The Scoop: Vampire Diaries, Kardashian divorce, Free Comic Book Day

The Scoop: Vampire Diaries, Kardashian divorce, Free Comic Book Day

CW orders more ‘Vampire Diaries’

Ahead of its upfront presentation to advertisers, the CW announced early pickups for “The Vampire Diaries,” “90210” and “Supernatural” – that’s right, the Winchester brothers aren’t going anywhere.

For those keeping tabs, that’ll put “The Vampire Diaries” in its fourth season, cult favorite “Supernatural” in its eighth season and “90210” in its fifth.

No word on the fate of freshman series “The Secret Circle,” “Ringer,” “Hart of Dixie,” or veterans “Gossip Girl” and “Nikita.”

– YVONNE VILLARREAL Los Angeles Times

Kim Kardashian wants divorce

Kim Kardashian’s attorney told a judge Friday that the reality star wants her divorce from Kris Humphries to move forward but that the case has been slowed by the NBA player’s hurt feelings and his desire for an annulment.

Humphries’ attorneys said they needed more time to gather information to decide whether to pursue allegations that the couple’s 72-day marriage was a fraud. Proving the allegations likely would require a trial, which Kardashian’s attorney Laura Wasser said could prove costly to her estranged husband.

The couple was married last summer in a lavish, star-studded and televised ceremony, but Kardashian filed for divorce Oct. 31. Humphries responded a month later asking for an annulment, claiming that the couple’s nuptials were based on a fraud, but not laying out specific evidence.

“I feel that (Humphries’) personal feelings and maybe some media drive is keeping this case alive,” Wasser said. She said the couple is eligible for a divorce, since it has been more than six months since Kardashian filed her petition.

“Certainly, they’ve been separated longer than they’ve been married,” Wasser said.

She said if the case goes to trial and Kardashian wins, she will ask that Humphries pay her hefty legal fees. Currently, Kardashian wants each side to pay their own fees.

The comments came during a routine hearing Friday in which a judge allowed Humphries’ Minnesota attorney, Lee Hutton, to take part in the case.

Humphries’ Los Angeles-based attorney, Marshall Waller, said they had to wait for the motion to be approved but that he expects to seek key information and the depositions of essential witnesses in the next few weeks.

Superior Court Judge Stephen Moloney told both sides to return to court Aug. 15 for a status hearing.

Neither Kardashian nor Humphries attended Friday’s proceedings.

Kardashian is the star of the E! Entertainment Television series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” which was E! Entertainment Television’s top-rated show, averaging more than three million viewers in its sixth season.

Humphries, a power forward who has played with the New Jersey Nets, is an unrestricted free agent.

– ANTHONY McCARTNEY The Associated Press

‘Avengers’ one of free comics

For the 11th year, comic book shops and participating locations around the world will give away comics to customers and visitors.

Saturday marks the 11th celebration of Free Comic Book Day. Characters such as Spider-Man, The Avengers, Batman, The Simpsons and Charlie Brown star in special comics, sold at low cost to stores, to be given away free on this special day.

Free Comic Book Day was created by Concord, Calif., comic book retailer Joe Field, owner of Flying Colors Comics and Other Cool Stuff.

Retailers have given away more than 25 million comics since the first giveaway in 2002.

A dozen stores in the Oklahoma City area are participating.

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'In Plain Sight' series finale: Sweet satisfaction

'In Plain Sight' series finale: Sweet satisfaction

Spoiler Alert: Five seasons of witness wrangling, crime-stopping tales came to end on tonight’s series finale of In Plain Sight. While it’s gloomy to see it go just as the season hit its stride with Mary (Mary McCormack) dealing her impromptu decision to keep little baby Norah and still being a kick-ass U.S. Marshall, the show’s swan song gave us so much to be happy about.
Albuquerque WITSEC is staying put, Marshall (Frederick Welller) and Stan (Paul Ben-Victor) both got promoted, Mary made peace with the memories of her dad, and runaway bride Brandi (Nichole Hiltz) returned sober and wiser. But the main event last night was the closure for the series-long ‘will they or won’t they’ of Marshall and Mary.
I’ll admit I’ve flopped back and forth when it comes to a Marshall and Mary romance. My uncertainty meant I wasn’t sure what ending would leave me satisfied as a fan—that was until I saw it tonight.
Marshall asking Mary to “release” him actually made me tear up a little bit. I was confused at first but as he continued his plea, it made so much sense.

