BITS AND PIECES 10/06
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--Spoofing Nancy Grace is turning into something of a cottage industry.
Last month, NBC's "Passions" featured a cable TV anchor, "Grace
Nancier" (Tonya Walker- Davidson), obviously modeled on Grace's Court
TV/ CNN persona. And on this past Tuesday's "Boston Legal," Denise
(Julie Bowen) watched on TV as a blond cable pundit named "Gracie Jane"
(Jill Brennan) held court on a show closely resembling Grace's Headline
News show. I asked Grace if she feels she's "arrived" with all the
extra-curricular attention. "I prefer to think of it as a crash landing
rather than an 'arrival,' " she said, laughing. "But I've got to tell
you, I'm very flattered. I come from a dirt road in Macon, Georgia,
after all. "But I've got a word of wisdom to my 'knockoff' on 'Boston
Legal' - if I had to take speech lessons, so does she. I think she
did a great job, but she's got to brush up on her accent." While her
Headline News show has been going great- guns, Grace says she has no
plans to leave Court TV (where she hosts "Closing Arguments"). "I'm
overwhelmed at how lucky I've been, and I don't take it for granted,"
she said. "There's no way I am leaving Court TV."
--Judy Sheindlin has signed on for another four years of "Judge Judy."
--Sunday: Montel Williams travels to Baton Rouge with FUBU's Daymond
John and Keith Perrin to distribute clothing to hurricane victims.
--Among the stars at the Ralph Lauren Fragrances lunch at Morton's (in
L.A.): Mandy Moore, Julia Louis Dreyfus.
NY POST/PAGE SIX...
--LEONARDO DiCaprio, who just finished filming "The Departed," is
buying the 10th floor of the third Richard Meier building on Perry
Street - and we hear he's buying it with his girlfriend of many
years, Gisele Bundchen. The two were overheard talking about the
purchase while dining at Megu in TriBeCa, sparking rumors that they had
finally gotten engaged. A rep for DiCaprio declined comment on the
apartment, but denied the couple is betrothed.
--IS it still "cheating" if the stripper keeps her dress on? Sting
apparently doesn't think so. The soft-rocking singer, who's married to
Trudie Styler, spent several hours at New York Dolls strip club on
Murray Street in the company of two dancers - but asked them to keep
their gowns while they lavished him and his driver with lap dances and
neck massages. We're told Sting, who drank only bottled water during
the fully-clothed frolic, took a special liking to a blond Slovenian
sexpot named Anna. The former Police chief plunked down several hundred
bucks to be pampered by Anna and an Israeli-born babe.
--CAMERON Diaz and a "lumberjack-looking" Justin Timberlake with a
French bulldog, picking out a close-to-the-floor dining table at ABC
Carpet & Home.
--KATE Winslet at Frederick's till closing time, smoking cigarettes,
drinking and talking with a girlfriend and manhattansociety.com honcho
Chris London.
--TOBEY Maguire overheard saying he was "watching his weight" while on
his third trip to the salad bar at all-you-can-eat Brazilian steakhouse
Churrascaria Tribeca.
--JERRY and Jessica Seinfeld with daughter Sasha, Kelly Monaco (dressed
up as Cinderella), Soon-Yi Allen and Dina and Ali Lohan at the DVD
premiere of Disney's "Cinderella" at the Ziegfeld.
--FOR those of you titillated by Janet Jackson's breast pop-out at the
2004 Super Bowl - boy, do we have a video for you. The Internet was
abuzz yesterday with paparazzi footage of what appeared to be a naked
Janet sunbathing on her back, then flipping over and slapping her own
bare buttocks as if they were bongos. Alas, when we checked to see if
the video was still available for our prurient viewing pleasure
yesterday evening, it had already been taken down. Stay tuned.
