Michael Kaplan

About the Author

Michael Kaplan is a senior news features writer with the New York Post. He covers a wide range of subjects including entertainment, crime, art, power players and technology. Over the course of six years at The Post, his favorite stories include a piece on illicit auto racing through the streets of New York City, an investigation into the life of a teenage cryptocurrency thief and a look into David Blaine's secret magic-lab. Kaplan is the author of four books with a fifth on the way. In addition to The Post, he’s written for publications that include Wired, GQ and Cigar Aficionado. One article of his, about a woman who won $70 million playing baccarat, is being developed into a feature film and is set to star Awkwafina. Kaplan was born in the Bronx, grew up in New Jersey and currently resides in New York City. A graduate of Glassboro State College, he was a runner-up for a Rolling Stone College Journalism Award.

The Archive

Meghan Markle's American Riviera Orchard has lots of flash and fanfare — but, so far, not much else

March 30, 2024 | 10:41am

One insider told Page Six that it's looking like a typical Markle project: plenty of glamour, little substance. "They [Harry and Meghan] consistently make announcements and roll things out really...

Kanye West isn't manipulating wife Bianca Censori into skimpy outfits — it's 'performance art': sources

March 25, 2024 | 6:00am

"People are confusing Bianca's creativity," a source tells Page Six of Censori. "Bianca is as much a performer as Ye is."

Ruby Franke cut off family under Jody Hildebrandt's spell: sister

September 30, 2023 | 10:00am

When the Mormon YouTuber with six kids palled up with the self-help guru "the crap hit the fan," her sister said.

Al Pacino's baby mama, 29, 'just loves old people' — like Mick Jagger, Clint Eastwood

May 31, 2023 | 7:25pm

Noor Alfallah, eight months pregnant with Al Pacino's fourth child, is 54 years younger than the "Scarface" actor — and sources say she loves hanging out with old people, including the...

Move over, Leo: Since 2008, Madonna only dates guys at least 28 years younger

September 14, 2022 | 1:53pm

Leonardo DiCaprio has nothing on Madonna when it comes to May-December relationships. Check out Page Six's chart of her dating history.

Harry Styles, Sydney Chandler, director Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Florence Pugh

Inside all the 'Don't Worry Darling' drama—and whose career it might hurt

September 6, 2022 | 7:45pm

As things keep getting weirder around the movie, starring Harry Styles, Florence Pugh and Chris Pine, a Hollywood insider weighs on it how it hurts Wilde's credibility as a director.

Catch him if you can: If Leo DiCaprio's girls 'get too old or too close, they're gone': source

August 31, 2022 | 6:52pm

Leo retains the thing that attracts women young enough to be his daughters: “He is still Jack from 'Titanic.' Never mind that, these days, he looks more like Jack’s dad,"...

While staying in a luxury resort in Ibiza (inset), NYC socialite Libbie Mugrabi said $500,000 worth of clothing and jewels were stolen from her -- including some of the hats she personally designed.

NYC socialite who won $100M in divorce says she lost $500K in clothes, jewels in hotel heist

July 26, 2022 | 4:10pm

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Insiders reveal what you didn't see after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars

March 28, 2022 | 9:00pm

Insiders reveal what you didn't see after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars.

Remember these video vixens?

Sex, drugs, ZZ Top & LL Cool J: video vixens recall their wild MTV days

May 29, 2021 | 3:10pm

Find out what happened to the sexy women who livened up MTV in clips from ZZ Top, LL Cool J, Billy Idol and more.

Jennifer ­Lopez and Ben ­Affleck had a very public torrid romance in the early 2000's.

Why Bennifer 2.0 is the real deal: 'J.Lo was always obsessed with Ben'

May 15, 2021 | 1:42pm

With gossip swirling that exes Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are reunited, insiders reveal why they find each other so hard to resist.

Gucci family members have expressed disgust over the movie “House of Gucci” (starring Adam Driver and Lady Gaga, right), which details, among other things, the real-life murder of Maurizio Gucci at the hand of a hitman — hired by the fashion heir’s ex-wife, Patrizia (left).

The shocking murder behind Adam Driver and Lady Gaga's 'House of Gucci'

May 1, 2021 | 4:12pm

A Gucci heir was gunned down by a hitman hired by his ex-wife — and now a Hollywood movie is pouring salt on old wounds.

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Insiders: Sia 'hurt' & 'ready to retreat' over hatred of film 'Music'

February 27, 2021 | 4:49pm

Insiders say the singer-songwriter is "retreating" from the spotlight, tortured by harsh criticism of her movie "Music."

Sal Lacono has made a habit of gambling with celeb pals.

'Cousin Sal' Iacono on gambling with Jimmy Kimmel, Jon Hamm, David Chang

January 30, 2021 | 4:25pm

Jimmy Kimmel’s cousin has turned ridiculous wagers with stars — including Johnny Knoxville, John Hamm, and more — into a way of life.

With her father leaving the White House, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are leaving Washington, DC, after buying property on Miami’s private island Indian Creek Village.

Inside Indian Creek, the Miami island home of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner

December 26, 2020 | 2:16pm

Inside Miami's Billionaire Bunker, soon to be Jared and Ivanka's new home.

John Belushi, here at the Village Gate in Greenwich Village with wife Judith (right) and "Animal House" co-stars Bruce McGill (left) and Mary Louise Weller, was a regular on the NYC nightclub scene.

Inside John Belushi's final drug-fueled night in NYC

November 19, 2020 | 4:27pm

Inside the "SNL" star's dangerous, drugged-up life in New York City.

Steve Bing

How the late Steve Bing blew $600M on women, movies, gambling — and Bill Clinton

October 31, 2020 | 2:43pm

How late movie producer Steve Bing blew $600 million on drugs, women, harebrained schemes — and Bill Clinton.

Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova

Inside the 'abandonment' that rocked Ric Ocasek and Paulina Porizkova's marriage

October 24, 2020 | 3:13pm

The past month has seen a shockingly sad, raw tale played out on Paulina Porizkova’s Instagram account. “Beginning the process of letting go of things — letting go of thirty...

Valerie Bertinellli and Eddie Van Halen.

How Eddie Van Halen corrupted — then saved — Valerie Bertinelli

October 10, 2020 | 12:43pm

It was not the most auspicious of wedding-day omens: The drunken groom regurgitated into a toilet as his bride held back his shoulder-length hair. Of course, in April 1981, guitar...

On June 17, actor and Scientologist Danny Masterson was arrested and charged with multiple counts of rape. A related civil suit claims the church attempted to cover up the assault claims and intimidate the alleged victims, who were also church members.

Church of Scientology tried to silence Danny Masterson's alleged rape victims: suit

June 27, 2020 | 10:28pm

Danny Masterson, who made a wisecracking name for himself on “That ’70s Show,” was arrested and charged June 17 on multiple counts of rape against three women. But it’s not...