Mandy Stadtmiller
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My epic bender of drugs, booze and sex led to a happy marriage
I’ve lied. I’ve cheated. I’ve destroyed relationship after relationship. All to avoid ever having to look at myself. “But I’m so much fun!!!” I used to scream to anyone who...
It's a madge, madge, madge world
When Madonna takes the stage tonight in Indianapolis at Super Bowl XLVI, the original Material Girl will be delivering what may end up being the most important 12 minutes and...
Jungle love
First off, let’s set the rumors straight. Yes: Hollywood “It” boy Josh Hutcherson did date Hollywood “It” girl Vanessa Hudgens — but it only lasted for a minute. Well, maybe...
Hostess with the mostess
Kelly Ripa is looking for a new “husband.” “It’s like a group date,” says the petite, 5-foot-4 former cheerleader from Jersey while relaxing in the green room of “Live! With...
They're loco for coco
Sipping on a coconut water beverage as she strolled through Brooklyn’s McCarren Park a few years ago, 30-year-old Bianca LeRoux had a brainstorm that hit her like, well, a coconut....
Sidekick no more!
Gayle King is starving. “I’m so damned hungry, I could chomp your leg off,” the newly anointed face of “CBS This Morning” declares, as she bursts into her sparsely decorated...
My hangover New York: Amy Sacco
New York’s erstwhile night-life queen is reclaiming the tiara as she readies to reopen Bungalow 8 this spring at an undisclosed NYC location. In preparation for the late nights that...
When bands attack!
What does iconic “Tonight Show” bandleader Kevin Eubanks think of the Roots’ controversial entrance song for Michele Bachmann on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”? Eubanks, now on the road touring...
Forever ‘young’
In her latest film, “Young Adult,” screenwriter Diablo Cody has given Charlize Theron a whole new kind of monster to play — the ultimate narcissistic mean girl. The character is...
Sister act
All 80 of the gorgeous, long-legged, wildly fit dancers who have made the competitive cut to be able to call themselves “Rockettes” say the experience is almost like having a...
The frog whisperer
There's never been a time that Jason Segel hasn’t thought was the right one to put on music. To light the lights. To get things started (again) on “The Muppets.”...
5 questions for Miss Piggy
Is Kermit still viable as a leading man? Kermie is fabulous in the movie . . . almost as good as moi, which is high praise indeed! I thought the scenes where...
Parrish preaches gospel of ‘Godspell’
On the Showtime series “Weeds,” Hunter Parrish plays an increasingly ruthless -- and incredibly good looking -- pot dealer. That might not seem like the perfect lead in to playing...
Getting the last laugh
Comedian Kathy Griffin likes to tell tales out of school — perhaps no more so than when she’s talking about what it means to be a high-level woman in the...
'Heist' meets NY zeitgeist
When “Tower Heist” filmed a shoot-’em-up car chase scene on 59th Street in Manhattan last year, even jaded New Yorkers found it so realistic that one of them actually dialed...
'Silence' is golden
Standing on line to see “Silence! The Musical,” for the third time, Kips Bay salesman Scott Kirschenbaum explains why he can’t stop coming back to the hottest new off-Broadway cult...
Frankel-y, my dear, you lied!
Bethenny Frankel, the light-hearted queen of “keeping it real” in reality TV, is looking more and more these days like the Princess of Darkness. As the star of Bravo’s “The...
Meet the new Crocodile Dundee
Matt Wright, the star of Nat Geo Wild, National Geographic’s new wildlife channel, shows zero fear when it comes to wrestling crocodiles, surfing in shark-infested waters and capturing wild buffalo,...
NYC's hottest date spots
Are you fresh out of ideas for where to go on a date? You’re in luck. We spoke to one of New York’s hottest dating Web sites which revealed where...
See Jane fun
Not only has Jane Lynch conquered the world of movies as Christopher Guest’s secret weapon, and TV as brutally hilarious cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on “Glee,” but she’s now tackled...