They may not officially tie the knot until July, but Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant have spared no expense when it comes to their upcoming ‘pre-wedding’ celebrations.

The couple, who come from two of India’s richest families, reportedly hired 21 chefs to feed their 1,000 guests at the lavish event at Anant’s parents’ home in Jamnagar this weekend.

The VIP guest list reportedly includes Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Hillary Clinton, who attended the groom’s sister’s equally extravagant wedding in November 2018.

Bride-to-be Anant Ambani, 29, is the daughter of billionaire Shri Viren Merchant, the CEO of private healthcare company Encore Healthcare.

Meanwhile, Anant Ambani, 28, is the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest man and director of Reliance Industries, which has a turnover of $110 billion.

The invite for the pre-wedding celebrations – which have been widely circulated on social media – read, “With hearts full of joy and excitement, we invite you to Anant and Radhika’s pre-wedding celebrations at our home in Jamnagar.

“We look forward to having you with us to share in our joy, love and laughter, and to create memories we will cherish forever.”

The times reports that Rihanna will perform alongside Punjabi musician Diljit Dosanjh over the weekend.

For Annant’s sister’s wedding in 2018, the family reportedly paid Beyonce $6 million to fly in and perform a private concert for the guests.

Before the festivities, guests were reportedly given a nine-page dress code detailing the variety of events that will take place this weekend.

Local media report that guests will travel to the city of Jamnagar on charter flights and ferries – and have been told there is a limit of three suitcases per couple.

On Friday evening, the happy couple’s loved ones will enjoy a ‘just in Everland’ themed cocktail party on site.

The next day, they were told to wear “comfortable shoes” to take a “walk on the wild side” by visiting the groom’s Reliance animal rescue center, which covers 650 hectares and houses more than 2,000 animals houses.

That evening, the couple will present their ‘Mela Rogue’ and guests have been told to dress in a ‘dazzling desi romance’ style.

On the third day, guests have been told to pack something ‘casual chic’ for the Tusker Trails, where they will likely explore the area.

The final event will be a Hashtakshar, which translates as ‘signature’, and guests are expected to wear traditional clothes such as sherwanis and saris.

Indian publication National News reports that all 1,000 guests will have access to laundry services, including express dry cleaning, throughout the weekend.

The information booklet also states that hairstylists, make-up artists and sari trotters will also be on hand to assist.

The guide states: ‘We want you to enjoy every moment to the fullest and make beautiful memories that will last a lifetime.’

According to The times of Indiachefs at the luxurious Jardin Hotel have prepared more than 2,500 dishes, including Japanese, Mexican and Thai cuisine.

An insider told the publication that guests can choose from 75 options for breakfast and another 225 and 275 for lunch and dinner.

There will also be 85 catering options offered for the traditional midnight meal, which runs from noon to 4am.

Furthermore, the insider also claimed that no item on the menu will be repeated over the three days.

The happy couple are said to have been childhood friends and both attended university in the US.

In November 2018, Anant’s Yale graduate sister, Isha, tied the knot with real estate magnate Anand Piramal, a childhood friend and the son of another ultra-wealthy businessman, in a wedding estimated at $100 million (£74.9 million). has cost. to Bloomberg.

The first hint of the wedding’s opulence was the elaborately embroidered and gilded Dolce & Gabbana boxes that guests received as invitations.

Each beautiful rose-printed package contained a series of luxurious cards that unfolded to reveal details of the events that would take place over the five days.

According to Indian tradition, the celebration began with the Sangeet, where the bride, groom and their families typically gather to sing and dance in dramatic performances in honor of their union.

But Mr Ambani, whose business interests include oil, telecom, chemicals, textiles, technology and food, did not hesitate when it came to entertaining his little girl.

Beyoncé was flown in especially for the 45-minute private concert, during which she made several costume changes and sang the hits Perfect and Crazy In Love.

It is unlikely that there will be another musical act on the day as this is usually reserved for the opening night festivities.

Bollywood superstars, including Aishwarya Rai, partied the night away as laser lights crisscrossed the sky.

Other reported VIP wedding guests included former Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington, 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch, BP Group CEO Bob Dudley, and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Mr Piramal and Ms Ambani, a Yale graduate, selected the most beautiful locations in Udaipur, known as the ‘city of lakes’, for the weekend, taking over the five-star Oberoi Udaivilas Hotel and the 18th-century City Palace for two overnight events.

Hillary Clinton has spoken out about director Greta Gerwig and actress Margot Robbie not being nominated for the Academy Awards for “Barbie.”

