The A-list has started to arrive, from Kim Kardashian to Oprah Winfrey.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”credit-name” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Black Han Sans|||on|||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ header_4_font=”|||on|||||” header_4_text_align=”center” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Words by Charley Ross<\/strong><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2203098198-scaled.jpg” alt=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez” title_text=”2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones – Arrivals” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] If you\u2019re looking for a who\u2019s who of the celebrity A-list, look no further than the guest list for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos\u2019 wedding to journalist Lauren S\u00e1nchez.<\/p>\n 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 S\u00e1nchez son Evan\u2019s 19th birthday, and is said to also offer a pyjama party for guests. While the Clooneys don\u2019t seem to be on Bezos\u2019 wedding guest list, plenty of celebs are. Oprah Winfrey has reportedly arrived on her private jet, and Donald Trump\u2019s 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\u2019s St. Regis Hotel by boat.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/flatplan-plus-content.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-2151790924-scaled.jpg” alt=”Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez” title_text=”The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating %22Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion%22 – Red Carpet” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″] 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\u2019s first public appearance since the news broke. Former NFL quarterback Tom Brady has also arrived in Venice via water taxi for the event.<\/p>\n 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\u2019s even godmother to his children \u2013 and they\u2019ve collaborated on songs together such as Hello Hello and Sine From Above.<\/p>\n The details of S\u00e1nchez\u2019s 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. \u2018We are excited for you to join us,\u2019 the invitation reads. \u2018We have one early request: please, no gifts.\u2019 \u2018Donations on your behalf are being made to the UNESCO Venice Office to safeguard this city’s irreplaceable cultural heritage,\u2019 the invite says, \u2018to 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.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text module_class=”custom-quote” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_2_font=”Libre Bodoni|||on|||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#333333″ header_2_font_size=”40px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] Events are expected to kick off at Venice\u2019s 14th century church Madonna dell\u2019Orto, 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.<\/p>\n 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.’<\/p>\n 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.’ ‘This is a city that handles 150,000 people a day,’ Zaia told Italian publication Corriere della Sera. ‘George Clooney, Fran\u00e7ois-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.<\/p>\n Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro has also spoke out in support of the wedding, which has already been dubbed as \u2018the wedding of the century\u2019.\u2018We will always respect the right to speak out, but we reject every form of intolerance and prejudice,\u2019 he said in an edition of Italian newspaper Il Foglio Quotidiano this week.<\/p>\n \u2018No one in Venice can claim the right of deciding who can enter, who can love, who can celebrate.\u2019<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=”#111111″ divider_position=”center” divider_weight=”2px” module_class=”custom-divider” 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Earlier this week, the couple arrived at Venice\u2019s Aman Hotel dock on the city\u2019s 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. S\u00e1nchez 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.<\/p>\n
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 \u2018no gifts\u2019.<\/p>\n
It adds that the couple will be contributing to local Venice causes on invitees\u2019 behalf to thank them \u2018for making the journey\u2019 to the destination wedding.<\/p>\n‘they’re not asking for gifts.’<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]
Regional governor Luca Zaia has opposed the concerns aired by these protests.<\/p>\n