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“Because if you call, I’ll come,” he added. “Every time.” You only need to close your eyes and pick an episode for proof of that. In the last two alone, he stood up the minister for his wedding and left his fiancé in the wee hours of the morning to help Mary through slapping the cuffs on daddy dearest. So moving forward with his upcoming nuptials can’t possibly be a solo decision, Mary has to stop calling.
What that conversation did was close the chapter on a romance without actually destroying Marshall and Mary. This show stands strong on the chemistry between the nerdy, sarcastic duo. They’re each other’s “you know”. All the kooky witnesses, bureaucratic struggles, and dysfunctional family events are just the white noise to their distinct fine-tuned melody. So when Marshall delivered that balcony speech, it finally clicked for me as a fan. This makes the most sense for them. Mary is his work wife but she would never work as his real wife.
There’s no question that Abigail (Rachel Boston) is perky to a fault but she is also sweet and sensitive and most importantly she makes him happy. Almost every scene with those two and their dog throws me into a diabetic coma. Mary took the words right out of my mouth when she said Marshall deserves to be happy. He really does and while, yes Mary makes him happy she’s also a ticking bomb that Marshall always feels he has to handle. That sense of obligation doesn’t make for a functional relationship. He’s on much lighter, even ground with Abigail.
Having Mary accept that and even attempt a romance of her own was just the cherry on top. Her eagerness to jump right in bed with Kenny (Josh Hopkins), “as single dad devoid of any moves” was initially worrisome. Mainly because it followed finding out that Raph (Cristián de la Fuente) was happily married and Marshall was engaged. Any arm chair television addict therapist could see what that one-night romp would have really been about. Yet telling him about her father’s death and bringing him to a dinner with everyone who matters to her proved she might like this guy. That’s saying a lot for Mary and having someone else who’s willing to let her lean on him bodes well for her being able to release Marshall. It was everything I needed to say farewell a satisfied fan.
Were you as content with the finale? Are Marshall and Mary really better as best friends? Do you think his “I love you” were more than platonic?

 Source: Plain Sight

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Celebrate the Kentucky Derby with ‘bourbon slush’ mint julep

Celebrate the Kentucky Derby with ‘bourbon slush’ mint julep

The Kentucky Derby is tomorrow, marking the high holiday of one of the Great American Cocktails, the mint julep.
It’s essentially a bourbon slush: a big splash of bourbon with a dash of simple syrup poured over plenty of shaved ice that cones up over the rim of a traditional silver julep mug and is then topped by a by sprig of aromatic mint that tickles the nose with each sip. It’s also pretty damn good in a mason jar, too, which is how I serve them on Derby Day. Either way, great stuff.
With Boston’s explosion of cocktail bars and proliferation of knowledgeable mixologists, great mint juleps will be easier than ever to find tomorrow. Below are two places to check out Saturday for big-time bashes and for their recipes for icy mint juleps.

In the meantime, the great beer and spirits writer Lew Bryson once penned a very cool ode to the mint julep for me at Cold, Hard Football Facts. Wrote Bryson: “the mint julep is one of the most wonderful booze confections known to drinking man.” He prefers his juleps in a tall Tom Collins glass.
The Julep Bar “decked out in roses”
The Julep Bar is the host of Boston’s “official” Kentucky Derby party, at least according to champagne maker Moet, which is a major sponsor of the race.
“Guests will arrive to horse & carriages and a red carpet, featuring a step & repeat, stationed at the High
Street entrance,” reads a press release from the bar’s publicist. “The entire interior will be decked out in roses, and the staff will be dressed for the derby (think, BIG hats).”
The bash takes place from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Can’t make it? Here’s how the Julep Bar gang whips up its
mint juleps.

