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Cindy Adams

  • Huma & humiliation

    The Mrs. Anthony Weiner story. Supersmart. Loyal. Able. Important. Good-looking. International. Connected. A Rolodex that goes from a Hillary Secretary of State private cellphone, which not even Obama has, to a Sultan...  

    July 11, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Wedding bells ringing loudly

    It's wedding season. Brit royals. Mon aco royals. Kardashian kommoners. Forgetting Sandra Bullock's ex, whose mantra is, "Try not to ask, and I won't tell," even Hollywood movie stars try it a week or so. Politicians...  

    July 08, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Daly routine includes rituals

    Tyne Daly's reprising Terrence McNally's "Master Class," about the late Maria Callas, the most famous, reviled opera singer ever. She opens tonight at the Samuel Friedman Theatre. So, she nervous? "If the audience...  

    July 07, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Walking on a very thin line

    Looming Sept. 11 brings World Trade Center memories. Now over seeing the University of Paris renovation logistics is Jean-Louis Blon deau. Blondeau, who was in 2009's Best Documentary Oscar-winning "Man on Wire,"...  

    July 06, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Here's Boston for you

    BOSTON -- Philadelphia takes credit for July Fourth. It has the Liberty Bell. But don't go there for a history lesson because the last time I went to Philly it was closed. Although New York was our nation's first seat...  

    July 05, 2011 12:00 AM
  • It really is a grand old holiday

    July Fourth is coming. The only intel ligent thing is to sponge off someone. Usually that's a human who, when I had a country home, I hated having as a houseguest. Considering I have no summer place anymore and they do...  

    June 30, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Hyde in a sort of Jekyll role

    In the new movie "The Perfect Host," David Hyde Pierce plays a lunatic who lives with imaginary friends and kills strangers. Not exactly a musical. Explains DHP: "My character's Warwick Wilson. He's having a dinner...  

    June 29, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Purple One reigns

    Prince. Not the royal. The artist. Not one who will be king of England. One who is king of music. Prince worked the Montreal Jazz Festival. An 11:30 performance. He took the stage maybe midnight. While his backup...  

    June 28, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Ryan O'Neal's intimate details

    Now that we're already up to here with Tatum and Ryan O'Neal's reality fights and make-nices on Oprah's network, I asked him why. Why this dumb show? "I'm 70. I'm not looking to jumpstart a new career. I'm on TV's...  

    June 27, 2011 12:00 AM
  • We know NYC is really No.1

    Instead of studying the rest of the world, much of which we support, folks of my IQ should dump their En quirer copies and learn about their country. With July Fourth nigh, let it be known Columbus discovered us just...  

    June 24, 2011 12:00 AM
  • I'm a woman on a ledge here

    Tuesday "The Ledge" premiered at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema. And don't let the name fool you. It's on East Houston Street. They reserved me a special bench by the men's room facing a decayed wall. Spike-heeled guests...  

    June 23, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Coming up Rose

    Charlie Rose, about to celebrate 20 years of "Charlie Rose" on PBS: "I'm now in Washington. Bloomberg's having an event." And yesterday? "Lunched with Kissinger. A conversation about his book on China. "My first...  

    June 22, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Casey case won't die

    Those who know every clue, splatter and sniff inside the center ring of Florida's did-she-or-didn't-she Casey Anthony case say today's juries surprise pros. They no longer take blindly findings of over-the-top...  

    June 21, 2011 12:00 AM
  • La Toya drops memoir

    Janet Jackson wrote a book. Now it's La Toya. She arrives today to push her "explosive shockwave" memoir "Starting Over," wherein she writes, "My brother Michael was murdered" and "my husband beat me." Says La Toya: "I...  

    June 20, 2011 12:00 AM
  • We're all losing it

    Yesterday I reported Ruben San tiago-Hudson left his wallet in a cab, then ran like a madman down the block to catch up with it before the cabbie chugged far away into traffic's infinity. Despite pouring rain, Ruben...  

