Inside ABC News Correspondent Will Reeve and Amanda Dubin’s Wedding at the Rubell Museum
Event planner Amanda Dubin and ABC News correspondent Will Reeve’s love story began online—a place where neither of them ever expected to meet their forever person. They matched in the late summer of 2022, but life logistics and scheduling conflicts meant that they weren’t able to immediately get together in person. “One of us got COVID, another had to travel, and so on,” explains Amanda, who runs the luxury event planning company Victoria Dubin Events with her mother.
After canceling on each other a few times, they finally set a date for a Friday in the fall—but on that Wednesday, Will got a call from work instructing him to fly to the U.K. to cover the death of Queen Elizabeth II—so he had to cancel again.
Upon arriving in London, Will went straight to the gates of Buckingham Palace to begin reporting. Back in the U.S., Amanda saw the news and texted Will her condolences, not fully realizing that he was a television correspondent in England on location for work, and not in fact related to the queen in any way.
Between the time difference and the long days Will was spending on assignment, he missed her text and didn’t reply for over a week. As soon as he came up for air and realized his faux pas, however, he quickly re-engaged, insisting that he was not intentionally ghosting her and explaining that he was hopeful she might give him one more chance at a date upon his eventual return to New York. Happily, Amanda agreed to Will’s invitation to coffee in Greenwich Village.
They ultimately met at Banter on Sullivan Street. “It was apparent to both of us right away that there was a connection,” Will says. “Even potential for something big.” Soon, they were going out together almost every night.
They got engaged on November 8, 2024. “By that point, we had already lived together for a year, and an engagement was more of a question of when, not if,” Amanda says.
The summer before, she had begun casually familiarizing herself with engagement rings so that she might have suggestions for Will when the time came. One day, she offhandedly mentioned seeing the perfect old mine cushion cut at a jewelry store, just to give Will an idea. He immediately called the jeweler and told him that he would be in the next day to design the ring.
Months later, in early November, Will worked with Amanda’s mom and his adoptive parents, Ralph and Ann Pucci, to arrange the proposal at Ralph’s design gallery, Ralph Pucci International, in the Flatiron District. (Reeve’s parents were the late actor Christopher Reeve, known worldwide for his portrayal of Superman, and Dana Reeve.) He organized flowers, candles, a photographer, and even a harpist.
In order to get Amanda there, Will concocted a fake event. The two were scheduled to attend a friend’s rehearsal dinner and wedding. Prior to their departure, Will had Ralph tell Amanda that it was important that they stop by an event at the gallery before leaving town. This ensured Amanda would get dressed up for a night out.
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.
