When The Real Cops Came, It Was His Own Funeral
OK, enough of a holiday. Let’s get back to the Hugh Grant beat.
The London tabloid News of the World landed an exclusive interview with Divine Brown, the prostitute with whom he was caught in a car last week in L.A.
Among the highlights:
Grant, who called himself “Lewis,” could only come up with $60. “I told him that for $40 more we could’ve gone to a room - and never been caught,” Brown said.
When she told him her name was Divine, he replied: “You certainly are.” (Actually, it’s Stella Marie Thompson.)
At one point, she pretended to be a vice officer going for her badge - but pulled out a packet of condoms instead. “You should have seen his face,” she said. “I thought he was going to die.”
Loose talk
Cindy Crawford, on rising above her “Wonder Bread and Cheez Whiz” upbringing (in Bazaar magazine): “Arugula is how I define my cities. I go to the grocery store, and either you can get arugula or you can’t. And I really don’t want to be anywhere you can’t.”
Some other Hughs are no longer making news
Huey Lewis turns 44 today.
D-E-F-A-U-L-T, tell you what it means to me
Saks Fifth Avenue is suing legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin over $263,000 in unpaid bills, but the store will have to wait in line. State and federal liens against Franklin’s $1 million home in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., total $661,458, including one filed last month over unpaid taxes.
So who’s left around to repair her image?
Then there’s lifestyle maven Martha Stewart, who’s being sued by her ex-gardener for more than $56,000 in back overtime pay. Along with weeding, Renaldo Abreu says he handled security, did repairs, looked after the pets and washed the car.
Quick, go fetch more flowers for the tub
Roseanne’s new hubby, former bodyguard Ben Thomas, on how he keeps their romance alive (in TV Guide): “One of my rituals is to prepare Roseanne’s bath water. I light candles and toss in rose petals. I make her breakfast in bed.”
It’s certainly more than most of us could bare
Roseanne’s ex-hubby, Tom Arnold, says his biggest concern about his July 22 wedding to 22-year-old Julie Champnella is beefy best man Chris Farley (of “Saturday Night Live” fame): “I’m worried about him stripping naked and running through the ceremony.”
Guess they must be a couple of real butt-heads
Jim Carrey tells TV Guide he envisions a less traditional ceremony with girlfriend Lauren Holly (“Picket Fences”): “If we ever get married, we’re just going to put helmets on, run into each other from a hundred yards and smash together like rams.”
, DataTimes ILLUSTRATION: 2 Color Photos
The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = Compiled by staff writer Rick Bonino