The Amistad star Djimon Hounsou, 48, first met Kimora Lee Simmons , 37, now the president and creative director for JustFab, in 2007, following her split from husband Russell Simmons. She later said they were “kind of” engaged. “Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons have officially separated after 5½ years,” the actor#39;s rep tells us exclusively. “Though never married, they have one child together, Kenzo Lee Hounsou, who is 3½ years old.” In 2009, they announced the arrival of their son, the
The Amistad star Djimon Hounsou, 48, first met Kimora Lee Simmons , 37, now the president and creative director for JustFab, in 2007, following her split from husband Russell Simmons. She later said they were “kind of” engaged. “Djimon Hounsou and Kimora Lee Simmons have officially separated after 5½ years,” the actor#39;s rep tells us exclusively. “Though never married, they have one child together, Kenzo Lee Hounsou, who is 3½ years old.” In 2009, they announced the arrival of their son, the
It took many years and a couple kids, but Matthew McConaughey is now a married man. He got hitched to Camila Alves on June 9. Literally, how did the actor arrive at that union? How did he propose to his beautiful girlfriend? “At Christmas time, we go around our family and everyone takes turns opening presents. So I had wrapped the engagement ring in about eight different boxes deep, so she would keep opening boxes to get with it,” McConaughey said Tuesday The Tonight Show With Jay Leno . “We finally got to her, and I’m calling my family over. She gets to it, she opens it up, her eyes go wide. I take a knee and I ask her, ‘Will you marry me and take my name?'” How did Alves respond to the star who bares almost all in this Magic Mike trailer ? “The first word out of her mouth was not ‘yes.’ I’m not gonna say what it was. But I did say, ‘Look, I’m down on a knee. I’ll stay here awhile. I will outlast you.’ And I did! She conceded.” As for the wedding itself? McConaughey said his fiancee had the idea to simply put up tents in the backyard in order to construct a “village” and have their friends/family members just camp out for three full days. Sounds very much like this laid back couple, as does the following story about one gift they received on their big day: “[My friend] gave us a sword with a big card that says, ‘For the couple that has everything. Swing your sword!'”
LeRoy Neiman, a prolific artist whose dynamically colored paintings and sketches honored heroic figures of sports and entertainment, died Wednesday. He was 91. His New York-based publicist confirmed Neiman’s death. Throughout his life, Neiman was a larger-than-life yet approachable figure who came to epitomize the magazine with which he had a long association, Playboy . After studying and then teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Neiman’s distinctive style originated by using quick brush strokes with the enamel paint that was being tossed out by a building janitor. The Playboy association that became synonymous with his personal style and that of his art, began in the mid-’50s, when Hugh Hefner’s magazine was new. Once the publisher saw LeRoy Neiman’s canvases with their energetic depictions of boxers and nightlife denizens, a professional marriage was born. “I’ve had a lucky life,” Neiman said in 2008. “I zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence. … Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself.”
Oracle co-founder CEO Larry Ellison will soon be the proud owner of Lanai, Hawaii’s sixth-largest island. Seriously, he bought 98 percent of the thing. The price? A relatively modest $500-600 million, according to reports. Ellison hasn’t said what he plans to do with the vast majority of the island’s 141 square miles, but the sellers said he plans substantial investments. Reports say he plans to create jobs and stimulate tourism to the “Pineapple Island” once owned in the 1920s by the founder of Dole Foods Co. Ellison’s purchase was publicly announced by Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie. Landowner Castle & Cooke, who owned the property Ellison bought, has filed a transfer application with the Public Utilities Commission, he says. With nearly 50 miles of coastline, just two resorts and zero traffic lights, Lanai boasts little conventional development but plenty of unspoiled charm. To put it in perspective, an unnamed source equated Ellison’s purchase of Lanai as the continental U.S. equivalent of buying Montana.
Johnny Depp is ready to pay Vanessa Paradis a massive amount as a good faith gesture and to keep their separation amicable, according to reports. Though they were never married, the actor is prepared to give his partner of 14 years an out-of-court settlement in excess of $150 million. Depp and Paradis separated this week, but are determined to keep the already difficult breakup amicable. A nine-figure check can’t hurt. As the couple weren’t married, negotiations over financial support could be complicated, according to legal experts … which is why it just won’t happen. Call it the opposite of Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian . Depp harbors no ill will toward Paradis and wants to avoid legal wrangling. Said an insider: “he will make a generous lump sum payment as a settlement.” French singer Paradis is also expected to retain ownership of a house in Plan-de-la-Tour in southern France, leaving Depp with his Hollywood Hills home. They have two children together – Lily-Rose, 13, and Jack, 10. [Photo: WENN.com]
