Got so excited about my new word that I almost forgot the gossip roundup!
· Comedian Jeffrey Ross will be hosting the WB's revival of "The Gong Show." His commentary: "'The Gong Show' is to talent shows what R. Kelly is to babysitting...Our acts range from the highly talented to the heavily medicated." [Page Six]
· "Deep Throat" may be former Nixon lawyer Fred Fielding. [Page Six]
· Avenue editor Heather Cohane tried to hand-deliver Mayor Mike's invite to a party next Tuesday. "She walked over, climbed the stoop, and started to slip the invite through the door's mail slot when two large plainclothes cops appeared out of nowhere, grabbed her arms and marched her away. 'What do you think you're doing?' one asked. Cohane explained, but the cop replied, 'Next time use a 37-cent stamp.'" [Page Six]
· Marilyn Manson: "This [fedora] used to be my incognito hat. I left a movie theater once and a large group of fat girls yelled, 'It's Michael Jackson!'" [Page Six]
· "OUCH"=Outer Chelsea? [Page Six]
· Lizzie Grubman's bakery will be on 62nd and Madison. [Cindy Adams]
· Tina Brown says her talk show is good to go next Thursday, "assuming we don't invade Syria." [NY Daily News]
· The closed captions for the 6:30 p.m. Tuesday feed of Peter Jennings's "World News Tonight" informed viewers that Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was "in the hospital for an enlarged prostitute." [Reliable Source]