Entertainment Lawyer 01/17/08

**mrs.v** · January 17th, 2008, 03:35 PM

Who would have thought that the death of a Japanese tycoon could have an effect on a Hollywood marriage. About two months ago a Japanese tycoon died. About two weeks ago the husband of our gorgeous, foreign born, B list film actress answered the phone to discover that the tycoon had left his actress wife almost $5M in his will. The husband had never heard of the guy and assumed there had been some mistake. Yes, his wife was a famous actress but no one just leaves that much money to someone they have never met. Well, when he mentioned it to this wife he could tell she did know the tycoon. How did she know him and what made him leave his wife $5M? Turns out that the wife had met the tycoon when she was just starting out in the business and had spent some time with him on several occasions. When I say spending time, I think you know what I am getting at. Apparently our actress must have left quite an impression with her interpersonal skills. The husband wasn't really that upset about his wife's past. He may have been more so if he knew that she had seen the tycoon once or twice after her marriage.

**LynnieD** · January 17th, 2008, 03:55 PM

Ummmmmm Sophia Loren is all I can think of.

**pacific breeze** · January 17th, 2008, 03:58 PM

This screams Salma Hayek to me, but I could be wrong. It could be a lot of people.

**RevellingInSane** · January 17th, 2008, 04:01 PM

Jane Seymour

**donotstalk** · January 17th, 2008, 04:05 PM

My vote's on Elizabeth Hurley.

**politesse** · January 17th, 2008, 04:08 PM

Sophia's husband died several years ago, Salma is not married and the BI refers to a husband. Could it be Heidi Klum? Her daughter is from a relationship with a sugar daddy.Could it be there was more than one?

**Chilly Willy** · January 17th, 2008, 04:18 PM

Heidi isn't an actress.

I take it the hubby isn't famous?

**mrs.v** · January 17th, 2008, 04:18 PM

Catherine Zeta Jones?
Kate Beckinsale?

**nancydrew** · January 17th, 2008, 04:21 PM

Catherine Zeta Jones.

**politesse** · January 17th, 2008, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by donotstalk

My vote's on Elizabeth Hurley.

Oh, good one.She fits.

**pacific breeze** · January 17th, 2008, 04:35 PM

Salma may or may not be married according to various reports. But it probably isn't her.

**Trixie** · January 17th, 2008, 07:27 PM

I like Catherine Zeta Jones for this one too. I've always suspected she had an unsavory past.

**sparkly** · January 17th, 2008, 09:55 PM

Naomi Watts?

DitaPage* · January 18th, 2008, 12:50 AM

^I like that guess. The Ring was Japanese wasn't it?

**tkdgirl** · January 18th, 2008, 07:25 AM

I can't find any Japanese tycoon's death recently. There's one from Hong Kong, but hardly the same.

I'm going to go with Jane Seymour as well. The vast majority of Japanese tycoons are over 60 now, and Jane was quite the traveler back in the day. She even did an uncredited role in a cheesy martial arts movie in 1980.

So yeah, I'm going with Jane.