--EDITORS gasped when veteran model Stella Tennant walked down the
runway at Dior's show at the Grand Palais in Paris Tuesday night. "She
looks more beautiful than ever," said one observer of the aristocratic
British beauty who hasn't been seen on the catwalk for a while as she
raised her kids, designed children's knitwear and occasionally starred
in Burberry ad campaigns. "Wonder if she's an emergency fill-in for
Kate Moss," said another. We wonder if Burberry, which canned Moss over
the infamous cocaine pictures, will have the same idea.
--FROM one redhead to another: Britain's Prince Andrew sure has a thing
for flame-haired women. The former husband of Sarah Ferguson caused
jaws to drop at Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Perry Street restaurant the
other night when he walked in with former model Angie Everhart.
According to a spy, the two "got a cozy table and stared into each
other's eyes all night. They were definitely on a date." Everhart has a
taste for royals - for years she was linked to Prince Albert of
Monaco.
--"TODAY" show chipmunk Katie Couric is nibbling on a new man. She's
been quietly dating widowed landscape painter Stephen Hannock. The
artist, 54, reveals that Couric has helped him cope with the loss of
his wife. "I talk about it with Katie sometimes," Hannock tells Fortune
magazine. "She understands. She knows I miss my wife." (Couric lost her
husband, Jay Monahan, to colon cancer in 1998.) But as sweet as Katie
seems, she left at least one ex with a broken heart when she dumped him
earlier this year. Back in February, Couric devastated trumpet player
Chris Botti when she left him after several months of dating to get
back together with ex-boyfriend Tom Werner, co-head of Carsey/Werner TV
production company. A friend of Botti's told PAGE SIX at the time that
the trumpeter was "devastated" and felt like Katie had "used him to
make Tom jealous." An NBC spokeswoman says she does not comment on
Couric's personal life.
NY POST/CINDY ADAMS...
--HELENA Bonham Carter tried ape's teeth to jazz up her "Wallace & Gro
mit" role of snobby socialite Lady Tottington: "I thought it would help
the voice of a snooty Brit, but it made me incomprehensible. So now I
just pop them in for dinner parties." Helena always has great comments.
About "Mighty Aphrodite" years back, she said of her Woody Allen love
scene: "When we kissed, he'd twist around so I didn't see his eyes. He
didn't just keep his clothes on under the sheet. His shoes, too. In
case of fire, he said. The man cannot tolerate intimacy."
--JENNIFER Aniston leaving the angst on a mat. She's into yoga. On a
mat is where she should've left Brad.
--Tina Fey to take maternity leave from "SNL." She named the baby
Alice, which definitely beats Kal-el or Kool-Aid or whatever Nicolas
Cage christened his kid.
--The hot couture company Secrets of Charm based their entire spring
collection on Cybill Shepherd's wardrobe from "The Last Picture Show."
--Jodie Foster will never-never-never do plastic surgery. Does "not
want to look like Cher."
NY POST/LIZ SMITH....
--THE EXQUISITE Helena Bonham Carter has garnered raves for her vocal
work in Tim Burton's animated "Corpse Bride." But just because she is
engaged to Tim, doesn't mean she had her pick of roles in his movies.
"You think I'd get it easy, since we do have one child together. But
no, sleeping with him did not get me the part. I had to audition, like
everyone else!" (Helena also lends her evocative voice to another
animated film, "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," which
opened Wednesday).
--ROD STEWART finally receives his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,
to be unveiled next Tuesday. This honor comes just as the singer's
latest CD of great American standards, "Thanks for the Memories,"
arrives. On this one, Rod croons "I've Got a Crush on You" with Diana
Ross and camps it up with Elton John on "Makin' Whoopie." Don't miss
Vanity Fair's take on Rod titled "Do Ya Think I'm Sixty?"
--SPEAKING of VF, bravo to Tab Hunter for his cool handling of the
outrageous George Wayne, whose monthly Q&A has caused stars to curse,
hang up, threaten Wayne's life and otherwise wonder what the hell they
got themselves into. Tab, promoting his autobiography, resisted all
salacious queries and insistences by Wayne - for instance, did he
have an affair with Rock Hudson? Tab says absolutely not.
