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■ A man accused of stalking Drew Barrymore was arrested near the star’s Long Island home last week, just days after he crashed a panel event she was hosting. Chad Busto, 43, was taken into custody after he rode a bicycle into private driveways in Southampton and told residents he was looking for Barrymore’s home. Busto pleaded not guilty to stalking and was released on condition that he stay away from Barrymore and wear a tracking device for 60 days. A few days earlier, Barrymore was speaking at a Manhattan theater event when a man identifying himself as Busto approached the stage and shouted, “You know who I am. I need to see you at some point while I’m in New York.” Barrymore was whisked off stage.
■ Britain’s disgraced Prince Andrew appears to be inching back into the good graces of his older brother, King Charles III. The monarch invited Andrew to join the royal family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland last week, and while there Andrew was driven to church by Charles’ son Prince William—in full view of the paparazzi. Accused of sexually assaulting a teenager who was trafficked by financier Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew, 63, was booted from the ranks of working royals by the late Queen Elizabeth II. He denies any wrongdoing. “Andrew won’t ever have the same ceremonial role within the family,” a source told The Daily Beast. But “the king is making it clear that he won’t turn his back on his brother.”
■ Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is hoping to stage a sequel to 2017’s disastrous Fyre Festival, the Bahamas music event that landed him in prison on charges of bilking $26 million from investors and customers. That con job—in which ticket buyers promised luxury accommodations and performances by major artists ended up stranded on an island with no running water and no entertainment—was documented in Netflix and Hulu documentaries. McFarland, 31, is now hawking Fyre Festival II, which he says will take place in the Caribbean next year. Promising “the island adventure of a lifetime,” he released the first 100 festival tickets last week. McFarland said the tickets, which cost $500 apiece, sold out in a day.