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Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez's Wedding Guest List Revealed — Report
The wedding guest list for Jeff Bezos and 's multi-day celebration in Venice, Italy, is looking as star-studded as it can be. All eyes will be on the hotshot couple in the coming days as they get ready to say 'I do' at their lavish ceremony. Now, with the festivities commencing on June 24, reports have given insight into some of the biggest names in Hollywood and the business world flying in on their private jets for the wedding of the year. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Italian wedding is set to become one of the biggest star-studded events of the year, with the guest list looking fabulous. Earlier, Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro revealed to PEOPLE in a statement that 200 guests were invited to the ceremony. The outlet learned from a source that the wedding guest list includes Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. Along with them, Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner were also invited. Sanchez's close friends are expected to attend the wedding, including Kris Jenner and Kim Kardashian. Besides them, the 55-year-old former journalist's Blue Origin space crew members may have also been invited. This includes Gayle King and Katy Perry. However, a report recently claimed that the singer-songwriter will skip the grand event. Instead, her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, will reportedly go solo amid their breakup rumors. Besides the Hollywood icons, several big names in the industry and business world are also invited to the Bezos-Sanchez wedding. TMZ learned that Michael Kives, Barry Diller, and Brian Grazer have all RSVPed. Fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg and her son, Alexander von Fürstenberg, are also reportedly confirmed. Meanwhile, Corriere della Sera, an Italian newspaper, revealed the guests who are flying into Venice on their private jets. The outlet noted that, according to documents, at least 95 flight plans have been filed at the reference platforms with arrivals between June 24 and June 27. The guests arriving include Kardashian, Paul Tudor Jones II, and David Geffen. Among the other names mentioned are Oprah Winfrey, Eric Schmidt, Kylie Jenner, Bill Gates, and Lachlan Murdoch. The post Jeff Bezos & Lauren Sanchez's Wedding Guest List Revealed — Report appeared first on Reality Tea.
Al Arabiya
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Al Arabiya
Protesters Say Bezos' Star-Studded Venice Wedding Highlights Growing Inequality
This weekend's star-studded Venice wedding of multibillionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez has galvanized activist groups that are protesting it as a sign of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots, as well as disregard of the city's residents. About a dozen Venetian organizations – including housing advocates, anti-cruise ship campaigners, and university groups – have united to protest the multiday event under the banner 'No Space for Bezos,' a play on words also referring to the bride's recent space flight. They have staged small-scale protests, unfurling anti-Bezos banners on iconic Venetian sites. They were joined this week by Greenpeace and the British group Everyone Hates Elon (which has smashed Teslas to protest Elon Musk) to unfurl a giant banner in St. Mark's Square protesting purported tax breaks for billionaires. 'If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax,' read the banner, which featured a huge image of Bezos. Police quickly took it away. There has been no comment from Bezos' representatives on the protests. The local activists had planned a more organized protest for Saturday, aiming to obstruct access to canals with boats to prevent guests from reaching a wedding venue. Then they modified the protest to a march from the train station after claiming a victory, asserting that their pressure forced organizers to change the venue to the Arsenale, a more easily secured site beyond Venice's congested center. 'It will be a strong, decisive protest, but peaceful,' said Federica Toninello, an activist with the Social Housing Assembly network. 'We want it to be like a party with music to make clear what we want our Venice to look like.' Among the 200 guests confirmed to be attending the wedding are Mick Jagger, Ivanka Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Venice, renowned for its romantic canal vistas, hosts hundreds of weddings each year, not infrequently those of the rich and famous. Previous celebrity weddings, like that of George Clooney to human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin in 2014, were embraced by the public. Hundreds turned out to wish the couple well at City Hall. 'Bezos has a different political and business profile,' said Tommaso Cacciari, a prominent figure in the movement that successfully pushed for a ban on cruise ships over 25,000 tons traveling through the Giudecca Canal in central Venice. 'Bezos is not a Hollywood actor,' Cacciari said. 'He is an ultrabillionaire who sat next to Donald Trump during the inauguration, who contributed to his reelection, and is contributing in a direct and heavy way to this new global obscurantism.' Critics also cite Amazon's labor practices, ongoing tax disputes with European governments, and Bezos' political associations as additional reasons for concern. Activists also argue that the Bezos wedding exemplifies broader failures in municipal governance, particularly the prioritization of tourism over residents' needs. They cite measures such as the day-tripper tax – which critics argue reinforces Venice's image as a theme park – as ineffective. Chief among their concerns is the lack of investment in affordable housing and essential services. City officials have defended the wedding. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro called the event an honor for Venice, and the city denied the wedding would cause disruptions. 'Venice once again reveals itself to be a global stage,' Brugnaro told The Associated Press, adding he hoped to meet Bezos while he was in town. Meanwhile, a Venetian environmental research association, Corila, issued a statement saying Bezos' Earth Fund was supporting its work with an important donation. Corila, which unites university scholars and Italy's main national research council in researching Venetian protection strategies, wouldn't say how much Bezos was donating, but said contact began in April, well before the protests started.
The Herald
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The Herald
Venice divided ahead of billionaire Bezos' ‘wedding of the century'
One group has plastered banners on the city's famous Rialto Bridge reading 'No space for Bezos' and threatened peaceful blockades, complaining the medieval and Renaissance city needs public services and housing, not celebrities and over-tourism. 'Bezos arrogantly believes he can take over the city and turn it into his own private party venue,' said Tommaso Cacciari, a leading light of the 'No space for Bezos' campaign. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro and regional governor Luca Zaia have argued the wedding will bring an economic windfall to local businesses, including the motor boats and gondolas that operate its myriad canals. Actor George Clooney married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin in Venice 11 years ago, turning the city into Hollywood on the Adriatic with a weekend of lavish celebrations. At that time locals and tourists were excited to witness a memorable moment in the city's long history of hosting stars for its film festival, the world's oldest. Bezos, 61, founder of e-commerce giant Amazon and the world's third richest man, got engaged to journalist Sanchez, 55, in 2023, four years after the collapse of his 25-year marriage to Mackenzie Scott. After a swirl of media speculation about the venue of what has been dubbed 'the wedding of the century', Brugnaro confirmed in March it would take place in Venice, which last year began charging tourists a fee to enter the city. The date is expected to be between June 23 and 28 in the midst of three days of stylish celebrations. In the face of early protests from residents who feared the arrival of thousands of celebrities and hangers-on, the city issued a statement clarifying it would involve around 200 guests and would not disrupt Venetians' daily life. Bezos and Scott had four children together, while Sanchez was previously married to Hollywood agent Patrick Whitesell, with whom she has two children. She also has a son with NFL tight end Tony Gonzalez. Reuters
The Independent
2 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
Greenpeace protesters unfurl anti-Jeff Bezos flag ahead of Amazon CEO's wedding
Greenpeace activists have joined protests in Venice against Jeff Bezos 's upcoming wedding to Lauren Sanchez. Demonstrators displayed a flag in St Mark's Square stating, "If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax." The protests highlight local unhappiness with the lavish event and broader concerns about wealth and taxation. Another group, No Space for Bezos, previously protested by hanging a large banner at the San Giorgio bell tower. Watch the video in full above.
