To attend Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, do you need to know the bride and groom all too well?
That’s the big question this week as fans, media and social sets in New York, L.A. and Nashville speculate over which lucky 1,000 people landed invites to the celebrity wedding of the decade this Friday night at Madison Square Garden.
Breathless coverage has poured in over the slow news week leading up to the July Fourth holiday, when billionaire songstress Swift will wed Kansas City tight end Kelce and close her long and fruitful era as a single woman. According to reports, Thursday night will see a modest rehearsal dinner (only 400 people!). Friday, per TMZ, will include a secret official wedding ceremony somewhere in Manhattan, and later that night MSG will host a historic rager complete with a castle set and musical performances.
“A 1,000-person wedding isn’t a guest list, it’s a Rolodex,” one show business power player said warily. So, who made the cut?
For the core Hollywood crowd, bragging rights will go to the top brass at Disney. A smattering of execs got the golden ticket, multiple sources said. This includes Bob Iger, the company’s former CEO and current senior advisor; David Greenbaum, head of Disney live action films and 20th Century Studios; and Dana Walden, Disney’s president and chief creative officer. It’s not surprising, given the hefty resources Disney has invested in Swift in recent years — like spending big to acquire the streaming rights to her “The Eras Tour” concert film. Before Greenbaum’s ascent to the Disney mothership, he and Swift became close while developing her upcoming directorial debut at Searchlight Pictures. Disney will also surely spend big on an Oscar campaign this year for Swift’s original song featured in the studio’s “Toy Story 5.” Good luck to these brave souls, who will face countless questions about this event at premieres and upfronts for the rest of their lives.
