Inside ABC News Correspondent Will Reeve and Amanda Dubin’s Wedding at the Rubell Museum

Upon arrival at the Pucci building, Will’s adoptive sister, Nicole Pucci, and sister-in-law, Drew Pucci, were waiting with an iPad to check them in for the “event.” Then, when they exited the elevator, the lights were dim and the harpist was playing. Amanda walked right out and started filming it all on her phone. “She thought it was a unique setup for one of the many parties the Puccis have thrown in the space,” Will remembers.

He turned to Amanda and said: “I’m going to need you to put your phone away.” Will then led her down a winding path lined with flowers and sculptures and got on one knee in front of a window with a direct view of the Empire State Building, which was appropriately lit up in red that evening. Amanda burst into tears of joy as soon as she realized what was happening. “I think it was the first time in my adult life that I was genuinely surprised, given that I plan everything for a living!” Amanda admits.

After getting engaged, they looked at their calendars, and it became clear that due to their work schedules, their wedding would need to be in early 2026. “We are New Yorkers—we grew up in the area, both of us went to school in the northeast—and we are fine with winter weather,” Amanda says. “But when we saw that the Rubell Museum in Miami was free on MLK weekend, and given that we both have family ties to Miami, we jumped at it.”

From there, they started choosing event partners. “We are so grateful to Amanda and her mom’s longtime friends in the event planning industry who were excited to come on board,” Will says. “Amanda worked nearly two dozen other weddings while she was engaged, and had to attend to her clients while also being her own client. It was definitely a balancing act, but we got it all done.”

Their wedding was on January 17, 2026, in Miami, and the weekend kicked off on Thursday with a family dinner at Sunny’s Steakhouse, one of the couple’s favorite restaurants in the city. “We were able to have a quiet night as one big family before the next hectic few days with the larger group,” Amanda remembers. “It meant the world to be able to thank our closest loved ones for all they’ve done.”

Amanda and Will both worked with stylist Carrie Goldberg of CLG Creative to plan their entire wedding weekend wardrobes, starting with the dinner on Thursday. For that event, Amanda wore a Victoria Beckham slip dress with one of her mom’s vintage bags and Manolos. “This dress completely set the tone for the artful weekend ahead,” Amanda says. Will wore a custom double-breasted white seersucker jacket by Michael Andrews of Michael Andrews Bespoke, paired with jeans from Frame.

Ralph and Ann Pucci hosted a welcome party the next evening at The Sacred Space in Wynwood. “We had bars and food stations set up throughout the venue from Creative Edge,” Amanda says. “And everyone had a great time eating, dancing, and listening to hilarious and heartfelt toasts from a handful of our closest friends and family.” To this event, Amanda wore vintage Dior by Galliano—the same dress that Goldie Hawn wore to the 2003 Golden Globes. She accessorized with gold Chanel sandals and a Cult Gaia bag, and complemented the look with a “killer blow-out.” Will was in a custom suit and Brunello Cucinelli loafers.

For the wedding on Saturday, Amanda chose the Violette dress from Danielle Frankel. “I must have tried on close to 50 dresses,” she admits. “Nothing was feeling like the dress. As a wedding planner, finding a dress that felt unique but timeless was a challenge. When I saw Danielle’s newest collectsion at the time, I knew I had found the one. We paired the dress with a custom pleated watteau back that mirrored the French tulle detailing on the gown. It also matched one of our favorite sculptures by Zhu Jinshi, on display in the Rubell.” She paired the ceremony gown with Rene Caovilla beaded pumps and wore earrings belonging to her matron of honor as her “something borrowed.”

Will wore a traditional black tuxedo for the ceremony made custom by Michael Andrews. “My accessories for my wedding night were particularly meaningful: I wore gold cufflinks that belonged to my late father, inscribed with his initials, ‘CR,’ a brooch that was my late mother’s, and an IWC Portugieser Chronograph watch that Amanda gave to me as a wedding gift to kick off the weekend,” Will explains. “Perhaps most special of all was the Todd Snyder pocket square that Amanda had embroidered with my mom’s handwriting. Amanda found a letter my mom had written years ago, highlighted the words ‘I love you,’ and had that sewn into the fabric and gave it to me as a gift before the wedding. We are also particularly honored to be wearing my parents’ wedding bands that my family had kept safe for decades for such an occasion.”

The couple didn’t have a formal wedding party, but they did invite a group of their closest friends to arrive at the venue early to witness the Ketubah signing—as well as to take a group shot of tequila to help calm their nerves. “Everyone signed the bottle for us to keep as a memento,” Will says. The men were in black tie and the women wore shades of gray, brown, green, burgundy, and eggplant to match the overall design aesthetic. “I wanted everyone to feel comfortable, so my only real request was that they not clash with the color palette,” Amanda says. “And, of course, the girls understood the assignment.”

The couple worked with Cerka Creative to design a chuppah that felt unique and in keeping with the art museum surroundings. “It was simple yet dramatic,” Amanda explains. “The room was perfectly lit, and the acoustics of the gallery enhanced the impact of the string quartet and harpist that played the wedding party down the aisle.”

Will walked down the aisle to Norah Jones’s “Sunrise,” a favorite of his mom’s. “In fact, Norah herself performed ‘Sunrise’ at my mom’s memorial service in 2006, which is why I chose it for the ceremony,” he remembers.

