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It seems that Serena Williams' accessible bridal has reignited the blaze in some of her acclaimed friends, who were attractive actual admired up as they strolled the streets of New Orleans on Thursday.
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Among those putting their admiration on affectation were Eva Longoria and Jose Baston - with the Desperate Housewives' brilliant accepting a kiss on the audacity and a hug from her new bedmate as the brace larboard Serena's rental home on Thursday.
The brace visited the $1.6 actor abode with Serena's best acquaintance on the WTA Tour, Caroline Wozniacki.
She too was aglow as she absolved hand-in-hand with her fiancee of two weeks, aloft NBA brilliant Daid Lee, in photos taken by DailyMail.com.
Wozniacki additionally got a adventitious to beam her 8.88-carat ring, which is an advancement from the 8-carat bean she got from he ex Rory McIlroy in 2014 afore the two split.
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Group outing: Eva Longoria and bedmate Jose Baston went to appointment Serena Williams on Thursday morning with Caroline Wozniacki and her new fiancee David Lee (couples above)
Lovebirds: Baston buried a kiss on Longoria while cradling her abdomen as the accumulation larboard Serena's $1.6million rental
Loose-fitting attire: Longoria was actual covered up in a atramentous over-sized shirt and sweatpants as able-bodied as a hat and ample sunglasses that hid her face
In the heights: Lee towered over the women as they set aback off for their auberge on Thursday morning
Devices allowed: The accumulation seemed to get in as abundant time as accessible with the corpuscle phones afore they were confiscated afterwards in the evening
Hey Rory: Wozniacki flashed her new 8.8-carat design assurance arena from Lee (above)
Chilling: The accumulation enjoyed the sun for a bit alfresco on the porch
And abroad they go: Longoria (left) and Wozniacki (right) accept continued been two of Serena's abutting friends
The two couples were dressed bottomward for their appointment to the bride, with Lee cutting jeans and a atramentous tee while Wozniacki autonomous for a simple bodice dress and sandals.
Longoria kept herself about absolutely hidden in an over-sized atramentous shirt and sweatpants, with a atramentous hat and ample sunglasses accoutrement her face.
There was no blink at the helpmate however, aloof hours afore she is set to airing bottomward the aisle.
Serena looked ravishing in white on Wednesday night as she donned a Versace couture clothes for her call banquet in New Orleans.
The bride-to-be, 36, was abutting by a baddest accumulation of ancestors and accompany including her mother and drillmaster Oracene Price, sisters Venus, Isha and Lyndrea and celeb pals Colton Haynes, Cynthia Erivo, Selita Ebanks, and Nicole Ari Parker with bedmate Boris Kodjoe at the event, captivated at Emeril Lagasse's new beanery Meril.
And Lagase himself showed up to the restaurant at 4:30pm to adapt for his acclaimed guests, shutting bottomward the ability for the black to board the party.
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Serena is set to airing bottomward the alley on Thursday, marrying millionaire Reddit architect Alexis Ohanian in a dream bells that will booty abode at The Contemporary Art Center, as aboriginal appear by DailyMail.com.
Thursday night's activity was a bit added low-key, however, with Serena blockage accurate to her tennis roots by bond Nikes with her gown, advised by acceptable acquaintance Donatella Versace.
Her couture pieces alpha in the five-figure ambit and can bulk able-bodied over $100,000, with the admirable annual all hand-stitched application crystals and pearls.
It is cryptic if Serena wore the sneakers all night or aloof as she larboard the area with her ladies.
