Sumner Redstone's news-making gifts to women are proving irksome to his longtime lady friend, Christine Peters.
Peters is well aware that her longtime production deal at Viacom-owned Paramount -- which ended last year -- was long perceived by many in the industry and even within Paramount as a favor that was done for her because of her close relationship to the boss, now 87.
But Peters said she earned everything she got and never was on the receiving end of the sort of largesse that has been making the papers lately. "No one's made it easy on me -- I'll tell you that," she told The Hollywood Reporter.
Peters was unwilling to comment on recent reports that Redstone had given gifts of stock worth tens of thousands of dollars to party girl Rohini Singh and singer Heather Naylor of Electric Barbarellas. Redstone also arranged for executives at Showtime to...
Peters is well aware that her longtime production deal at Viacom-owned Paramount -- which ended last year -- was long perceived by many in the industry and even within Paramount as a favor that was done for her because of her close relationship to the boss, now 87.
But Peters said she earned everything she got and never was on the receiving end of the sort of largesse that has been making the papers lately. "No one's made it easy on me -- I'll tell you that," she told The Hollywood Reporter.
Peters was unwilling to comment on recent reports that Redstone had given gifts of stock worth tens of thousands of dollars to party girl Rohini Singh and singer Heather Naylor of Electric Barbarellas. Redstone also arranged for executives at Showtime to...
- 7/28/2010
- by By Kim Masters
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sumner Redstone has a complicated life. Though the Viacom/CBS chief recently separated from his wife of six years, former school teacher Paula Fortunato, she's still living in his house. Redstone's spokesman claims they were there on Halloween night, handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. But a tipster told Page Six Red stone was at Il Piccolino in Beverly Hills that night with his old girlfriend Manuela Herzer. "They were laughing," said our source. "It seemed like good old times." The restaurant manager didn't recognize Redstone's date, but said she was blond,...
- 11/4/2008
- NYPost.com
Alyson Hannigan and her husband Alexis Denisof are pregnant with their first child, who is due this spring. The couple met on the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. — Us Weekly Rumor has it, George Clooney is back together with his ex-girlfriend Krista Allen. The couple have had a long-term on-again, off-again relationship. — Rush & Molloy Sumner Redstone confirmed he is divorcing his 46-year-old second wife, Paula Fortunato, after more than five years of marriage. — TMZ Julianne Hough was hospitalized with stomach pains after her performance on Dancing With the Stars as another contestant was eliminated. Were you surprised by who was voted off? — People Although SNL reps have denied it, Barack Obama may be scheduled to appear on the show, following his previous cancellation. — Huffington Post Josh Holly, the teenager who hacked and published personal photographs of Miley Cyrus earlier this year, was raided by the FBI in Tennessee on Monday.
- 10/22/2008
- by PopSugar
- Popsugar.com
Sumner Redstone has filed for divorce -- a week after he sold a boatload of CBS and Viacom stock.
The 85-year-old billionaire said in court documents he wishes to divorce Paula Fortunato Redstone, 46, due to "irreconcilable differences." The two have been married since April 2003.
This month, the media mogul sold $233 million of stock in CBS and Viacom, the two companies he controls as majority shareholder and executive chairman, apparently in order to meet a margin call on his core holding National Amusements. Those sales came as the shares were near 52-week lows.
Redstone was worth as much as $9 billion before the recent swoon on Wall Street cut shares of Viacom in half and did even more damage to CBS.
He has also seen the value of his 12 million or so shares of Midway Gaming plunge 68% in the last four weeks.
Insiders say a prenuptial agreement calls for Redstone to pay...
The 85-year-old billionaire said in court documents he wishes to divorce Paula Fortunato Redstone, 46, due to "irreconcilable differences." The two have been married since April 2003.
This month, the media mogul sold $233 million of stock in CBS and Viacom, the two companies he controls as majority shareholder and executive chairman, apparently in order to meet a margin call on his core holding National Amusements. Those sales came as the shares were near 52-week lows.
Redstone was worth as much as $9 billion before the recent swoon on Wall Street cut shares of Viacom in half and did even more damage to CBS.
He has also seen the value of his 12 million or so shares of Midway Gaming plunge 68% in the last four weeks.
Insiders say a prenuptial agreement calls for Redstone to pay...
- 10/21/2008
- by By Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even as media mogul Sumner Redstone was scrambling yesterday to restructure the debt on his National Amusements holding company, rumors swirled that his five-year marriage to Paula Fortunato is kaput.
Gawker.com heard "from a good source" that Redstone, 85, who controls Viacom, is splitting with former school teacher Fortunato, 45. Sources told Page Six that Fortunato has been packing her bags and is moving out of the home she shares with him this weekend. They wed in 2003, four years after he divorced his first wife of 55 years, Phyllis Gloria Raphael, with whom he has two children,...
Gawker.com heard "from a good source" that Redstone, 85, who controls Viacom, is splitting with former school teacher Fortunato, 45. Sources told Page Six that Fortunato has been packing her bags and is moving out of the home she shares with him this weekend. They wed in 2003, four years after he divorced his first wife of 55 years, Phyllis Gloria Raphael, with whom he has two children,...
- 10/18/2008
- NYPost.com
Elderly movie studio boss Sumner Redstone has laughed off rumours he is cheating on his wife after he was spotted at a New York restaurant with his ex-girlfriend.
The 85-year-old Paramount Pictures head - famous as the man who sacked Tom Cruise from his deal with the studio in 2006 - was seen at Ruth's Chris Steak House with Manuela Herza, who he dated before he married Paula Fortunato in 2002.
But Redstone insists the meeting was accidental - and he was actually dining with legendary movie producer Robert Evans.
He tells the New York Post, "It was just an accidental meeting. Manuela walked in unexpectedly and sat down with us. I'm a happily married man."...
The 85-year-old Paramount Pictures head - famous as the man who sacked Tom Cruise from his deal with the studio in 2006 - was seen at Ruth's Chris Steak House with Manuela Herza, who he dated before he married Paula Fortunato in 2002.
But Redstone insists the meeting was accidental - and he was actually dining with legendary movie producer Robert Evans.
He tells the New York Post, "It was just an accidental meeting. Manuela walked in unexpectedly and sat down with us. I'm a happily married man."...
- 6/11/2008
- WENN
Tom Cruise was allegedly sacked by Paramount over previous criticism of Brooke Shields' use of post-natal anti-depressants. Paula Fortunato, the wife of Paramount boss Sumner Redstone, was enraged when she heard Cruise's comments on live TV, and warned her 83-year-old husband that the star's Scientology-inspired tirade is offputting to female fans. Redstone said last week: "As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal. His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount." The movie mogul originally hinted his decision was largely because of Cruise's bizarre antics on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Today. But insiders from Paramount's parent company Viacom claim Redstone's 43-year-old wife has great influence on the decisions of her husband. Viacom spokesman Carl Folta says, "It is true that Mrs. Redstone disagrees with Tom Cruise's views, but she and Mr. Redstone see every Paramount film."...
- 8/31/2006
- WENN
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