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Actress Jennifer Aniston and
fiance Justin Theroux arrive at the 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in
Beverly Hills, California Feb 22, 2015. REUTERS
Ashton Kutcher chose a
venue called "The Secret Garden," Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie kept news
of their nuptials under wraps for five days, and Jennifer Aniston tied
the knot in her own backyard.
Aniston's surprise wedding to Justin Theroux this week marked the
third time that major Hollywood stars recently have managed to evade the
media circus when exchanging their vows.
The hush-hush ceremonies are a stark contrast with the lavish celebrity weddings of the past.
"Celebrities,
like everyone else, are living in a modern media world. It is extremely
difficult for them to maintain their privacy," said JD Heyman, deputy
editor of celebrity magazine People.
Heyman said he was not
surprised that Aniston, whose love life has been a major media
obsession, had opted for a private ceremony. The former "Friends" star
does not have a Twitter, Facebook or Instagram account.
"There
have been several years of people saying wild and outrageous things
about her relationships. They had a lot of ability to protect their
privacy and they used it. She doesn't live in an easily accessible
place," Heyman said.
Aniston reportedly told her 70 guests they
were coming to a birthday party for actor and screenwriter Theroux on
Wednesday night in the garden of the home they share in the affluent Los
Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air.
It was a very different tone to
her wedding to Pitt in August 2000, which took place on a Malibu cliff
top with four bands, a gospel choir, fireworks and a reported cost of $1
million.
Pitt also chose to keep things low-key when he married
partner Angelina Jolie at a chapel on their rural French estate in
August 2014. Their six children were the main guests.
The
long-expected Pitt-Jolie nuptials had sent the media as far as India and
Africa for years in search of rumored ceremonies. When they finally
tied the knot, the couple managed to keep the news from the world for
five days.
In recent times, George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin's
extravaganza in Venice last September stood out as an old-style
celebrity event, with the pair and their Hollywood friends being trailed
by hordes of media in boats.
"Two and A Half Men" star Kutcher
chose a sleepy Independence Day weekend last month to wed girlfriend
Mila Kunis in a private orchard venue in California called "The Secret
Garden." News of the wedding slipped out two days later.
Like Pitt
and Aniston, it was the second time around for Kutcher, whose
seven-year marriage to Demi Moore ended in divorce in 2013.
"He
had been married before in a very public way to a very famous person.
Whatever impulse they might have had to have something more public was
probably thought better of," said Heyman.
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