Julep Bar’s Mint Julep
Leaves from 4-5 mint sprigs
1/2 oz simple syrup
2½ oz. bourbon
Another mint sprig for garnish
Place mint and simple syrup into a silver julep cup. Muddle well to dissolve sugar and to release oil and aroma of the mint.  Add bourbon. Fill with crushed ice and stir well until glass becomes frosty. Garnish with mint sprig. Makes 1 cocktail.
(Julep Bar, 200 High St., Boston, 617-261-4200, www.julepbar.com)
Drink’s “Run for the Roses”
Drink in Fort Point hosts a rocking “Run for the Roses” bash each year. The fourth annual Derby party begins Saturday at 3:30 p.m. and includes three drink, Southern treats, a Derby cup and a hat contest. Call 617.695.1806 for tickets.
Drink master mixologist John Gertsen once told me: “(The mint julep) smells great. It tastes great. And people are always excited by how beautiful it looks. It’s eye candy.” Here’s how he makes them.
Drink’s Classic Mint Julep
Plenty of fresh mint
Crushed ice
½ oz. simple syrup
¾ oz. Old Fitzgerald or Eagle Dear bourbon
Shaved ice
Pack three to six leaves in the bottom of a julep mug or rocks tumbler and press gently to release oils. Fill three quarters with crushed ice. Add syrup and bourbon. Use a spoon in an up and down motion to mix together syrup, bourbon and mint aromas, being careful not to tear mint. Top off mug with shaved ice, forming into a cone just above the rim. Create a small indent in the center of the ice with an ice pick and add 3 to 4 sprigs of mint, gently pressing leaves between thumb and forefinger. If using silver mug, let sit 3 to 4 minutes until outside of mug begins to frost. Makes 1 mint julep.
(Drink, 348 Congress St., Boston, 617-695-1806, www.drinkfortpoint.com)

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Report: Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch dies

Report:Beastie Boys rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch dies
Adam "MCA" Yauch, a member of the groundbreaking New York rap trio Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 47, Rolling Stone magazine reported Friday afternoon.
Yauch revealed in July 2009 that he had surgery for a cancer in a salivary gland and a lymph node. Information on the cause of Yauch's death wasn't immediately available.
Yauch's death would come less than a month after the Beastie Boys were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Because of his fight with cancer, Yauch did not attend, Rolling Stone reported.
The Beastie Boys - Yauch, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horowitz and Michael "Mike D" Diamond - did not perform that night. But Horowitz read a letter from Yauch to the audience.
"I'd like to dedicate this to my brothers Adam and Mike," Yauch wrote, according to Rolling Stone. "They walked the globe with me. It's also for anyone who has ever been touched by our band. This induction is as much ours as it is yours."

