Billy BUSH drunk (surprise) & Inaugural gossip tidbits

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DISCLAIMER RE: NY POST (for to head off OT posts): Yes, it's a wingnut rag owned by MURDOCH. No, MURDOCH does NOT dictaphone the content of his gossip columnists. No, "gossip" does NOT equate with "UNtrue." Cindy ADAMS swims the cocktail circuit, is a wingnut, but pals around with BOTH the CUOMOs and the PATAKIs, and Teresa KERRY sits on her kitchen floor playing with her Yorkies. Frequently, political tidbits here are FIRST anywhere, then gain currency in more "respectable" venues. These old gossipers are more reliable than Tweety & his ilk. Keep friends close, enemies closer. Cherrypicking in an echo chamber is futile. (Will add-on as needs transpire.)



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http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202009/gossip/pagesix/paris_is_star_of_dumb_dance_150935.htm

SUNDANCE has gone from being a classy Independent-film festival to a week full of D-listers making fools of themselves. ....

Meanwhile, "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush was "partying in full force all weekend," said one source, "chatting up girls every night." One reluctant recipient of Bush's attention griped to Page Six, "He is very lovely when he's sober." A rep for "Access Hollywood" did not return calls.



http://www.nypost.com/seven/01202009/gossip/pagesix/page_six_at_the_inauguration_151037.htm

PAGE SIX AT THE INAUGURATION

PARTY POOPER

Barack Obama took time after Sunday's all-star concert to have a dinner with 100 friends, including Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King, at Blair House. Obama staffers who thought they might get a night to party were mistaken. Everyone's cellphones rang around 7:30 p.m. The message was clear: Get back to work. Now. The staff meetings lasted throughout the night.


BASH CRASHER

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd held a huge bash in honor of Hollywood mogul David Geffen on Sunday night. Packed in elbow to elbow were Tom Hanks, Larry David, Jeff Zucker, David Katzenberg, Ron Howard, Joe Scarborough and masses of print-media members. The crowd behaved itself until around 10 p.m. when ABC's George Stephanopoulos backed into a tray of martinis, sending them crashing to the ground. "It wasn't me!" he said, but he left red faced and laughing moments later.


MUSCLED OUT

Maria Shriver must have left "the Terminator" at home. At the Lincoln Memorial concert Sunday, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was nowhere to be seen, but there was a gaggle of Kennedys who screamed, "Family photo!" before being herded off by security to their seats in the VIP section.


BEAU-TIFUL GIFT

Joe Biden got a wonderful surprise on Friday when his son Beau showed up in Washington. Beau Biden, currently serving in Iraq, is "on a five-day leave so he can watch his dad and Barack Obama be sworn in. He goes back on Wednesday," a source said.

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