The former foreign minister posted on social media on Wednesday morning: 'Greta and Margot, although it may be tough to win the box office, but not to take home the gold, your millions of fans love you. You are both so much more than Kenough.”

The 76-year-old also added #HillaryBarbie to the bottom of her post on X, formerly known as Twitter, joining the likes of Ryan Gosling in condemning the criticism.

The slate for the 96th Academy Awards, which will take place on March 10, was released on Tuesday, with the two notable omissions sparking an outpouring of anger.

Making matters worse was the nomination of Robbie's male co-star Ryan Gosling, who is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Ken in the film.

Another Barbie star, America Ferrera, was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress.

Gosling even went so far as to make an extraordinary statement criticizing the Academy for not nominating the couple.

However, he dropped out of his own Oscar nomination in protest.

Gosling solemnly wrote: “There is no Ken without Barbie, and there is no Barbie movie without Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, the two people most responsible for this history-making, globally celebrated film.

“No one in film would be recognized without their talent, perseverance and genius. To say I'm disappointed they weren't nominated in their respective categories would be an understatement.

“Their work should be recognized, along with the other very deserving nominees.”

Some fans were unimpressed by Gosling's statement, with one person saying: “It would be a strong statement to leave his name out.”

Others online said Gosling should 'just turn down' the Oscar nomination – and not appear at the star-studded event at all if he is truly outraged and disappointed.”

One person wrote: 'He can decline and give the nomination to another actor. So many things he can do…'

LA Times critic Mary McNamara also claimed that Barbie would have been nominated for an Oscar if she had been a prostitute, survived a serial murder or if she had thrown Ken out the window of the Dream House.

McNamara said the nominations – and lack thereof – showed how voters were out of step with the film's feminist message.

“How did voters justify giving 'Barbie,' with the very clear message that women have to dance backwards in heels to get half the appreciation their male counterparts get, a best picture nomination, while ignoring the two women who made that photo possible?' McNamara wrote.

The critic points to three films that received glowing nominations: “Poor Things,” featuring sex work, “Killer's of the Flower Moon,” about serial slayings, and “Anatomy of a Fall,” about a woman accused of murdering her man.

“If only 'Barbie' had worked as a sex worker for a while,” McNamara mused. 'Or barely survived becoming the next victim in a mass murder plot. Or was accused of pushing Ken out the top window of the Dream House.

“Millions of Barbie fans must be wishing right now that they could push someone – maybe one or two members of the film academy – out of a very high window.”

Director Gerwig, 40, was nominated for adapted screenplay in a lesser category, along with her husband Noah Baumbach, 54 – something McNamara tongue-in-cheek described as “breathtaking.”

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Hillary Clinton was pictured in Manhattan on Monday clutching a memoir about a family's “shame and secrecy.”

The former secretary of state was back in New York City for the first time since her husband's name was dragged through the mud again over his friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Bill Clinton, now 77, was friends with the billionaire financier. Last week, a series of court documents from a 2015 case against Epstein's right-hand man Ghislaine Maxwell were unsealed and Bill's name featured prominently.

In one particularly damaging section, one victim of Epstein claimed he told her Clinton “likes them young,” referring to girls.

None of the documents contained any allegations of sexual activity between Clinton and Epstein's victims, but their release was deeply uncomfortable for Clinton and other powerful men linked to Epstein – including Prince Andrew, magician David Copperfield and Donald Trump.

Hillary Clinton was mentioned in passing in one document: a request for communications from her. She was not known to be associating with Epstein.

Her current reading material, clearly visible to the photographers, seemed to acknowledge the shame her family has felt from their association with Epstein. Maxwell was invited to their daughter Chelsea's wedding in July 2010.

The book, SHANDA: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy, was published in 2022.

The book, written by Letty Cottin Pogrebin, who co-authored the feminist magazine Ms. with Gloria Steinem in the 1970s. founded, describes Pogrebin's family: devout Jewish immigrants.

Hillary visited an Upper East Side apartment on Monday before lunch at a Central Park restaurant, Marea.

The Clintons returned to New York this week after spending the holidays in Latin America – visiting the Dominican Republic, exploring the Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende and soaking up the sun at a remote Mexican getaway with the company from California Governor Gavin Newsom and his wife Jennifer.

The former president was in Latin America when the unsealing of the Jeffrey Epstein documents began on January 3.

Clinton flew on Epstein's private jet several times and once publicly praised the financier's intellect and philanthropic efforts.

Clinton previously said through a spokesperson that he never visited his homes during his trip on Epstein's plane, had no knowledge of his crimes and has not spoken to Epstein since his conviction in Florida.

