Serving more than dinner
Charlize Theron brought plenty of star power to Malibu Food & Wine’s swanky bash at Saddlerock Ranch, held in support of her Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project.
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The Oscar winner (above) looked knockout in a white pantsuit as guests sipped and bid on bottles with winemaker Baron Ziegler, who offered up reserve magnums and an absurdly luxe prize: He’d personally fund the winner’s airfare and fly in a private sommelier.
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Chef Marcel Vigneron offered to cook a private dinner to pair with the vino, while Anthony Villegas of the Meat Cellar threw in premium tomahawk steaks.
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Ziegler, a dad to five daughters, got sentimental, saying Theron’s mission — including her work addressing violence against women — deeply moved him.
Bollywood superstar gets a little me Times
Times Square is rarely a place people go to get away from it all — but it does the trick for Shreya Ghoshal.
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is one of the most famous singers in India, but has yet to reach Swift-like levels of superstardom in the US, which means she can go to 42nd and Broadway for a little time to herself.
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“I was in Times Square very bravely last night,” she told Page Six’s Talia Levy.
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“I don’t think that is possible back home . . . that’s why I like coming to New York . . . no one will even look at you twice!”
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She’s here on her Unstoppable tour, and she’s just added 14 dates to the massive global series.
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Mouse in thirst trap
It’s a murine sign of the times!
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Page Six has written countless stories about luxury stores and offices getting mice, and standard procedure is for the afflicted establishment to make a swift call to the exterminator.
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This time we got a tip that a trendy Soho boutique found a furry intruder . . . and, rather than putting out traps, they turned it into an influencer.
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When a web-based reality TV show, “Fishtank,” became a hit, its producers — Sam Hyde, Jet Neptune and Benjamin Taylor — decided to open a store nominally to sell merchandise from its stars, creators and collaborators.
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But, more than anything, the storefront at 93 Canal St. was intended as a place to make even more video for the show.
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As one insider put it, it’s “basically an open invitation for artists, musicians, etc. to do whatever in there for 24 hours a day,” saying the focus is on “organic events that transpire into real-time content.”
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Then one night in early September, livestream viewers noticed a mouse scurry across the floor of the otherwise empty store.
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Followers started chatting about the rodent and named it “Ratthew,” so the producers put up a camera for it and even put out food to tempt it in front of their lens.
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Grammy-winning singer Falu and husband Dr. Gaurav Shah found that working with their 15-year-old son, Nishaad, on their new album “Offering: Ancient and Timeless Chants” came with a side benefit of a little family therapy.
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“It was so nice to watch.
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I let go of his wings and let him fly in this album . . .
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I saw that magic of letting go . . .
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I didn’t know I could do that as a mother, you know, you always want to hold on to your children,” Falu told Page Six’s Talia Levy.
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“The roots are from us,” she added of Nishaad’s performance, but “he adds his own style.”
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Air craft before takeoff
Even cultural behemoths have to start somewhere.
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Before “American Idol” became one of the biggest shows on TV, its sets were held together with glue, according to Clay Aiken.
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The Season 2 runner-up in 2003 recently returned to the show to perform a song from his album, “Rewind,” and told Astra on the Air from “Hollywood Hamilton and the KTU Morning Crew” how the set had changed during his 23-year absence.
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He said that in his time, “there were big structural metal pieces and papier-mâché between them” — and there wasn’t even a proper light rig.
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“They used flashlights!” he quipped.
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Political correctness has gone mad, says John Waters.
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“You can’t say ‘Happy birthday, Fatso!’ ” he exclaimed at the premiere of the new season of “American Horror Story.”
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“The F-word used to be one thing; now it’s ‘fat.’
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Meanwhile, Waters says he’s great friends with “AHS” hon cho Ryan Murphy.
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“We’re drawn to things that maybe repel us and we can’t understand . . .
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We both read a million newspapers a day; I think we’re current-event hags.”
Who’s the LGBTQueen?
Leslie Grossman was livid when Page Six asked her and Billie Lourd who had the bigger gay fan base.
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“You just pointed at Billie, which I resent, because excuse me?
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Did you say, ‘Bigger gay fan base’?”
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Grossman (above) told PageSix.com’s Nicki Gostin on the “American Horror Story: 13” red carpet.
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“I was Mary Cherry 30 years ago,” she said, referring to her “Popular” character.
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“I’m her elder!”
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Lourd then played her cards.
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“I come from generations of gay icons,” she said, referring to grandmother Debbie Reynolds and mother Carrie Fisher.
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…and 3 more, not listed.
The Aporia
