With ‘Love’ comes spotlight
ANDIE MacDowell. Elegant. Perfect. Black beaded dress. Knee-length. Sleeves. Back. High-neck. Zero flash or flesh hanging out. Plain high-heel pumps. Quiet jewelry. Simple hairdo. Nice.
“With this film ‘Love After Love,’ everyone’s suddenly paying attention. The most attention I’ve gotten in a long while. It’s brought huge opportunities. Even talk, which I’m open to, of a Broadway opportunity.
“I think about longevity, and I take care of myself. My cholesterol’s good. I advocate nine hours sleep. Do yoga. Hike every day. I watch my interior life and well-being. And I feel good about myself.
“I stay hydrated. Drink lots of water. Juice daily with fresh lemon and celery. I’m O-positive so I can and do eat meat. I stay size 4-to-6.” So, now, the movie. “I have sex in this. I’m naked. It’s not gratuitous. It’s emotional. I play a lonely lady. First time my character’s doing it, she’s not ready. Then there’s a second time.
“My character’s devastated. Great loss. Her husband, the anchor of the family, dies. And her son is acting out.
“I’ve done sex scenes before and felt all right this time because I knew everyone around. I didn’t care who was there. I felt no shame. The crew was cut back. Precautions were taken. And I knew it’s important to the character. “My actress daughter’s been naked in a movie. I have never made my family ashamed of their bodies. Different from my own background. My parents, more European than I, were conservative. “I’ve seen this film three times. It has no effect on me. I feel fine watching it.”
Seasonal real estate
SPRING is sprung, the grass is riz — and so, guess what, the co-ops is? Sales per Realtor Dolly Lenz: Fifth Avenue — $35 mil, Wooster Street — $32 mil, Chrystie Street — $19 mil, Park Avenue — $ 17 mil, Broadway — a lousy measly chintzy $10 mil. All in February.
Trouble in kingdom
M6, as Morocco’s sovereign Mohammed VI is known, might shop for a divorce lawyer, of which NYC has plenty. Rumor: He and the mis- sus Princess Salma may look to divvy up the palace. Imagine a king arguing over terms. She gets a crown, two necklaces, and on vacations one royal ermine. His Majesty grabs the throne, scepter and every other weekend custody of his orb.
Please try to pay attention
ZITOMER, the Upper East Side’s A-1 pharmacy, which also does boutique clothes, baby things, dog stuff, toys, cosmetics, just added novelties to go with their aspirin.
Latest? Lipstick tube. Lady removes it from her bag, twists the so-called lipstick, and the tip pops into a wee toothpick. Useful, helpful, and if you just ate spinach — needful.
UPSTATE grandma to adored grandson, age 10: “I told you to get here, and it took you 10 minutes. Come faster next time, or I’ll swipe you with the broom.” Smart grandkid: “You can’t do that. It’s against the law.” Only in New York, kids, only in New York.