Don’t Tell Hillary Clinton About Any Surprise Parties
It seems that a certain potential future leader of the free world can’t keep a secret. In a continuation of their very Demi Moore–Bruce Willis split, Kimora Lee Simmons planned a surprise 50th-birthday party for her hip-hop-mogul ex, Russell Simmons, at Gustavino’s last night. How Kimora expected to keep the party under wraps (especially when she’d invited the press) we have no clue. But Russell was in the dark, we hear, until Saturday night, when Hillary Clinton almost blew it.
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21 questions
Patti LaBelle Will Cook You DinnerName: Patti LaBelle
Age: 62
Job: Entertainer; receiving the Excellence in Media Award at tonight’s GLAAD Media Awards
Neighborhood: Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Denise Rich.
What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York?
A meal I cooked in one of my hotel suites. I made a great meal for me and my
crew.
In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
I try to touch people.