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Thursday, May 12, 2005

(2005) Jennifer Wilbanks Was in Good Company: Top 5 Runaway Brides on Television

From the May 16 Issue of INSIDE TV

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2005--

INSIDE TV, the new weekly magazine for television fans, picks the Top 5 "Runaway Brides" of television, who, like Jennifer Wilbanks, the Duluth, Georgia woman who fled to New Mexico and faked her abduction in order to avoid walking down the aisle, wore running shoes under their wedding gowns:

RACHEL on "Friends"
Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) was about to get married in the middle of Central Park to her boring fiance Barry (whom she compared to Mr. Potato Head), when she fled the scene to start a whole new life in New York City.

LORELEI on "Gilmore Girls"
While Lorelei (Lauren Graham) celebrated her upcoming nuptials to Max (Scott Cohen) at her bachelorette party (which was held at a drag club), she realized she just wasn't into marrying him. Instead of walking down the aisle the next day, she and daughter Rory bolted from Stars Hollow and went on a mystery road trip (which ended at Harvard).

AMY on "Judging Amy"
Things seemed doomed from the start for Amy (Amy Brenneman) and Stu (Reed Diamond), since she didn't even have time to plan her own wedding. On the big day, the bride had a full-blown panic attack at the altar and realized she couldn't go through with it.

VALERIE on "What I Like About You"
When Val (Jenny Garth) reunited with her high school sweetheart Rick (Edward Kerr), she was in heaven. But, when her sister Holly (Amanda Bynes) informs her as she's walking down the aisle that Rick has been seeing his ex, Val decides to pull the plug on the wedding mid-ceremony.

DAPHNE on "Frasier"
The day before Daphne (Jane Leeves) was set to marry Donny (Saul Rubinek), she discovered that Niles (David Hyde Pierce) was in love with her -- and acknowledged that the feeling was mutual. On her wedding day, Daphne showed up in her wedding dress on a Winnebago with Niles, and the two sped off together.

INSIDE TV (http://www.insidetv.com/) is a weekly magazine designed exclusively for television fans. Created by the TV Guide Publishing Group, INSIDE TV provides breaking news and stories on television's hottest shows and stars, and behind-the-scenes information on the latest styles, fashions, and trends influenced by television.

- Submitted by Trisha