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Daily Mail
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Sarah Murdoch stuns in a classic black gown as she attends lavish Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding with husband Lachlan
Sarah Murdoch turned more than a few heads on Friday as she celebrated the nuptials of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Italy with her husband Lachlan. Described as the 'wedding of the century,' the 61-year-old Amazon founder and 55-year-old former journalist exchanged vows in front of almost 200 VIP guests on San Giorgio Maggiore island on Friday. And Sarah, 53, certainly lived up to the occasion, stepping out in a classic black strapless gown. The stylish gown showed off Sarah's trim and toned arms while also flaunting a hint of décolletage. She wore her blonde locks back with a chic 'wet' look while accessorising with a pair of eye-catching diamond pendant earrings and an array of luxe bling on her wrist. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Sarah also carried what appeared to be a burgundy satin Saint Laurent clutch, that added a pop of colour to her classic look, while completing her outfit with a pair of black sunglasses. Lachlan, 53, cut a very dapper figure in a black tuxedo, white shirt. and bow tie. The couple were spotted leaving the St Regis Hotel, hopping into a water taxi to head to the island of San Giorgio Maggiore for the lavish nuptials. As they waited, the News Corp chairman and his model wife were kept company by Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. The daughter of US President Donald Trump wore a stunning, heavily embellished pink strapless floral gown by Tony Ward, which also featured a thigh-baring slit. Sarah also cut quite the stunning figure when she joined husband Lachlan for Jeff and Lauren's star-studded wedding welcome party. The now husband and wife gathered at the Madonna dell'Orto cloisters with their A-list friends on Thursday evening for a lavish pre-wedding celebration. Among the revellers were media mogul Lachlan and his wife of 26 years, and the couple were all smiles as they arrived at the lavish soirée. Sarah looked absolutely stunning in a classic violet gown that showed off her svelte form. The simple-yet-stylish gown was cinched at the waist and finished just below Sarah's knee. The British-Australian model finished her ensemble with a pair of black strappy heels. She accessorised with a small black clutch and a pair of sleek black sunglasses. Husband Lachlan, 53, complemented his wife perfectly in a navy blue jacket and matching trousers. He also wore a similarly coloured collared shirt while finishing his dapper look with what appeared to be a pair of black sneakers. The couple looked chuffed to be in each other's company, walking hand-in-hand as they arrived at the luxe celebration. A slew of celebrities stepped out to celebrate Lauren and Jeff on Thursday evening as their pre-wedding festivities kicked off, including Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Orlando Bloom, who all dressed to the nines. Bride-to-be Lauren, 55, donned a terrifyingly tight corset for the party. The shimmering one-piece by Schiaparelli boasted a cinched waistline and embroidered floral detailing. For his part, Jeff, 61, looked dapper in a white shirt and black suit before finishing the outfit with a pair of statement sunglasses. It comes after Sarah made a rare public appearance as she celebrated Tamie Ingham's 40th birthday in Sydney earlier this month. She was all smiles as she mingled with Eastern Suburbs socialites at the event. Sarah put on a stylish display in a dark top with a matching-coloured pleated skirt. She was also seen cutting a cake at the event as her friends took time to sing her happy birthday after she celebrated turning 53 in May. Sarah left her curled blonde locks out as she cut her cake while standing alongside birthday girl Tamie. Tamie, who is married to celebrity chef Guillaume Brahimi, dressed to impress in a light blue dress that had a cinched-in design at the front. Meanwhile, Sarah has been happily married to her husband Lachlan for 26 years after tying the knot in 1999. They are parents to sons Kalan Alexander, 18, and Aidan Patrick, 17, and daughter Aerin Elisabeth, 13. The couple own a home in Bellevue Hill, Sydney, known as Le Manoir.
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Plastic surgeons spot telling signs of every nip and tuck as A-listers descend on Bezos-Sanchez wedding
They're calling it 'the wedding of the century,' and the celebrities certainly didn't fail to stun the crowds. More than 200 guests descended upon Venice for the nuptials of the world's third richest man, Jeff Bezos, and former journalist Lauren Sanchez.