--JACK NICHOLSON has promised to appear tomorrow at the Trump National
Golf Club in California, teeing off for the Painted Turtle event - an
off-shoot of Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall camps. Mark Wahlberg, James
Caan, Adam Sandler, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Romano and other stellar
golfers are also scheduled. I am told this is the first time Nicholson
has lent his name - and person! - to charity. Oh, I'll bet he has
donated on the quiet.
--ONE OF my favorite ac tors is Alan Alda, who made "M*A*S*H*" immortal
on television. Only recently there was a rave in this space for his
Tony-nominated performance on Broadway in "Glengarry Glen Ross." (And
he was Oscar-nominated last year for "The Aviator.") Now Alan has
written a memoir titled "Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things
I've Learned." It is a cornucopia of delight and informed curiosity -
beginning with this line: "My mother didn't try to stab my father until
I was 6, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that." This
burden notwithstanding, Alan received many delights in his childhood
because his handsome father (Robert, yet to become famous in "Guys and
Dolls") was a straight man in burlesque. So Alan spent his early years
on the road. He was babysat backstage by beautiful half-naked chorus
girls, and he watched the hoary old jokes of vaudeville and burlesque
played over and over. This is a wonderful book of fun and philosophy
from a genial good-hearted man at the peak of his creativity. I never
knew till I read this memoir that Alan once served as a doorman in a
toga at the famous restaurant The Forum of the 12 Caesars! In my Sports
Illustrated days, I ate there often, and I must have encountered my
idol before he became a star. (He was probably a good doorman; he's
good at everything, including staying happily married to the wonderful
Arlene.)
--WHEN THE American Red Cross in Greater New York celebrates its 100th
birthday on Oct. 20 at the World Financial Center in Manhattan, they'll
be honoring that world philanthropist/former president Bill Clinton.
The "Daily Show" 's Jon Stewart will emcee the dinner and live auction.
Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti performs. This great night is $1,000 a
ticket. Call (212) 875-2151.
NY DAILY NEWS/RUSH AND MOLLOY...
--Those Hilton sisters are so off Mary-Kate's buddy list. Paris ditched
one Greek shipping heir for another in the form of Stavros Niarchos,
who probably still has the Olsen twin's itty-bitty handprints all over
him. And little sister Nicky has scooped up M-K castoff David
Katzenberg, son of DreamWorks bigshot Jeff. The foursome met up at
Nicky's 22nd-birthday party in West Hollywood the other night.
--Was it the ventriloquists? Madonna has said no to an offer to perform
for Queen Elizabeth at her Royal Variety Show next month. "Too
old-fashioned," she sniffed. But she will perform her upcoming single
on the MTV Awards in Europe, says her spokeswoman Liz Rosenberg, who
adds, "People who have heard ['Confessions on a Dancefloor'] put it on
the level of her 'Like a Prayer' and 'Ray of Light' albums."
--Foxy Brown has inked a deal to write her memoirs - at the ripe old
age of 26 - with former Source editor Kim Osario, for Simon Spotlight
Entertainment.
--Janet Jackson, Nelly and Ashanti took Jermaine Dupri to Pure in Las
Vegas last week to continue celebrating his 32nd birthday.
--Ethan Hawke gave directions to a carful of giggling out-of-town girls
just after leaving VIG 27 on 27th St.
NY DAILY NEWS/LLOYD GROVE...
--Lowdown's new guest pop music critic? It's convicted felon Michael
Lohan, who - in a letter from the Collins Correctional Facility outside
Buffalo - raves about daughter Lindsay's new single, "Confessions of a
Broken Heart." "The lyrics not only brought me to tears, but they tell
you what kind of a loving and caring daughter Lindsay truly is," writes
the 45-year-old Lohan, serving up to four years for drunken driving,
contempt of court and beating his brother-in-law bloody with a shoe.
