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Pan of Regent Wall Street Hotel entrance 2. Congratulations poster 3. Limousine arrival, guests in foreground4. Alan Cummings gives V-sign5. Spotlights at hotel entrance 6. WS red carpet7. MS security system8. Limo arriving9. VS...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Pan of Regent Wall Street Hotel entrance \u003cbr/\u003e2. Congratulations poster \u003cbr/\u003e3. Limousine arrival, guests in foreground\u003cbr/\u003e4. Alan Cummings gives V-sign\u003cbr/\u003e5. Spotlights at hotel entrance \u003cbr/\u003e6. WS red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e7. MS security system\u003cbr/\u003e8. Limo arriving\u003cbr/\u003e9. VS Donald Trump arriving\u003cbr/\u003e10. CA press\u003cbr/\u003e11. Pull out to SOT (English) Donald Trump, Wedding Guest: \"The wedding was beautiful and she looked very beautiful. (Q: Was she happy?) I think so. I  can't get inside her head but I think so. (Q: Was it one of the nicest wedding you've been to?) Yeah, this was really beautiful and it was fun, she looked just lovely.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. SOT Mia Farrow:\" She looked stunning and we just have wish them every happiness.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. CA Rosie O'Donnell\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOT Rosie O'Donnell :'It was absolutely wonderful. She looked beautiful. Andy Williams, Micky Ronney, Cindy Adams, what else do you need? I wish them all the happiness of the world. I wish them all the happiness of the world'\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. BS David Hasssellhoff\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of actor Robert Goulet \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOT(English) Robert Goulet, Wedding Guest:  \"We very happy for them both. I think it's a great marriage, it's a good union, and we are looking for many happy years for them in the future.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of actor Sir Antony Hopkins \u003cbr/\u003e19. CA red carpet\u003cbr/\u003e20. Reverse shot Queen guitarist Brian May  with wife Angie Dobson\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOT (English) Brian May, Wedding Guest:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Fantastic, very beautiful, very tastefully done. (Q: What do you wish for the couple) Long life, health, happiness, everything they deserve.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22.SOT Billy Gilman, singer: 'Oh, it was fabulous. It was really great. I'm ready. I'm nervous. But singing for Michael Jackson and Liza and David...But they're good friends, Liza and David..I am going to be performing a song that I actually sang at the Micheal Jackson's special which David produced. Ben.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. MS Mickey Rooney, veteran actor \u003cbr/\u003e23. CA press\u003cbr/\u003e24. Zoom into wealthy New York socialite Denise Rich \u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Denise Rich: \u003cbr/\u003e\"The love that surrounds them. I think that was the most amazing thing, when everybody was clapping, and so happy for them, praying for them...They were just radiating. It was just beautiful.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e26. MS Joan Collins, actress, with new husband Percy Gibson\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOT Joan Collins: 'The wedding was lovely. It was almost as good as ours, a month ago.' \u003cbr/\u003e28. PAN hotel entrance \u003cbr/\u003e29. SOT Dionne Warwick, singer:  \"When the minister said I now pronounce you man and wife, that was the best part.\" \u003cbr/\u003e30. MS Helena Christensen, top model with partner \u003cbr/\u003e31. SOT Helena Christensen: \"The moment when they of course  kissed and kissed and kissed, cause they kissed a lot. After they exchanged rings and then they made beautiful speeches to each other. And just thinking of all the people that were in there, the immense amount of talented artists was also quite something.\"\u003cbr/\u003e32. SOT Roberta Flack, singer: 'It was very emotional, very passionate, lots of passion. It didn't sound scripted, it didn't sound like somebody said, you know, Liza you're a show woman star, David you are a great entrepreneur, we want you to say this..it was all from the heart. I mean they were a lot of tears, you could hear the sniffling. It was really beautiful, quite beautiful.