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A California judge on Friday ordered singer Marc Anthony to double the child support he pays ex-wife Dayanara Torres, according to the TMZ Web site.
Torres went to court in May to demand more money from the artist to maintain the two children they had together – he has been paying her $13,000 a month but the judge boosted the amount to $26,000.
The increase is far from the more than $100,000 requested by Torres, who says that Anthony’s fortune is larger than he says it is and that he spends $330,000 a year on his family, girlfriends and pals.
Anthony refused to increase the monthly sum that Torres receives on grounds that providing more money for the kids would “spoil them rotten.”
Besides the $26,000 a month in child support, the court improved the yearly vacation allowance that Torres gets from Anthony, which jumped from $6,000 to $12,000 a year.
In 2008, Torres, a former Miss Universe, published a book entitled Married To Me: How Committing To Myself Led to Triumph After Divorce,” in which she related her experiences during her separation from Anthony, whose marriage to her in 2000 survived just four years.
In an interview with Efe just before the book was launched, Torres said she had “good relations” with Anthony and that they had put the divorce behind them.
Marc Anthony was also married to Jennifer López between 2004 and 2011.
American actress Eva Longoria to receive humanitarian award
American actress, director and producer Eva Longoria will receive the Women in Film organization’s Norma Zarky Humanitarian Award on Wednesday evening, joining a list of past honorees including George Lucas, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Ted Turner, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams and Elizabeth Taylor.
Created in 1979, the award is bestowed on individuals who “have demonstrated enlightened support for the advancement of equal opportunity for all and devotion to the improvement of the human condition,” the organization says on its Web site.
The gala dinner will be held at Los Angeles’ Hyatt Regency Century Plaza and raise funds for different educational and philanthropic programs and initiatives.
Since 1977, Women in Film “has annually honored exemplary women in the entertainment industry – women who lead by example, who are creative, groundbreaking, and who excel at their chosen fields,” the organization said in a press release in March.
The other honorees in Wednesday night’s Crystal + Lucy Awards ceremony are Cate Blanchett, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Lee and Rose Byrne.
“The women we are honoring this year represent the best, the brightest and the bravest among us,” Women in Film, Los Angeles President Cathy Schulman said in a statement.
“These five women have distinguished themselves both as artists and as responsible citizens of the world,” Iris Grossman, president emeritus of WIF LA, said. “They inspire us and we in turn are honored to recognize them for all they have given.”
Longoria’s foundation works with women in the Hispanic community, helping girls attend university and adults start their own businesses.
She founded the San Antonio-based Eva’s Heroes organization, which benefits developmentally disabled adolescents, and also is a national spokesperson for Parents Against Cancer, a non-profit group that provides interpreters at hospitals and grocery vouchers to families.
