The tenor, a journalist who comes to interview the diva, turns out to be a wannabe opera singer himself, and in a fantasy sequence the two tediously execute the love duet of the diva's opera (about Eleanor of Aquitaine, of all things), a ponderous event with not one scintilla of musical heat or passion (that's the bit that ends with the bells).
The New York tabloids follow every step of his love life, which has included a dalliance with pop diva Mariah Carey and a current liaison with Miss Universe Lara Dutta.