The big day is here: The tennis star, 36, will wed millionaire Reddit architect Alexis Ohanian, 34, at The Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans on Thursday (Serena looks at her buzz will abrogation the restaurant above)
Just do it: She commutual the dress with white wedge-heeled Nikes (above), with the greatest changeable amateur of all time apparent in her sneakers as she larboard the area afterwards midnight
After dining at Emeil Lagasse's new restaurant Meril, Serena, the changeable associates of her and nephew Jair headed aback to her $1.6 actor rental home (Serena with her aide above)
All smiles: A animated Serena could be apparent talking to her accompany on Wednesday afterwards the event
Her guys: Serena was apparent departure her car at her home afterwards the banquet on Wednesday with her nephew Jair (above)
Touching tribute: Jair, who was aloft by Oracene and his aunts afterwards his mother Yetunde was murdered in 2003, acquaint a accolade to his aunt Serena (above)
The greatest changeable amateur of all time was photographed anon afterwards midnight as a bodyguard escorted her to a cat-and-mouse abettor to booty her aback to the $1.6 actor abode she is blockage in this week.
Among those who were apparent accepting out of the car with Serena at her New Orleans rental was her nephew Jair.
He is the boyish son of Serena's backward sister Yetunde, who was murdered in a 2003 cutting aback a assemblage affiliate opened blaze on her assertive her abettor was that of a rival.
Jair, the youngest of Yetunde's three children, acquaint a photo with a breach alive bottomward his face afterwards the banquet on Wednesday, writing: 'Real eye re cry's.'
Guests were apparent accession to the accident about 9pm on buses and all accustomed a Yondr, a accessory that locks up your cellular accessory so it cannot be used, creating a no-phone zone.
That is article Serena has accepted of her guests, as she has formed out a accord with Vogue editor and abutting acquaintance Anna Wintour to run her bells alone in the appearance magazine.
It is acceptable that those photos will wind up in the January affair of the magazine, and accord Serena her third Vogue cover.
Employees at the restaurant meanwhile were affidavit to secrecy, with one cogent DailyMail.com: 'We’re all affidavit to secrecy. The acquaintance acceding are appealing tight.'
Another abettor said that base agents was not alike abreast of the actuality that a acclaimed bedfellow bought out the restaurant on Wednesday.
'They aloof told us to appearance up at a assertive time and apprehend to break late,' said the employee.
A actual acceptable Serena paid Meril the boilerplate bulk of money it makes per night to atone for the business absent in accession to the bulk of their activity said one waiter.
Among the foods sampled by guests were bedrock shrimp tacos, craven fin adolescent wraps, smoked pork abdomen and candied pork ribs.
There were additionally hundreds of beignets from Cafe du Monde, with the absurd treats apparent actuality delivered to the restaurant aloof as the activity began about 9pm in a behemothic truck.
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Venus Williams and her new boyfriend, who is reportedly an annual administrator in New York (above)
Lovely ladies: Serena's big sisters Lyndrea (left) and Isha Price (right)
Queen bee: Serena's mother and drillmaster Oracene Williams arrives at the area (above)
Famous faces: Larsa Pippen (left) and Colton Haynes (right) access to Meril
Hand-in-hand: Eva Longoria and her new bedmate Jose Baston backpack their Yondrs into the activity (above)
The abettor and the supermodel: Jill Smoller (left) and Selita Ebanks (right) access at the venue
Ace: Caroline Wozniacki and her new man, aloft NBA brilliant David Lee, showed up to the accident aloof two weeks afterwards accepting affianced (pair above)
Many of Serena's high-profile pals are not accession in The Big Easy until Thursday, a move that was acceptable meant to try and accumulate the day of the bridal beneath wraps.
LaLa Anthony acquaint on amusing media that she was on an aboriginal morning flight while Beyonce, Ciara and Kelly Rowland are additionally accepted to be on duke for the big day.
Jay Z will acceptable not be at the bells however, with the rapper assuming in North Catalina on Thursday night, admitting he could jet to the area afore or afterwards his show.
The aforementioned goes for Serena's supermodel pal Karlie Kloss, who is en avenue to Shanghai for her abundant advancing acknowledgment to the aerodrome at the Victoria's Secret Appearance Show.
Preparations were additionally underway all day Wednesday at The Contemporary Art Center.
Air-conditioned tents were actuality erected throughout the parking lot while ceramics and cases of wine from Chateau Smith were unloaded forth with a behemothic carousel.
Serena's sisters Venus, Isha and Lyndrea were additionally spotted at the area on Wednesday, area they did a airing through with the bride-to-be's abettor Jill Smoller and best acquaintance Val Vogt.
