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Page Six 8/3/06August 3, 2006 -- STAR Jones thinks somebody's out to get her. Infuriated by ongoing reports, including our story yesterday, that her marriage to Al Reynolds is finished, the dethroned "View" diva has her legal reps investigating "the source and motivation of these bold-faced lies . . . and is very close to exposing the individual who perpetrated them. At which time, appropriate legal action will be taken," her camp said in a statement. Meanwhile, Reynolds was spotted at Cain in Southampton with some pals last Friday night but no sign of his beloved wife.

And then of course, last weekend I read the new Julia Quinn and really enjoyed it!!

I'm in the last third of the book now--such a quick read--I just picked it up at the library last night. I read See Delphi & Die last week I'm having a great historical summer!!

Geez, I think that's more a "I had a sandwich" bump that a baby bump [yeah, I know, I stole that from someone, but I can't remember who. Defamer?]

Maybe Josh got smart and dumped her. What the hell is it about Wilmer Valderrama..Geez, he's not all that, he's friggin' 3'2 and arrogant. Well, ok...he's got money.

I love That 70s Show and while Wilmer is SOOO not my type, when he dances on the show--esp. the cheesy really funny disco scenes--he REALLY knows how to move his hips and it totally turns me on. Much to my embarassment, really....So I think it's distinctly possible he really does have the moves (and, it's rumored, the size....) to please these girls in bed....

I was living in Belgium the year her pop song Baby something or other was really popular and GOD I got so sick of that song.....Thankfully, 14 years and the fact I was drunk most of that year prevent me from remembering any more about the song....

Cindy almost always sounds like a bitch. A cranky old bitch....But I can't stop reading her column...What does that say about me?

Has anyone been watching Eureka?? My husband and I are LOVING it! I prefer my scifi with a large dose of humor, so this show really hits the spot for me! We missed the pilot last week but it re-aired on Monday so we caught it and the new episode last night.Until I checked the cast online, I totally thought that Jack Carter was the same actor who was in Keen Eddie. How could it NOT be? They look and act exactly alike!! (Colin Ferguson, from Coupling, is in Eureka, while it was Mark Valley in Keen Eddie) Totally blew my mind when I looked up the casts and it wasn't the same guy....Oh well.

Boy, nsmallaz, nothing in these 9 pages we've written so far has appealed to you?? What kinds of twists and turns? A mystery? Or just a complicated plot?

In Ted C's column today, he said Oprah's been denying she was gay for years (I noticed Ted did NOT say "Oprah is not gay". He said she's been denying she was gay......)

I haven't checked since last year re: See Delphi--I know it's here now, just don't know when it appeared. Might have been right AFTER I checked, who knows?? I put stuff on my reading list and then when I get sidetracked (you know, by life ) I don't update or check for stuff for a while....I had a message from the library when I got back into town--more books waiting for me to check out

Am I the only person who can't stand Nefret??

OK, she is a little too perfect, but that doesn't bother me. I'm dying (oops, sorry, poor choice of words, as I'm off to a funeral ) to get See Delphi & Die (Lindsay )--that's the British title and it's been out there for a year or so--is Saturnalia the American publication name?? Or are they skipping publishing See Delphi & Die in America totally??

Wonder if Bana will have to put on extra poundage to play Henry

In the early years, he was quite stunning & a marvelous athlete. I don't think it was until after Jane's death he really started gaining weight (what with the syphilis & gout, etc ) With Anne, he was still pretty handsome....But he was a TALL REDHEAD, so Eric Bana seems an odd choice to play him.....

OK, given that you can only take, say $500 a day from an ATM, how much cash was she carrying in her wallet that he took $72,000 BEFORE she realized what was going on? I mean, I know Hollywood stars aren't like you & me, but I check my account online once a week or so to make sure nothing funky is going on. If $72,000 were missing, I'd raise a stink!!

