In the implosion of Yankee third baseman Alex Rodriguez's marriage there are no winners, except at the strip clubs where his alleged new girlfriend works. A-Rod was a regular at the generically named VIP Club in Chelsea where he would seek out a dancer named Monique; when she moved from that club, atop a rifle range, to the Hustler Club (641 W. 51st St.), he adjusted his patronage likewise.
Meanwhile, soon-to-be-ex-wife Cynthia Rodriguez, who lives year-round in Miami with the couple's two children, was spotted in Paris this week with Lenny Kravitz, with whom her husband shares an agent.
And of course rumors are circulating that A-Rod has been visiting Madonna's Upper West Side pad, which may be a factor in her own supposedly rocky marriage.
Anthony Bourdain may fly Continental, but Kim Cattrall doesn't mess with American carriers, a tipster tells us. The "Sex and the City" star was spotted in Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class lounge on the way to New York after enjoying Nelson Mandela's birthday party in London.
Says a passenger:
She looked gorgeous--even in the black Virgin sleep suit. Sorry I don't have any pix.
Funny: We never thought of Samantha as the classy one.
Before Heath Ledger played a gay cowboy or Bob Dylan, he guested on Australia's most famous soap opera that isn't "Neighbours," "Home and Away." So it's only fitting that after his death his home city of Perth would try to focus on his more highbrow works by naming a local performing arts center after him.
Ledger had no formal acting training because there simply wasn't a venue in the western town, although he did play Peter Pan in an elementary school production.
And speaking of good acting, a Rolling Stone critic says Ledger's posthumous performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" (out July 18) is good enough for an Oscar nom.
They faked us out once before, so we'll be super careful in announcing that allegedlyAngelina Jolie checked into a hospital yesterday to go on bed rest before she gives birth to the latest Super World Travelers, the twins she is expecting with Brad Pitt.
The babes, reportedly twin girls, will have dual French citizenship because she's currently resting in L'Hopital Lenval in Nice.
"Entertainment Tonight" led the charge in late May to declare that the twins, reportedly due in August, had already been born. Turned out it was just a rumor, possibly spread by an ex-Super Traveler sidekick (er, assistant). This time it was the French media's turn to jump the gun on the planned expansion to America's real first family. But if she were just there for a checkup, would her obstetrician be giving a press conference? We think not!
Amid the swirl of rumors that Madonna is looking for a way to ditch her director husband, the husband in question came to New York this week to do... well, nothing in particular.
Guy Ritchie's just a regular guy coming to the Big Apple--although staying in a posh Upper West Side co-op isn't the way most people see the town. He'd better not see any bad movies in case paparazzi catch him flinching on the way out.
Madonna has been spotted at the Kabbalah Center, possibly getting some last-minute devotion time in before her world tour kicks off in August. Guy, should he still be around, will probably return to London to keep working on his upcoming flick "RocknRolla" and (say the yea-sayers) plan the Material Girl's blowout 50th birthday party in September. Move along gossips, nothing to see here... except Britain's next high-profile divorce case.
Maybe Selena Gomez spilled something on herself on the plane, which is why she tumbled off her flight at LAX looking rather bored and enveloped in a large white T-shirt, unmarked by on-board soda. She looks rather bored with LAX in general; maybe she expected the club?
In case you're behind on what the kids are up to, Selena Gomez is the Disney Channel's new model of Miley Cyrus. This wholesome teen entertainer, a former child actor on "Barney and Friends," plays a teen witch on the "Wizards of Waverly Place."
The Glastonbury Music Festival is perhaps better known for its epic mess than its gritty performances. But this year's fest was remarkably dry, bringing the stars out in record numbers. There was rain, don't doubt it, just less than usual, so Kate Moss' boots looked more like a fashion statement than a meteorological necessity.
Jaunted heartthrob Charles Ogilvie continued his celeb spotting on a recent flight to Beijing. And since simply chatting with the NBA's tallest player and China's national hero wouldn't be enough, Charles spoke with Yao Ming entirely in Mandarin. He was nice enough to translate for us:
When Yao Ming returns to the US he will be flying on some test flights to witness Red, Virgin America's famed in-flight entertainment system first-hand and "check out the legroom." He's looking forward to the day when all airlines, including Virgin America, make real-time sports scores available at every seat on every flight.
We're looking forward to that day, too. How 'bout scores via that in-flight WiFi we keep hearing about?
