primary point guard, and most of them without Carmelo Anthony, who injured his groin two weeks ago. They expected him to return Monday night against the Nets.

According to Daily Beast, Lin’s high school coach, Peter Diepenbrock, was also in attendance, and several of Lin’s friends wore T-shirts commemorating his rise from Palo Alto High School to Harvard to N.B.A. fame, smiling to the NBA star proudly. Fans chant and hold signs in support of New York Knicks’ Jeremy Lin during the second half of an NBA basketball game. Lin appreciates and respects the euphoria since his emergence as an NBA star, but he requested to the media for his family’s privacy in Taiwan.

“I just want people to respect the privacy of my relatives in Taiwan and I think hopefully this will get back to everybody because they need to live their lives as well.” Lin said.