Tying The Knot

The average size of a diamond engagement ring is reportedly 1.18 carats -- but Nikki Sixx just DESTROYED the average ... by dropping a SIX CARAT stone on his fiancee ... TMZ has learned.

Sixx popped the question to 27-year-old Courtney Bingham during a trip to St. Barts this weekend ... and sources close to the couple tell us it was one helluva proposal.

We're told the evening started with a candle-lit stroll on beach ... followed by dinner in a tent littered with rose petals ... and when the moment was right, Sixx whipped out the ring.

Of course, Courtney said yes ... because ya know, it's 6 CARATS ... and you pretty much have to. No word on when the two plan on tying the knot.

Kim Kardashian may be a scaredy-cat when it comes to taking a stand on the Middle East, but she's not afraid to speak her mind on a report that Kourtney and Scott Disick are engaged -- she says it ain't so.

Kim flew in from NYC last night and after telling photogs the story was false, she was peppered with questions about the Middle East -- go figure. Predictably, she had nothing to say.

A day after helping out with Hurricane Sandy relief efforts in the Rockaways, newlyweds Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake got affectionate by holding hands as they took a happily married stroll through NYC on Sunday.

It's been three weeks since Jessica and Justin were married at a super fancy wedding in Italy.

Thankfully, no homeless people were paid $40 to appear in this photo.

Levi Johnston refused to get married in a traditional tuxedo ... instead he opted for a camouflage outfit that would help him blend in with the foliage ... and TMZ has the pics.

Bristol Palin's baby daddy tied the knot with his other (less famous) baby mama Sunny Oglesby last weekend in Alaska ... and before the ceremony, the couple posed for the obligatory artsy photo session.

The pics contain lots and lots of long passionate stares at various objects ... including a mirror ... a haystack ... each other's eyes ... empty fields ... and the sun.

Levi and Sunny also felt compelled to pose in a bed of red and white roses.

Levi Johnston has finally made an honest woman out of the mother of his latest child -- the couple got hitched in Alaska today ... TMZ has learned.

According to our sources, Johnston and girlfriend Sunny Oglesby exchanged vows in front of more than 100 friends and family. But according to our sources ... Tripp, the son he shares with Bristol Palin, was not in attendance.

Levi and Sunny might want to get their money back from the printer who made up the invitations (above) -- the word "famalies" ... well, it's just not a word.

As TMZ first reported, Oglesby gave birth to the couple's first child, Breeze Beretta Johnston, last month.

One of the homeless men who appeared in a video reportedly featured at Justin Timberlake's wedding says he was paid $40 ... and had NO IDEA he was the punchline in a sick joke.

TMZ spoke with the man -- "Eddie" -- who tells us he was just minding his own business in Hollywood when he was approached by a man who offered him money in exchange for saying a few pre-written lines into the camera.

Eddie says the cameraman told him the video was being made for a friend's wedding -- Eddie had no idea it was for Timberlake and Jessica Biel.

When we told him how the footage was used, Eddie told us, "That makes me feel really bad ... that was a trick played on me."

In case you're wondering why Eddie is dressed so nicely in our video -- it's because he was out looking for a job yesterday.

"I'm gonna do my best to change my life."

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's wedding party featured a video that openly made fun of homeless people in L.A. -- this according to reports.

Gawker just posted the video -- reportedly made by Timberlake's real estate agent friend Justin Huchel -- which depicts what appears to be REAL homeless people on the streets of L.A., acting as Justin and Jessica's friends who couldn't make it to the ceremony.

The homeless people in the clip -- one toothless, the other shirtless -- wish the ultra-rich couple well on their new lives together ... saying things like, "I hope the wedding goes fine for you. My gift is in the mail."

The video's an obvious dig at Justin and Jessica's ridiculous wealth -- juxtaposed against the destitute poverty displayed in the clip. The video also features a transvestite.

Huchel -- who once dated Amanda Seyfried -- has already threatened to sue Gawker over the video, claiming it was shot as "a private joke" without Timberlake's knowledge ... and demanding it be taken off the web ASAP.

Calls to Justin and Jessica's camps were not returned.

JC Chasez was one of THREE members of *NSYNC who was NOT in attendance at Justin Timberlake's wedding this weekend ... but he watched two OTHER people say "I Do" ... TMZ has learned.

Just like Joey Fatone and Lance Bass ... JC didn't make the trip to Southern Italy to see his former boy-bandmate JT tie the knot to Jessica Biel.

Instead, JC had more important plans -- his brother was getting married in Orlando, FL.

We're told JC had planned to go to his bro's wedding for over a year -- and had previously informed Justin it was a top priority he just couldn't miss.