    June 17, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Weiner looking for a new job

    Anthony Weiner, Chapter 2: Out siders think rehab's smart. Time passes. Maybe his peccadillo can go down -- excuse my phraseology -- and he can someday recoup. Insiders, considering this is as much a reality as...  

    June 16, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Clearly a rich history

    JERUSALEM -- IN 73 A.D., the first day of Passover, 1,000 Judaic Zealots fell on their swords rather than allow enslavement by Roman enemies. High above the Dead Sea, in the Judean desert near a town called Sodom, this...  

    June 14, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Eyes opened in Israel

    JERUSALEM -- Syria's seething. Egypt's buckling. Libya's burning. Turkey's juggling immigrants. Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan have their own miseries. And little Israel, the size of New Jersey, is attracting...  

    June 13, 2011 12:00 AM
  • And you think your job's hard

    Worst jobs: * Besides doing An thony hot-dog Weiner's p.r. * Besides telling Transporta tion Commissioner Janette Sa dik-Khan she khan't stick bicycle lanes in the Waldorf lobby. * Besides subbing for D. Trump...  

    June 10, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Playwright: Israel should exist

    Tony Kushner, author of "Angels in America," evokes angst. His newie, "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures," took two years to write. The title's almost as long as...  

    June 09, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Chitchat made in New York

    Papa Bear Bloomberg gave a "Made in New York" party on Gracie Mansion lawn. Barring 4-inch heels clamping into grass so our bunions emerged in Shanghai, it was great. John Leguizamo: "I'm presenting posthumously to...  

    June 08, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Your royal update

    Comes another royal wedding. July 2 Monaco's Albert weds 6-foot South African swimming champ Charlene Wittstock after four years. Second- tier royals will show. Like William and Kate plus Charles and Whatsername....  

    June 07, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Commish attracts nice crowd

    New York's a city that never sleeps. I report on it so I don't. Just the last few days: Crammed jammed Grand Ballroom. Waldorf. Ray Kelly's NYC Police Foundation dinner. Everyone black-tie -- except honoree Ron...  

    June 06, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Ants-y over invaders

    I have ants. My co-op does not permit subletting. Nor sharing. Nor co-sign ing. They're down on houseguests. Friends over for dinner are even frowned on. They now want my monthly charges raised because the place is no...  

    June 03, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Tony not his only goal

    Josh Gad of "The Book of Mormon" is up for a Tony. An 11th Commandment might be "Thou shalt make sure he gets it." "I wasn't watching TV to see if I got nominated," said Josh, a Carnegie Mellon grad from Florida. "I...  

    June 02, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Fostering a true star

    It's Tony season. Sutton Foster, 2002 winner for "Thoroughly Modern Millie," is now up a fifth time thanks to "Anything Goes." "I was in bed, not watching, when nominations were announced," she said. "I can't stand...  

    June 01, 2011 12:00 AM
  • 'Tribesmen' weigh in

    Blot the suntan oil, holiday's over, get into gear, pay attention, I have much to say: I am acquainted with a gentleman from the Republic of Guinea. From close to the town of that female in our DSK/ IMF/VIP/PIG case...  

    May 31, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Beginning of a new friendship

    This week Focus Features features its focus on "Beginners." Never having met Ewan McGregor was interest ing because then you work off your instantaneous reaction. A 40ish Scot. Handsome. Lean. Slight beard, tousled...  

    May 26, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Some 'hang' until it's 'over'

    Besides producing duds like Ahnold the Barbarian, Hollywood also made the highest-grossing R-rated comedy ever, "The Hangover." Comes now Part II. I figured its star, 100 percent gorgeous Bradley Cooper, was just a...  

    May 25, 2011 12:00 AM
  • Dynamic film duo at it again

    The movie "Submarine," out June 3, is labeled a "today" film. It's about a 15-year-old losing virginity, saving his parents' marriage, worrying Mom's cheating with a New Age coach, monitoring their sex life, forging...  

    May 24, 2011 12:00 AM