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Studio 54, now a theater company, turns 30 this year. New York magazine sent aged historian Philip Nobile to kick around the entrails of Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager's 70's hotspot. Have the intervening three decades yielded any insight? Why yes, they have!
The Go Fug Yourself girls have snagged a photo of Ann Curry's Cher costume, and what a costume it was:
· Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, 79, was spotted dancing at Bungalow 8. "He was shaking it," said one onlooker. An Israeli consulate rep confirmed Peres was there, but said, "I can't verify whether [Peres] was shaking it or not." [Page Six]
· Cher, on severing her relationship with Michael Jackson: "I don't have a nice thing to say about him. He and I were friends when he was little. I watched him grow up and all that, but, you know, you dangle a baby over a balcony, that's it for me." [Page Six]
· Page Six alleges that esteemed thespian Colin Farrell was at Scores on Saturday. Colin would never...WHO IS SPREADING THESE VICIOUS RUMORS?! [Page Six]
· Anyone wishing to audition for another version of "The Bachelorette" in which "American Idol" judge Simon Cowell will help the "bachelorette" pick the winner, should email the casting agents at Billywonka@aol.com. They say the only want "Caucasian women" ages 26-32. [Page Six]
· Actor Alan Cumming, describing the difference between British and American humor "whilst illegally lighting up": "Yes, we're [puff] more [puff] vulgar. But [puff puff puff puff puff] I like that...and I'd better finish now before they [puffffffffffff] arrest me." [Cindy Adams]
· Martha Stewart, who has made a business out of every holiday, once told her viewers on April 1 that she planned to "send my tax returns to the calligrapher." Stewart also said she had to buy a new car because she couldn't change the clock for daylight savings. Shocked fans called immediately and offered to help her with her settings. [NY Daily News]
· Jeff Soref, the openly gay heir to the Masterlock fortune who's an up-and-comer in the Democratic Party and "controls the wallets and pocketbooks of gays and lesbians nationwide" is being talked about as a potential successor to DNC treasurer Andrew Tobias. [Page Six]
· Candace Bushnell is responsible for the term "toxic bachelor," which she coined when writing her "Sex in the City" column for the Observer. [Page Six]
· Cher's wig has been stolen! Cher's wig has been stolen! OH! MY! GOD! [Page Six]
· Salman Rushdie, one of Those People who bring up Iraq at dinner parties, was doing just that to fellow partygoer Al Pacino recently. [Cindy Adams]
· Maer Roshan, when asked "what if something happens" to the writer he dispatched to Baghdad on behalf of Radar: "Just pray that he first sent in the story." [Cindy Adams]
· Liz Smith notes that Harvey Weinstein's "Mila 18" project has been in development for years. [Liz Smith]
· Christina Ricci gets naked in her next role. (She plays a lesbian serial killer.) [NY Daily News]
