December 20, 2013
Diller flack's twisted tweet: 'Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS'
It’s a case of the top p.r. exec who’s offensively un-PC. Justine Sacco — senior director of corporate communications for Barry Diller’s IAC — may be cutting her holiday vacation...
NYPD cops honor 'Law & Order' star Merkerson at benefit
Real cops honored a TV one at the annual Midtown North Detectives Squad’s holiday benefit for the Muscular Dystrophy Association at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. “Law & Order” star S....
'Sons of Anarchy' star Perlman finds peace with cigars
Meditation’s become trendy again in Hollywood, but Ron Perlman — who stars in the edgy biker series “Sons of Anarchy” — takes a different path to transcendental bliss. “Smoking a...
Is the Kardashian reign of terror coming to an end?
Not only are the Kardashians’ TV ratings sinking, but their faces are failing to sell supermarket weeklies. “It’s over. The fatigue factor has really set in,” one magazine publisher told...
Rob Lowe selling California mansion for $42M
It’s very merry at Rob Lowe’s house these days. The actor and his wife, Sheryl Berkoff, are about to sell their Montecito, Calif. home for a cool $42 million, sources...
Kate Upton in bikini for "The Other Woman" trailer
Two hot and a not: Kate Upton's upcoming movie, Candice Swanepoel shakes her groove thang on Instagram, and Sofia Vergara murders "Jingle Bells"
Madonna takes her daughters to Beyoncé concert
The Material Girl took her girls to Beyoncé's "The Mrs. Carter Show" in Brooklyn where Mercy got a kiss from Queen Bey and Lourdes showed a little independence, dancing away...
Candice Swanepoel heats up the holidays
Just because it's December doesn't mean Victoria Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel is ready for settle in for a winter of cozy clothes and hot chocolate. Especially when there are tropical...
Mariah Carey manager: We're not sorry for Angola show
Mariah Carey’s manager Jermaine Dupri — who arranged her controversial concert for Angola’s dictator, Jose Eduardo dos Santos — defended the alleged $1 million payday in a phone call to...
SAC boss so rich he hasn't driven in 17 years
More information is coming in about Steven A. Cohen, the hedge funder who is paying the US government $1.8 billion to end its long-running insider trading investigation of him. (No...
Sarah Jessica Parker decorates house for holidays
The star was spotted with her daughters adding some festive cheer to their West Village home.
Accident lawyer Rubenstein gets trapped in penthouse elevator
Personal injury lawyer Sanford Rubenstein — who describes the arc of his life as “from the projects to the penthouse” — discovered one downside of penthouse living the other day...
Miley tweets surprisingly tame post-shower selfie
It says something about Miley Cyrus’ 2013 that she could post a post-shower selfie that could easily be viewed as tame in comparison to countless other pictures she took this...
50 Cent returning to Queens
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson won’t be exactly back in his old ’hood early Friday night, but he’ll be close. Fiddy, as he is known, is due at 6:30 p.m. at...
Six in 60: Rihanna too hot for reveler
After Rihanna's appearance clubgoer goes berzerk, Adele can laugh, Julia Roberts loves the Kardashians, Shaquille O’Neal in court, Sarah Palin defends free speech and one celebrity couple's baby news.
Joe Jonas wrote stunning tell-all 'for me'
Already reeling from the break-up of the Jonas Brothers, fans of the pop group were shocked when middle brother Joe Jonas penned a tell-all essay earlier this month. Now, the...
Did Rachel Maddow get Alec Baldwin axed?
Rachel Maddow is the undisputed ratings queen at MSNBC, but she says she had nothing to do with the channel’s decision to fire Alec Baldwin. Maddow is openly lesbian and...
Nigella Lawson slams court ‘sideshow’ as ex-aides cleared of fraud
Nigella Lawson’s two former assistants were acquitted at their sensational fraud trial Friday — triggering an angry blast by the celebrity chef about her own ordeal on the witness stand....
Parties of holidays past
If you deck the halls etc., etc, think what it cost to deck them 100 years ago. This nation, which feels so poor, has somehow grown so rich. 1913 Christmas...
Lindsay Lohan too 'childish' for new teen pals
Lindsay Lohan has been hanging with a group of high-flying teenagers since her stint in rehab — but even the youth crowd seems to have tired of the 27-year-old “actress”...
Plug gets pulled on Couric show 'Katie'
Hours before Katie Couric hosted a holiday party for staffers of her syndicated show “Katie,” she broke the news to them that it won’t be back for a third season....
IMG Models take sides
The IMG Models holiday party at Gilded Lily in Chelsea on Wednesday night looked like a high school dance because, “Male and female models were totally split — guys on...
Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese take DC break
After Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese personally delivered a “The Wolf of Wall Street” screener to President Obama on Wednesday, the pair headed over to the nearby W Hotel rooftop...
James Lipton hogs seats at Ziegfeld
James Lipton is more gracious onstage than he was in an audience this week. During one of many packed movie premieres at the Ziegfeld, we saw the “Inside the Actors...
Judah Friedlander living in Queens, sleeping on air mattress
Not every TV star is living in a multimillion-dollar pad. In fact, former “30 Rock” comic Judah Friedlander is holed up in Queens on an air mattress. “I’ve been [looking...
Heather Mills goes nuts over ski boot mix-up
Maybe she should’ve just let it be. Paul McCartney’s one-legged ex-wife Heather Mills exploded into a fit of rage, shoving a Paralympic official and screaming curses after learning she can’t...
Ben Stiller’s 11-year-old already a filmmaker
Ben Stiller’s daughter, Ella, 11, is following in his footsteps as “a really good little filmmaker. She makes movies on her iPhone,” he told us at a Cinema Society-Brooks Brothers...
Pope Francis bumps 'Christmas Story' singers from 'GMA'
Pope Francis may be known as the People’s Pope, but he was inadvertently the Grinch who stole airtime for some young New York singers. Coverage of His Holiness on “Good...