She’s Certainly Slimmer Than The Duchess Of Yore
Rounding up the latest Fergie news:
The Daily Telegraph called a British magazine spread of a suddenly slender Sarah Ferguson “a combination of creative inspiration, cunning technology and a trunk full of make-up,” while “Day & Date” said she’s “guzzling diet pills like ordinary vitamins.”
The duchess won a $200,000 libel suit against an author who wrote that the teen-aged Fergie had sex with a military officer.
Fergie’s new squeeze: Austrian tennis star Thomas Muster, whose fiancee gave back his engagement ring because of her.
New York airport baggage handler Gilbert Terrero pleaded guilty to stealing a diamond necklace and bracelet valued at $500,000 from Fergie’s luggage last December. “I figured it was worth something,” he said. “You figured right,” replied the judge.
Loose talk
Robin Leach, on his career evolution: “At ‘Entertainment Tonight’ we would sit in the living room of the bimbo du jour, talking about doing Shakespeare in Central Park - when we really wanted to know how much she’d spent on her jewels. That conflict was answered by ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”’
Love means never having to say you’re 60
Ali McGraw turns 57 today.
He’s hoping for lots of people who need Barbra
A new store in San Francisco called Hello Gorgeous!! will be devoted entirely to Barba Streisand memorabilia - and allow customers have their pictures taken made up as her, complete with prosthetic nose and a choice of six wigs. Says owner Ken Joachim, a former organizer of spiritual recovery conferences: “It’s about doing something I love with my life. If money comes, that’s frosting on the cake.”
But how can she stand all of his drooling?
GQ magazine quotes the following comments from 70-year-old Tony Curtis to his 25-year-old girlfriend: “Oh, I love you so much. You’re such a friend to me. I don’t know what I’d do without you. Do you know that? You’re so up-to-date! You’re so ‘96 - in your mind, your body, your heart, your soul! Your saliva gives me strength to live!”
Or maybe she said that they are great spirits
Self-styled psychic Shirley MacLaine, who claims to have lived many lives of her own, reportedly has been telling anyone who will listen that her late pals Gene Kelly and Dean Martin are doing just swell in the afterlife - “in great spirits,” as a matter of fact.
He’ll skip the cement shoe-be-do-be-doos
Finally, George Seminara, whose “Mug Shots” book contains police photos of such celebrity arrestees as Keanu Reeves (reckless driving), Anna Nicole Smith (drunk driving) and Larry King (alleged fraud), missed out on one of his prime targets: Frank Sinatra (assault). After asking around, Seminara got a call from a lawyer for mobster John Gotti saying: “We understand you’re looking for information on Mr. Sinatra. Mr. Sinatra would greatly appreciate it if you would cease and desist.” Which he did, explaining: “I’m not about to sleep with the fishes.”
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