An industry ‘full of toxic, disgusting people,’ sez Megyn
Megyn Kelly doesn’t miss the bosses she had at Fox News and then NBC News. “When I left NBC, I was sitting on my couch thinking, I don’t know if I want to go back into the industry at all. It’s full of toxic, disgusting people,” she told Arthur Aidala on his podcast “These City Streets With Arthur Aidala.”
“I can’t imagine working for another person who’s going to tell me I have to follow his editorial judgment, not my own. And in the mainstream, there’s nothing but that.”
Kelly is happy these days podcasting “The Megyn Kelly Show” that airs live daily on SiriusXM.
Explaining the popularity of Donald Trump, she said, “The No. 1 thing he does is, he is entertaining. I’ve called him the walking ball of charisma, because the best way to get coverage on any outlet, whether it’s digital or print or cable or broadcast, is to be someone … who drives the numbers. Because most of these people are capitalists and they want money.
“And that means putting on things that rate or get clicks or do well. And Donald Trump is that in every way, shape and form. So that’s the best thing he does. That’s why he got $3 billion in what’s called earned media in the 2016 election.”
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Getting praised for her acting by Robert De Niro gave Laura Ault “a special feeling,” she said.
De Niro, who has been Oscar-nominated eight times, lauded Ault for her scene in “About My Father,” where she plays an overly cheerful person to De Niro’s grump.
“He came over and told me how great I did,” Ault said. “Not everyone can say that.”
Ault, a very fit mother of two daughters, said she is often told she’s a ringer for Kristen Wiig.
Doing a scene for the “Bad Monkey” TV series starring Vince Vaughn, Ault asked Alex Moffat, a “Saturday Night Live” alum like Wiig, “Do I remind you of anyone?”
Moffat drew a blank.
“It was windy. My hair was blown cross my face, … He was a lot of fun.”
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Jeff Koons is sending some art to the moon.
A rocket made by Elon Musk’s
SpaceX blasted off Wednesday from Cape Canaveral carrying Koons’ 125 1-inch miniature moon sculptures, each associated with people who have made a significant impact to life on Earth, such as Mozart, Galileo, Cleopatra and Leonardo da Vinci, to name a few.
This historic launch, conceived by Chantelle Baier, CEO of 4SPACE, will land Thursday and leave Koons’ moons near the southern pole of the lunar surface for eternity.
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If you were an accomplished oil and gas engineer in Houston, what would you do in your spare time?
Taquiela Wright designed lingerie, and launched her own company named Delisa Rose.
Wright grew up in Peoria, Ill., moved to Hollywood and ended up in Texas. Now she’s telling all in a new podcast series recorded in New York that debuted, appropriately enough, on Valentine’s Day.
“An Intimate Night With Delisa Rose” tackles failed marriages, sexiness at any size and how confidence conquers all. She battled a life-threatening illness, survived a failed marriage, and did it all “with curves.”
“I’m powerful within my own body, there’s not a lot of Black lingerie designers in the industry. I just did New York Fashion Week. If I can survive that I can survive anything,” she says with a laugh.
The podcast is coming to Apple and Spotify but can be previewed now at DelisaRoseLuxuryLingerie.com. Get advice and a garter in the same place.
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“Wayne’s World” director Penelope Spheeris got her first Hollywood break producing comedian Albert Brooks’ early work on “Saturday Night Live.” But there now seems to be no love lost between the pair.
“After we did six or seven [short films] with me telling Albert where to put the damn camera, I was blessed — ha! — with the job of producing Albert’s first movie ‘Real Life,’ ” Spheeris told “Rock’s Backpages” podcast. “It was after that he went on to make himself a career as a director starring in his own films, but he never asked me again to work with him. He used all the crew I brought him … that was kind of s—-y.”
Spheeris said that Brooks’ friend
Rob Reiner made a documentary about Brooks, “Defending My Life.”
“Guess who was excluded?” she said. “Yeah, f—k those guys!”
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The hottest new celebrity watch isn’t gold, silver or platinum — it’s glass.
Samuel L. Jackson was the first to get a Ritmo Mundo watch. Then Michael Strahan, who usually wears Rolex.
The timepieces have been in “Entourage” and “CSI: Miami.”
The classy glassy model Pegasus came out last week at $3,500.
“It’s the celebrity look that ironically celebrities like,” laughs Mundo man and designer Ali Soltani. “Sam has been wearing his everywhere for a few months.”
The synthetic glass case lets you see all the inner workings. “It’s clear it’s a winner,” cracked one Instagram watch aficionado.
Will they “wind up” with other celebs? We’ll see. Or see-through. •
The superrich looking for a getaway home on the California coast may be superinterested in this listing: 140 acres of prime real estate called Broad Beach Ranch on the
cliff directly above the star-studded Malibu Colony will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s.
In 2023, Beyoncé and Jay-Z spent $190 million for a 42,000-square-foot house on 8 acres in Paradise Cove just minutes away from the for-sale ranch located on the Encinal Canyon overlooking the Pacific Coast Highway.
The lucky buyer will get “Splash” movie star Daryl Hannah and her beau singer Neil Young as next-door neighbors.
Opening bids for the ocean-view land are expected to start between $2 million to $4 million and zoom up from there, starting March 28. The property is being sold by entrepreneur and Aphrodise Rosé founder Frank Schilling.
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Princess Diana’s iconic sapphire-and-diamond engagement ring has inspired a new generation of brides because it was featured on the final season of “The Crown.”
The 12-carat ring was left to Prince William much to the reported chagrin of
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who had to settle for a less historic stone, a 3-carat diamond valued at approximately $200,000.
William used his mother’s ring, valued at $400,000, when he proposed to Kate Middleton, who wears it every day.
Grooms looking to impress their fiancées can now buy another storied sapphire that was owned by American aristocrats Alice and Pierre du Pont, of the famed chemical family. In 1937, the couple were on holiday in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), where they asked to see the most important gem in the country.
They ended up buying an incredibly rare 24.20-carat sapphire.
The stunning stone, known as the Du Pont Sapphire, was transformed into a ring surrounded by nearly 4 carats of diamonds.
M.S. Rau is selling the ring for $2.4 million.
It’s available online and is also being shown until Tuesday at the Palm Beach Center.