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Time of India
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez wedding: A-listers flock Venice; Who all are attending?
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Venice Around 200-250 A-listers from show business, politics and finance are expected to attend the wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos with journalist Lauren Sanchez . The wedding, which is estimated to cost around $50 million, will be held on Saturday in the Italian city of Venice. US President Donald Trump's daughter and bisinesswoman Ivanka, her husband Jared Kushner, and their children arrived in Venice on Wednesday. Also on the guest list (among others) are: The Kardashians Leonardo DiCaprio and Vittoria Ceretti Queen Rania of Jordan Oprah Winfrey Orlando Bloom Bill Gates Tom Brady Diane von Furstenberg and her husband Barry Diller Gayle King Businesswoman Natasha Poonawalla is only Indian guest invited to the ceremony A wedding amid protests The wedding of Bezos, one of the richest individuals in the world, and Sanchez, has divided Venice, with some activists protesting it as an "exploitation" of the city by the billionaire while ordinary residents suffer from over-tourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding. A protest by a group called Extinction Rebellion in the city's St. Mark's Square featured a masked bride and groom - impersonating Bezos and Sanchez - and people holding posters decrying climate change and income inequalities. However, Luca Zaia, the governor of Veneto region of which Venice is the capital, has strongly defended the wedding, saying it would be an "economic and reputational boon" for the city known for its waterways.
National Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- National Post
Jeff Bezos' Venice wedding: These are the celebs who are attending
Oprah Winfrey arrived in Venice on Thursday, leading a star-studded guest list of celebrities descending on the lagoon city for the weekend wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. Article content Article content Winfrey's private jet landed at Venice's Marco Polo airport. Former American footballer Tom Brady arrived soon thereafter. Article content The bride and groom pulled into the Aman Hotel dock on the Grand Canal on Wednesday, traveling via water taxi with security boats in tow. A few hours later they slipped out of the hotel, with Sanchez wearing a sleek black and white striped, one-shoulder gown. Article content Article content Article content Article content — Mick Jagger Article content — Leonardo DiCaprio Article content — Orlando Bloom Article content — Microsoft founder Bill Gates Article content Article content The wedding has divided Venice, with some activists protesting it as an exploitation of the city by the billionaire Bezos while ordinary residents suffer from overtourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding. Article content One group called Extinction Rebellion staged a small protest in St. Mark's Square on Thursday featuring a masked bride and groom and people holding posters decrying climate change and income inequalities. Article content Article content Article content Article content Protesters said that their plans to disrupt the arrivals of guests at one of the wedding venues forced organizers to move the event to the more secure Arsenale area beyond Venice's congested center. Article content The city administration has strongly defended the nuptials as keeping with Venice's tradition as an open city that has welcomed popes, emperors and ordinary visitors alike for centuries. Article content 'We will always respect the right to speak out, but we reject every form of intolerance and prejudice,' Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said in Thursday's edition of Italian newspaper Il Foglio Quotidiano. 'No one in Venice can claim the right of deciding who can enter, who can love, who can celebrate.' Article content
Boston Globe
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Tom Brady, Oprah Winfrey, and more celebrities who are attending Jeff Bezos' Venice wedding
The details of the nuptials have been a tightly kept secret, though the locations now appear to have firmed up as has the guest list. Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children arrived Wednesday. Advertisement Other celebrities on the guest list, according to two people close to the wedding who spoke on condition of anonymity, because they weren't authorized to speak publicly, include: Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up — Kim Kardashian — Mick Jagger — Leonardo DiCaprio — Orlando Bloom — Microsoft founder Bill Gates — Diane von Furstenberg and her husband Barry Diller — Katy Perry had originally been expected but the latest update had her as not attending. The wedding has divided Venice, with some activists protesting it as an exploitation of the city by the billionaire Bezos while ordinary residents suffer from overtourism, high housing costs and the constant threat of climate-induced flooding. One group called Extinction Rebellion staged a small protest in St. Mark's Square on Thursday featuring a masked bride and groom and people holding posters decrying climate change and income inequalities. Advertisement 'The planet is burning but don't worry, here's the list of the 27 dresses of Lauren Sanchez,' read one, a reference to the bride's reported wedding weekend wardrobe. Protesters said that their plans to disrupt the arrivals of guests at one of the wedding venues forced organizers to move the event to the more secure Arsenale area beyond Venice's congested center. The city administration has strongly defended the nuptials as keeping with Venice's tradition as an open city that has welcomed popes, emperors and ordinary visitors alike for centuries. 'We will always respect the right to speak out, but we reject every form of intolerance and prejudice,' Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said in Thursday's edition of Italian newspaper Il Foglio Quotidiano. 'No one in Venice can claim the right of deciding who can enter, who can love, who can celebrate.'
