Planning the wedding took five weeks and the cost was about a tenth of what they had thought they might have spent on a more conventional wedding.

“I feel like we we took three steps forward to take five steps back.”

Newsom said the funds will aid in repairing and expanding the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant, a project that is already underway but will take five years to complete.

“It took five of us to lift the crate into a van. We did some quick photographs for evidence and then drove in a caravan, fully armed all the way back to L.A.”

Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator” won the best picture Oscar nearly 24 years ago, taking five awards from 12 nominations, including a lead actor trophy for star Russell Crowe.