RUSSELL CROWE - CROWE.S WEDDING. DETAILS

Details have emerged about the wedding of Hollywood star RUSSELL CROWE and girlfriend DANIELLE SPENCER yesterday (07APR03) - and it was a lavish celebrity studded affair.

The couple exchanged vows in the specially rebuilt chapel on his ranch in Nana Glen. As they said, "I do" hundreds of white balloons were released into the air.

Guests included GLADIATOR director RIDLEY SCOTT, tycoon PETER HOLMES, cricketers JEFF CROWE and SHANE WARNE, and New Zealand singer WENDY MATTHEWS, who sang THE WATER IS WIDE during the ceremony.

Telegrams of congratulations were sent in by absent guests CATHERINE ZETA JONES and her husband MICHAEL DOUGLAS as well as American President GEORGE W BUSH.

Crowe and Spencer handed out photos for free to the assembled press after the ceremony in an attempt to stop intrusion. They then went on to the reception which featured performances from Crowe's band 30 ODD FOOT OF GRUNTS and ABBA tribute act BJORN AGAIN.

An insider says, "Danielle and Russell were dancing the whole time. The party went on past three in the morning."

Crowe refused to say where he and his bride would have their honeymoon, saying, "We'll see out April."