2009 video: Cancer cancels Beastie Boys' tour dates
Yauch's cancer delayed the release of their most recent album, "Hot Sauce Committee Part II," for two years. It was supposed to come out in 2009, but instead was released in spring 2011.
The Beastie Boys' debut album, 1986's "Licensed to Ill" - featuring the singles "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (to Party)," "No Sleep Till Brooklyn," "Paul Revere" and "Brass Monkey" - was the first rap album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard album charts.
Yauch was a founding member of the group, which played for the first time at his birthday party in 1981, according to the band's Facebook page.
He converted to Buddhism in the 1990s after visiting Nepal and hearing the Dalai Lama speak in Arizona, he told the Buddhist magazine Shambhala Sun in 1995.
"It just seemed like Buddhism, especially Tibetan Buddhism, because that's mainly what I've been exposed to, was a real solid organization of teachings to point someone in the right direction," the magazine quoted him as saying. "Some real well thought out stuff. But I don't know, like, every last detail about Buddhism."
The conversion led him to have second thoughts about the baudy party-boy image the band portrayed in the 1980s, he told the Boston Globe in 1998.
"I didn't realize how much harm I was doing back then," the paper quoted him as saying. "And I think a lot of rap artists probably don't realize it now. I said a lot of stuff fooling around back then, and I saw it do a lot of harm. I had kids coming up to me and saying, 'Yo, I listen to your records while I'm smoking dust, man.' And I'd say, 'Hey, man, we're just kidding. I don't smoke dust.' People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people."
As a Buddhist, Yauch became an advocate for Tibetan freedom, organizing concerts involving the Beastie Boys and other acts to raise money for the cause, including the first Tibetan Freedom Concert in 1996. Several similar concerts followed.
He married Dechen Wangdu in 1998 and together the couple had a daughter, according to a prominent online entertainment website.

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Kentucky Derby: Trainer Bob Baffert has sentimental attachment to Kentucky Derby favorite Bodemeister

Kentucky Derby: Trainer Bob Baffert has sentimental attachment toKentucky Derby favorite Bodemeister

Bob Baffert calls his son, Bode, over for the cameras. The boy, a shy 7-year-old, relents as his mother brushes a mess of brown hair from his eyes.

Then the boy shows what he's learned from his father, the witty trainer whose hard-driving style has led to three trips to the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby.
"Who are you rooting for?" Bode is asked as he stares at a giant microphone hovering near his head.
"I don't know," Bode says, scratching his head and twisting his face to look confused.
"OK, I guess I'll root for Bodemeister," the boy says after some goading -- and a reminder the 4-to-1 morning-line favorite for the 138th running of horse racing's most prestigious race happens to be named for him.

Baffert, who last claimed the roses at Churchill Downs in 2002 with War Emblem, will saddle a brilliant but untested colt in the Derby, which is scheduled for 3:23 p.m. (PT) on Saturday and will be broadcast by NBC (pre-race coverage begins at 1 p.m.). Bodemeister didn't race as a 2-year-old; no such horse has won the 11/4-mile Derby in 130 years. But Bodemeister, who will be ridden by Mike Smith and break from the No. 6 position, won the Arkansas Derby by 9½ lengths.
"He's been fantastic all week," Baffert said. "He's worked well all over the track and seems to like it. He was that way going into Arkansas, and we'll need the race to be there in the end."
Baffert has been

in the spotlight -- not that he minds -- for more than his horse. He suffered a heart attack in Dubai and has since dropped 10 pounds. He wakes each morning to work out on a treadmill, joking that he's always looking for a spotter to catch him if he falls.

"I feel good," he said. "My heart feels fine, and I hope it gets going a little bit on Saturday as they come down toward that finish line."
Though he often espouses an unsentimental view of his work -- "My job is to work for the owners, who are trying to reach a very expensive piece of real estate" he said -- Baffert's health scare and the close association of the horse to his son have given this week a different feeling.
The colt got his name more by accident than through an actual tie to Baffert's only son with his wife, Jill. When owner Ahmed Zayat asked for a suggestion Baffert offered his son's nickname as a place-holder only because someone had just walked by and said it.
It stuck, and now Baffert's next chance at moving into a three-way tie for second place on the list of most Derby wins has special meaning.
"Winning the Kentucky Derby, that's the sort of memory that doesn't really fade," Baffert said. "But we need to update that memory a little bit."

·  Rousing Sermon, trained by Northern California's Jerry Hollendorfer, will break from post No. 7.

The 3-year-old colt will be the fifth Derby starter for Hollendorfer, who sent out Eye of the Tiger (who finished fifth) in 2003, Cause to Believe (13th) in 2006, Bwana Bull (15th) in 2007 and Chocolate Candy (fifth) in 2009.
Rousing Sermon is 50-1 on the morning line and will be ridden by Jose Lezcano.

