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Also in New York, Lindsay Lohan must have just walked out of a business meeting about a job because she‘s dressed to kill. She looks extremely together in her little black dress, pony tail and high booties. In spite of her fetching attire, she had a terrible time trying to get a cab.
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Kim Kardashian is back in New York and she looks like she’s being devoured by her big grey pants. We’re not used to seeing her wear tailored pants – are these from the Kardashian Kollection at Sears? Kim and her sister Kourtney flew to Los Angeles to watch their brother Rob compete on “Dancing With The Stars” and the minute the show ended they left for the airport and returned to New York.
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It’s back to school time and Suri Cruise doesn’t know it, but she’s already being subtly indoctrinated into Scientology beliefs at her pre-school. Suri is enrolled at the controversial school Will and Jada Smith started, New Village Leadership Academy in Calabasas, which uses L Ron Hubbard teaching principles and employs many Scientology staffers and teachers. The $12,000 a year school teaches kids Scientology terminology and jargon early on, and leads them to admire L Ron Hubbard to ease their way into the cult. Hopefully, Suri won’t lose her independent spirit.
Ever since Atlanta “Real Housewives” participant Kim Zolciak recorded “Tardy for the Party,” other Housewives in the franchise have been scrambling to top her digital song sales of 101,000 downloads. Washington’s Michaele Salahi, despite her Journey connections, only had 122 downloads of her song “Bump It.” (Although that may improve with her love scandal) New Jersey Housewife Melissa Gorga has her own recording studio in her home, but her song “On Display” has so far had 8000 downloads. (Sister-in-law Teresa must be thrilled.)
Another fabulous European TV commercial featuring an American movie star: Norway’s biggest bank hired George Clooney to teach people that not everybody gets lucky in life, and that’s why we have to save our money. Why aren’t American commercials this entertaining and compelling?
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Tony Curtis’s sixth wife Jill Vandenberg put his estate up for sale this weekend at Julien’s Auctions. We checked out the merchandise ahead of time and were impressed to see art by Picasso, Miro, Dali, and Warhol, along with personal items like Tony’s cowboy boots and driver’s licenses. There was an undertone of resentment because none of his six children were there – Merle Ginsberg at The Hollywood Reporter says none of his kids are beneficiaries of his estate, the bulk of which goes to his wife of 12 years, Jill, who cared for him during many illnesses. Our favorite item in the sale was Tony’s “Some Like It Hot” yachtsman jacket, which went for $48,000. Our friend took a slightly eerie photo of Jill with Tony’s portrait in the background and we swear she grew to resemble him.
To think we almost overlooked this extraordinary Dior J’Adore perfume TV commercial starring Charlize Theron. Theron plays a model dressing backstage for a fashion show and many famous faces like Marlene Dietrich, Grace Kelly, and Marilyn Monroe are seamlessly integrated into the colorful backstage preparations. Amazing Technology- it almost makes you want to buy the perfume
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Brad and Angelina are in the Bay Area for tonight’s Moneyball premier at The Paramount Theater of Performing Arts in Oakland to raise money for children’s charities. The whole brood of six kids came along for the ride and the Jolie-Pitts checked into the Claremont Hotel, where they reserved an entire floor of FIFTY rooms for total privacy. They stayed at the same hotel when Brad was filming the movie there and the kids loved swimming in the pool and Brad and Angie had the windows blocked off so no one could see into their rooms.
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Here’s a happy celebrity family you don’t see very often. Harry Connick Jr married former Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre in 1994, and they live in Connecticut and NYC with their three daughters Georgia, 15, Sarah, 14, and Charlotte, 9. All the girls came out for the premier of Harry’s movie Dolphin Tale.
Now that Dolores Hope has passed away, Bob Hope’s massive collection of WWII and Nazi memorabilia worth millions will be sold, and collectors are already licking their chops. The collection has long been housed in a vault in Palm Springs, and it’s legendary among knowledgeable dealers. Hope was in Europe performing with the USO for years, and he was given many souvenirs by the allied forces at the end of WWII. These included personal property confiscated from captured Nazis- – uniforms, medals, weapons, I.D.cards – even Hitler’s stationery. Some of the rare articles – like Hope’s Nazi decanter, were left behind in Hitler’s bunker after allied troops overran it. Bob was certainly never a Nazi sympathizer, but he saw the historic value of the items he collected. Dolores didn’t want to deal with the valuable collection while she was alive even though Jesse James, among others, made attempts to buy it. (Above, Bob and Dolores in 1939 in the S.S, Normandie on their way to Europe.)