Sideshow: Marc Anthony's helping hands

Children at an orphanage in the Dominican Republic on Friday were given a hefty gift by singer-actor

Marc Anthony

.

Anthony and his model gf, Shannon de Lima, presided at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Children of Christ orphanage in La Romana for construction of a residence hall, classrooms, and a baseball field. The money was raised by a foundation Anthony runs with sports producer Henry Cardenas.

Rihanna

joined controversial ex-bf

Chris Brown

on Thanksgiving in Berlin, proof, some say, they're a couple again. . . .

Tom Cruise

and daughter

Suri

, 6, spent the week in London after three months apart. . . . Tom's ex

Katie Holmes

spent the holiday with her parents in Toledo, Ohio.

Gabriel Aubry

was arrested Thursday for allegedly assaulting

Olivier Martinez

, the current bf of Gabe's ex

Halle Berry

. The New York Daily News says Aubry was at Berry's Hollywood Hills mansion to drop off their daughter,

Nahla

, 4, when he took exception to Martinez's remark "We have to move on." Halle and Martinez have wanted to move to France - but can't, since Aubry insists Nahla stay in America.

Djimon Hounsou

, unforgettable as Caliban in

Julie Taymor

's

The Tempest

, has split with his gf, fashion queen

Kimora Lee Simmons

, after more than five years. They have a 3½-year-old daughter,

Kenzo Lee Hounsou

. . . . Country star

Jake Owen

and wife

Lacey Buchanan

on Thursday welcomed a daughter,

Olive Pearl

. . . .

Rihanna

's new perfume, Naked, went on the market Friday. . . .

Price Is Right

model

Brandi Cochran

, 41, has been awarded $7.7 mil in punitive damages by a Los Angeles court in her discrimination suit against the show for refusing to hire her back after she had a baby. . . .

Blossom

star

Mayim Bialik

and

Michael Stone

are to divorce after nine years.