Venice, Italy (AP) – Oprah Winfrey Arrived in Venice on Thursday, Leading A Star-Studdded Guest List of Celebrities Descending on the Lagoon City for the Weekend Wedding of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez.
Winfrey’s Private Jet Landed at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport. Forere American Footballer Tom Brady Arrived Shortly Afterwards.
The details of the nuptials have been a tightly kept secret, though the guest list hasd up as have the reported locations for the three of parties and receptions, including a cloister in the cannaregio District, The San Giorgio Island and the Arsenale District Best Known As The Venue For The The The Arsenale Biennale Art Fair.
Veneto Governor Luca Zaia has said the extravaganza is costing beteen 40 million and 48 milonion euros ($ 46.7 milion to $ 56 million). He Told Reporters This Week That It Will Bring 90 Private Jets to the Treviso and Venice Airports and a Celebrity Quotient That Would “Bring Visibility and Promotion” To Venice That He Said Worth More That Five American Super Bowls.
Here’s a look at the Who’s Who of the Bezos-Sánchez Nuptials.
The Bride and Groom Pulled into the Aman Hotel Dock On the Grand Channel on Wednesday, Traveling via Water Taxi with Security Boats in Tow. FEW HOURS LATER THEY SLIPPED OUT OF THE HOTEL, WITH SÁNCHEZ WEARING A SLEEK BLACK AND WHITE STRIPED, ONE-SHOULDER Gown.
Ivanka Trump, Her Husband Jared Kushner and Their Three Children Arrived Wednesday.
Other celebrities on the guest list, according to Two People Close to the Wedding Who Spooke on Condition of Anonymy, Because They Weren’t Authorized to Speak Publicly, Include:
– 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 Notandinging.
The Wedding Has Divided Venice, With Some Activivis 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-Anduced 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 Incomer inequalities.
“The Planet Is Burning But Don’t Worry, Here’s the List of the 27 Dresses of Lauren Sanchez,” Read One, Reference to the Bride’s Reported Wedding Weekend Wardrobe.
Protesters Said That Plans to Disrupt the Arrivals of Guests at One of the Wedding Venues Forced Organizals to Move the Event to the More Secure Aryenale Area Beyond Venice’s Adoles Center.
The City Administration has Strongly Defended The Nuptials The Keeping with Venice’s Tradition as an open city that has welcomed Popes, Empers and Ordinary Visitors Alike for Centuries.
“We Will Always Respect The Right To Speak Out, But We Reject Every Form of Intolerance and Loss,” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro Said in Thursday’s Edition of Italian Newspaper Il Foglio Quotidian. “No One in Venice Can Claim The Right of Decidening Who Can Enter, Who Can Love, Who Can Celebrate.”
Bezos Donated 1 Million euros each to Three Environmental Research Organizations Working to Preserve Venice, According to Corila, The Venetian Environmental Research Association.
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Winfield Reported from Rome.
