An Extra Hitch in a Wedding Day Game Plan

Chris Cooley and Christy Oglevee's wedding Friday started off with one of those awkward delays -- you know, where people start wondering if it's one of those left-at-the-altar situations. The groom finally appeared to explain to the 200 guests at Lansdowne Resort that the minister was running late: "Everything's still on," Cooley reassured them. "Everything's okay." Soon afterward, the Redskins tight end, 25, and former Redskins cheerleader, 23, exchanged vows.

The couple met three years ago and fell in love despite Redskins rules that prohibit player-cheerleader fraternizing. All's well that ends well -- owner Dan Snyder, head coach Jim Zorn and 40 teammates and assistant coaches attended the ceremony.

Captain Chaos spent most of the day pacing, reports best man Tanner Cooley, while the groomsmen played Guitar Hero and backyard football -- but once Cooley slipped on his white suit and pink tie (matching the bouquet and bridesmaids' dresses) everything went almost as planned: first dance to Bryan Adams's"Heaven," sung by the bride's father, Scott Oglevee, the wedding cake a four-tier pink confection, tons of dancing and late-late-night karaoke.

Katie's Cause for Popping Up on 'Today'

Matt Lauer, you tease! "Remember Katie Couric?" he asked, closing out his shift on the "Today" show yesterday. Couric, he said, would return to the NBC morning show Wednesday for the first time since she left to become anchor of "CBS Evening News," "and she's got a major announcement to make."

Ooh! That was the cue for a frenzy of Internet speculation, from rumors that NBC is wooing her back (after months of lousy ratings for Couric at CBS) to the notion she might jump ship to CNN (as if she'd go on NBC to announce that).

But no. Hours later came the announcement that the three major networks will jointly air a one-hour telethon Sept. 5 to raise money for cancer research. Their top evening news anchors -- Couric, along with NBC's Brian Williams and ABC's Charles Gibson-- will together make the rounds of the morning shows today to talk it up. The "Stand Up to Cancer" broadcast -- similar to network fundraising collaborations after 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina -- will feature performances and speeches from various celebrities and the anchors themselves.

A Tale of First-Lady Budget Clout That May Need Some Adjusting for Inflation

Laura Bush never throws her weight around in public, but she made her interest in the arts known from the very beginning. At a Smithsonian luncheon yesterday honoring the first lady, President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities Chairman Adair Margo told the crowd (including our colleague Jacqueline Trescott) that she received a frantic call in early 2001 from Betsy Broun, director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum: Money for the building's restoration was being slashed.

Margo said she called the first lady, who told her, "You know, OMB [Office of Management and Budget] doesn't know what I care about yet. You call Betsy and tell her her funding is restored."

Wow, really?"It seems that Ms. Margo has overstated Mrs. Bush's role in the budgeting process," the first lady's press secretary, Sally McDonough, told us.

Monopoly Money Talks, and It Says the Case of the Collector Isn't Closed

Uh-oh. Remember "The Collector," who last year absconded from the Artomatic show with Tim Tate 's glass sculpture and returned it in a midnight Monopoly money ransom drop on the Mall? (No? Well, those were some crazy times. Look it up.)

Anyway, he's resurfaced. We received a letter (with $1,500 Monopoly cash) promising "something interesting on the 4th floor," in particular something "on the 12th." Well, we don't have a 12th floor; June 12, maybe? Any ideas, send to reliablesource@washpost.com. The folks at Artomatic, currently running through June 15, report nothing awry. Tate, who has a pricier work in this year's show, got nervous when we told him about the letter. "I'm going to sit out there in a lawn chair and guard it," he warned.