Daily Mail
10 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Hollywood's most obnoxious egomaniac has committed his most humiliating faux pas yet
Was there a wedding crasher at the Bezos-Sanchez nuptials? A mystery man was snapped boarding a water taxi among a gaggle of A-listers headed to the highly anticipated ceremony on Friday, his face covertly shielded by the bill of a black baseball cap like a convenience store shoplifter attempting to evade security cameras.
Forbes
21 hours ago
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- Forbes
The Sanchez/Bezos Merger: How To Get Married, Though Thousands Object
The It Couple: Lauren Sanchez and US founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, leave the Aman Hotel in Venice on June 25, 2026. Celebrities in superyachts sail into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the UNESCO city is no billionaire's playground. The tech magnate and journalist have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their multi-million dollar nuptials in the Italian city, which are expected to kick off on June 26 and end Saturday with a ceremony at a secret location. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Though anything but a 'normal' wedding in location, guests, detail or outlay, in its familial contours at least, the onrushing Lauren Sanchez/Jeff Bezos nuptial weekend remains a deeply ordinary American event: Big blended family, second march down the aisle for the bride, second for the groom, their (largely grown) kids hanging about, and a few trusted business associates, friends and their families queuing up to party hearty. Understandably, the lovebirds are going big with all this, and in Venice, of all places, because, again, with previous marriages behind them, they would like to declare that this time is really, All good. Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Bezos, a June thing it is, then. A banner showing a giant red 'X' on Jeff Bezos' name is removed from the bell tower of San Giorgio Maggiore, a small island part of Venice where the billionaire will marry is fiancee, journalist Lauren Sanchez at the end of June, on June 12, 2025. Poster campaigns and stickers have spread throughout the city, including one with images of Bezos reading "No space for Bezos" as some local residents protest claiming the city is transformed into a playground for billionaires. (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images However. No grand soirée — no Versailles ball hosted by Madame de Pompadour, no Met Gala, no rager on Ibiza — occurs in a political or social vacuum. In the instance of this current, admittedly somewhat large affair, across town, housed in a ramshackle palazzo (doubling as an alternative nightclub) called 'Laboratorio Occupato Morion,' at No. 2951 Calle del Morion, the small but doughty 'No Space For Bezos' protest collective remains handily and happily dug in amid a plethera of other groups, calling for their adherents to bring 'crocodile' pool floats, along with goggles and snorkels in the service of a form of jolly but pointed havoc on the to-ing and fro-ing of the wedding party and guests this weekend. Not necessarily the most salubrious swim for the prospective demonstrators' health, those rather questionable lagoon-city waters, but it could be good sport. VENICE, ITALY - JUNE 26: Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are seen leaving the Aman Hotel in Venice ahead of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Wedding on June 26, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/GC Images) GC Images Geographically, their Calle del Morion HQ location is proof, if any were needed, that Venice's urban matrix is ultra-tight: It's just a few hundred yards north of the Arsenale, the ancient shipyard and weapons larder, now a public event space that has, ironically enough, been booked by the Sanchez/Bezos organizers for a portion of the weekend celebrations due to its lone entrance by water. Which tactical advantage to the wedding party, in turn, is just one of the many reasons that the countervailing 'No Space For Bezos' demonstration planners have wholeheartedly embraced Venice's aquatic urban terrain, e.g., with snorkels and pool floats. By definition, anybody attempting to move through Venice will meet some, or several, bodies of water to be traversed. This fact frames the parameters of the contest between the Sanchez/Bezos organizers and security forces on the one side, and arrayed against them, the several groups planning to utilize the occasion of the weekend to publicize their causes. US model Kendall Jenner (top) and US entrepreneur Kylie Jenner leave the Gritti Palace Hotel ahead of the wedding of Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos with Lauren Sanchez in Venice on June 26, 2026. Celebrities in superyachts sail into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the UNESCO city is no billionaire's playground. The tech magnate and journalist have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their multi-million dollar nuptials in the Italian city, which are expected to kick off on June 26 and end Saturday with a ceremony at a secret location. