Mainly known for her work on the cult series Desperate Housewivesactress Eva Longoria was married to former French basketball champion Tony Parker during the 2000s. It was precisely during this relationship that the actress developed a deep attachment to France and its culture. “When I was married to Tony, he was on the French basketball team and we went to lots of small towns. I remember an incredible restaurant in Fécamp, in a very small family hotel. Tony was going to play, and I was staying at the hotel, I was friends with the chef who taught me how to make sauces with capers or lemon butter. Obviously, everything is better with butter. I associate a lot of my history with Tony with French cuisineI will always be grateful to him.”she notably confided to the magazine ELLE the 11th of 2023.
Present every year on the Croisette, where she lights up the Cannes Film Festival thanks to the different outfits she wears on the red carpet, Eva Longoria went to Beaune on Sunday November 17, 2024. That day, the American actress participated in the 164th Hospices de Beaune sale, which was held under the Halles de la commune. This famous wine auction, the oldest of its kind in the world, has established itself over the years as one of the great masses of luxury and charity. The revenue from these auctions reached 13.944 million euros (excluding costs, editor’s note) indicates AFP. A nice sum which is however far from the 2022 record (29 million euros, editor's note). This figure also remains lower than the revenue for the 2023 edition (23.3 million euros, editor's note).
Besides Eva Longoria, other celebrities gathered there to boost sales.
Eva Longoria represented the Spanish NGO Global Gift Foundation at the Hospices de Beaune
For example, we can cite the living legend of French cinema Jean Renobut also the actress Zabou Breitman, as well as the British actor Dominic West. The star lot of this auction, not included in the total revenue, was awarded for the sum of 360,000 euros. It was a barrel of Beaune Premier Cru. It was sold for the benefit of two associations. Doctors Without Borders (MSF), represented by Dominic West and Zabou Breitman, as well as the Spanish NGO Global Gift Foundation (GGF), whose ambassadors were Jean Reno and Eva Longoria.