DailyMail.com bankrupt the account that Serena would be demography the attempt on Thursday, aloof 11 weeks afterwards she and Ohanian accustomed babe Alexis Jr.
There is no chat yet on Serena's bells dress, but accustomed her red carpeting best for this year's Met Ball and at the Glamous Women of the Year Awards on Monday as able-bodied as Wednesday night's dinner, it seems acceptable that the helpmate will airing bottomward the alley in Versace.
Stunning pair: Nicole Ari Parker and bedmate Boris Kodjoe (above) looked account absolute accession at the venue
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Velevety looks: Oracene (left) and Tony-winning extra Cynthia Erivo (righjt) at the event
BAM: Emeril Lagasse (above) arrives to his restaurant at about 4:30pm on Wednesday (above)
Dream team: Serena's stylist Kesha McLeod (right) and architectonics artisan Natasha Gross (right) access at the area on Thursday
Right-hand woman: Serena's best acquaintance Val Vogt arfrives ate the area followed by Smoller
'Serena and Alexis accept absolved no amount on their dream wedding,' a antecedent told DailyMail.com of the $1 actor nuptials, which are actuality organized by celebrity bells artist Preston Bailey.
The brace has called the the Contemporary Arts Center for the armpit of their nuptials.
'They accept assassin the best of the best and can't delay to get affiliated in The Big Easy. It's a appropriate burghal for Serena and about she has consistently loved,' said the source.
'Serena and Alexis chose the Contemporary Arts Center because of its absurd architectonics and history. They accept instructed Preston to ample the anteroom with bags of dollars account of crystals and flowers. The anteroom will be absolutely transformed.'
There will be about 250 guests at the ceremony, and it seems that the best important adult in Williams and Ohanian's activity will be arena a actual big allotment in the ceremony.
'Alexis will accept a aide on duke aloof for her the absolute night,' the antecedent told DailyMail.com.
'Both parents wouldn't dream of not accepting her there. She will be a allotment of the bells as abundant as accessible for an 11-week-old. They are absolutely and absolutely addled with her.'
Serena acclaimed acceptable a new mom aback in September by announcement a photo of her babe comatose on her accept to Instagram, writing: 'Meet Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. You accept to analysis out articulation in bio for her amazing journey. Additionally analysis out my IG stories.'
She had estimated that she was accepting a babe in an account with Vogue that ran in the magazine's September issue.
'Alexis thinks we’re accepting a boy, but I accept a able suspicion that it’s a girl,' said Serena.
'Two weeks afterwards we begin out, I played the Australian Open. I told Alexis it has to be a babe because there I was arena in 100-degree weather, and that babyish never gave me any trouble. Ride or die. Women are boxy that way.'
Few are tougher than Serena, however, which is why it was a bit of a abruptness to apprehend her say that she was 'nervous about childbirth' in that aforementioned interview.
'I’m not a bounce chicken. The one affair I absolutely appetite is an epidural, which I apperceive a lot of bodies are against, but I’ve had surgeries galore, and I don’t charge to acquaintance any added affliction if I can abstain it,' said Serena.
'But the better affair is that I don’t absolutely anticipate I’m a babyish person. Not yet. That’s article I accept to assignment on. I’m so acclimated to me-me-me, demography affliction of my health, my body, my career. I consistently ask, Am I activity to be acceptable enough?'
Serena will be aback in activity abutting month, which alike she realizes is a bit unreal.
'It’s the best abandoned plan,' said Serena.
'I aloof appetite to put that out there. That’s, like, three months afterwards I accord birth. I’m not walking annihilation back, but I’m aloof adage it’s appealing intense.'
She afresh appear her abhorrence of crumbling away, article that could never appear accustomed her complete ascendancy in the sport.
'In this bold you can go aphotic fast. If I lose, and I lose again, it’s like, she’s done. Especially back I’m not 20 years old,' said Serena.
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'I’ll acquaint you this much: I won’t win less. Either I win, or I don’t play.'
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