Corinne Foxx and Joe Hooten throw an alfresco affair at her family’s Thousand Oaks estate
Words by CAROLINE CAGNEY
Photography by VICTORIA GOLD
For actor-writer-producer Corinne Foxx, everything became crystal clear during her first date with Joseph Hooten on his sailboat in Marina del Rey. “We sat on the water for hours talking about what kind of life we hoped to build one day,” she says. Corinne initially met Joe, who is a TV executive and producer, at a homecoming party while both were students at USC. Years later, they reconnected on social media. When the date ended that evening, Corinne immediately called her best friend: “I literally said, ‘I just met my husband.’ ”
Five years later, Corinne and Joe spent the summer of 2023 in Chicago, where Corinne’s father — actor, comedian, and singer Jamie Foxx — was recovering from a serious health scare. Joe popped the question at a park under a cherry blossom tree. “What made it even more special was that he had FaceTimed my dad so he could witness the proposal in real time,” Corinne says.
The L.A.-based couple wed on September 21, 2024, at Corinne’s father’s home in Thousand Oaks. The bride, wearing a high-low Monique Lhuillier gown, walked down the aisle with her dad to a strings version of “Georgia on My Mind” by Ray Charles. “I was with my dad when he won the Oscar for his portrayal of [Ray] in 2005, so that song holds so much emotional significance for us,” Corinne says. After the ceremony and cocktail hour, their 300 guests gathered under a greenery-filled tent resembling something out of a fairy tale with candlelight, pastel floral arrangements, and white climbing roses. “We wanted the wedding to feel like you were walking into a secret garden, something intimate, enchanting, and full of life,” says Corinne, who enlisted Debbie Geller and Paige Blatt at Geller Events to execute their vision.
After enjoying a sit-down dinner of crusted sea bass and creamy miso polenta, the newlyweds opened the floor with their first dance. At the after-party inside the main house, guests reveled into the early morning hours. “At one point, I had to grab the mic and announce, ‘We’re leaving! You guys can stay, but we won’t be here,’ ” Corinne says.
PLANNING AND DESIGN Geller Events • FLORIST Hidden Garden • CATERING Untitled Events • RENTALS AND TABLETOP Town & Country • LINENS Nuage Designs • RENTALS AND DECOR Revelry Event Designers • LIGHTING Lighten Up • STATIONERY East Six Design • PHOTOGRAPHY Victoria Gold • VIDEOGRAPHY Vanessa & Ivo • ENTERTAINMENT West Coast Music
This story originally appeared in the Summer 2025 issue of C Weddings.
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