If you’re looking for a who’s who of the celebrity A-list, look no further than the guest list for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ wedding to journalist Lauren Sánchez.

The creme de la creme have begun to descend on Venice for the lavish ceremony and festivities, which has already featured a foam party for Sánchez son Evan’s 19th birthday, and is said to also offer a pyjama party for guests.
Earlier this week, the couple arrived at Venice’s Aman Hotel dock on the city’s Grand Canal, travelling via water taxi with security boats in tow. There has long been speculation that the bride and groom would exchange vows here, a luxurious boutique 16th century palazzo where Amal and George Clooney exchanged vows back in 2014. Sánchez was later seen leaving the hotel in a vintage Alexander McQueen one-shoulder gown. A cocktail party was reportedly thrown at the wedding venue on Wednesday night.

While the Clooneys don’t seem to be on Bezos’ wedding guest list, plenty of celebs are. Oprah Winfrey has reportedly arrived on her private jet, and Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children Arabella, Joseph and Theodore also arrived in Venice earlier this week. They were pictured arriving at the city’s St. Regis Hotel by boat.

Mick Jagger, Leonardo DiCaprio and Orlando Bloom are also reported to be on the guest list, with Katy Perry unable to make the event due to tour commitments, amid rumours of herself and Bloom having split.

According to Italian media, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Kim Kardashian, her sister Khloe and her mother Kris Jenner, as well as Diane von Furstenberg and her estranged husband, Barry Diller, have also arrived for the nuptials. Diller came out as gay in May, and this is von Furstenberg’s first public appearance since the news broke. Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady has also arrived in Venice via water taxi for the event.

The Daily Mail has also reported that Lady Gaga and Elton John will be performing at the wedding. The Rocketman star is said to own an apartment in Venice close to where the nuptials are set to take place. Gaga and John are already close friends after all, she’s even godmother to his children – and they’ve collaborated on songs together such as Hello Hello and Sine From Above.

The details of Sánchez’s wedding gown have not been confirmed, though luxury Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana and Oscar de la Renta being the predicted top contenders for the dress and many of her other wedding looks.
The couple have taken a non-conventional route when it comes to wedding presents. E! News reported that it had obtained a copy of the wedding invite, which instructed guests to bring ‘no gifts’.

‘We are excited for you to join us,’ the invitation reads. ‘We have one early request: please, no gifts.’
It adds that the couple will be contributing to local Venice causes on invitees’ behalf to thank them ‘for making the journey’ to the destination wedding.

‘Donations on your behalf are being made to the UNESCO Venice Office to safeguard this city’s irreplaceable cultural heritage,’ the invite says, ‘to CORILA to restore the vital lagoon habitats that protect Venice’s future, and to Venice International University to support research and education for sustainable solutions.’

Events are expected to kick off at Venice’s 14th century church Madonna dell’Orto, due to the fact that a traffic ordinance from City Hall has been put in place banning pedestrian traffic for the evening of Thursday 26 June.

Greenpeace and the UK-based collective Everyone Hates Elon released a joint statement in protest against the wedding. ‘Jeff Bezos is the second-richest man in the world yet is reported to pay a 1.1 percent true tax rate,’ it reads. ‘The multi-million-dollar wedding is reportedly happening over three days, with the wedding ring alone worth as much as $5million.’

An additional statement from Everyone Hates Elon says: ‘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.’
Regional governor Luca Zaia has opposed the concerns aired by these protests.

‘This is a city that handles 150,000 people a day,’ Zaia told Italian publication Corriere della Sera. ‘George Clooney, François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek, Alexandre Arnault, Elton John and many others got married here.’ He also pointed out that the celebrations are expected to bring $23-34million to local businesses.

Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro has also spoke out in support of the wedding, which has already been dubbed as ‘the wedding of the century’.‘We will always respect the right to speak out, but we reject every form of intolerance and prejudice,’ he said in an edition of Italian newspaper Il Foglio Quotidiano this week.

‘No one in Venice can claim the right of deciding who can enter, who can love, who can celebrate.’