"While I always considered and expressed how truly blessed Lindsay, as
well as my other children are, I never realized how blessed I AM to
have a daughter as amazing as Lindsay." In the song, Lindsay sings: "I
wear all your old clothes, your polo sweater/ I dream of another you,
the one who would never (never)/ Leave me alone to pick up the pieces/
A daddy to hold me, that's what I needed/ (So) why'd you have to go ...
/ Daughter to father, daughter to father/ I don't know you, but I still
want to." Michael adds in the letter, "Hold onto my shirt honey, soon
enough you'll be able to hold on to me! ... While the media and press
love to cover Lindsay enjoying her life and successes, I hope now they
will cover the kind of heart this beautiful and gifted young lady
really has." In response to Michael's record review, Lindsay's PR rep,
Leslie Sloane Zelnik, told Lowdown yesterday: "We never, ever doubted
Lindsay's love for her father. This song is in fact a cry to her dad,
saying, 'I love you, but I'm not happy with what you did to me and the
family.' "
--Before his Sunday night concert at the Hard Rock Hotel, Motley Crue
drummer Tommy Lee will lead People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
supporters in a march on the Las Vegas J. Crew outlet. Lee - who says
"they should change the name to "J. Cruel" - claims the popular
clothing chain is selling the fur of dogs and cats that were skinned
alive in China. "Pamela [Anderson] did show me the fur video, which is
what got me involved," Lee E-mailed me. "Everybody should check out
jcruel.com to see why we're so p- off." A J. Crew spokeswoman told me:
"We will not engage PETA on the subject." As for the concert tour, Lee
E-mailed: "My favorite part is when I turn on the [breast] cam and get
girls to lift their shirts and show what they've got on the big screen.
But this one dude lifted his shirt and his [breasts] were bigger than
any of the chicks there! It was crazy!"
--Audience members of Martha Stewart's syndicated daytime show
yesterday were buzzing that the younger, better-looking brides-to-be
were seated in the first two rows for the wedding-theme episode, while
the plain Janes were sent to the back. "It reminded me of dodgeball in
grade school, where the best players got picked first and the ones that
weren't good got left out," a Lowdown spy told me. But co-executive
producer Rob Dauber said that wasn't true. "That's an unfortunate
perception and that is never the case," he said. "We have an audience
department that works really hard to be accommodating to people. Martha
has told us that she wants every person to feel welcome and have a
special experience from the minute they walk in."
USA TODAY...
--Joe Pantoliano, Morgan Fairchild, Kim Alexis and Carmine Gotti are
among the celebrities who will compete in the new VH1 series But Can
They Sing? The six-week competition will premiere Oct. 30. The winner
will receive a cash donation to his or her favorite charity. Each week,
contestants will undergo training with two vocal coaches and a
movement-dance instructor to prepare for their performance in front of
a live studio audience. Viewers will cast their votes online, by text
messaging or by a toll-free number to decide who stays and who goes
home. The other competitors are Antonio Sabato Jr., Larry Holmes, Bai
Ling, Michael Copon and Myrka Dellanos.
--A multimillion-dollar mansion that played home to fictional
characters in such movies as Hollywood Homicide,Just Married and Rocky
V has been destroyed by fire. A Wednesday night blaze gutted the
21-room mansion and caused an estimated $15 million in damage, Pasadena
Fire Department spokeswoman Lisa Derderian said Thursday. No injuries
were reported. The fire department initially reported the mansion was
used in the 1960's Batman TV series as the home of Bruce Wayne. But
Derderian said Thursday that officials were confused about the location
and Wayne Manor, about two blocks away, was not damaged. The cause of
the fire was under investigation. The 12,000-square-foot home on 3.3
acres of land has been under renovation. About 75 firefighters worked
to prevent embers from igniting brush behind the home. A police
helicopter hovered above the site to guard against flare-ups. "There's
a very large brush area behind that residence," Derderian said. "It had
the potential to turn into a very volatile event."
