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...François-Henri Pinault Jr. LUXURY TYCOON...
French executive François-Henri Pinault is following in the footsteps of his tycoon papa François. This month Pinault Jr., 42, was appointed chairman of the $22 billion luxury-goods and retail empire PPR, founded by Pinault Sr. in 1963. He takes over from Serge Weinberg, who led PPR's diversification into luxury goods with the purchase of the Gucci group in 2001. Though Pinault is the scion of France's third wealthiest family--which owns a 42% controlling interest in PPR--he has also headed several PPR units. Instead of the nickname Daddy's Boy, he has earned...
After 27 years in the public eye, Bernard-Henri Lévy is France's iconic postmodern intellectual. A writer, director, philosopher and humanitarian activist, he has been called everything but shy. Since he burst into public view in 1977 as a founding member of the "new philosopher" movement - which urged action over purely conceptual thought, and broke leftist ranks by denouncing Soviet communism as fascism - the mediagenic BHL (as he's usually known) has been relentless. He has published countless essays and more than 30 books, including his 2003 "investi-novel" Who Killed Daniel Pearl?, a partly fictionalized investigation...
...HENRI...
...yeah, in all of the silly commotion, Don Cheadle makes a cameo appearance which certainly constitutes the throwaway performance of the year. With no purpose other than plot device (unless we are supposed to be paying attention to his astute social commentary), his character, island kingpin Henri, is conveniently made an American to guarantee that there will be no fancy âactingâ in this movie. The sad truth is you would be better served catching up on some sleep than finding out what happens in this mind-numbing...