Apparently. Kathy Hilton went to say hi to Star at a Hamptons party over the holiday weekend--and assumed the black guy she was with was Big Gay Al and addressed him as such (probably not the "big gay" part) Alas, it was Bryant Gumbel

 

So Paris got her mom's brains??

 

 

http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/star_...es_pagesix_.htm

Did anyone ever read that follow-up to DuMaurier's Rebecca...I think it was called Mrs De Winter? Just wondering if it was any good.

Yes. I didn't like it. No sense of gothic like the original.

 

On the other hand, I loved Wide Sargasso Sea (prequel to Jane Eyre) and I know a lot of people didn't like that, so personal preference will play a role, of course

Cindy Adams' entire column today (7/5/06) was about Star:JULY 4th's over. The fireworks aren't. We speak now of Al Reynolds' wife, who talks softly but carries a big shtick. My hat, even my hairpieces, are off to her. Forget Hillary, forget Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, forget Mme. Curie, we're talking the sharpest toughest keenest brain in captivity. If this former Brooklyn prosecutor ever decides to go back to lawyering, Gotti should hock his gold fillings to hire her. Star Jones is that smart. The woman copped more airtime than Nelson Mandela when he got out of prison and she only got out of "The View." And Barbara Walters, being portrayed as a villain, refused the "Today" Show, "Good Morning America," "Letterman," etc, and only sent a written prepared statement to Larry King. Barbara's not speaking. Keeping her mouth shut per ABC's orders. Here's what I know. Not what I think. What I know: For over a year focus groups determined Jones' earlier high ratings had tanked. Too much negativity. Co-workers disliked her. Viewers soured over the B.S. about her wedding, husband, freebies, dieting, posturing. Artists like decorator Carleton Varney, an Architectural Digest staple who's worked for the White House, complained, "She told me to do her home for free, and she'd see I get mentioned. Is she kidding?" And Barbara sighed repeatedly. She knew. In November ABC wanted Jones gone. Her reps said they would be the ones to tell her. Barbara wanted her out but had compassion. Wouldn't do it that close to Christmas. Then wouldn't be mean enough to kill her coming book tour which, incidentally, also suggested her popularity might've peaked. She criss-crossed the country, put her name out even to Eskimos who'd write it in yellow snow, yet the book didn't take off. Then another delay for more surgery. Cosmetic surgery on her breasts. Barbara wanted dignity for her. The longtime star wanted the so-named Star to have it easy. To first find another job. To then tell her fans whatever she chose and the show would back it up. Barbara could easily have told the public that too many wrong turns had caused Jones to hit a dead end. But things dragged on. It was never the right time. Finally, July 13 was to be D-Day. From my own resources, I reported she'd be history before August. Just three days prior to everything blowing up, it was dinner with Barbara, the Times' Frank Rich and Alex Witchel and mutual friend Suzanne Goodson. I asked when is Mrs. Reynolds' final day. A made woman in the secret society of interviewers who nail exclusives, Mama Bear Walters has taken the vow of omerta. Possibly, we've survived hacking into each other's professions because she has her secrets and I have mine. Frank Rich laughed, "Good try," when she wouldn't answer me. Thus, when the quit hit the fan and Barbara went silent and I was upset at blowing this story, I phoned her in the south of France. Last week municipal bond lady Alexandra Lebenthal talked about Ken Langone, who's A) being sued by Attorney General Spitzer for a stock exchange investigation and embroiled in a Home Depot probe. "Ken thrives on controversy," she told me. That's the polar opposite of Barbara Walters, who hates conflict. Immediately this happened she left the country. "Look, you know I'm not speaking," Barbara said. "But the truth is, and all I'm going to say is, I was looking to be so nice to her. I damaged my own credibility by trying to protect her." Then: "I feel sadness, but I'm not sure I'd have done it any other way. Even now . . . " Face it. You have to respect Star Jones. Like a comet blazing through the atmosphere - and leaving a long tail in its wake - she generates heat. She took Sinatra's mantra, "I'll do it my way." She turned the tables. She picked the time and place. She decided when she'd leave. She left everyone stunned. However, Star Jones is no Frank Sinatra. He paid his dues. She hasn't. She's a relatively new kid on the block. Fans Out There may love her, but people who work with her don't like her. She was at Court TV. No more. She was at E!TV. No more. She was at ABC. No more. Able, larger-than-life, a megapersonality, she just pushed it too far. Too much brio, gusto, bravado, diva-esque demands, in your face, too full of herself. Too much me-me-me. Too plain pushy. But, Lordy, is she clever. Suddenly, now, she recognizes she might have overstepped. Now, only now, she admits making mistakes maybe. Newly, at this moment, she acknowledges that possibly her dieting might have been assisted by - and her terminology is precise and repetitive - "a medical intervention." Brilliantly, she's come off as the victim. But don't cry for Argentina. This lady is too over the top not to show up somewhere on television. In any case, she could always work for Dick Cheney. Not even in the underground bunkers of Washington, D.C., can anyone spin like Star Jones Reynolds. All I want to tell her is, don't try to beat a pro like Barbara Walters, honey. Ain't gonna happen.

