New York Post

Naomi’s fabulous 45th bash

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SUPERMODEL and “Empire” star Naomi Campbell is throwing her 45th birthday party this weekend at a private château in the South of France in a glamourous continuati­on of the Cannes Film Festival celebratio­ns.

Campbell has rented the a sprawling château near Cannes for Saturday night’s lavish bash. She’s been planning the party with electric racecar team owner Bert Hedaya — a wealthy scion who we are told is Naomi’s current boyfriend — and art dealer Joe Nahmad, sources exclusivel­y tell Page Six.

The party is also a “getting out” celebratio­n of sorts for billionair­e art dealer Helly Nahmad, who served five months in jail for running a celebstudd­ed, $100 million gambling ring and has just been released from house arrest.

His lawyer, Ben Brafman, confirmed Helly, who runs the Nahmad Gallery at the Carlyle Hotel, had been “approved by the court for internatio­nal travel” for the first time.

Others expected at Campbell’s bash — now an annual celebheavy event in Cannes — include Leo DiCaprio, Sean “Diddy” Combs, oil heir Brandon Davis, nightlife guru Richie Akiva, and fellow top models including Karlie Kloss, Kendall Jenner, Jourdan Dunn and Gigi Hadid.

The château boasts multiple bedrooms, landscaped grounds and terraces with views of the Alps and neighborin­g countrysid­e right down to the sea. Preparatio­ns are being made for a large dinner and dancing well into the night. But Naomi’s appropriat­ely petulant publicist Abi O’Donnell yelled at Page Six, “What the f--k?” when we politely asked about the party.

Campbell is known for her opulent events, including the extravagan­za she threw in 2012 for her thenboyfri­end Vladimir Doronin’s 50th birthday by renting the entire 15thcentur­y Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India.

The model, who plays temptress Camilla in Lee Daniels’ hit drama “Empire,” has recently been shooting scenes for the muchantici­pated second season of the Fox show.

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