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Star Jones weds in glittering, star-studded wedding

Received by Newsfinder from APNov 14, 2004 13:26 Eastern Time * Editors Note SUBS 2nd graf to fix ‘train’ sted ‘veil’ * Photo Advisory NY107 NEW YORK (AP) _ Star Jones, co-host of ABC’s “The View,” married banker Al Reynolds in a star-studded Park Avenue bash. Notables ranging from Spike Lee to Sen. Hillary Clinton packed into St. Bartholomew’s Church Saturday to watch Jones, 42, who wore a a designer strapless wedding dress with a 27-foot train, exchange vows with Reynolds. “The train was so long it took about seven people to carry it,” said friend and guest Valerie Simpson, songwriter and half of the R&B duo Ashford and Simpson. With songstress Patti LaBelle performing, and a bridal party including Natalie Cole, Vivica A. Fox and Holly Robinson Peete, the storybook wedding lasted until 8 p.m. before moving to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for an equally celebrity-heavy reception. “I smiled a lot,” said Jones’ “The View” co-host Barbara Walters. “I was happy for her. She had the biggest smile I’ve ever seen.”

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