·  Rosie Napravnik became the first female jockey to win the $1 million Kentucky Oaks, keeping Believe You Can near the front from the start before pulling away from Broadway's Alibi in the 11/8-mile race at Churchill Downs on Friday.

"It's great for all the women in the industry, in the world. I'm just happy," the 24-year-old rider said after her three-quarters of a length victory.
It was trainer Larry Jones' second Oaks victory after winning in 2008 with Proud Spell.
In the fillies' counterpart to the Derby, Napravnik finished second last year behind Plum Pretty aboard St. John's River.

·  Jockey Robby Albarado was indefinitely suspended from racing by Churchill Downs stewards after he was arrested by police and charged with accosting a woman who said she was trying to break up with him. The arrest came hours before he was scheduled to ride Hard Not to Like in the Oaks.

Source: Kentucky Derby

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Brooklyn Mourns Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

Brooklyn Mourns Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch

Adam Yauch of Brooklyn's Beastie Boys, who went by the stage name MCA, has been reported dead by Russell Simmon's site globalgrind.com. He was 47.
Yauch had been battling cancer of the salivary gland since 2009. He is survived by his wife Dechen, daughter Tenzin Losel, and parents Frances and Noel Yauch.
Yauch, the only child of a Catholic father and Jewish mother, and the rest of the Beasties played their first show in Midwood at Edward R. Murrow High School.
Reaction from the community was immediate and passionate.
"That’s so sad. I never got to see them. This is terrible," said Jeremy Hunt, a bartender at The Pacific Standard.

"Devastating. This is not just the death of a very high-quality human being, but the death of a very high-quality rap group. As of today, there is no more Beastie Boys. There will be no more shows. No reunions. No reality shows to fill the slot. No more videos," said Carroll Gardens resident Matt Rodbard.
"That's really sad. I'm so sorry to hear that," said Raven Perlotte, cashier at American Apparel on Court Street near the Atlantic Street intersection.
Yauch and friends Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Adrock" Horovitz originally formed the Beastie Boys as a hardcore punk band on Yauch's 17th birthday. They went on to sell over 40 million records including four #1 albums, one of which was their 1986 debut "Licensed to Ill" which was also the first hip hop album to top the Billboard 200.
The group was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last month.
Under the name Nathanial Hörnblowér, Yauch also directed a number of the band's most memorable music videos including "So Whatcha Want," "Intergalactic," "Body Movin" and "Ch-Check It Out."
"They had some really great music. It's a shame that it's the end," said Devon Rogers, a construction worker at a job site on State Street near Clinton.
Yaya Dialo, a teen waiting in line outside the United Artists Court Street Stadium movie theater was touched by the news.
"Oh yeah, i heard Adam Yauch died. You know, I'm pretty young but even still the Beastie Boys are legendary in the hip hop world. I mean, so what if they were white? It doesnt matter. They had a huge influence. And you know, they just got inducted into the Hall of Fame and then this happens and it's really terrible. So rest in peace, MCA. Rest in Peace, man," he said.
Downtown Brookyn resident Daniella Rossalas-Friedman was walking along Atlantic near State street, "I grew up in Brooklyn and I grew up with the Beastie Boys and they are delightful. It's very sad to hear he's gone. He will be missed," she said.
"The Beastie Boys were one of the true pioneers of hip hop music," said Ian Young, 43. Ian grew up in the Bronx, is a DJ and now lives in Bed-Stuy. "Much respect to those dudes. Not only were they skilled, but they helped people outside of New York City to access hip hop culture and music. And it was because they were white… I don't know how else to say it. And it might not get said, but it's true."
The owners of Black Gold Records on Court Street took the loss personally.
"I don't think I'd be the 'troublemaker who never grew up' that I am today if it wasn't for the profound cultural influence Beastie Boys and MCA has had on my friends and me. It's sad to see your heroes go; the best we can do is respectfully 'Pass The Mic,'" said co-owner Jeff Ogiba
"'She's Crafty' was the name of my craft group in college. I'd like to always think he and the boys were rapping about me," said his partner Sommer X. Santoro.
Nikka Hodgeman, who was walking on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, said she has been a fan of the Beastie Boys since their first album, "Licensed to Ill," and is very sad to hear that MCA has passed.
"This is a big loss—I don't think you can walk into a bar and 'Girls' comes on and not everyone is singing to it," Hodgeman said, who used to live in Carroll Gardens. "There's something to be said about that."
Hodgeman also said that when the song "An Open Letter to NYC" came out in 2004, she listened to that while she commuted to Staten Island everyday.
"They brought New Yorkers together with their lyrics, it came out a couple years after 9/11 and that song celebrates all the different neighborhoods and ethnicities in NYC coming together," Hodgeman said. "New York went through hell after the towers fell, and that song, that love letter to the city, spoke to me."