Thanks Leia--I'll request that one at the library!

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good Pride & Prejudice "sequel"? I've found a bunch listed online (boy, Jane Austen fans are superfans deluxe!!) Just wondering if anyone had any personal recommendations?I've read all the Stephanie Barron mysteries (written as if Jane Austen is the detective--very fun to read), after watching Pride & Prejudice again over the weekend (the Colin Firth version ) I remembered I wanted to read one of the follow-ups written in modern time....

Don't worry. All she has to do is open up her mouth and she will be fired.

Well, she somehow managed to stay on The View for 9 years, so I suppose anything is possible....

I now LOVE the expression "fag-wa"

I really went into Wicked wanting to like it. I did NOT like it. Mainly, it was the writing style and the way the plot moved, I think. (the musical, on the other hand--I have the soundtrack in my car and listen to it all the time!!) I tried to read the sequal, Son of a Witch, and couldn't get into it at all. Same with Foucault's Pendulum--wasn't able to get into it so I stopped. Finished a biography of Katharine Hepburn and 2 quick romances over the weekend, made it to the library on Saturday morning and picked up a couple more books to tide me over this week. But I really need to get some dissertation stuff done (then someone had to go and recommend a PhD student's fantasy book in another thread and I wanna read that--evil people!!)

Karen Marie Moning is my favorite for time travel Highlanders. Julia London has some Highlanders (time appropriate) and some modern romances too. Kasey Michaels (no Highlanders. more murder mystery humor with a touch of fantasy thrown in--the Maggie series. She also writes "regular" romances that are cute) Another really cute fantasy romance is Kristine Grayson--fairy tale characters that are real (in modern times)--Thoroughly Kissed, Utterly Charming, Simply Irrestistible, Completely Smitten, Absolutely Captivated, Totally Spellbound.

I really like Marian Keyes, though I often have to email my best friend (in London) and ask her what things mean There's another english author I like who I find similar in theme, but I can't remember her name--I'm searching now. She has a new book coming out, I think....Ah, Jane Green. New book "Swapping Lives" just came out. I love Sophie Kinsella too--know she's been mentioned in one of these threads too--I find Marian Keyes and Jane Green to be as funny but slightly more serious as well.

I haven't read many of the Cynster novels--2 I think--but read all the Bastion club books. Gee, should we start another thread just for romance? Nah, I'm trying to stay on topic and only discuss historical romances.

 

"Julia Quinn" (it's a pseudonym) graduated in 1987; I graduated in 1990, so I didn't know her, but one of her sisters was a year below me and I knew her very well--we went on Outing Club trips together (um, that's camping, hiking & stuff, nothing to do with outing closeted homosexuals ) I actually "discoverd" the novels when she was profiled in our alumni magazine a couple years ago.

OK, I still love you I realize that fantasy fiction (even historical) doesn't do it for everybody. So I won't even tell you about all the other time travel romances that involve Highlanders that I like