Eva Longoria and Tony Parker made it legal at Paris’s city hall on Friday, with a big church wedding and lavish reception still to come.

The basketball star, 25, and the actress, 32, became man and wife at a civil ceremony â€" as required by French law â€" at the Mairie (city hall for the 4th Arrondissement) in Place Baudoyer, not far from Notre Dame.

“They are married. They were married here by the Mayor of Paris, Monsieur Bertrand ...