News media hover over Madonna’s wedding

Press, 19 August 1985, Page 10

News media hover over Madonna’s wedding

NZPA-AP Malibu The singer, Madonna, and an actor, Sean Penn, were married at the week-end as news helicopters and cele-brity-laden limousines converged on the sunny oceanside bluff where the wedding took place. Among the estimated 200 to 300 guests attending the wedding at the multimilliondollar Point Dume house were the actresses, Diane Keaton, Candy Clark, and Rosanna Arquette, who costarred with Madonna in the film “Desperately Seeking Susan.” Also on hand were the singer and actress, Cher,

who arrived sporting purple hair, an actor, Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, and David Keith, and the artist, Andy Warhol. Many guests were surprised at the 100 or so photographers and reporters and eight news media helicopters covering the home. “I thought this was a secret,” said one man, stepping from a black Mercedes at the home of a Chicago lawyer 56km north-west of downtown Los Angeles.

A line of limousines and luxury cars stretched three blocks up the street. Surfers, as well as guests, were caught in the traffic jam. All that could be seen

behind 15 security guards and a three-metre fence was a concrete driveway shrouded by pepper trees and strung with gold garlands, and the top of a large white tent that covered the yard. Guests ranged from teenagers with purple-and-orange hair to a woman in her 70s. Some carried gifts in white wedding paper, others in birthday wrapping. Madonna and Penn had kept the site of the wedding secret even from many guests. Those invited had to telephone almost at the last minute to find out where the celebration was being held.