Minnelli madness grips New York as star weds for fourth time

(18 Mar 2002)

Church - arrivals
1. TILT DOWN Empire State Building and church
2. WS fans waiting outside church
3. MS fans waiting outside church
4. PULL out newspaper
5. SOT Mike Freedman, fan: ' I'm waiting to see the celebrities. That's what I'm waiting to see. I got this from Newsday, and there is a whole section in here of the people that are going to be at the wedding. So, I'm just waiting, hopefully I'll see all of them. I'm a Liza Minnelli fan, so I like her too.'
6. SOT Gloria Payne, fan: ' I've been standing here since one o'clock. And the reason I'm standing here is because Liza Minnelli is getting married and I adore her, Michael Jackson is going to be the best man, and he is fantastic. Elizabeth Taylor is here, and I've loved her since the time she was in National Velvet, see I have silver hair...And that's why I'm here. But I don't know, there is something magical. This is New York city, and New York is magical, number one city in the world.'
7. MS church
8. MS Liz Smith, New York Post celebrity columnist
9. SOT Liz Smith "I want them to be happy. I mean...why else would people bother to get married?'
10. MS Anne Jeffrey, actress
11. SOT Anne Jeffrey: 'What do I wish for the couple? Happiness always.'
12. MS fans
13. MS Maya, singer
14. SOT Maya: 'I wish to the couple much happiness together, many years.'
15. SOT Elaine Paige, actress: 'I wish them much, much happiness. I bowl full of happiness that will last forever. I really do. She is radiant.'
16. MS Natalie Cole, singer
17. MS New York Police Officer
18. SOT Sam Harris, singer: 'It is amazing, isn't?'
19. MS Tito Jackson, singer
20. SOT Sam Harris, singer: 'We had a rehearsal last night. It is an 80-piece orchestra...She asked me to sing 'Bridge over trouble water' cause it's one of her favorites.'
21. MS Virginia May
22. SOT Virginia May: 'I worked with David as an executive producer, and he is a brilliant producer. And Liza is one of the best.;
23. WS celebrities outside church
24. MS celebrities outside church
25. Pan fans
26. MS photographers
27. PULL out Kevin Ceballo holding wedding invitation
28. MS Billy Gilman, singer
29. MOS Billy Gilman: 'I'm very excited. It's gonna be lots of fun. At the reception I'm actually performing. I am performing the song that I sang at the Michael Jackson tribune, that David produced; Band, a Michael Jackson song, so I'm very excited."
30. SOT Mickey Rooney, actor: 'The happiness of the world. I hope they're very happy. As I might have been on various occasions.'
31. MS David Hasselhoff, actor
32 SOT David Hasselhoff:'I wish them nothing but happiness. Liza is coming back. I hear her voice is great, she looks great, and David is a fantastic guy.'
33. MS guests waiting outside church
34. SOT Gloria Gaynor, singer: 'I wish them long life and happiness through out'
35. PUSH in Denise Rich, socialite
36. CU Sir Anthony Hopkins, actor
37. MS fans
38. SOT Monica, singer:' I wish that they just enjoy life. You know people have so many opinions but at the end of the day love is one thing that we can't buy and we can't sell. So, I just hope they enjoy it, and enjoy the day, it looks so pretty inside.;
39. TILT up Monica
40. MS Donald Trump, businessman, arriving at the church
41. Pan fans cheering
42. MS people taking pictures from a sightseeing bus

Church - Departures:
43. PAN fans waiting outside the church
44. Robert Goulet, actor: 'Lisa never stopped touching and kissing. She was so sensitive and so delicate, she made me cry.'
45. MS guests waiting for their cars
46. MS Alan Cummings, actor







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