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Rosie O'Donnell Goes After Jeff Bezos' Wedding Guests

Comedian wasn't impressed with excess of nuptials to Lauren Sanchez, nor with stars who attended

(Newser) - Speaking out the loudest against the extravagant Jeff Bezos-Lauren Sanchez wedding on Friday in Venice, Italy: environmentalists, Venetian locals, and ... Rosie O'Donnell. BuzzFeed reports that the comedian has some thoughts on the nuptials— thought to cost around $25 million and even up to $50 million-plus—as revealed on her...

Lauren Sanchez's Wedding Dress Took 900 Hours to Make
What Was Up With Those
Bezos-Sanchez Invites?
THE RUNDOWN
Jun 28, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

What Was Up With Those Bezos-Sanchez Invites?

'Clip art,' one columnist described them, though the rest of the affair in Venice was rife with luxury, celebs

(Newser) - The event we've all been hearing about for months has finally wrapped. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are now husband and wife, after an elaborate wedding in Venice, Italy, that attracted a fair amount of pushback from locals and activists and backlash overall . Both USA Today and...

Stars Descend on Venice for Bezos-Sanchez Nuptials

Among those said to be attending in Venice: Oprah, Bill Gates, Mick Jagger, and more

(Newser) - Oprah Winfrey arrived in Venice, Italy, 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. Winfrey's private jet landed at Venice's Marco Polo Airport. Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner, and...

Bezos' Venice Wedding Illustrates Rise of Tackiness

Flaunting one's wealth is in, writes Amy Odell

(Newser) - "Stealth wealth" is out. "Swaggy and braggy" is in, or so it seems as we approach the nuptials of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. The occasion has Amy Odell taking a look at how wealth is manifesting itself these days: Being understated and quiet about it is no...

Protesters Force Bezos to Move His Controversial Wedding

Security and activist concerns prompt shift to fortified venue

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos's lavish Venice wedding plans hit a snag this week as activists threatened to flood the city's famous canals with inflatable crocodiles, forcing the billionaire to relocate his celebration to a more secure venue. The Amazon CEO and Lauren Sanchez will now host their main reception...

Greenpeace Gets In on the Anti-Bezos Wedding Protest

Venice banner complained about billionaire tax breaks

(Newser) - Greenpeace on Monday joined the smattering of protests in Venice against the upcoming wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. A half-dozen protesters unfurled a giant banner early Monday in St. Mark's Square reading: "IF YOU CAN RENT VENICE FOR YOUR WEDDING YOU CAN PAY MORE...

Venetians to Block Guests From Bezos Wedding

Activists say rumored $10M event is a symbol of 'exploitation'

(Newser) - Activists in Venice are protesting against Jeff Bezos' plans to take over an island in the city next week for his wedding to Lauren Sanchez, which has a rumored $10 million budget. Banners reading "No Space for Bezos" were unfurled from the bell tower of the San Giorgio Maggiore...

Gayle King Hits Back at Blue Origin Haters

King insists all-female trip to space was indeed very inspirational

(Newser) - The criticism of Jeff Bezos' all-female Space Origin flight started as a trickle and has become a deluge (see here , here , here , here , and too many more places to list), but Gayle King isn't having it. In response to the many people pointing out that a billionaire sending a...

After Rocket Landing, Bezos Excitedly Face-Plants

Blue Origin founder tumbled into the dirt while greeting fiancee Lauren Sanchez after spaceflight

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos was obviously excited to greet his fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, and the rest of the all-female team from Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket after it touched down in West Texas following its launch into space on Monday. Maybe a little too excited—the Blue Origin founder took a...

Katy Perry's Song in Space Fit the Moment

Singer belted out Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World,' per spacemate Gayle King

(Newser) - On Sunday night, just hours before she blasted off the planet with an all-woman crew on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft, Katy Perry made an announcement. "I think I'm gonna sing, I'm gonna sing a little bit. I gotta sing in space!" the 40-year-old pop...