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3 A.M. GIRLS/Kiki King, Eva Simpson And Caroline Hedley,..
--AFTER strife with Italian cops in Milan last week, 50 Cent and G Unit
have found yet more bother - this time involving riot police. Rapper
Fiddy and his crew got into a fracas with fans who tried to storm the
tour bus after his gig in the South of France on Tuesday night. British
tourist Paul Rossiter, who was at the Nice concert, tells us: "The fans
saw the bus at the lights and that was it - they rushed it. They were
pulling the doors open and trying to climb in. "Security started
throwing them back on the road and yelling at them 'get the f***
back'." Apparently some of Fiddy's crew then got out and started
fighting with the teens. An onlooker adds: "Bottles were flying - it
was very scary. The riot police turned up in helmets, waving batons and
scattered the crowd." The singer then went on to Monaco to party at the
exclusive Jimmy'z nightclub. A fellow guest reveals: "They spent a
fortune on champagne. They were spraying it about and larking around.
"When you consider a vodka and coke costs £25 there, Fiddy must have
money to burn." One night In Da Club to remember.
--SKELETAL Sarah Jessica Parker has banned the word "fat" from her home
as she doesn't want her toddler James Wilke ever using the word as an
insult. The 40-year-old wife of actor Matthew Broderick, says: "I've
forbidden the word 'fat' because I don't like the way it's used and I
don't want him to ever use that word." Given the size and shape of you,
it's unlikely 'fat', 'tubby' or 'larda**e' would feature too strongly
in his vocabulary anyway, love.
--MARIAH Carey has accused Eminem of having "issues" after the troubled
rapper, who's battling a sleeping pill addiction, claimed to have had
an intimate relationship with her. Stunning Mariah, whose single Get
Your Number is out now, says: "I never had any type of sexual
relationship with that man. Everyone's got issues and clearly he's got
many." Sounds like something Shady's going on.
FOX NEWS/ROGER FRIEDMAN...
--Tomorrow night could be the rock event of all time. John Lennon's
ex-mistress, May Pang, throws a party for Lennon's first wife,
Cynthia, at The Cutting Room. Roy Orbison's witty and smart widow,
Barbara, is a guest. So is Liz Derringer, ex-wife of Rick. Cynthia's
memoir, "John," is a hit here in the U.S. and the UK. And Sunday,
Lennon would have been 65 years old. Meanwhile, Yoko Ono is performing
a concert this weekend in Japan, she says, to commemorate the 25th
anniversary of John's murder. There must be a language problem.
Lennon was killed on the night of December 8, 1980. Sunday is his
birthday. But maybe it's a Japanese custom we don't know about. And
at last, "The Concert for Bangladesh" is coming out on DVD. It only
took 34 years for a proper video. Apple Records and UNICEF will host a
premiere on Oct. 19 in Burbank at the Steve Ross Theater. Ringo Starr,
Billy Preston and George Harrison's lovely widow, Olivia, are
scheduled to attend. Hopefully, the producers have also invited Bob
Dylan, Leon Russell, Jim Keltner and all the musicians and backup
singers who donated their fees that day.
LAS VEGAS JOURNAL/NORM CLARKE...
--Tao nightclub at The Venetian got stuck with a $4,000 bill to repair
banquettes after a slew of celebs, including Mariah Carey, danced on
the booth banquettes in their stiletto heels during the opening weekend
parties.
--Pamela Anderson, in the audience at "Le Reve" (Wynn) on Tuesday.
--Monte Carlo magician Lance Burton, shooting a cameo in Los Angeles
for NBC's "Las Vegas" series with fellow magician Criss Angel. While
showing magic tricks off-camera to Molly Simms and James Lesure, Burton
suddenly had the entire cast gather around him.
--Blue Man Group, performing on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
Thursday night. Currently in previews, BMG officially opens next week
in its new digs at The Venetian.