Once under the chuppah, Amanda and Will’s brother-in-law, Garren Givens, served as a co-officiant with their rabbi, Hanniel Levenson. Garren began the ceremony with powerful personal reflections on his relationships with them both individually and as a couple, and honored the memories of their dearly departed family members before calling the rabbi up to conduct the religious sections of the ceremony.

“We worked with Rabbi Levenson to incorporate Jewish traditions while leaving space to reflect our interfaith relationship,” Will says. “In lieu of the traditional Seven Blessings, we invited seven of the most important women in our lives to read seven quotations that apply to seven chosen themes by which we intend to define our partnership and help guide our life together.”

Amanda and Will themselves spent months writing and re-writing their vows, both trying to find the perfect words. “For each of us, hearing the person we love the most in the world express their love for the other was profound,” Amanda says. “One of the most meaningful pieces of feedback we have consistently received post-wedding is that our ceremony, particularly the vows, reminded people why they fell in love with their own partners.”

Afterwards, they broke the glass and shared their first kiss as a married couple as the horn crescendo of “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” by Natalie Cole filled the room. “It was just as I had dreamed of ever since I was a little girl, watching my favorite movie, The Parent Trap,” Amanda recalls.

“As I waited at the end of the aisle for our family members to reach me, I thought about everything each of them has done for us to make our lives so full and meaningful,” Will says. “I also spent a deliberate moment staring at the two chairs right in front, each adorned with a flower, left empty to honor my late parents, Christopher and Dana, and thought about all the moments in my life they’d missed out on, but also how present they felt in the room and in the ceremony.”

After the service, the couple retreated to the Rubell Museum Library for a quiet moment as guests mingled in the Jon & Vinny’s space and Rubell Museum foyer and gardens during cocktail hour. While guests were drinking Honey Dubes—a replica of the famed Honey Deuce from one of their favorite annual events, the US Open—the newlyweds snuck around the back to get a first look at their reception space.

A few minutes later, they were introduced for their first dance. “We chose ‘You Make Me Feel Like Dancing’ by Leo Sayer, because its vibe and lyrics perfectly capture our brand of love,” Amanda explains. “Being surrounded by everyone we loved as we did our best to nail our dance moves was exhilarating.”

The first dance segued into the hora. “You haven’t lived until you’ve been flung toward the ceiling in a chair,” Amanda jokes. “After we got down, Amanda’s parents went up, and then the Puccis followed,” Will adds. “Suitably energized and a bit sweaty, we all then sat for dinner.”

The tablescape was just as Amanda had hoped. “It’s as though my friends from Cerka actually stepped into my brain,” she says. “The table top was designed with intention, each piece hand-selected.” Guests dined on a chopped Mediterranean salad for their first course, and when Creative Edge cleared the plates, everyone found a handwritten sticky note that the couple had written to each guest as a way to share their love and appreciation for them.

“Whenever one of us travels for work, the other sneaks a Post-It with a little love note into the person’s luggage,” Amanda explains. “We wanted each of our 300 guests to feel some of that themselves. Writing 300 individual notes was a bit more time-consuming than either of us anticipated, but seeing how much they meant to our guests made the hand cramps and ink smudges well worth it.”

Then, it was time for speeches. Amanda’s brothers shared a few moving words before her dad gave an emotional welcome toast. When he was done, he asked the bride to join him for the father-daughter dance to a live Stevie Wonder mashup designed by Sound House. “The father-daughter dance always makes me incredibly emotional at all of my clients’ weddings,” Amanda admits. “Getting the chance to dance with my dad on my own wedding night was a moment I will never forget.”

“As a gesture of my love and appreciation for Ann Pucci, who along with her husband, Ralph, and their children, Nicole and Michael, took me in after my mom died nearly 20 years ago, I brought Ann up for a special twist on a mother-son dance,” Will adds. “Ann chose ‘That’s What Friends Are For’ by Dionne Warwick, which was pitch-perfect and a highlight of the night.”

After the parent dances, Amanda and Will stepped out of the room for an outfit change. Will slipped on a white dinner jacket and Amanda changed into a House of Gilles dress. When they reentered, they took the time to visit each table for a quick hello, hug, and mini dance break to Sound House’s incredible sing-along dinner music that Amanda had curated.

Afterwards, the bride and groom thanked everyone, before Amanda surprised her mom with an invitation for a mother-daughter dance to “Sunny” by Bobby Hebb, one of Vicki’s all-time favorite songs.

That led to high-energy dancing to every genre for the rest of the night. The band finished their set with “Man I Need” by Olivia Dean, which blended seamlessly into an EDM remix from the DJ, who kept the music pumping until the early hours of the morning. Guests enjoyed late-night food—pizza, wings, mozzarella sticks, and cookies from Jon & Vinny’s—and as the DJ took over, a disco ball descended from the ceiling, and laser lights turned on.

“Seeing the faces of all of our favorite people in one place is unlike anything I’ve experienced,” Amanda says, looking back on the weekend, “and getting to share our love with the people who matter the most to us is something I’ll never forget.” She adds: “Being able to experience what we create for clients was a gift that gave me a new perspective on what I do for a living and what that can do for people. Getting to do that alongside my mom is the ultimate blessing.”