Other released documents contain legal arguments about whether Clinton should be impeached. Lawyers for Virginia Roberts-Giuffre — whose legal battle was the source of the court papers — argued that the former president was a “key person who could provide information about his close relationship” with Epstein.

Bill and Hillary Clinton avoided all news of the documents in Mexico and stayed at the luxurious Four Seasons resort in Tamarindo, in the western state of Jalisco.

The secluded hotel, where rooms cost $800 a night, is nestled in a 3,000-acre nature reserve and has a six-mile private beach. It also features a spa, a golf course and a ranch where much of the food for the restaurant is grown and raised.

The Clintons were seen riding a golf cart with Newsom, and the couples had dinner together.

Newsom has been friends with the Clintons for years and wished Bill a happy birthday on Facebook in 2016.

“Happy 70th President Bill Clinton!” he posted.

'Grateful for your leadership and your friendship. Here's to many more years of pointing out the value of 'arithmetic!'

Before traveling to Tamarindo, Clinton was spotted strolling the streets of the popular tourist town of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, 500 miles inland from the resort town.

Mayor Mauricio Trejo Pureco shared a photo of Clinton in front of the parish of San Miguel Arcángel on social media.

In a tweet, Pureco welcomed him, saying: 'Even Bill Clinton walks calmly and safely through the streets of San Miguel de Allende, enjoying the unique beauty and friendliness of the people of San Miguel de Allende.

“Welcome Mr. President! That's why we are [the] best little town in the world!!!'

Clinton was also in the Dominican Republic over the holidays.

On December 29, he was pictured with his wife Hillary, 76; the former president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera; and former President of Mexico Enrique Pena-Nieto.

The photo was taken in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

The image of the couple next to Piñera was shared by Frank Elías Rainieri, a hotelier in the Dominican Republic.

Bill Clinton's spokesperson Angel Urena said in July 2019, when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, that he knows “nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein was accused of, and that Clinton had not spoken to Epstein “in more than a decade.”

It is unclear how Clinton and Epstein met.

On January 3, hours before the court documents were unsealed, Jeffrey Epstein's brother Mark, a New York-based real estate developer, said his sibling claimed to have information about Donald Trump and Bill Clinton that was so explosive it could have changed the 2016 presidential election. would derail.

Mark Epstein, 18 months younger than Jeffrey, said his brother never provided details.

Mark, 69, told The New York Post: “Here's a direct quote: 'If I told them what I know about both candidates, they would have to cancel the election.' Jeffrey told me that in 2016.'

Hillary Clinton was not known to spend time with Jeffrey Epstein, but her husband had been a friend since at least 1993.

Epstein and Maxwell were pictured greeting Bill Clinton at the White House in 1993, during an event for donors to the White House Historical Association. Epstein attended the event after donating $10,000 to the fund.

The pedophile financier made at least 17 visits to the White House, presidential logs show, and Bill Clinton also flew on Epstein's private jet and made trips to Europe, Asia and Africa in 2002 and 2003.

Mark Epstein said flying with Bill Clinton was a major mistake by his brother because it suddenly put his activities in the spotlight.

“Jeff first took Clinton, and I think it was Chris Tucker and a few other people, to Africa – which was a mistake my brother made in that, because he was under the radar before that; no one was looking at him.

“But when he flew Clinton there, I thought, 'Who is this guy flying Clinton?'

Hillary Clinton’s name has appeared for the first time in court documents involving Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, with a newly published tranche requesting “all communications” from her and twelve other people.

The former secretary of state’s surprise entrance onto the Epstein stage — her husband has been mentioned several times and was known to have associated with the late pedophile financier for years — came as lawyers asked whether the Clinton Foundation funded Maxwell.

Maxwell, the only person convicted for her role in Epstein’s sex trafficking network, declined to answer.

Hillary Clinton was not known to have a close relationship with Maxwell or Epstein and was never photographed with either of them.

Her name appears in a 2016 document filed by Maxwell’s lawyers regarding Virginia Roberts-Giuffre – an Epstein victim, who sued Maxwell for defamation in 2016.

Hillary Clinton’s name is mentioned in a single line about Roberts-Giuffre’s request for “all communications with thirteen specific witnesses,” according to Newsweek.

She does not appear anywhere else in the documents released Friday.

Another document shows that Roberts-Giuffre is trying to assess Maxwell’s worth as part of the defamation case.

Roberts-Giuffre’s legal team accuses Maxwell, the daughter of a Czech-British newspaper magnate, of refusing to release her financial records, implying she wanted to hide the source of her wealth.

