No 12-Step Programs For Poor Trumpaholics

Sun., March 2, 1997

Compiled By Staff Writer Dan Web

Now you too can own a piece of cultural history. Yes, folks we mean a piece of Trump memorabilia.

The very mansion once lived in by Donald Trump, he of the massive ego, and Ivana Trump, she of the handsome divorce settlement, is up for sale. Asking price: $18 million.

Of course, for that price you do get a view of Long Island Sound, nine full baths, seven fireplaces, a library, separate formal and family dining rooms, a game room, an exercise room, a bowling alley, a wine cellar, an elevator and a heated swimming pool.

Not to mention the knowledge that you’re inhabiting space once owned by two of the world’s most gloriously relentless self-promoters.

Loose talk

Attorney Robert Shapiro on being on the O.J. Simpson Dream Team: “On a personal basis, the case was an ordeal I would never volunteer my family for again. Professionally, however, and with 20-20 hindsight, it was an experience I would not have missed.”

We’re certain he’ll have a really jovial time

Jon Bon Jovi turns 35 today.

Ah, humility, thy name indeed is Paltrow

As opposed to all creatures Trump (see item at left), there are some celebrities who boast heads correctly screwed on. Actress Gwyneth Paltrow is one. “I really feel that if there are any more pictures of me anywhere, people are going to kill themselves,” she told US magazine.

Feng shui? Isn’t that an offshoot of Wang Chung?

Speaking of all things Trump, part 1: Donald Trump decided to chromeplate the 40-foot-tall globe outside his Trump International Hotel and Tower in Manhattan because a feng shui “expert” apparently told him that chrome would be more “spirit friendly.”

His future’s so bright he has to wear shades

Speaking of all things Trump, part 2: The problem with the chrome plating that Donald Trump had applied to his Trump International Hotel and Tower involves glare. “Northern Africa has completely blinded me,” an office worker told New York Magazine, “and every now and then the tip of Saudi Arabia will really get me good.”

Can we somehow work Martha Stewart into this item?

The latest celebrity libel suit pits Brooke Shields and Andre Agassi against the Star and National Enquirer. At issue are stories the glam couple says were defamatory and untrue, including “Brooke Wedding Disaster. Agassi explodes!”

Too negative? Hey, we don’t make up these quotes!

More on why millionaire Kiss bassist Gene Simmons doesn’t want to be seen as different from his less-financially solvent fans: “It is like when a pretty girl goes back home for the homecoming,” he told the New York Times.”She is not going to put on the pretty outfit so she can decimate every one of her girlfriends.”

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