Here comes the bridal video
Weddings are making news again. My first job at The Bee at age 19 was one of the lowliest jobs in the reporting food chain: the wedding story writer. I didn't care; I was just thrilled to have a job at The Bee at all. The experienced reporters, and most definitely the men, considered all these stories of powerful family unions, romantic honeymoon destinations, French lace, covered buttons and stephanotis bouquets just so much fluff. But I was fascinated with every last detail and didn't consider it boring at all.
There was a lot of information in those stories of the weddings of the rich and powerful that revealed quite clearly who their alliances were, who hosted and attended their bridal showers, who was in the wedding party. It was quite easy to see who all their cronies were and didn't take much conversation over the phone with those families to find out who was pouring on the lavish wedding gifts. That background came in handy later on when I was writing deeper stories about the alliances among people who were influencing life in the Valley.
As women's lives became more complex - the wedding wasn't the culmination of their lives anymore - interest in wedding stories diminished. Now, unless it's a major celebrity, it's just a few paragraphs of who married whom.