Telegraph
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Extinction Rebellion targets Bezos wedding in Venice
Extinction Rebellion has targeted Jeff Bezos' wedding in Venice with a protest in St Mark's Square. A climber from the campaign group has scaled one of three 25-metre wooden poles that stand directly in front of St Mark's Basilica. Wearing a climbing helmet and secured to the pole with ropes, he has unfurled a black and white banner that says The One Per Cent Ruins The World. Three Italian marines and several police officers are guarding the base of the pole. It is understood that they cannot bring him down by force. A fireman told The Telegraph: 'He's been up there for at least an hour and a half. He's clearly an experienced climber. We want to get him down. But we can't use force. It would be dangerous for him and for us.' The protest is aimed at billionaire Mr Bezos, the third richest person in the world, who is in Venice to marry his fiancée Lauren Sanchez. The Amazon founder and his bride-to-be, a former TV journalist, said they had made donations to three causes: Venice International University 'to support research and education', UNESCO's Venice office 'to safeguard the city's irreplaceable heritage', and an environmental charity called CORILA, which works on restoring the natural habitats of the Venetian lagoon. Mr Bezos and his fiancée said that Venice had 'gifted us unforgettable memories', and that they hoped their donations would ensure that Venice 'will continue to inspire wonder for generations to come'. Some Venetians have protested against the three-day wedding extravaganza, objecting to the presence of so many billionaires, the low levels of tax that they claim Mr Bezos pays, and his support for the Trump administration. They have hung banners from bell towers, unfurled giant posters in St Mark's Square, and plastered the city with 'No Space for Bezos' stickers.
Times
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Times
Mounted Life Guards hit the beach — and other news in pictures
A guest takes a selfie with Larry, the Downing Street cat, outside No 10 during a reception to mark Armed Forces Week, which celebrates the contributions of service personnel and their families across the UK THOMAS KRYCH/STORY PICTURE AGENCY Clive Myrie and Sir Mo Farah take part in the academic procession to the Sheldonian Theatre before Oxford University's annual Encaenia ceremony, where honorary degrees are awarded JACOB KING/PA A defiant protester in front of a burning barricade in central Nairobi during a demonstration marking one year since the storming of Kenya's parliament, the deadliest day of anti-government unrest LUIS TATO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Fog drifts over farmland in the Kaipara Hills, softening the ridgelines and trees in the rural landscape north of Auckland, New Zealand FIONA GOODALL/GETTY IMAGES DUNCAN MCGLYNN Children cool off in fountains during the Benton Harbor Department of Public Safety's Spray & Play event at Pete Mitchell City Center Park in Michigan DON CAMPBELL/THE HERALD-PALLADIUM/AP A policeman grapples with a cyclist as Extinction Rebellion protesters block the A12 highway in the Hague during a demonstration against the Nato summit, which is being hosted in the Netherlands for the first time SEBASTIAAN BAREL/EPA XNY/STAR MAX/GC IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES Liziano Ostiana performs a free running flip above Siebe van de Spijker, left, and Dez Maarsen during a media preview of Elements of Freestyle by ISH Dance Collective at the Sydney Opera House DON ARNOLD/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES Kristi Noem, the US secretary of homeland security, boards the Coast Guard cutter Escanaba in Panama City for a meeting on drug interception during a regional visit focused on immigration and security partnerships in Central America ANNA MONEYMAKER/GETTY IMAGES Myo Min Aung, a veterinarian, tends to ten-month-old baby elephant Kyaw Pearl at Wingabaw Elephant Camp in Phayargyi, Myanmar, after the calf was rescued with injuries from the wild SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Flamingos fly over pink salt flats in the Camargue region of southern France, their dark shadows trailing across the patterned ground below. The vivid colour of the landscape comes from Dunaliella salina, a pink microalgae found in the salt lakes and evaporation ponds Nadia El-Nakla, a councillor and wife of the former Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf, examines Palestinian dresses at V&A Dundee as part of Thread Memory: Embroidery from Palestine, an exhibition marking 45 years of the city's twinning with Nablus JANE BARLOW/PA A visitor takes a leap from a 50-metre crane at Coram's Fields in central London, where new electric car brand Leapmotor is offering free bungee jumps alongside test drives in an unusual marketing ploy WILL IRELAND/SWNS Mae Ann Jorolan and Luke Brady take centre stage with the cast during the curtain call for Disney's Hercules at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London's West End DAVE BENETT/GETTY IMAGES Two black-necked cranes mirror each other in a territorial display on a wetland in Ladakh, India, raising their heads and calling out to defend their nesting site in the high-altitude landscape HEMANT KUMAR/SOLENT NEWS Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit, poses with sculptures from Gromit Unleashed 3 during the launch event in Bristol, where a heritage steam train delivered characters designed in collaboration with Pixar, Lucasfilm, Sir Paul McCartney and others for a public art trail across the city FINNBARR WEBSTER/GETTY IMAGES Brothers Leo, 2, and Raphey Almeida, 3, explore a neon-painted T-Rex named King Rexford the Great by artist Laura Alp, part of a vibrant dinosaur trail at Furzey Gardens in the New Forest featuring 50 prehistoric installations among the plants SIMON CZAPP/SOLENT NEWS