--Ashlee Simpson, dining on an In-N-Out burger during her Blender
magazine photo shoot at Media Underground Studios. Her immense wardrobe
included more than 100 pairs of shoes. Just before the shoot she
requested a second manicure.
L.A. DAILY NEWS/Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
--"Innocent Voices" screenwriter Oscar Torres found redemption during
shooting of the film about his embattled childhood in El Salvador,
reports exec producer Lawrence Bender. The film, set during the civil
war in El Salvador in the '80s, chronicles Torres' mother's struggle to
prevent him from being recruited into the Salvadoran Army. "They'd put
kids in the army at 12," says Bender, the producer of such high-profile
projects as "Good Will Hunting," "Pulp Fiction" and both "Kill Bill"
movies. "Early on, our director, Luis Mandoki, asked Oscar, 'Did you
ever kill somebody?' and Oscar said, 'It's not really an important part
of the movie.' They got in a big fight about it, Oscar stormed out,
Luis threw a chair across the room ... Then, a little while later,
Oscar came back crying and said, 'I picked up a gun and couldn't shoot
it.' " Bender explains, "He felt so ashamed that he didn't actually
kill those soldiers. A part of his feeling, growing up, was this shame
because he didn't make enough of a difference as a kid. Writing the
screenplay was transformational for Oscar because he felt he was giving
back in a way he wasn't able to before." Bender says he's hoping the
film will focus attention on the plight of children in war-ravaged
countries. "This movie about a little boy and his mother in El Salvador
is universal, because we have kids in armed conflict in Columbia,
Uganda, Iraq, the Middle East ... It really could be taking place
anywhere." "Innocent Voices" opens Oct. 14 in New York, L.A., San
Francisco and Chicago.
--Reba McEntire admits it wasn't easy to follow in Lucille Ball's
grape-stained footsteps for the final digest-sized issue of TV Guide,
which hits stands today as the magazine changes to full-size format.
She re-created Lucy's grape-crushing episode in the photo, part of a
set of nine collector covers re-enacting iconic TV scenes of the past.
"I was a nervous wreck doing it because when we shot that picture, I
was kind of just standing still in a barrel," recounts the WB series
and country music star, an avowed Lucy fan. "But when Lucille shot it,
she was running around this huge barrel. I had no idea it would be so
hard to re-enact it standing still." She adds, "I talked with Desi
Arnaz Jr. after I shot that photo, and he was telling me that Lucille
would do everything as true to form as possible to get into it."
--Former "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" co-star James Marsters injured his
ankle on the set of "Smallville" in Vancouver last week, when he was
busy "having a fight in the Fortress of Solitude" - as in Superman's
famous ice-bound getaway. However, "I was up 30 seconds after I fell,
running on it. You always get the shot; you can't compromise that," he
says. Outside of the pain, "I'm loving it," he says of his new series
incarnation. Marsters has come aboard to play arch villain Brainiac in
the series, but for now, he'd rather just talk about Brainiac's
alter-ego, Professor Milton Fine. "I am trying to wake Clark Kent up,"
he says wryly. "Like many political science professors, I am trying to
open my students' minds."
L.A. DAILY NEWS/Elizabeth Snead
--The guest list for Diane von Furstenberg's intimate luncheon in her
elegant, new all-white Melrose Avenue boutique was filled with stylish
young stars who love her new clothing, accessories and jewelry lines.
But von Furstenberg is used to that. Back in the '70s, her wrap jersey
dresses were sold by Fred Hayman on Rodeo Drive and worn by
then-trendsetters Ali MacGraw and Candice Bergen. Von Furstenberg's new
lunch bunch included Rita Wilson, Jessica Capshaw, "Vegas" star Marsha
Thomason, actresses Kelly Lynch, Melissa George, Natasha Henstridge,
Sarah Wynter, Julie Delpy, Julie Bowen, Taryn Manning and Teri Polo,
most wearing her reintroduced classic wrap dress. Reality TV star
Janice Dickinson, always louder than life, mugged it up for pictures.
