Bezos Sanchez Wedding

Venice is gonna be flooded with yachts this week in the wake of the Bezos-Sanchez wedding, and it's scaring a bunch of billionaires away from the region.

Sources with direct knowledge who rep some of these uber-rich folks tell TMZ ... non-celeb billionaires with big 'ol yachts had made plans to tool around the Mediterranean in July are moving their trips to August.

As one put it, "Venice is gonna be a s**t show with all the yachts!" There's a whole competing culture in the yachting world, where one group (mostly celebs and techies) loves being around other big boats for a d***-measuring competition, and the other group just likes the solace of their own boat.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s impending Italian wedding is turning up the heat for them and their A-list guests -- but locals are still fired up and not shy about it!

A giant banner has been rolled out in Venice's iconic St. Mark’s Square demanding Bezos pay more taxes, especially if he’s shelling out to rent the city for this wedding -- a bold message from campaign group Everyone Hates Elon and Greenpeace that’s impossible to ignore.

An Everyone Hates Elon spokesperson blasted Bezos for shutting down massive chunks of the city for days to get married ... calling it ridiculous the third-richest man in the world, worth $220 billion, could do so while the government struggles to fund public services.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have changed the game when it comes to "foam fingers" ... 'cause the two stars played around at a foam party days before exchanging bling for their ring fingers!

The major couple was spotted on Jeff's megayacht -- the Koru -- off the coast of Europe Sunday ... partaking in a lavish foam party for Lauren's son Evan's 19th birthday.

JB and LS were covered in suds on the deck ... engaging in a little PDA a few days before their star-studded wedding.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez didn’t exactly kick things off with a fairy tale -- 'cause the couple went public in 2019 after rumors swirled about an affair ...

Then, boom ... Jeff signed off on a $38-billion divorce like it was next-day delivery, and a few months later, Lauren ditched her Hollywood hubby Patrick Whitesell -- and by Wimbledon that same year, the lovebirds were playing doubles with flirty giggles and loving stares.

By 2022, Jeff was smacking her butt like it owed him money, and by the next year, he dropped a giant rock on her finger -- prime commitment!

Lauren Sanchez does not want to sully her best outfits on some dinghy ... because we've learned for at least part of her big wedding week, she and Jeff Bezos will be staying at a super-swanky Venice hotel.

Multiple Venetian sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Bezos and the future Mrs. Bezos will be staying at the Aman Venice, a landmark built in 1550.

Furthermore, our sources say the Aman has been blocked out entirely from Wednesday, June 25, through Sunday, June 29. We're told wedding guests will also be staying at the hotel.

Orlando Bloom is on the ultra high-profile guest list for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's approaching wedding ... and TMZ has learned the actor's going stag amid rumors of his relationship with Katy Perry getting rocky.

Sources tell TMZ ... OB plans to attend the days-long wedding celebration in Venice, Italy, taking place later this month ... and Katy ain't going to be by his side -- but in this instance, there's a perfectly logical explanation.

Katy is currently on tour in Australia, rockin' 15 sold-out shows -- and those dates overlap with the billionaire's bash. And Katy's tour was planned way before Jeff and Lauren locked in their lavish European nuptials.

Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez’s star-studded Venice wedding has celebs buzzing -- but locals? Yeah, they’re not exactly rolling out the red carpet.

Venetians aren’t holding back -- posters slamming the Sanchezos wedding are plastered all over town, and one even dropped a giant red X over his name from a historic bell tower of Venice's San Giorgio Maggiore Church.

With their "No Space for Bezos" posters, locals are going out on a limb -- loud and clear -- slamming the billionaire’s flashy impending three-day wedding takeover of their city.

Lauren Sanchez’s wedding to Jeff Bezos is the talk of the town, and frankly, the world -- and TMZ’s got some more exclusive deets, straight from her big brother!

TMZ caught up with Paul Sanchez outside a Home Depot Thursday, and he’s doubling down on what we all know -- Lauren and Jeff's wedding is gonna be huge. But, he takes it a step further, saying it's gonna be just as big as Princess Diana’s 1981 wedding to King Charles.

Catch the full video, 'cause Paul shared some deets on the venue, and the celebs he’s hoping to meet at this star-studded affair ... plus, what he's planning to gift his sis and bro-in-law-to-be, considering they already have it all.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's summer wedding is shaping up to be the event of the year -- ultra-luxe, ultra-exclusive, and a guest list stacked with A-listers!