“For example, Defendant has refused to comply with a request for information regarding her connection to the Clinton Foundation, claiming that such a request is ‘clearly intended to harass and embarrass her,’” the court documents say.

‘Nothing could be further from the truth.’

Roberts-Giuffre’s lawyers say Maxwell plans to claim she lied about her meeting with Bill Clinton.

They suggest that Maxwell might try to protect Bill Clinton because his foundation financially supports Maxwell.

“It is the defendant’s intention to argue at trial that Ms. Giuffre made false statements about various interactions with former President Bill Clinton,” Roberts-Giuffre’s legal team said.

“If Defendant (or any of her organizations) receives funding from the Clinton Foundation, that would obviously be a clear motive for her to provide dissenting testimony on this subject.

‘Mrs. Giuffre has the right to investigate this clear possibility of bias by obtaining information about the financial ties between Defendant and the Clinton Foundation.”

There has never been any evidence that the Clinton Foundation funded Maxwell or any other private individual.

Neither Bill nor Hillary Clinton are accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Maxwell and Epstein.

Bill Clinton traveled on Epstein’s private jet four times and said the flights were related to his work for the Clinton Foundation.

The former president, now 77, has long maintained that his connections to Epstein were professional.

He emphasized in 2019 that during his four trips on Epstein’s private jet, in 2002 and 2003, he was always accompanied by an entourage of Secret Service staff and agents.

But court documents from June 2016 — part of a defamation lawsuit filed against Maxwell by one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Roberts — paint a different picture, showing that they are close personal friends, and Epstein accuses Clinton of “she to be found young’.

In her file, Roberts asks the judge for permission to force more people to make a statement to strengthen her case.

Roberts claims – using her married name, Virginia Giuffre – that Bill Clinton had a close relationship with both Maxwell and Epstein, who died in prison in August 2019 while awaiting trial.

“In a 2011 interview, Ms. Giuffre mentioned former President Bill Clinton’s close personal relationship with Defendant and Jeffrey Epstein,” the court document said.

“While Ms. Giuffre made no allegations about illegal actions by Bill Clinton, Ms. Maxwell in her statement identified Ms. Giuffre’s comments about President Clinton as one of the ‘obvious lies’ she referred to in her public statement that formed the basis of this suit.

“In addition to Defendant and Mr. Epstein, former President Clinton is a key figure who could provide information about his close relationship with Defendant and Mr. Epstein and discredit Ms. Maxwell’s claims.”

Clinton is mentioned 50 times in the first batch of documents released Wednesday — nearly 950 pages of evidence.

Another woman who alleged she was sexually abused by Epstein, Johanna Sjoberg, said in her statement that Epstein told her, “Clinton likes them young, referring to girls.”

It’s unclear how Clinton and Epstein met, but Roberts wasn’t the only one to claim the pair were close.

On Wednesday, hours before the court documents were unsealed, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother Mark, a New York-based real estate developer, said his sibling claimed to have information about Donald Trump and Bill Clinton that was so explosive it would leave the 2016 presidential election derail.

Mark Epstein, 18 months younger than Jeffrey, said his brother never provided details.

Mark, 69, told The New York Post: “Here’s a direct quote: ‘If I told them what I know about both candidates, they would have to cancel the election.’ Jeffrey told me that in 2016.’

Hillary Clinton was not known to spend time with Jeffrey Epstein, but her husband had been a friend since at least 1993.

Epstein and Maxwell were pictured greeting Bill Clinton at the White House in 1993, during an event for donors to the White House Historical Association. Epstein attended the event after donating $10,000 to the fund.

The pedophile financier made at least 17 visits to the White House, presidential logs show, and Bill Clinton also flew on Epstein’s private jet and made trips to Europe, Asia and Africa in 2002 and 2003.

Mark Epstein said flying with Bill Clinton was a crucial mistake by his brother because it suddenly thrust his activities into the spotlight.

“Jeff first took Clinton, and I think it was Chris Tucker and a few other people, to Africa – which was a mistake my brother made in that, because he was under the radar before that; no one was looking at him.

“But when he flew Clinton there, I thought, ‘Who is this guy flying Clinton?’

Bill Clinton’s spokesperson Angel Urena said in July 2019, when Jeffrey Epstein was arrested, that he knows “nothing about the terrible crimes” Epstein was accused of, and that Clinton had not spoken to Epstein “in more than a decade.”

There is no evidence that Clinton ever visited Epstein’s Caribbean island, Little St. James.

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