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Star Jones didn't let anything spoil the at the American Heart Association's premiere party for "Celebrity Apprentice," not even a wardrobe malfunction.Star Jones wasn't going to let anything get in the way of a good time at the American Heart Association's premiere party for "Celebrity Apprentice" on Sunday night.
Thanks to her plunging red Marc Bouwer dress, the extremely svelte Star suffered more than one nipple slip during the evening's festivities at Opia on E. 57th St. But when a handler rushed to cover her up in the middle of a conversation, the "Apprentice" contestant (and former co-host of "The View") merely laughed off the wardrobe malfunctions and continued enjoying the party.
When we asked Jones what she made of Donald Trump's supposed political ambitions, she told us that should he "decide to run" for President, she would make a great "chief of staff" and praised him as "very organized." She might have to put together a more demure wardrobe, though.
Bobby Zarin must be kvelling over the gift wife Jill Zarin gave him for his 65th birthday last Tuesday. The "Real Housewives of New York City" star presented her hubby with a pricey Audemars Piguet watch at her book- signing for "Secrets of a Jewish Mother" at the Borders bookstore in Columbus Circle. Zarin, there with her co-authors, sister Lisa Wexler and mother Gloria Kamen, said she is "overwhelmed by the response" she's gotten to the women's advice book, which sold out at the event.
Lou Reed may not have said it was a "Perfect Day," but an insider tells us he did proclaim his 69th birthday party, at the Trilby on Saturday, his "best ever."� That's practically delirious praise from one of our favorite curmudgeons. Then again, we could see where being serenaded with "Happy Birthday" by a group that included Lou's wife, Laurie Anderson, and Antony and the Johnsons' Antony Hegarty� would qualify as a nonpareil moment.
Among those who also feted Reed at the Cooper Hotel's new hot spot were artist/filmmaker Julian Schnabel (whom we hope was not singing) and his girlfriend, Rula Jebreal; author A.M. Homes, photographers Ralph Gibson and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, artist Clifford Ross, poet Anne Carson and PR maven Annie Ohayon, Lou's former publicist.
Jim Fragale is back on the beat. In the late '60s and early '70s, Fragale wrote songs for disco diva (and former "Hair" star) Melba Moore and produced her first two albums before becoming a veteran writer and columnist for GQ, among other publications. Last month marked the New Yorker's return to the music business with Joe Lutton's "Oil and Coal," a rock album that's getting strong word of mouth, including comparisons to the work of Billy Joel and Ray LaMontagne. Fragale produced the CD and wrote the lyrics for all nine tracks, which has become a top seller on CDBaby.com.
Melissa Leo's family is on a wild ride, careerwise. The same month she took home Oscar gold for her performance in "The Fighter"�- memorably dropping an F-bomb at the podium�- her father, Arnold, lost his position as a fisheries consultant to the town of East Hampton. Once an editor at Grove Press, Arnold has served for 34 years as secretary of the East Hampton Town Baymen's Association, an organization representing the area's many fishermen. He also spent four years consulting for the town itself until getting the boot in February.
Arnold chalks this up to a personality clash with East Hampton Town Supervisor Bill Wilkinson (whom Leo claims harbors "a pathological dislike of me"), but at least he's enjoying his free time: He's visiting Melissa during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, where she's shooting the HBO drama "Treme." His daughter lives there near St. Charles Ave., he says, which is swarmed with activity for the festival. Sounds like more fun than Hamptons politics to us!
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