Eva Longoria, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian and Jewel are among the lucky ones who scored an invite from the Amazon billionaire and his soon-to-be wife to their summer Italian affair.

We're also told Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, as well as Karlie Kloss and her husband Joshua Kushner made the list. Our sources say Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, film producer Brian Grazer, models Brooks Nader and Camila Morrone secured an invitation.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are getting set to walk down the aisle, according to multiple reports.

After a 2-year engagement, the jet-setting couple is finally sending out wedding invites, saying they will tie the knot this summer in Italy, per the New York Post and Puck News.

As you know, Jeff and Lauren have had a whirlwind romance since 2019 when they first stepped out in public together.

Jeff Bezos was triggered Sunday after reading stories that he was tying the knot with his fiancée Lauren Sanchez next weekend in Aspen.

Bezos launched Trump style at the media, saying, "This whole thing is completely false - none of this is happening. The old adage, 'don't believe everything you read' is even more true today than it ever has been."

But he wasn't done ... "Now lies can get ALL the way around the world before the truth can get its pants on."

Make way for Mrs. B! Lauren Sanchez was out for dinner at Nobu in Malibu with her billionaire fiancé Jeff Bezos and pals Wednesday ... rocking a jaw-dropping new piece of bling.

The former TV anchor's 20-karat engagement ring -- reportedly worth $2.5M -- clearly isn't enough to cement their pending union ... as she took a subtle "Mrs. B" gold necklace out for a spin.

Whether the "B" symbolizes "Bezos" or "billionaire" remains a mystery ... but one thing's for sure, the chain was putting all focus on her decolletage ... complementing her plunging all-black look and pink-lined coat.

Lauren is clearly loving every moment of their engagement ... earlier this month she posed for a western-themed spread with Jeff, and told the fashion bible they haven't made any headway with wedding planning yet.

While we can only assume they'll hire a team of wedding planners to diligently orchestrate their A-list nuptials ... the duo is currently engrossed in planning a cross-country move.

Jeff recently announced their plans to relocate to Indian Creek Island in Miami Beach ... closing the chapter on Seattle, where the businessman founded his iconic tech company.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez look damn comfortable in the country and in the city -- $160 billion will do that for ya -- as they posed for a western-themed spread in Vogue ... but also partied with their celeb pals in Bev Hills.

Their latest engagement party went down Sunday night ... a private affair at the home of Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg with a serious who's who guest list.

The guests of honor mingled with Kim and Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble, Mick Jagger, Oprah, Leonardo DiCaprio, Chris Rock, David Geffen and Robert Pattinson and Suki Waterhouse.

TMZ has learned the couple invited Jewel to perform at the event, and guests partied in a throwback disco dancing room. BTW, a few more from the mega guest list -- Jessica Alba, Salma Hayek, Rita Wilson, Scooter Braun, Barbra Streisand and James Brolin, Bob Iger and Lauren's ex, Tony Gonzalez. They're cool like that.

As for Lauren and Jeff's wedding day ... she talked to Vogue about planning the massive event, but sounds like they don't have a ton of details yet. They've only been engaged for 5 months, after all.

However, the couple was happy to strike several poses for multiple photo shoots ... one on his Western Texas ranch, and another with a glossy, futuristic theme that looks kinda spacey.

Makes sense, as Lauren says she's getting ready for her trip to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule. She also talked about their $10 billion philanthropic efforts through the Bezos Earth Fund -- as she put it to Vogue, "This is the most important work I’ve ever done, ever.”

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are celebrating their engagement on the romantic French Riviera ... and it's not just her giant diamond ring that's turning heads in Cannes.

The Amazon founder and his fiancée Lauren had a dinner date Monday night at La Petite Maison, where the soon-to-be-newlyweds dined with Jeff's sister, Christina, and her hubby Steve Poore. No doubt the family members were toasting Jeff and Lauren's big news.

And yes, Lauren's massive rock on her left hand drew plenty of attention ... along with her stylish white mini-dress!

As we reported, Lauren's engagement bling was first spotted while she and Jeff were aboard his new $500 mil superyacht, Koru. The couple sailed out of Mallorca, Spain, and beelined it for all the festivities around the Cannes Film Festival.

Lauren and Jeff started dating in late 2018, and they've been inseparable since ... traveling around the world together.

Unclear when Jeff and Lauren are going into wedding-planning mode, if they aren't in that zone already ... but odds are it'll be an extravagant affair. Comes with being one of the world's richest!!!

We covered it all in the latest episode of The TMZ Podcast, available on all podcast platforms.