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP) (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images In the largest strategic sense, the wedding party's Achilles heel is its size, shoe-horned in upon Venice's arthritic pre-medieval matrix. Ignoring for the moment the many dozens of service and security personnel required to stage functions such as this (and their crucial need to get around), no Venice canal except for the Grand and a handful of others can tolerate a launch big enough to board the wedding couple and their 200-odd guests at once. Every movement of that crowd must, per force, be made in bits, and thus fragmented, it becomes exponentially harder for the Sanches/Bezos team to secure that movement. This is the reason that the organizers booked 40 of Venice's gorgeous mahogany motoscafi, the private launches and their expert pilots, for the duration. Worse comes to worst, they can flat outrun anything trying to interdict them. Acquatically, then, the game becomes one of chokepoints. Pictured below, Greenpeace's admonishment to the groom, a ground banner unfurled in St. Mark's square on June 23. Activists of international environmental group Greenpeace deploy a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos and reading "If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax" at St Mark square in Venice on June 23, 2025. Venice will host the wedding of Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez before the end of the month with more than 200 guests expected to attend. (Photo by Stefano Rellandini / AFP) (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Pictured second from top, the 'No Space For Bezos' banner is being lowered from the bell tower of Santa Giorgio Maggiore on June 13, which happens to be the basilica on the tiny island off the tip of Giudecca where the core service acknowledging the Sanchez/Bezos union is reported to be scheduled. Parenthetically, it will remain an irony of the weekend that, whatever transpires the San Giorgio Maggiore basilica and/or in any of the weekend's other splendid venues, it's been reported that the couple's troth has long been pled and entered (with full legal effect), alongside the finalization of a crucial, attendant pre-nup, back home in the good ol' USA. Put differently, no Italian law or obfuscatory European Union clerical minutae dare intrude by virtue of the romantic European location in which the wedding will be celebrated, thank you very much. At the stratospheric atmospheres in which the Sanchez/Bezos family operates, pre-nups can require the legal dog teams to pull the weighty sled of the fortune across some forbidding personal and civil terrain. It seems as if that's done and dusted. The more immediate point is that the 'No Space For Bezos' people are deeply local. Their specific knowledge of sites and access points is their strength, which very much does not mean that the Italian organizers, hoteliers, restaurateurs, security services, and municipal authorities who are integral to the celebration do not, also, know the intricacies of the Lagoon and its jewel-box city. They do. Rather, the point is that this weekend's thrust and parry between the party versus their numerous party-poopers will be more sophisticated than we might imagine. It's significant that Venice has a 400-year tradition of mask-making and masquerade balls — which is to say, the town is nothing if not about intrigue. Furthermore, this weekend's contest is certainly not as simple as big-dude-sails-in-with-his-woman-on-his-big-boat-and-bigfoots-Venice, as some the opposing forces to the weekend's celebration would have it. In fact, Venice, the old late-Byzantine trading colossus, has arguably hosted thousands of bigger and finer party weekends in over its milliennium-and-a-half reign as the pearl atop the crown of the Adriatic. Partying, and courtly intrigue, is a thousand-year-old Venetian mark in trade. A swift refreshing stroll through Othello should remind us of that. For their part, having