Tia Mowry and Cory Hardrict, 28, were engaged on Christmas Day, 2006. The two were married at the Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore Santa Barbara in front of 170 guests. Mowry walked down the aisle to a live performance by R&B singer Kenny Lattimore, who sang “For You.”
Is she nervous? “No!” she laughs. “Cory and I, we really built a foundation for ourselves. He’s my best friend. We work really hard at balancing our schedules,” she says. “A perfect example — I had a really hard day at work the other day, and he surprised me with flowers and then a romantic dinner. We’ve been dating seven years, and we still do stuff like that. We let each other know, ‘Yes, we’re working hard, doing what we’ve got to do, but I love you.’”
In fact, Tia says, they press each other forward professionally. “He actually coached me for ‘The Game,’ pushed me to go out for it. I didn’t think I could do it. It was such a different role for me, I really had to work hard.”
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You can tell they’re really in love,” says wedding planner Robyn Goldberg of the newlyweds. “[Hardrict] wanted the wedding to be her dream come true.”
Mowry, 29, who starred with twin sister Tamera on the WB series Sister, Sister and is now on the CW comedy The Game, wore a couture wedding gown by Kevan Hall. Tamera, who wore an aubergine gown by Tadashi, served as maid of honor.
The 30-minute outdoor ceremony was followed by a Midsummer Night Dream-style reception in the hotel’s ballroom. Florist Jennifer Katz of Fiori Design created tall iron centerpieces covered in moss and decorated with flowers in different shades of pink. The wedding cake was a four-tiered vanilla and red velvet cake by Cake Divas. Guests danced to the tunes of DJ Michael Hayes.