January 18, 2002

From the New York Post:

IT'S A FRANCE ROMANCE FOR TIM & HELENA

What Gaul! First, director Tim Burton dumps fiancée Lisa Marie for actress Helena Bonham Carter - who appeared with Lisa in "Planet in the Apes" - and now they parade through Paris, putting their amour on display for all the world to see.

Their romantic stroll through the streets of the City of Light culminated in a passionate park-bench makeout session.

Burton isn't British-born beauty Helena's first "committed" conquest. Her affair with Kenneth Branagh in 1995 effectively ended his marriage to Oscar-winner Emma Thompson.