Alan Cumming,
Boyfriend Make It Official
By AP from the
NYTimes on the Web, January 9, 2007
NEW YORK -- Alan Cumming
married illustrator Grant Shaffer in a civil ceremony outside London over the
weekend, the actor's spokeswoman, Bianca Bianconi, said Tuesday.
''Not only are we so happy to be able to celebrate our love for each other, but
also to be able to do it in a country that properly recognizes the rights of
same sex couples,'' Cumming, 41, said in a statement released by Bianconi.
''As residents of America we would have loved to marry there, but we hope
that soon the civil rights that we have been afforded in the U.K. will be
available to all gay Americans, and we look forward to celebrating not only our
marriage, but the end of prejudice.''
The couple, who had been dating two years, were married Sunday at the Old Royal
Naval College in the town of Greenwich, Bianconi said. Among the 140
guests were Ian McKellen, Geri Halliwell, Rufus Wainwright, Mary Elizabeth
Mastrantonio and Monica Lewinsky.
Cumming, who was born in Scotland, was previously married to actress Hilary
Lyon. They were divorced in 1993.
He has starred in films including ''Circle of Friends,'' ''Spy Kids'' and ''X2:
X-Men United.'' He won a Tony Award in 1998 for his role as the Master of
Ceremonies in the musical ''Cabaret.''
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