All-Women Crew Ready to Launch Into Space
All-Female Crew Travels
to Space and Back
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Apr 14, 2025 8:43 AM CDT

All-Female Crew Travels to Space and Back

Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez among those on Blue Origin rocket

(Newser) - An all-female crew with some big names lifted off into space on Monday on a Blue Origin rocket from Jeff Bezos' company. They blasted off at 9:30am Eastern from the company's launch pad in rural west Texas and returned to Earth about 10 minutes later.
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Venice: Bezos Wedding Won't Cause Gondola Shortage

City says 'fake news' about wedding is unfounded

(Newser) - Venice has confirmed that it will host the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez later this year, but authorities say the Amazon founder's guests won't be hogging all the gondolas. In a statement , the city administration said the "many speculations and fake news circulating about Jeff...

Gayle King Will Be on All-Female Spaceflight

Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez will also take part in history Blue Origin flight

(Newser) - CBS host Gayle King will be joining singer Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos' fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, on Blue Origin's next space mission. The flight, expected some time this spring, will have an all-female crew for the first time in the history of Bezos' space company. In a news release...

Jeff Bezos Writes Amazon Review for Fiancee's Book

Not surprisingly, he gives it all 5 stars

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos has only reviewed nine products on Amazon.com, the website he founded, but he doled out one of those rare reviews for his fiancee . Lauren Sanchez's children's book, The Fly Who Flew to Space, was released earlier this month, and on Wednesday, Bezos gave it a...

Report: Jeff Bezos Has Popped the Question

Longtime love Lauren Sanchez spotted with an apparent engagement ring amid media reports

(Newser) - Last week, the big news on Jeff Bezos was that he was spotted on his new $500 million, 417-foot superyacht, said to be the longest sailing yacht on Earth. This week, even bigger news, at least if you're a romantic: The Amazon founder is said to be engaged to...

Bezos Hit With Lawsuit From Girlfriend's Brother

Michael Sanchez sues for defamation

(Newser) - Jeff Bezos and girlfriend Lauren Sanchez made it red-carpet official last month, but February brings a new set of headlines tied to their union. It emerged late Sunday that Sanchez's brother, Michael Sanchez, on Friday sued the Amazon founder for defamation. He alleges that Bezos and his security consultant,...

Bezos' Security Honcho Finished His Probe. Here's What He Found

Gavin de Becker fingers Saudi Arabia

(Newser) - In a lengthy piece posted to the Daily Beast , Jeff Bezos' investigator, Gavin de Becker, reveals what his investigation into the National Enquirer's publication of a story about Bezos' relationship with Lauren Sanchez turned up: that the Saudis accessed his boss' phone and "gained private information" from it....

Enquirer Paid Mightily for the Bezos Texts: WSJ

American Media boss was outraged by upfront payment, sources say

(Newser) - The brother of Jeff Bezos' girlfriend provided the National Enquirer with racy texts the Amazon founder sent to Lauren Sanchez and was handsomely rewarded for doing so, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The insiders say David Pecker, CEO of Enquirer parent company American Media Inc. and an associate of...

Brother of Bezos Mistress Speaks Out

Michael Sanchez says affair is a 'legendary romance'

(Newser) - Yet another twist in the Bezos-Sanchez saga: Michael Sanchez, brother of Lauren Sanchez, has hinted that he leaked explicit texts between his sister and Jeff Bezos to the National Enquirer—but not explicit photos. He tells Vanity Fair that he did not supply the "d--- pics" the tabloid's...

After Racy Texts Leak, Bezos Launches Investigation

'Strong leads point to political motives'

(Newser) - The world's richest man doesn't know how his racy text messages to Lauren Sanchez ended up in the National Enquirer —but he can afford to hire private investigators to find out. Gavin de Becker, longtime security chief for Jeff Bezos, is leading the privately funded investigation. He...

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