Nia Vardalos caught up with her pal, Rita Wilson. Lisa Rinna remarked
that DVF is a such a hot seller in her Sherman Oaks and Calabasas Belle
Gray boutiques that "I can barely keep them in stock!" No "Desperate
Housewives" at von Furstenberg's intimate lunch (only Teri Hatcher's
stylist, Vincent Boucher, was there) but Andrea Bowen, Teri's daughter
on the show, showed up
for von Furstenberg's evening cocktail party later that day, along with
"Nip/Tuck" star Joely Richardson, "Gilmore Girls' " Alexis Bledel, star
stylist Rachel Zoe and famed foodie Wolfgang Puck. One Desperate
Housewife was seen out on the town. Emmy winner Felicity Huffman and
hubby William H. Macy hit the Williams-Sonoma Home Store's swanky
soiree in West Hollywood. Seen petting suede sofas, testing chairs,
cooing over crystal, nibbling on caviar and sipping bubbly: Minnie
Driver, in a miniskirt and boots, Bonnie Hunt, Kelly Lynch and Ashley
Scott, as well as socialites Anna Getty and Nancy Davis. Huffman was
surprised by the lack of kitchen appliances in the ultra-elegant new
store. "I really came to find a blender," she confessed. "But hey,
maybe I'll buy a couch instead."
--If Sharon Stone ever tires of acting, she'd be a great auctioneer. At
the Macy's Passport '05 Gala AIDS benefit, Sharon turned one auction
item, a half-hour lesson with tennis champ Pete Sampras, into a bidding
war. First she brought Pete on stage at the Barker Hangar in Santa
Monica, and then she upped the ante, stretching his court time to an
hour, tossing in lunch and a tour of his trophy room. The result: two
packages for a total of $35,000. "I'd pay that much to see his
trophies," she quipped. When the clasp on her backless Elsie Katz denim
gown opened, Sharon joked, "You know how it is. You take your clothes
off for a movie, and they just keep coming off!" But she turned her
wardrobe malfunction into an auction bonus item. And a man actually
paid $500 to come on stage and fasten Sharon's dress. Stone's auction
tally? $166,000 for the evening, which raised over $1.4 million total.
Watching the fund-raising fun: Venus Williams, Wilmer Valderrama, Marc
Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, whose Sweetface line was modeled during the
fashion segment.
NY POST/DON KAPLAN....
--'LAGUNA Beach," MTV's popular real ity series, will be back for a
third season. The show follows the trials and tribulations of various
groups of real teens who live and love in one of the ritziest
neighborhoods in Orange County, Calif.
-- TED Koppel's final broadcast on "Nightline" will be Nov. 22. The ABC
News anchor and co-creator of the telecast is leaving the network after
more than 37 years. ABC News plans to launch a new version of the show
with two anchors, one in New York and another in Washington D.C. It is
believed that ABC correspondents Cynthia McFadden, Terry Moran and
possibly Martin Bashir will be tapped to anchor the new telecast. ABC
News officials declined to comment yesterday, but said they will make
announcement about of "Nightline" when they are ready.
POPBITCH...
--Donatella made a great post-rehab return at Milan Fashion Week,
sporting a crazy new yellow weave job. Let's hope Carmen Cass isn't
the next model casualty. She fainted backstage at Prada.
--More on Kenny Chesney's quarterback friend Peyton Manning - he takes
his Mum's biscuits to football practice to "share out". Bless.
--Poor Victoria Beckham. It's finally hit the press that little Romeo
has epilepsy. Another thing Fleet Street's female columnists will no
doubt blame her for (although Victoria might blame the paparazzi -
flashbulbs can cause Hypo Psycho Pulse Illuminance Disorder, which
can cause epileptic fits). But there's a much bigger mystery brewing at
Beckingham Palace. Elton John bought Skeletor four Yorkshire Terriers
for her birthday... but nobody has yet seen them in public. Even
Elton is puzzled.