As we previously reported, Joey spent his weekend in L.A. (it's unclear if he was even invited) ... and Lance was at an event in San Diego.

Sporting his new wedding ring, Justin Timberlake was spotted out in Fasano, Italy this morning ... after tying the knot with Jessica Biel yesterday.

Some of the famous peeps in attendance reportedly included JT's pals Andy Samberg and Timbaland, as well as Jessica's former "7th Heaven" co-star Beverly Mitchell.

The couple had been engaged since December after splitting for a brief time in 2011.

Former N'Sync star Joey Fatone was partying it up in L.A. last night -- which means HE WAS NOT at Justin Timberlake and Jessica's Biel's magical Italian wedding on Friday (gasp!).

Our photogs caught up to Joey outside Xen Lounge in Hollywood and when we asked if he went to his boy JT's wedding ... his response was pretty obvious, stating, "I'm here, ain't I? Isn't it this week?" (Yes Joey, it was).

Neal Schon dropped more than a MILLION bucks on his massive engagement ring for Michaele Salahi, TMZ has learned -- and he was so nervous about it getting stolen ... he had it transported to him via ARMORED VEHICLE.

Sources close to the newly engaged couple tell us, the armored Dunbar truck dropped off the 11.42 carat diamond ring at the Baltimore hotel where Neal was staying, shortly before he popped the question last night.

Our sources wouldn't divulge the exact price of the ring -- but said it cost more than $1 million.

As we reported, Schon asked Michaele to marry him on stage last night at a benefit concert for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center -- and shocker, Michaele said yes.

Mazel tov, you rich bastards.

Michaele Salahi is going to be a married woman again -- her Journey rocker BF Neal Schon popped the question tonight ... and she said yes.

We're told the band was playing a benefit tonight for the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center when Schon called her up on stage and popped the question ... with a massive 11.42 carat diamond ring.

According to our sources, Salahi broke down in tears and jumped up and down as the band played their song "Faithfully." We're told the proposal was a complete surprise to Salahi.

Elton John spent his weekend on the wedding circuit -- not as a guest, as a performer ... and one of the gigs was for Jeffrey Katzenberg's daughter ... TMZ has learned.

John was a surprise guest as Laura Katzenberg (pictured below) got hitched to bigshot record producer Mark Sudack in Los Angeles this weekend.

John took to the piano and provided the music for the couple's first dance.

It's not too surprising, considering Jeffrey Katzenberg was running Disney back when Elton did the soundtrack to "The Lion King" ... and the two have been friends ever since.

But the night before the Katzenberg bash ... John performed at ANOTHER huge wedding -- when actress Holly Valance tied the knot with U.K. billionaire Nick Candy at the Paramount lot in L.A.

Justin Timberlake refused to make a complete ass out of himself during his bachelor party weekend in Cabo San Lucas this weekend ... only going "partial crack" while his pals flashed some full moons at the paparazzi.

Prior to flashing their lily-white booties, JT and the gang started the bachelor festivities in Las Vegas on Thursday before continuing the party train south of the border.

Shaun White was VODKA MAN at the Black Keys wedding he attended before his public intoxication arrest last weekend -- sources tell TMZ, dude had his very own vodka handle at the party ... and was drinki-ng like a fish.

As we reported, a black-eyed White was arrested early Monday in Nashville following the wedding for Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney -- after allegedly trashing his hotel room, pulling a fire alarm, running from hotel staff ... and smashing his face.

Now, sources at the wedding tell TMZ, there's a good reason White was acting so crazy -- he had been on a vodka binge the entire night, carrying around his own personal vodka bottle, taking multiple shots with anyone game to join him.

One guest told us he saw White drink between 12-15 shots.

As we reported, White has since issued a mea culpa for the incident, saying, "I want to apologize for the unwise choices I made over the weekend and for any inconvenience it caused my family, friends, business partners, the hotel and their guests."

White says, "I was celebrating a happy occasion with a ton of family and friends and got carried away."

Silver medalist Destinee Hooker secretly got married last week -- but the powerhouse volleyball player tells TMZ ... despite the stupid jokes she's been exposed to her entire life (like our headline) she refuses to give it up.

Hooker tells TMZ ... she and her fiance Steven Coulter tied the knot at a courthouse in Texas on September 13 ... but she's not ditching her infamous name just because she got hitched.

Hooker says she loves being a "Hooker" and will simply add on to her nombre -- becoming Destinee Hooker-Coulter from here on out.

So, why the quickie wedding? The v-ball player says she had a short window to get married because she was moving to Russia (she's there now) to play a season of volleyball ... she says there will be a bigger ceremony next year in San Antonio, TX.