Sharon Stone can act — that we knew. But after her near-fatal brain hemorrhage in 2001, she took up painting, and she’s better than good according to pal Cheri Kaufman.
“She’s a contemporary artist but she paints whatever she feels, the work is very sensitive,” Kaufman revealed at a Park Avenue luncheon. “After the stroke someone gave her a paint set.”
But the actress became even more prolific during COVID. “Today she’s great, not good. She sold out a show last year in Greenwich,” Kaufman added.
All of this spilled at Jean Shafiroff’s annual Bastille Day luncheon held this year at the new Cafe Boulud’s Maison Barnes.
Stone’s oils on canvas can bring up to $60,000 in a gallery and have brought $250,000 at charity auctions. So her basic instincts are still very good.
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Christie Brinkley says she likes to get naked in the shower and belt out some of the songs she sang when she starred in the long-running Broadway hit “Chicago” using a big bar of soap as a microphone.
The supermodel sings the songs she helped make famous in 2010 like “All That Jazz,” “Funny Honey” and “Nowadays.”
The star opened up in an interview with longtime pal Devorah Rose, the editor-in-chief of Social Life Magazine.
“Even now, I find myself belting out tunes from ‘Chicago’ while I’m in the shower. I love singing in the shower,” she confessed.
When the superstar was asked about how she got into her sexy showgirl character every night for “Chicago,” she said, “I would sit in front of the mirror and do my own makeup. Putting on the makeup really was part of creating the character. It felt magical.”
Another thing Christie says she always makes time for is painting her toenails red. “The shade of red changes, but the color doesn’t. I usually don’t bother doing my hands because I’ll just mess them up in the garden. That’s why I stick with my toes.”
Christie celebrated being Social Life’s cover girl on Saturday, when she helped the magazine’s publisher Justin Mitchell host the Polo Hamptons event in Bridgehampton.
There will be a second match this Saturday.
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Private eye Paul Barresi worked hard to dig up dirt on Johnny Depp when his ex-wife Amber Heard accused him of abuse.
But Barresi couldn’t find any evidence of Depp’s alleged violence, even before he was exonerated in court.
Barresi details his investigation in “Johnny Depp’s Accidental Fixer: How a Hollywood Sleuth Saved a Pirate’s Honor” on Barnes & Noble.
Brooklyn- born actor Xander Berkeley, who appeared with Depp in “City of Lies,” told Barresi, “Johnny is kind, unassuming and non-confrontational … I consider him a friend. He’s a consummate professional and I loved working with him.”
Berkeley, who has over 200 movie and TV credits, said, “If you’re trying to dig some dirt up on Johnny, you’re not gonna get it from me.”
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Donald Trump has been lucky dodging both real and figurative bullets!
The Supreme Court granted the 45th president immunity for official acts and a Florida judge dismissed a case related to his handling of classified documents.
But, coming straight down the pike to Trump Tower and The Donald’s other buildings is Local Law 97, which imposes huge fines on greenhouse gas emissions for large buildings (25,000 square feet or larger), that could really hit the wallet of the Republican nominee for president if he doesn’t comply.
Jimmy Carchietta, of New York’s leading sustainable consulting firm The Cotocon Group, said, “If Trump Tower (opened 1983), and other landmark buildings including Macy’s Herald Square (opened 1902), The Plaza Hotel (opened 1907), The Carlyle Hotel (opened 1931) and Morgan Stanley’s Global Headquarters (opened 1990), don’t address energy issues now, they will all receive hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in fines by 2030.”
That seems far off, but time is running out, Carchietta explained. “While some owners say the energy upgrades needed for their properties are too costly, the fines will far surpass the costs. Mr. Trump, and other owners, can avoid penalties until 2026 if they demonstrate ‘good faith efforts’ to reduce their outputs.”
The landlords must submit a “decarbonization plan” to the city by May 2025.
“The goal of LL97 is to reduce the emissions produced by the city’s largest buildings 40 percent by 2030 and net zero by 2050,” Carchietta said.
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Ja Rule and Charles Oakley joined DJ Prince Hakim for his Kool Kids Foundation’s 5th Annual Charity & Celebrity Golf Outing at Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club.
The foundation, created by Kool and the Gang’s Robert Bell, provides essential instruments for inner city kids.
Kool and the Gang will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with Mary J. Blige and Dionne Warwick on Oct. 19.
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Lizzo, Rihanna and Tyla are just a few of the celebrities who have worn Balmain on the red carpet.
The brand has opened a pop-up at the Pridwin Hotel on Shelter Island until Aug. 15.
The new Balmain collection was presented at the Southampton Arts Center at an Aphrodise rosé-fueled lunch hosted by the center’s co-founder Simone Levinson and socialites Jamee Gregory, Kara Ross and Nicole Salmasi.
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Julia Haart, who stars on Netflix’s “My Unorthodox Life,” is one step closer to finalizing her divorce from estranged husband Silvio Scaglia.
Judge Douglas E. Hoffman has issued a bench warrant for Scaglia’s arrest after finding him in criminal contempt of court. He also sentenced him to 20 days in jail for not paying over $300k in legal fees; his passport and driving license were also revoked.
Scaglia is suspected to be hiding out in Italy and did not show for his mandatory court date in Manhattan.
Haart told pals over dinner at Chez Omar that the divorce drama is not stopping her from building her +Body shapewear line with a new collection scheduled to debut during NY Fashion Week in September.
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D’yan Forest, the Guinness World Records title holder for the world’s oldest working female comedian, will turn 90 on July 31. To celebrate she will perform her new show “D’yan Forest: 90 Years of Songs & Scandal” at Joe’s Pub in NYC on July 29. Critics have dubbed her the “naughty version of Betty White.”
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Out & About: Magic Johnson chatting with skincare mavens Rochelle and June Jacobson of Naturally Serious Skin at the Hermes store in Monte Carlo … Rosie Perez and her husband, artist Eric Haze, at Dorian Grey’s booth at the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, where she also checked out the work of Libby Klein and Linjie Deng … Susan and David Rockefeller were honored at Andy Sabin’s South Fork Natural History Museum Gala.