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Tyler Perry Actors Tamela And David Mann Finally Have Their Dream Wedding 25 Years After Saying ‘I Do’

April 22nd, 2013 - By Brande Victorian
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You recognize these faces don’t you? Gospel singer Tamela Mann and comedic actor David Mann have been more than gainfully employed by Tyler Perry over the last decade, with both actors starring in several of the director/screenwriter/producer’s plays and feature films. Well something you may or may not have known is that the couple is actually a husband-wife duo (not that their names didn’t tip you off), and over this past weekend they walked down the aisle for the first time together, despite having legally wed back in 1988. Tamela told Us Weekly:

“When we got married 25 years ago, we didn’t have enough money for a wedding.”

The 46-year-olds even had to borrow a ring to symbolize their union. Thankfully, they were now able to put those Tyler Perry dollars to use and have the wedding they’ve been dreaming of for over two decades. On April 20, Tamela and David renewed their vows in front of family and friends in Dallas, TX, in a ceremony — and wedding dress — Tamela spent months working on.

“I knew every intimate detail of [the dress], but when I saw it at my final fitting last week, I lost it,” Tamela said. “It was everything I could have ever dreamed of in a bridal gown.”

“We wanted a fairytale wedding, so we picked an enchanted forest theme,” she added.  ”We hosted everyone at the Joule Hotel because it had the feel we were trying to create — old-world romantic, beautiful, chic and lush — and a place everyone would love.  And it had space for a dance floor, which if you know David, was something we had to have!”

“Our grand babies were dressed as little princes and princesses. Our children weren’t happy they didn’t get to be in the ceremony, but they eventually were okay with it because their kids got to be on stage with us.”

Quite a few famous faces were at the ceremony as well, although the couple, who has three daughters and one son, said they wanted to ”keep the invite intimate.” High school friend Kirk Franklin and his wife Tammy attended the vow renewal, as did Timbaland and his wife Monique Idlett Mosley. Us Weekly will release exclusive shots from the ceremony this week and it shouldn’t be long before we see more of the day’s events, as the Mann’s are slated to star in a new reality show debuting later this year or early 2014.

Congrats to the couple!

Texas Woman Gives Birth to 16-Pound Baby Boy

July 11th, 2011 - By Victoria Uwumarogie
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The happy parents!

Janet Johnson and her fiancé Michael Brown of Longview, Texas were shocked to find out that their newborn son JaMichael, born last week, came out the womb weighing in at a whopping 16 pounds and one ounce, and was nearly two feet long. “Little” JaMichael, Johnson’s fourth child, also now known as “Moose,” was delivered through a C-section procedure on Friday.

The fact that JaMichael is a large baby is not necessarily that astonishing. His father is 6’7″, so “big” runs in their family. But another factor that could have contributed to his size could be that the mother was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, as women with this form of diabetes are prone to delivering larger babies. On top of that, doctors told the parent’s that because of Johnson’s diabetes, they saw him coming in at around 12 to 13 pounds.

The 16-pound bundle of joy is definitely one of the largest babies ever to be born in the state of Texas. According to Medical News Today, the young’n weighs about the size of a three to six-month-old baby. But JaMichael is doing great! He’s being kept in the ICU to regulate his blood sugar level and until he can breathe on his own, but his parents are sure that he’ll be fine.

Congratulations to both Janet and Michael! That’s one BIG, beautiful boy.

To read more about baby JaMichael and to get the parent’s response, check out the New York Daily News.

The little big guy.