Cut Woody In Half And Count The Rings
More buzz about the marriage between Woody Allen, 62, and Soon-Yi Previn, 27: “This wedding will help his head as well as his career … (he) is happier than I’ve ever seen him.” - Elaine Kaufman, proprietor of the New York celebrity restaurant Elaine’s.
“After all the problems he’s had with the Irish colleen (Mia Farrow), you’d think he’d go for a nice Jewish girl. But no, he goes for the shiksa.” - Phyllis Diller.
“Like many, I had trouble with the fact that people thought that she was his unofficial stepdaughter. But with the passage of time, I don’t feel that anymore … Who knows, maybe this marriage means that Woody Allen can get off the psychiatrist’s couch.” - Ed Koch, former New York mayor/”People’s Court” judge.
“She’s too old for him.” - Tony Randall, 77, whose wife is 27.
Loose talk
Luciano Pavarotti, 62, on dumping his wife of three decades for 28-year-old Nicoletta Mantovani (in the Times of London): “Without her, I’m frightened. We are never bored with each other.”
That guy’s still alive? Very interesting …
Arte Johnson turns 64 today.
Guess he’s not into grandmommy vice
Sixtysomething socialite Denise Hale is enjoying all the speculation about her relationship with hunky Don Johnson. “There’s no hanky panky,” she confides in W magazine. “I want his soul, not his body … Don and I decided, ‘Let them talk.”’
Her and the postman? It doesn’t ring true
Marla Maples is still trying to figure out how the rumors about her and Kevin Costner got started. “I’ve known Kevin for six years, but I’ve never spent more than 15 minutes at a time with him,” she says. “He’s funny, he’s a gentleman, and that’s it. He’s as mystified as I am that this story about us keeps popping up.”
It was just their way of breaking the ice
Despite their onscreen sparks, Kate Winslet says nothing went on between her and “Titanic” co-star Leonardo DiCaprio after the cameras stopped. “We were really like brother and sister,” she said, adding that during love scenes, “We’d just tease each other and call each other nasty names and comment on how bad each other’s breath was.”
Hey, what’s your sign, babe? I’m a Leo
DiCaprio, known for his fondess for supermodels, is currently making the rounds with Amber Valletta. “It’s very recent,” says one modeling insider. “I don’t know how serious it is.”
It’s the story of the Oldman and the scenes
Gary Oldman, now married and a father, on his previous flings with Uma Thurman and Isabella Rossellini (in Harper’s Bazaar): “I’ve been in relationships where I’ve rehearsed the inevitable breakup, while actually participating in the relationship. In here (pointing to his head), I’ve played all the scenes.”
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