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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...
...years, Cambodia's King Norodom Sihanouk has worn many crowns: a bon vivant prince, an absolute ruler, an exile, a prisoner of the Khmer Rouge and, since 1993, a constitutional monarch. Now, Sihanouk is seeking a new role: retiree. The 81-year-old, affectionately known as "Samdech Euv" (Papa King), dismayed many last week when he released a statement announcing his abdication. "I am too old now," the King wrote from Beijing, where he is receiving treatment for diabetes, exhorting his people "to please allow me to retire...
...Tyler's onetime lover, model Bebe Buell; model Mia, 25, child of Tyler's first wife, model Cyrinda Foxe; and now CHELSEA, 15, child of his second wife, designer Teresa Barrick Tyler. (Tyler's youngest child is a boy named Taj, 12, also with Teresa.) Chelsea mugs with her papa in next month's issue of Flaunt, a fashion magazine. The daddy's girl says she plans to attend college before embarking on a singing career. If it all works out, one day she might be able to wear as much makeup...
...surrender our headsets and consoles and pile into a 1964 Chrysler with bench seats and no drink holders and one radio. And we have forgotten how we ever managed to ride in this damn thing without murdering one another. "I'm driving this car," says Papa George, "and I say we're listening to Toby Keith." Mama Laura taps her toes while Uncle John hums a Peter, Paul and Mary tune in protest. In back, half the kids sing along with the radio raucously, and the other half start shouting to drown them out. Outside the window, vast prairies...
...surrender our headsets and consoles and pile into a 1964 Chrysler with bench seats and no drink holders and one radio. And we have forgotten how we ever managed to ride in this damn thing without murdering one another. "I'm driving this car," says Papa George, "and I say we're listening to Toby Keith." Mama Laura taps her toes while Uncle John hums a Peter, Paul and Mary tune in protest. In back, half the kids sing along with the radio raucously, and the other half start shouting to drown them out. Outside the window, vast prairies...