Yes, France requires a civil wedding for any legal marriage - different from UK. Seems too big a coincidence that Omid wrote a story about Angelina then the same nonsense pops up for the Harkles.
There's something in the background here about the Archbishop, I agree. Not necessarily about the alleged secret rehearsal though, maybe something else.
Back on podcast-watch, their new hire Ben Browning is in charge of Archewell Production and Archewell Audio. Note to Harkles - update your Arsewell website! No mention of 'our team' as yet...
Putting a couple of things together, Browning has a good track record as a producer and is credible. He will want this to be a success personally, or he'll move on pretty sharpish. He's now owning the relationships with Netflix and Spotify - they will be happy to deal with someone who knows how many beans make five. Maybe the fact that Sunshine Sachs are now only tasked with Archewell Foundation PR is related - Ben B has control of publicity for all the streaming / podcast work. He's no fool.
There was a rumour that Netflix thought the first cut of the Harkles 'our year in America' documentary was a vanity project and not good enough. Shortly after that, Browning came on board. The Cringecast emerged in December and was an international joke. Again, Browning is now running the audio side. I'm not sure what will be coming out but it's probably going to be a lot better and won't necessarily star the Harkles. No more vanity projects. He's going to cut deals with small podcast producers with a 'woke' theme, and promote them under the Archewell brand, most likely.