March 17, 2013

To Hell and back

Richard Hell — writer of the de facto theme song to the CBGB’s ’70s scene, “Blank Generation” — says he knew punk was done when its edgy look hit department...

Window on wreck

Betsey Johnson witnessed an emergency last week — and not the fashion kind. The designer, 70, was dressing mannequins with granddaughter Layla in Macy’s windows, to launch a new line...

Spanx a lot for seat-mates

Spanx founder Sara Blakely and Heather Thomson — who’s behind rival shapewear line Yummie Tummie — are at war over trademarks, and their husbands were unwittingly drawn into the dispute...

It’s hopeless for Hasselbeck

Elisabeth Hasselbeck “is toast” on ABC’s “The View,” sources tell us, despite show doyenne Barbara Walters insisting the conservative blonde isn’t getting fired. Rumors swirling that Hasselbeck was on her...

In Vogue at last?

Kate Upton might finally make the cover of Vogue. The voluptuous swimsuit model has already graced the covers of British and Italian Vogue — not to mention the Sports Illustrated...

LA loves Booker

Cory Booker is the toast of Hollywood. The Newark mayor running for US Senate will feel the love at a $5,000-a-head fund-raiser April 25 at the Beverly Hills mansion of...

Forever young

Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming enjoyed a show after their own show last week, to celebrate Minnelli’s 67th birthday. The pair, who had earlier played to a sold-out house at...