By Howard G. Chua-Eoan

In his 67 years, Yves Montand has loved and lost many times but never once been a father. On New Year's Eve in Nice, Carole Amiel, 28, Montand's companion, bore him his first child, Valentin Giovanni Jacques Livi. "As far as I'm concerned, life begins today," said Montand, born Ivo Livi. "When I saw this bundle of flesh start to scream, I lost control of my emotions." French astrologers say Valentin, a Capricorn, will "admire his father intensely." But so have many others, from Marilyn Monroe to Simone Signoret.