Desperate Eva Gets Her French Wedding - OK! Snaps Up Exclusive Photo Deal
Most brides just have to worry about who they're going to have take their wedding pictures, but Eva Longoria who plays Gabrielle in "Desperate Housewives" and fiancé Tony Parker who plays for the San Antonio Spurs also had to decide the important question of who would get the rights to publish their photos.
The biggest bidders for exclusive rights to wedding coverage were People magazine and OK!. OK! won the bid by offering $2 million dollars. Apparently it was entirely a matter of money, right up to the final negotiation.
OK! editor-in-chief Sara Ivens said: "These were obviously highly coveted photos, and we were thrilled to negotiate the exclusive rights. Covering great moments with the celebrities that we love is what the magazine is all about."
People magazine is said to be miffed about missing out on the much sought-after deal.
Editors at People magazine broke the story of their wedding and were working hard with Eva's reps to secure the picture rights and were upset about losing the deal. It is claimed that their coverage of the couple's reported break-up did not influence Eva's decision.
Another source said: "Everyone knows OK! would pay a lot for them."
The couple reportedly took a helicopter from Paris to Normandy, where they dined at romantic restaurant La MMre Poularde.
The couple flew back to Paris the following morning and spent Wednesday partying with family and friends at Disneyland Paris.
The couple are getting married at Eglise Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois, a church opposite the Louvre, followed by an over-the-top french chateau wedding reception at Chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte southeast of Paris.
You do not have to be a celebrity to get married in France . Any one can rent a castle and have their very own fairytale french wedding .