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Kristen Stewart paid $500k for 15-min chat with a prince

September 12, 2013 17:50 IST
Kristen Stewart

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Kristen Stewart was apparently paid a whopping $500,000 in exchange for a 15-minute meet and greet with a Middle Eastern Prince.

The Twilight star received the full amount in cash when she met the unidentified prince, and his team of bodyguards, at Madison Square Garden in December 2012, the Mirror reported.

Hollywood movie executive Harvey Weinstein revealed that he helped negotiate the deal between the actress and the prince to raise funds for the Hurricane Sandy relief effort.

Weinstein, who is currently promoting a documentary based on the Hurricane Sandy benefit concert at the Toronto Film Festival, said that when he took the offer to Stewart, her immediate response was “How much?”

The Prince apparently had to shell out over 33,333 dollars a minute, which is roughly $555 a second, to mingle with Stewart.

Clint Eastwood's wife Dina files for divorce

September 12, 2013 17:50 IST
Clint Eastwood and Dina

Clint Eastwood’s estranged wife of 17 years Dina has filed for legal separation from the iconic actor.

Dina has filed a petition in Monterey County Superior Court, demanding spousal support and physical custody their teenage daughter, Morgan, CBS News reported.

Another report has claimed that the petition also indicated that the couple had a premarital agreement.

At the end of August, a US publication had reported the couple, who had met when Dina was assigned to interview the veteran actor for her TV news station, had called it quits.

Zoe Saldana 'secretly weds' artist beau Marco Perego

September 12, 2013 17:50 IST
Zoe Saldana

Avatar star Zoe Saldana has tied the knot with her artist beau Marco Perego in a low key wedding in July, it has been revealed.

According to sources, the 34-year-old actress exchanged vows with Perego at an undisclosed location just a few hours outside London, where she is filming her new flick Guardians of the Galaxy, the New York Post reported.

An insider told the publication that the wedding ceremony was very small and intimate and the couple are very much in love.

It was previously revealed that the duo had started dating in May when they were caught kissing after Saldana’s Star Trek into Darkness premiere in LA.