Actress Salma Hayek arrives with Henri Pinault (R), son of billionaire French art collector Francois Pinault, at a party to commemorate the re-opening of the Palazzo Grassi gallery at the Arsenale in Venice April 29, 2006. Hayek is reportedly planning to spend 3.5 million U.S. dollars on her wedding. (Xinhua/Reuters file Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, July 2 -- Salma Hayek is reportedly planning to spend 3.5 million U.S. dollars on her wedding.

    The "Frida" actress - who has a nine-month-old daughter Valentina Paloma with her fiance, French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault - is set to wed Francois in a lavish ceremony in France next spring.

    A source told the National Enquirer magazine: "It took Francois over a year to get Salma to agree to marry him, and he doesn't want to spare any expense. Francois basically gave her the key to the vault and said, 'Go wild.' Salma has dreamed her whole life about a Cinderella wedding."

    Salma is believed to have ordered a 500,000-dollar customized wedding gown made by Nicolas Ghesquiere, who previously designed Nicole Kidman's wedding dress.

Actress Salma Hayek poses for photographers during a photocall to promote "Ask the Dust" in Rome April 26, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    The couple reportedly plan to fly in 400 guests on private jets to join them for the five-day celebrations, which will be held at a chateau near St. Tropez. The source added: "The ceremony and the reception will be off the charts.

    The flower budget alone is almost a million dollars. Guests will eat Beluga caviar, fresh lobster and Kobe beef from Japan. They will enjoy the finest French and Italian wines and champagne. The total food budget for food and alcohol is more than 1 million dollars." The couple are also said to have ordered an impressive seven-tier wedding cake which will cost around 100,000 dollars.

    Valentina will be dressed in a handmade 50,000-dollar gown.

    (Source: China Daily)