spent the last weeks on the 415-foot Koru meandering up the Dalmatian coast toward Venice, at the last minute (seemingly), the couple decided to leave the boat on the northern Croatian coast before choppering over the head of the Adriatic and dropping into Venice on June 25. Of all the tactical decisions they could have made around the weekend, this one reeks of intelligence in every sense, indicating knowledge of the gathering stormclouds against the weekend's celebrations, as well as indicating the keenness with which that knowledge is put to defensive use. Put bluntly, underway, on the high Med, the Koru presents a relatively fleet and negligible target. But in addition to its eye-watering football-field-and-then-some length, the Koru has a 55-foot beam and an understandable, but still gargantuan, 18-and-a-half-foot draft. There aren't many places in Venetian lagoon that can handle that. So: Moored in Venice for three days straight and hardly missable, the Koru — unanimously regarded as an extravagant toy by 100% of the protest groups — would have only become a $500-million sitting duck requiring massive 24/7 security, in effect actually begging for any number of protest groups' dinghy crews, or scuba specialists, to pop over and festoon its classy navy-blue hull with any amount of paint, signage or graffiti for their causes. The weekend is by no means over, but one extremely private ultra-Venetian venue has been thoroughly and seamlessly enjoyed, on June 26, with a dinner for the couple and their guests at the immense and immensely luxurious Palazzo Brandolini, presiding over the south bank of the Grand Canal. In many different ways — culturally, politically, socially, as well as topographically — the place is unassailable. Background: The Palazzo is owned by Cristiana Brandolini D'Abbo, the nonagenarian sister of the late Fiat chair Gianni Angeli and aunt to Prince Egon von Furstenberg, the first husband of designer Diane von Furstenberg Von Furstenburg herself has been coming to this house since she was a young married, and now spends months every year here. She and her current husband Barry Diller rent the palazzo's piano nobile , the 'noble' or first floor, with its enormous reception and dining rooms, and for the last decade have hosted the Diller von Furstenburg (DVF) Family Foundation award events here. In a larger way, Diller and von Furstenburg represent a Venetian template for Bezos and Sanchez, which is why an eve-of dinner in the Palazzo Brandolini for the wedding party kickoff was apt. Diller has long advised Bezos, Diller and von Furstenburg have hosted Sanchez and Bezos in Venice before, and along the way, the three-masted Koru was, after much study by Bezos, modeled on the schooner-rigged three-masted Diller yacht Eos . Glassware for the von Furstenburg/Diller party and for the weekend in general is being provided by Cristiana's grandson Marcantonio Brandolini, whose roots can be traced back fifteen hundred years to a Brandolini ancestor who fought the Goth invasion in the mid-500s. The point is this: Yes, the nationality of the this weekend's betrothed is American. Yes, they have quite a bit of money. But their connections to the town and its broad community of global citizens go a quite a bit deeper than first meets the eye. As cosmopolitan as Venice is, as historically important as one of Europe's post-Roman, grand medieval and Renaissance trading posts, the town remains a tough nut to crack, socially speaking. Whatever disruption, minor or major, this weekend's protest efforts may attain, the newly wedded couple have dug taproots in town that cannot be easily pulled. Because: Deeper into Venice's Grand Canal traditions and families than the Palazzo Brandolini is hard to get. The group 'No Space For Bezos' created their rather catchy name on the fly, plucked with a bit of spark from the fact that what's come to be called 'over-tourism' has in fact been crowding out the natives, artisans, business people and regular workers from charming towns across the northern littoral of the Mediterannean — from the Costa del Sol right through Italy and Greece to the shores of Anatolia. First Venice, then Barcelona — where tourists of all stripes are now routinely hosed down in protest by locals armed with water pistols — have fallen victim to the effects of mass tourism. They do have a point. The Med is a gorgeous place and a wellspring of global, and Western, culture. Like many other such places, inevitably, it's becoming less and less authentic. Whatever else it is or might be, the Sanchez/Bezos wedding is not the wellspring of that.
