Somehow I missed that one of my favorite authors exchanged vows back in the end of April. The mind-numbingly erudite Salman Rushdie wed Padma Lakshmi in a ceremony in a photo studio in the city overlooking the Hudson. Lou Reed and Steve Martin were among the attendees honoring the couple.

Good for him, right. Err. This is their little wedding shot:

More pictures of the new Ms. Rushdie here and here. I won't bother to link to any photos of Salman because he, like me, looks like a plain ol' schlub. By all accounts, though, he's also very funny, smart and witty.

Uh, hello? H-E-L-L-O. Over here!!!

Sigh. It must be the fatwa. Chicks dig the fatwa. It's so edgy!