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Backlash Begins Over Notre Dame Donations

Critics cite white privilege, and a billionaire donor responds

(Newser) - The $1 billion raised to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral is now receiving a dose of controversy. The Washington Post is among several outlets reporting that criticism is mounting in regard to income inequality about the large donations that came from billionaires like Francois-Henri Pinault and Bernard Arnault. While most want...

7 Crazy Over-the-Top Celebrity Weddings

Including some even more expensive than the Kimye nuptials

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's wedding was certainly over-the-top: It cost an estimated $2.8 million , but what do you expect when you're flying your guests from Paris to Florence via private jet, hiring Andrea Bocelli to sing, holding your rehearsal dinner at the Palace of Versailles, and...

5 Celebs Who Pay Tons of Child Support

Linda Evangelista wanted $46K a month, but some have paid more

(Newser) - We don't know how much child support Linda Evangelista is getting now that she's settled with babydaddy Francois-Henri Pinault , but we know that she wanted $46,000 a month. That sounds like a lot, but the AP finds five more celebrities who found themselves paying quite a bit—...

Evangelista Settles With Baby Daddy

Francois-Henri Pinault agrees to monthly child support

(Newser) - Linda Evangelista cut a child-support deal with her billionaire baby-daddy today just hours before she was slated to testify about him in court, the New York Post reports. "He has gone a long way toward meeting those original demands," a source says of the supermodel's request for...

Linda Evangelista: Lover Told Me to Get an Abortion

Francois-Henri Pinault's rep denies he suggested she terminate pregnancy

(Newser) - Linda Evangelista’s ugly fight with baby daddy and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault drags on: In court yesterday, where she is still attempting to get $46,000 per month in child support from Pinault, her lawyer claimed that when Evangelista first told Pinault she was expecting, "He suggested she...

Evangelista Wants $46K a Month From Babydaddy

Linda Evangelista wants, among other things, armed chauffeurs

(Newser) - The sticky situation between supermodel Linda Evangelista and her French billionaire babydaddy just got stickier: Evangelista wants $46,000 a month in child support from Francois-Henri Pinault, who reportedly has never spent a penny on their 4-year-old son, Augustin James. Complicating matters: Pinault is also father to a daughter who...

Evangelista's Babydaddy Is Salma Hayek's Hubby

Francois-Henri Pinault has two tots with two different ladies

(Newser) - Billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault has a 4-year-old daughter with wife Salma Hayek ... and now the New York Post confirms that he also has a 4-year-old son with supermodel Linda Evangelista. Pinault, long rumored to be Evangelista's babydaddy , apparently fathered little Augustin James while separated from then-girlfriend Hayek in 2006. Hayek...

Boss Hijackings Spike in France

Anger moves to menace as economic tensions mount

(Newser) - Worrisome "hijackings" of bosses are spiking in France, underlining the threatening tensions within a staggering economy, reports the Wall Street Journal. Workers angered by layoffs surrounded the car of Salma Hayek's retail tycoon hubby François Pinault in Paris yesterday for over an hour until they were dispersed by...

Salma Marries Her Babydaddy
 Salma Marries Her Babydaddy 
Feb 16, 2009 10:17 AM CST

Salma Marries Her Babydaddy

Actress, businessman wed in Paris

(Newser) - Salma Hayek married French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault in Paris on Valentine’s Day, People reports. The pair, who have a daughter together, were originally engaged in March 2007 but called it off in July 2008. They rekindled their love during two trips to Paris a few months later, and were...

French Pol's Baby Daddy May Be Gucci Heir

Justice minister linked to on-again-off-again Salma Hayek paramour

(Newser) - When France's glamorous justice minister, Rachida Dati, gave birth to a baby girl this month, gossipmongers returned to a burning question: Who's the father? Speculation has centered on everyone from Spain's prime minister to Dati's boss, Nicolas Sarkozy. All wrong, reports the Post's Page Six, which fingers Gucci heir Francois-Henri...

Hayek Back on the Market
 Hayek Back on the Market 
Jul 18, 2008 11:34 AM CDT

Hayek Back on the Market

Bombshell, billionaire baby daddy call the whole thing off

(Newser) - Salma Hayek and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault have called it quits 10 months after their daughter was born. "We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled. There will be no further comment," Hayek's rep told USA Today. Pinault is CEO...

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