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Skylar Laine's ready for Nashville

Skylar Laine's ready forNashville

Skylar Laine's personal idol didn't win her talent show, either.

Miranda Lambert, the singer the 18-year-old from Mississippi views as a musical role model, finished third on Nashville Star back in 2003. So Skylar knows she's got something to look forward to, even though viewers eliminated the young country singer Thursday.

"That is a comfort," Skylar said by phone Friday morning. "And Kellie Pickler didn't win American Idol. And look where they are. I want to follow in their footsteps."
That path, of course, leads to Nashville, and Skylar hopes to be there soon. "That's where I want to be," she says. "I love Nashville. Mississippi's my home, but Nashville's second home, definitely."

Skylar's already familiar with Music City, having gone there to write songs and record demos before Idol. One of her writing partners then was Deborah Allen, who had an early '80s crossover hit with Baby I Lied and also penned No. 1 country hits for Janie Fricke and John Conlee.
"I love collaborating with other artists," she says.
Skylar especially wants to write with Hillary Lindsey, who has co-written such Carrie Underwood hits as Jesus, Take the Wheel, Last Name and Wasted.
"She's amazing, writes with all the country singers," she says. "I just want to collaborate with a bunch of different people and write as much as I can."
For the immediate future, Skylar's keeping her fingers crossed for a trip to next month's CMA Music Festival in Nashville. It's the traditional introduction point to Nashville for country-singing Idols, and Skylar got to see Lambert perform there a few years ago.
That's where I really want to be," she says. "I came one year as a fan. Now, maybe, I'll be there as an artist."
On Idol, Interscope chairman Jimmy Iovine praised Skylar's ability to tell the story of a song, but she says they didn't have a chance to talk much about plans for her beyond the show.
"He just said he thought I was going to have a really long career, and I hope that's true," she says. "I really want to be singing country music for the rest of my life."
Skylar says she hopes to make "a really country album. I don't want to be pop at all. I want steel guitar, honky-tonk songs, real country music. What it really is. Talkin' about guns and all that kind of stuff."
Earlier in the season, Carrie Underwood sent gifts to Skylar and the other finalists. Skylar's was a Tiffany's necklace with a heart and an inscription that read "Love, CU" on the back. "I think I wore it once on the show, but I wear it more every day," she says. When the finalists met Carrie yesterday, "she just told us all to be ourselves. I would love to get to talk to her about her whole career, how she's done. I love her as an artist. She's very sweet. She's an inspiration, too." (After the show, Carrie tweeted her, saying, "You're amazing, girl! Now hurry up and get to Nashville!")
A couple weeks ago, Skylar tweeted that listening to country singer Justin Moore's Outlaws Like Me album before she went out on stage for the Idol results show always calmed her down. Justin saw the tweet and responded to her.
"I love him so much," Skylar says. "I'm obsessed. I jam out to his music every single day, him and Miranda Lambert are my inspirations."

