Inside JLo and Ben Affleck’s wild Georgia wedding weekend celebration featuring huge party and Hollywood guest list
JENNIFER Lopez and Ben Affleck married again yesterday in a stunning A-list ceremony at their $8.9million Georgia estate.
The loved-up couple, affectionately known as 'Bennifer', kissed, cuddled and couldn't stop smiling as they tied the knot in front of their family and friends.
The lavish ceremony comes a month after they stunned fans by marrying in a low-key Las Vegas wedding.
Their latest nuptials were a much more luxurious affair, with JLo, 53, wowing in a bespoke Ralph Lauren white dress with a huge train and veil.
Actor Ben, 50, matched her in a white tuxedo and black trousers.
Batman star Ben's three children from his marriage to Jennifer Garner - Violet, 16, Seraphina, 13, and Sam, 11 - played a part in the day, as did JLo's twins Emme and Max, 14, from her relationship with Marc Anthony.
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The blended family walked down a long white carpet at the back of the sprawling property leading to a seated area where the couple said their vows.
After saying I do, they made their way to a wooden dock in the grounds for romantic photos.
Hollywood star and Ben's best pal Matt Damon was in attendance and acting heavyweights Jane Fonda, George Clooney and Renee Zellweger were reported to be on the guestlist for the afterparty.
There were notable absences too, including Ben's brother Casey, who was reportedly unable to make it due to childcare issues, and Ben's ex Jennifer, whom he remains on good terms with.
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The wedding weekend got off to a rocky start after Ben's mother suffered an injury on the property.
According to Daily Mail, "his mom, Christopher Anne Boldt, fell off their dock cutting her leg and was rushed in an ambulance for stitches."
An ambulance was seen with its lights and sirens on at the estate.
The outlet revealed a rehearsal dinner took place on Friday followed the following day by the main celebration, and then a barbecue today.
It comes just a month after the megastars tied the knot in a shocking wedding in Las Vegas two decades after their first engagement.
At the time, the Clark County Recorder's Office revealed that the music star changed her name to "Jennifer Affleck" as their marriage license was reportedly taken one day prior to the wedding.
In her newsletter, JLo wrote: "We did it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient."
She continued: "... We flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world.
"... We barely made it to the little white wedding chapel by midnight. They graciously stayed open late a few minutes, let us take pictures in a pink Cadillac convertible, evidently once used by The King himself (but if we wanted Elvis himself to show, that cost extra and he was in bed)."
The singer added at the time: "The hitmaker went on and added: "When love is real, the only thing that matters in marriage is one another and the promise we make to love, care, understand, be patient, loving and good to one another..."
The mom-of-three would end up sharing plenty of photos of the special day including a very intimate snap taken the morning after.
ROMANCE HISTORY
Their relationship commenced when JLo and Ben started dating back in 2002 after meeting on the set of their critically panned film, Gigli.
The two would get engaged before calling it quits, however, they found their way back to each other after JLo broke up with ex-MLB star Alex "A-Rod" Rodriguez in April 2021.
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U2 frontman Bono used low-tax Malta to buy a share in a Lithuanian shopping centre, according to the explosive "Paradise Papers" leak.
The mega-wealthy Irish rock star, real name Paul Hewson, invested in the Maltese company Nude Estates to buy a stake in the Ausra Mall in the town of Utena.
He ploughed £5.1m into the shopping centre shortly after it opened in 2007.
The revelation has come out after a vast leak of financial documents, dubbed the "Paradise Papers".
Bono’s spokeswoman told the Guardian: “Bono was a passive, minority investor in Nude Estates Malta Ltd, a company that was legally registered in Malta until it was voluntarily wound up in 2015.
"Malta is a well-established holding company jurisdiction within the EU.”
She added that he was also a passive, minority investor in the Guernsey company linked to the Ausra Mall.
Bono has angrily defended U2's tax arrangements in the past.
In 2006 the band moved parts of its business affairs to the Netherlands after tax breaks were capped in Ireland.
He said: "It’s just some smart people we have working for us trying to be sensible about the way we’re taxed.
"And that’s just one of our companies, by the way. There’s loads of companies."
The Queen's private estate is among the ranks of the mega-rich who are secretly investing cash in offshore tax havens, a new report has revealed.
A spokesperson for the Duchy of Lancaster said: “We operate a number of investments and a few of these are with overseas funds. All of our investments are fully audited and legitimate.
“The Dover Street investment was bought in 2005 and forms only 0.3% of the total value of the Duchy.
“The Duchy's investment in Bright House is through a third party and equates to £3,208 - just 0.0006% of the Duchy’s value.
“The Queen voluntarily pays tax on any income She receives from the Duchy.”
A vast number of leaked financial documents, dubbed the "Paradise Papers" also allegedly show links between Russia and US President Donald Trump's administration.
Hundreds of individuals and companies reportedly have their overseas tax affairs laid bare in the papers, including Tory donor Lord Ashcroft.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said the disclosure "proves" that "there's one rule for the super-rich and another for the rest when it comes to paying tax."
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell added: "These are deeply worrying revelations. Despite all the Government's claims of cracking down on tax dodgers, this evidence confirms that tax avoidance is clearly continuing on an industrial scale.
"Either the Prime Minister or the Chancellor needs to explain how this scandalous behaviour has been allowed to go on unaddressed for so long and what action is to be taken now."
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Previously, JLo was married to Marc Anthony until 2014 and they welcomed twins Emme and Max, both now 14.
As for Ben, he welcomed three children, Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel, with his now ex-wife, Jennifer Garner, 50.
