Snugly seated in a wooden-decked speedboat, George Clooney and his bride travel the 80ft across the Grand Canal from Venice’s 13th Century city hall to the magnificent Renaissance palace that will host the reception for the most hotly awaited wedding of the year. As they glide over the emerald waters, the film star and his new wife, British lawyer Amal Alamuddin, are flanked by a procession of decorated gondolas, while onlookers line the nearby Rialto Bridge. This is the scene that Venetians anticipate for the actor’s forthcoming wedding, after he reportedly let slip last week that the city would be the setting.
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Newspapers in Venice say Clooney will marry in Venice this month
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He has rented out two luxurious hotels for wedding guests, the reports said
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Even guests have not been told the location of the ceremony, a source says
Longtime bachelor George Clooney will wed fiancée @placeholder in Venice on September 27, and he's reportedly rented two luxurious palazzos for his nuptials