Richard Lugner

(Newser) - Richard Lugner, the Austrian billionaire best known for his A-list dates to the Vienna Opera Ball, has died at the age of 91, reports People . His death comes just months after he tied the knot on June 1 with his sixth wife, 42-year-old Simone Reiländer. At the time, he...

(Newser) - Austrian billionaire Richard Lugner, best known for being a playboy who takes expensive dates to the Vienna Opera Ball each year , just married ... a Playboy model. Cathy Schmitz, a 24-year-old German model, married the 81-year-old Lugner Saturday at Schönbrunn Palace, which the Telegraph describes as "a 1,441-room...

(Newser) - Kim Kardashian was the latest celebrity paid ($500,000, in this case) to escort Austrian businessman Richard Lugner to the Vienna Opera Ball last night, but the evening didn't exactly go as planned. Sources tell TMZ Kardashian was posing for pictures with Lugner when a worker approached her in...

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan may have a flagging acting career, trainwrecky personal life, and disappointing fashion debut, but at least she had a $150,000 escort gig—until she messed that up, too. Austrian billionaire Richard Lugner was set to pay up for LiLo to accompany him to yesterday’s Vienna Opera...