Heather Mills

Thomas Earle, the asphalt heir, told his wife that Ashley Dupre tricked him into checking into the Gramercy Hotel with her and his wife believed him (!). But, Mr. Earle was reportedly bragging to his friends at a Jersey bar about being able to score with Ms. Dupre and told his wife he was on a business trip in Colorado when he snuck out to the city for his 24-hour date. [NYP]

Meanwhile, Eliot Spitzer got bullied on the Upper East Side for wearing a T-shirt that said, "New York Attorney General." [P6]

Al Sharpton reportedly turned down invitations to appear on Dancing With the Stars and Celebrity Apprentice.  read more »

Tony Kushner and his partner, writer Mark Harris, are headed to California for a marriage license. [Intelligencer]

Heather Mills has reportedly been invited to do Celebrity Apprentice because Donald Trump likes her. [P6]

New York Ranger-turned-Vogue intern Sean Avery attended R.E.M.'s concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday wearing all black and a newsboy cap. A "spy" said, "he looked like he was straight out of a 1998 J.Lo. video." [P6]

Cynthia Nixon didn't have breast augmentation surgery as was reported by Page Six (and linked by Daily Transom) last week. She was at the hospital for a check-up following the removal of her breast cancer.  read more »

Tom Freston has put Andy Warhol's East 66th Street apartment on the market for $38.5 million, according to Page Six. The 12-room, six story apartment was originally bought by Mr. Warhol for $310,000 in 1974; Mr. Freston bought the property in 2000 for $6.5 million. [P6]  read more »

Barbara Walter’s negative comments about Heather Mills on Monday’s The View took on some considerable weight today. In the episode, Ms. Walters called Paul McCartney’s ex-wife “so impossible” and “not a very nice woman.”

As it happens, Mr. McCartney’s new lover, Nancy Shevell, is Ms. Walters’ kin. Cousins, in fact. During the said episode, the venerable newswoman’s also said that when she interviewed Mr. McCartney’s now-ex-wife, she was “extremely difficult.”

In a statement given to the Huffington Post, Ms. Walters’ publicist, Cindi Berger, explains:

“Barbara was unaware that Nancy was involved with Paul McCartney. We just found out about that when the press alerted us. Barbara and Nancy are second cousins. Barbara is not her aunt.”

Barbara’s Kissing Cousin: Walters And Paul McCartney’s Girlfriend Are Family [HuffPo]

We checked in today with celebrity life coach Patrick Wanis, Ph.D., in order to hear his expert opinions on what Hollywood people should be doing with themselves right now.

Again this week in the romance department, rumors and announcements surrounding novel couplings have proven their power to flabbergast outsiders. Last time we checked in with Mr. Wanis, he offered a bleak outlook on the prospect of Lance Armstrong and Ashley Olsen finding true love together. But this week, after hearing confirmation of singer Rihanna and actor Josh Hartnett’s relationship, Mr. Wanis was hopeful.  read more »

Heather Mills may want to just disappear sometimes, but one wouldn’t know it from her recent press march. Ms. Mills, 39, a onetime nude model and the erstwhile spouse of Paul McCartney, went on the Today show this morning with a bad case of logorrhea. (“I fell in love with a man, not a Beatle!” she reportedly said at one point during the 10-minute long interview.) Apparently, it’s not the fear of being alone and without the $100 million divorce settlement—money she turned down because of its attendant gag order—that bothers Ms. Mills, it’s the relentless media coverage she’s garnered since the duo took a trip to Splitsville. At least she knows better than to do something like go on the Today show...oh...nevermind.

Heather Mills Makes Us Crazy [Intelligencer]

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