February 20, 2014

Teatime has finally caught on in the US

Tea. America’s newest meal is tea. Seeing a friend? Teatime’s cheaper than lunch. Discussing business? Teatime’s shorter than dinner. Handle some obligation? Forget cocktails. Orange pekoe is classier than Johnnie...

Olympic medalists celebrate with Soho dinner

Olympic ski slopestyle gold medalist Joss Christensen, silver medalist Devin Logan and bronze medalist Nick Goepper celebrated their strong performances in Sochi at Soho restaurant Charlie Bird. Christensen and Goepper...

Museum of the City of New York gala draws glam

The swans of New York society were in full flight at the Museum of the City of New York gala. Those at Wednesday night’s glam affair at the Pierre sponsored...

Rikki Klieman could return to TV

Rikki Klieman could be reuniting with her old Court TV boss Henry Schleiff on an upcoming show. Spies saw Schleiff, a group president of Discovery Communications, and his wife, Peggy,...

Madonna still managing workouts despite foot injury

Madonna, who returned from a January ski trip on crutches for what a rep says is a bruise from dancing in high heels, is still getting in workouts. Since appearing...

Michelle Obama stops by NYC nail salon, but skips manicure

Michelle Obama stopped by a Manhattan nail bar during a visit to town. The first lady was at Jeniette Day Spa on East 13th Street just after midday Thursday. Spies...

Chanel Iman almost bitten between breasts during SI shoot

Chanel Iman was almost bitten by a lemur on the Madagascar set of her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit shoot. The model, along with Irina Shayk, Jessica Gomes and Marloes Horst, were...

Kimora Lee Simmons secretly weds businessman Tim Leissner

Kimora Lee Simmons is off the market, and it’s her ex, Russell Simmons, who made the announcement. Simmons took to Twitter to debunk rumors that Lee Simmons was dating rapper...

'Modern Family' travels to Australia for holiday special

“Modern Family" is taking a trip down under. The cast and crew of ABC’s multiple Emmy-winning comedy are currently in Sydney, Australia filming the show's next holiday special. On Wednesday...

Stars hit the 2014 Brit Awards

Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Pharrell Williams, Lorde, Harry Styles, Rita Ora, Calvin Harris, Kate Moss, Rosie Huntington Whiteley dazzled at the 2014 Brit Awards late Wednesday night.  

Who's going to win Oscars?

Oscars. As in, who gets what: “Gravity.” Ground-breaking like “Avatar.” Alfonso Cuarón deserves a weekend with those Sports Illustrated uncover girls. But his 90-minute landmark joyride’s not enough story to...

DiCaprio’s foundation gives $3M to saving ocean wildlife

Leonardo DiCaprio’s foundation inked a $3 million check to environmental advocates dedicated to saving ocean wildlife. “Protecting our planet’s oceans and the marine species that call it home is one...

Ex broker who once bilked DiCaprio turns self in for fraud

A convicted con man who once bilked $10 million from a bevy of Hollywood stars is back in trouble - for allegedly racking up a relatively paltry $10,400 worth of...

Falcones holding up-to-$250K per couple fund-raiser

Phil and Lisa Maria Falcone have dealt with some difficult times recently, but the hedge-fund billionaire and his wife will host a dinner at their home May 19 for a...

Kendall and Kylie Jenner get bookish with new venture

Kendall Jenner took New York Fashion Week by storm. Now, she and little sister Kylie are looking to do the same with the YA literary world.The youngest Kardashian sisters have...

Shia's got a friend in Jaden Smith

Shia LaBeouf still has one fan in his corner: Jaden Smith. The 15-year-old took to Twitter to support the troubled star’s performance art. Titled “#IAMSORRY,” LaBeouf’s Beverly Hills gallery “show”...

Lupita stays grounded despite whirlwind success

Oscar nominee Lupita Nyong’o is Hollywood’s newest fixation. But she still hasn’t forgotten those who first noticed her in “12 Years a Slave.” Before Nyong’o was signed on to the...

Former broker who bilked DiCaprio, Affleck in trouble again

Former broker to the stars turned jailbird is in trouble again: There’s a warrant out for his arrest for fraud and allegedly impersonating an NYPD cop turned stripper, Steve Stanulis....

Jane Fonda becomes accidental Times Square attraction

Jane Fonda inadvertently became a Times Square attraction when she sat down to dine in the front window of West 42nd Street eatery Chez Josephine on Tuesday. Theater sources said...

Carol Alt says SI covers today are sexier than hers in 1982

Carol Alt says much has changed since she was on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue in 1982. The models are “certainly much sexier,” she told us. “If...

Derek Jeter reconciling with model girlfriend

Derek Jeter is reconciling with his model girlfriend Hannah Davis following a brief split, sources tell Page Six. We’re told the couple hit a rocky patch a few months ago...

Lindsay Lohan 'laying low' but continues to go clubbing

Lindsay Lohan — who, according to reports, is laying low to concentrate on her movie career — was still spotted clubbing this week. The troubled actress, whose Oprah Winfrey-backed OWN...

Kate Upton pops up in Miami to celebrate her SI cover

Amid rumors of a model catfight, Kate Upton finally was due to join her fellow stars of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue Wednesday in Miami for a promotional appearance...

Nas documentary set to kick off Tribeca Film Festival

Looks like the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival is poised to kick off with some homegrown talent. A documentary about Queens-born rapper Nas will premiere at the fest on April 16....

Exec hints at 'Sex and the City' return

The second “Sex and the City” movie may have flopped — but Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha could still ride again. Michael Patrick King, executive producer of the TV show...

Designer Robert Cavalli calls Michael Kors a 'copycat'

The scissors are out! Designer Roberto Cavalli seems to be itching for a catwalk fight with fellow fashion honcho Michael Kors. “Mr. Michael Kors, he copies everything!” Cavalli recently told...

Aoki heirs in battle with stepmother

Four children of the late Rocky Aoki, founder of the Benihana empire, claim their stepmom is trying to boot their lawyers from the case over Rocky’s $35 million estate. The...