--Van Halen are doing an INXS and looking for a new singer via a TV
reality show.
--On the day of their Dundee gig, Babyshambles stopped for breakfast,
Pete Doherty approached a local lad and, asked if he knew where to buy
"stuff", then borrowed a tenner off him in return for which, Pete
claimed, he'd put him on the guest list for the gig. Unsurprisingly,
the boy turned up and found he wasn't on the list. One week later,
Doherty is arrested. Karma?
CliffB
agcbli...@yahoo.com wrote:
> NY POST/CINDY ADAMS...
>
> --Jodie Foster will never-never-never do plastic surgery. Does "not
> want to look like Cher."
Foster actually said that?
>
> NY DAILY NEWS/RUSH AND MOLLOY...
> --Those Hilton sisters are so off Mary-Kate's buddy list. Paris ditched
> one Greek shipping heir for another in the form of Stavros Niarchos,
> who probably still has the Olsen twin's itty-bitty handprints all over
> him. And little sister Nicky has scooped up M-K castoff David
> Katzenberg, son of DreamWorks bigshot Jeff. The foursome met up at
> Nicky's 22nd-birthday party in West Hollywood the other night.
I'd take the Olson sis's in a cage match. They'd come out like a couple
of rabid ferrets and rip the Hilton girls to shreds.
>
LOWDOWN
>
> --SKELETAL Sarah Jessica Parker has banned the word "fat" from her home
> as she doesn't want her toddler James Wilke ever using the word as an
> insult. The 40-year-old wife of actor Matthew Broderick, says: "I've
> forbidden the word 'fat' because I don't like the way it's used and I
> don't want him to ever use that word." Given the size and shape of you,
> it's unlikely 'fat', 'tubby' or 'larda**e' would feature too strongly
> in his vocabulary anyway, love.
Gee, that's a good idea. Is he allowed to say "Bulimic"?
>
Popbitch
>
> --Van Halen are doing an INXS and looking for a new singer via a TV
> reality show.
The old fogies should just go with Paul Anka
>
> --On the day of their Dundee gig, Babyshambles stopped for breakfast,
> Pete Doherty approached a local lad and, asked if he knew where to buy
> "stuff", then borrowed a tenner off him in return for which, Pete
> claimed, he'd put him on the guest list for the gig. Unsurprisingly,
> the boy turned up and found he wasn't on the list. One week later,
> Doherty is arrested. Karma?
Worthless.
chi.l...@gmail.com
agcbli...@yahoo.com wrote:
> NY POST/MICHAEL STARR...
>
> --CAMERON Diaz and a "lumberjack-looking" Justin Timberlake with a
> French bulldog, picking out a close-to-the-floor dining table at ABC
> Carpet & Home.
>
this reminds me
monty python member writes new book
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305X.shtml
anybody read it yet
marika
chi.l...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> this reminds me
>
> monty python member writes new book
>
> http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305X.shtml
>
> anybody read it yet
I haven't read it, but here's some more, suggeseting it was pretty
trite
http://www.spectator.se/stambord/?p=752
mk5000
"He turned around, that false young man,
And faced the the willow tree,
And seizing him boldly in both her arms,
She threw him into the sea."--willow tree, folk song
marika
chi.l...@gmail.com wrote:> >
>
> this reminds me
>
> monty python member writes new book
>
> http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/012305X.shtml
>
> anybody read it yet
and this reminds me that I have been seeing this advertisement for some
audio or video product...where Seal is sitting in the lap of an older
woman who begs "again"
ccreepy in and of itself.
But I saw a new version of it yesterday with John Cleese sitting on
someone's lap (presumably the tube?) while drinking a cup of tea.
WTF?
So far, I haven't managed to memorize the name of the product (failed
ad) and even if I did, boy would I not want to buy it...
mk5000
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"--noorah101