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Hicks: Linda Evangelista battling Salma Hayek's husband

Hicks: Linda Evangelista battling SalmaHayek's husband
Supermodel Linda Evangelista and ex-boyfriend Francois-Henri Pinault, a French business tycoon now married to actress Salma Hayek, faced off Thursday in Manhattan family court over child support for their 5-year-old son.
She wants the court to make Pinault pitch in for child-rearing expenses she has tallied at nearly $50,000 a month -- for armed bodyguards and round-the-clock nanny, among other costs.
C'mon -- most of us don't pay anywhere near that much for our children's armed bodyguards and round-the-clock nannies.
The first day of testimony included a detailed description of a $12 million mansion and billionaire fashion mogul Pinault discussing his brief breakup with Hayek before their 2009 marriage.

Evangelista, the 1980s and 1990s magazine-cover fixture who famously quipped that supermodels "don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day," looked on with somewhat anguished poise in a demure black knee-length skirt, flower-patterned blouse and tan stiletto pumps.
At one point, she let out a faint, frustrated "ohhhhh!" and raked her hair with her hands when Pinault's lawyer, David Aaronson, said she was looking for $46,000 a month. While that's what she said she's spending on the child, Evangelista's lawyer said Thursday she isn't asking for any particular amount.
Of course not.
Although Evangelista has willingly paid the child's expenses, her roughly $1.8 million-a-year income took a hit last year as a contract with L'Oreal ended, said her lawyer, William Beslow.
"It became necessary for her to go to the bullpen and ask the father for help," he told the court. "Ms. Evangelista is not looking to piggyback the lifestyle of Mr. Pinault."
But Pinault's camp says the supermodel is doing just that. A potential $46,000-a-month tab is "just ridiculous," Aaronson said.
Evangelista, now 46, and Pinault, 49, dated in late 2005 to early 2006, though he testified Thursday that the trans-Atlantic couple spent only about seven days together over that time.
Apparently it doesn't take seven days to make a child. To make the earth, perhaps. But not a child.
Pinault is the chief executive of PPR, which owns Gucci, Yves St. Laurent and other luxury brands. He makes about $4 million annually from a complex of his family's companies; Forbes recently estimated the family's net worth at $13 billion.
Evangelista didn't publicly identify Pinault as the father of the boy, Augustin, known as Augie, until last year, when she went to court against the businessman. In the meantime, he and Hayek had a daughter, Valentina, and later married.
It doesn't sound like this guy has a terrible life.
When Evangelista told Pinault she was pregnant in early 2006, it wasn't welcome news to the businessman, who had two children from a previous marriage. When asked Thursday if he thought Evangelista had tried to get pregnant, Pinault replied, "I guess so."
Beslow said Pinault indicated he'd prefer her to abort the child. Pinault testified Thursday that he told her he wasn't in a position to parent a baby but respected her decision to have the child.
"She told me that if I didn't want to be involved in raising the kid or stay together and be parents together, she would understand, and she will take care of the kid," the soft-spoken Pinault told the court, testifying in English. "I told her that I would recognize the baby ... and I will take my responsibility."
But he found her initial child-support proposal unreasonable, so he presented a counteroffer in 2007 but got no response until she sued last summer, he said. He has since paid an undisclosed amount, but he acknowledged that he had contributed virtually nothing until then.
"I'm not going to pay money I'm not asked for," Pinault said.
That's the spirit. Someday his son will read that quote and ask for all his Father's Day gifts back.
His and Hayek's 4-year-old daughter, Valentina, meanwhile, has been taken on a $52,000-plus 12-day vacation to Bora Bora and has a $12 million Los Angeles home in a trust for her -- a step Pinault said he took to reassure Hayek she and the girl would have a home if the couple parted. A brief premarital split in 2008 "created a high level of anxiety to my wife," he explained.
Evangelista was expected to testify later in the trial. At the end, the judge will make a ruling that the couple could accept or ask to be reconsidered.

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