\"\u003cbr/\u003e33. MS valet boy directing the cars \u003cbr/\u003e34. SOT Tito Jackson, singer (Jackson Five):' It was a beautiful moment. It was a great thing to see two people in love, very sincere. The kiss was the highlight.\"\u003cbr/\u003e35. MS valet boy directing the limos \u003cbr/\u003e36. Pull out Paul Sorvino, actor, opera singer \u003cbr/\u003e37. MS Kirk Douglas, actor \u003cbr/\u003e38. SOT Kirk Douglas: ' What everyone has. What everyone wants...happiness.' 39. CA New York police officers\u003cbr/\u003e39. SOT  Gina Lollobrigida, actress: \"I wish that they will be happy for ever. It is very rare to see a happy. long, happy marriage...so what I wish to them, is a very long marriage.\"\u003cbr/\u003e40. MS newlyweds Liza Minnelli and David Gest arrive at the hotel. \u003cbr/\u003e41. VS Minnelli and Gest walking down the red carpet \u003cbr/\u003e42. SOT David Gest: 'We had a great time. Great wedding.' \u003cbr/\u003e43. SOT  Liza Minnelli: 'Great' \u003cbr/\u003e44. MS Liza Minnelli with David Gest waving fans. \u003cbr/\u003eGuests at LIZA MINNELLI's fourth wedding said she danced at the altar as a bevy of celebrities helped her and producer DAVID GEST celebrate their nuptials.\u003cbr/\u003eThe crowd outside Marble Collegiate Church screamed as the newlyweds slipped out a side door. \u003cbr/\u003eA limousine waited to take them to a reception with an eclectic and glittering guest list.\u003cbr/\u003eIt featured such showbiz legends A-list stars as actors\u003cbr/\u003eANTHONY HOPKINS and MICHAEL DOUGLAS, rocker ELTON JOHN and  GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA.\u003cbr/\u003eOthers arriving in limos, Rolls-Royces and even yellow\u003cbr/\u003ecabs were celebrities such as JOAN COLLINS, ROBERTA FLACK and ROBERT GOULET.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This was one of the most thrilling weddings I've ever been to,\" veteran actor MICKEY ROONEY told reporters and photographers as fans watched from across the street.\u003cbr/\u003eElizabeth Taylor and actress Marisa Berenson were maids of honour. Jackson and his brother TITO, childhood friends of Gest, were best men. The bridal party was to include actors Tony Franciosa and Robert Wagner, actresses Mia Farrow, Janet Leigh,and Gina Lollobrigida, and singers Petula Clark and Michael Mcdonald.\u003cbr/\u003eCurious New Yorkers observed from rooftops and apartment windows.\u003cbr/\u003eSaturday's wedding extravaganza had promised more excess than Minnelli's first three combined.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Liza's Nutty Nuptials,\" proclaimed a headline in the New York Post.\u003cbr/\u003eThe bride and groom were introduced by Jackson last year when Minnelli appeared in Gest's television production of 'Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Special.'\u003cbr/\u003eMinnelli was wed previously to entertainer Peter Allen (1967-72), producer Jack Haley Jr. (1974-79), and stage manager/sculptor Mark Gero (1979-92).\u003cbr/\u003eMinnelli, who turned 56 on Tuesday, will honeymoon in Thailand. Afterward, the daughter of Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli will launch a European tour that kicks off with five shows in London.\u003cbr/\u003eFor Minnelli, the wedding marks a personal comeback. Early last year, she nearly died after a battle with encephalitis. She was severely overweight and worried she might never sing again.\u003cbr/\u003eThe bride was expected to be 90 pounds (40 kilograms) lighter when she put on the long, custom-made gown. And she credited her future husband, 48, with getting her back into shape -which has not always been easy for Minnelli, winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy, two Golden Globes and three Tony Awards.\u003cbr/\u003eThe marriage, at the 147-year-old Marble Collegiate Church on New York's Fifth Avenue, was the first for Gest, 48.\u003cbr/\u003eIn an interview with Britain's OK! magazine, which bought exclusive rights to cover the wedding, Broadway producer Gest said he and Minnelli planned to adopt four children.\u003cbr/\u003eHe told the magazine: \"We are going to spend half the year living in France just outside Paris, where we will raise our children.  \"We are adopting four children... of all races, a black child, a white child... it doesn't matter at all.\u003cbr/\u003e \"Liza is going to be the best mother in the world. 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