A paper product comprising a planar fibrous cellulose substrate, and a coating composition disposed on a surface of said substrate comprising an interpolymer prepared by the emulsion polymerization of (i) one or more vinyl ester monomers; (ii) ethylene; (iii) an unsaturated silane co-monomer; and (iv) one or more emulsion-stabilizing ionic co-monomers comprising one or more of unsaturated, substituted sulfonic acid, one or more of an unsaturated phosphonic acid, or an ester of one of those acids, in the presence of (v) a stabilizing system which comprises one or more anionic and/or nonionic surfactants but less than about 1 pphm of any protective colloid material; and (v) water.