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Guess Shannon’s Style Is Still Un-Tenant-Able

Compiled By Staff Writer Rick Bo

Absence makes the star grow dimmer, as former Brat Pack-er Molly Ringwald discovered following a four-year exile in Paris.

When she made a guest appearance on American Movie Classics, producer Howard Meltzer recalls: “When I told everyone that Molly would be on the show, they said: ‘What happened to her? Is she still alive?”’

Ringwald, who plays a diner waitress in ABC’s new blue-collar “Friends” ripoff, “Townies,” met up with a real brat - former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Shannon Doherty.

Ringwald tells Entertainment Weekly that she and her Hollywood Hills roommates went to greet Doherty, saying, “‘Hi, we’re your neighbors!’ She said to me: ‘I know who you are. You don’t live here - you rent!”’

Or is that Mary Kay Place, Mary Kay Place?

Mary Kay Place turns 49 today.

Loose talk

Frosted Cheerios spokeshunk Fabio, on putting his mouth where his money is (in Entertainment Weekly): “I eat Cheerios. I really eat it … I have integrity.”

Sounds like she could use more

Trump cards None other than Marla Maples Trump, wife of gazillionaire developer Donald Trump, had her Visa card rejected at a tony Manhattan hair salon the other day. It turns out her assistant happened to be buying some other stuff over the telephone at the time, and Visa frowns on simultaneous charges on the same card.

With all those shoes, it figures he’d walk

Speaking of Trump, her former publicist, Chuck Jones - sentenced to a 4-year prison term for stealing more than 70 pairs of her shoes - has had his conviction overturned by a federal judge in New York. Jones, an admitted shoe fetishist whom The Donald has called “a sick puppy,” must be freed or given a new trial in 30 days.

Ducruet’s really the one with the skin problem

Prince Albert of Monaco says those bald photos of his sister, Princess Caroline, are nothing to worry about. “It’s a skin problem, a dermatology thing,” he tells People magazine. “It’s nothing serious, and her hair will grow back.” No such assurances about his other sister, Princess Stephanie, who’s divorcing hubby Daniel Ducruet after he was photographed romping au naturel with Miss Nude Belgium.

In other words, this is the story of a loony lady

After a confused fan approached TV “Brady Bunch” mom Florence Henderson to congratulate her on the “A Very Brady Sequel” film - starring Shelley Long - Henderson had a not-so-Brady-like reaction. “I’m not in that movie, and I refuse to see it!” she screamed as the scared fan backed off. “I’m the real Carol Brady, and I always will be!”

We imagine Kato will be moving in any day now

Former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Christopher Darden has purchased a $460,000 Los Angeles home that his realtor calls “perfect for a single guy,” with a backyard ocean view and room for guests.

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