Here comes the bride
Chelsea's wedding guest list: Oprah is in; Obama is out
- Will Oprah be at the Clinton wedding? News reports say yes, although they'vebeen wrong about President Obama, who says he won't be there
- Don't expect Barbra Streisand to sing, although odds are she will be at theClinton wedding. She is a close friend of Bill and Hillary's.Photo by Kevin Mazur
- The happy couple
The guest list for the "wedding of the summer" — the July 31 marriage of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky — is out and if reports are accurate, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand and Steven Spielberg will make their way to upstate New York for the nuptials.
Last month, New York magazine reported that "Chelsea has instituted a strict 'no-strangers' policy: She must personally know every invitee." So, it seemed surprising when the Hudson Daily News reported Wednesday that the list includes such questionable friends of Chelsea as former British prime minister John Major, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, mogul Ted Turner and Denise Rich, the longtime Clinton donor and ex-wife of embezzler felon Marc Rich, whom Bill Clinton pardoned just days before leaving office in 2001.
Already, though, reports President Obama will attend have been shot down. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Wednesday that Obama does not plan to be at the wedding.
And Al and Tipper Gore won't be there either, although that seems understandable since they are separated and the Gores' relationship with the Clintons grew testy after the former president's dalliance with Monica Lewinsky.
No word on Chelsea's gown, although insiders are betting Oscar de la Renta will get the nod since he is chummy with Hillary Clinton and dressed her often for special occasions when she was first lady.
If so, it will be the most bipartisan move of the season. Jenna Bush also wore a de la Renta design when she got married in 2008.