Daily Mail
a day ago
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- Daily Mail
Skinny Leonardo DiCaprio, suave Tom Brady and newly-single Orlando Bloom lead stylish male guests at Jeff Bezos' wedding
Jeff Bezos and 's storied wedding is going to have some of the most eligible bachelors in the world. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Brady, and newly-single Orlando Bloom led the hunk parade in Venice, Italy on Thursday which was the first day of the most-anticipated nuptials of the year. As those three were not suave enough, Usher and Corey Gamble led some of the good-looking taken men at the star-studded event. The handsome bunch were just some of the many celebrities who shrugged off raging protests by the Italian locals. Leonardo, 50, looked skinny as he sported a black suit over a beige polo shirt. Regardless of dressing up a bit more than he usually does, the Oscar-winner could not stray away from his signature style of wearing a black Los Angeles Dodgers baseball cap. Tom, 47, and Orlando, 48, no doubt will be two of the most sought-after for a chat from single women during the festivities. However, the two eligible bachelors shared a water taxi while heading to the event as they were out to prove that teamwork makes the dream work. Former husband of Gisele Bundchen, Tom, donned a white dress shirt with the top few buttons undone. He flashed his signature pearly whites as he also donned a pair of black designer shades. Orlando matched his buddy Tom in a crisp white dress shirt as his short locks were elegantly disheveled. It was claimed on Wednesday that Orlando and fiancee Katy Perry had called it quits following weeks of escalating tension after nearly a decade of their on–off relationship, six years of being engaged and one child together. For weeks fans have been speculating all is not well between the pair after Katy, 40, was seen without her engagement ring. Yet the pop star - who is currently on a world tour - and Orlando, 48, have refused to comment on the speculation, with sources claiming they were hoping to work through their rough patch for the sake of their daughter Daisy Dove, four. Tom, 47, and Orlando, 48, no doubt will be two of the most sought-after for a chat from single women during the festivities The actor will attend the billionaire's Italian nuptials without Perry, 40, who is away on tour. A source told TMZ earlier this week: 'He's the life of the party and he's gonna hit the dance floor hard!' and added he may even 'sneak away with Leonardo DiCaprio for some bar crawling.' Another source said: '90 per cent of the people at the wedding are kinda boring, but 10 per cent are really fun, including Orlando, Leo and Jeff (Bezos). It's gonna be a great party!' Katy and Orlando were last pictured together at the Vanity Fair Oscars party in March, where they posed for red carpet snaps. Usher, 46, looked stylish in a white suit over an avant-garde red striped shirt. He accessorized with gold necklaces including one with a massive pendant of his logo as he also sported a pair of gold-rimmed aviator shades. The Burn hitmaker was not alone as he was joined by wife Jennifer Goicoechea whom he married last week. Corey, 44, looked like the perfect date as he sported a black suit and shirt combination while joining longtime girlfriend Kris Jenner, 69. Kris is a close friend to the bride Lauren as she attended her Paris bachelor party with daughter Kim Kardashian. Meanwhile, the Amazon billionaire and his bride-to-be are said to have invited 200 people to their three-day Italian wedding, which is due to kick off on Thursday and end on Saturday. On Tuesday, a copy of the couple's invite was leaked with one very specific request made on behalf of the couple. They've asked guests not to buy them any presents and told them they'll be making donations to multiple charities working to stop Venice from sinking on attendees' behalf instead. The star-studded guest list includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, and Tom Brady. Bezos is worth around $224.6 billion and is thought to be spending tens of millions on his wedding. 'If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more tax,' one gigantic banner read in St. Mark's Square. Greenpeace and the UK-based collective Everyone Hates Elon have joined protests in Venice attempting to disrupt, or even prevent, the planned wedding celebrations of Amazon founder Bezos this week. 'Jeff Bezos is the second-richest man in the world yet is reported to pay a 1.1 percent true tax rate,' the two groups said in a joint statement. 'The multi-million-dollar wedding is reportedly happening over three days, with the wedding ring alone worth as much as $5million.' A spokesperson from Everyone Hates Elon said: 'As governments talk about hard choices and struggle to fund public services, Jeff Bezos can afford to shut down half a city for days on end just to get married.' A team of former US marines has already been hired to provide security for the event by Bezos, which is due to take place over three days from June 26 in the iconic lagoon city. Pictured: A banner against Bezos lies on the ground in St. Mark's Square Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro and regional governor Luca Zaia have spoken out in favor of the nuptials, which have been dubbed, 'the wedding of the century,' pointing out that the celebrations are expected to bring $23-34million to local businesses. 'This is a city that handles 150,000 people a day,' Zaia told Italian daily Corriere della Sera. 'George Clooney, François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek, Alexandre Arnault, Elton John and many others got married here.' Bezos has also pledged to make sizable charity donations, including $1.16million to Corila - an academic consortium dedicated to studying Venice's lagoon ecosystem - according to Corriere della Sera and Italy's ANSA news agency. Earlier this month, anti-Bezos banners were hung in Venice from St. Mark's Tower with 'Bezos' in blue capital letters and a red X over it as part of a 'No Space for Bezos' campaign, a play on Bezos' Blue Origin spaceflight venture.
