Friday 28 December 2007

Celebs flee to sand and snow

While most New Yorkers trudged back to work yesterday in a post-Christmas torpor, a couple of pounds heavier but lighter in the wallet, the jet set was still on vacation in hot spots around the globe. This year, St. Barts seems to draw the richest celebrities. Newly single Padma Lakshmi, the hot-as-a-vindaloo host of "Top Chef", was there on the yacht of financier Teddy Forstmann, who denies they are dating. Meanwhile, usually social Harvey Weinstein has been holed up on Denise Rich's boat, Lady Joy, without Rich but with new bride Georgina Chapman. "No one has seen him yet," laughed one source.

Also spotted in St. Barts: Ivanka Trump with Jared Kushner, Nicolette Sheridan and Michael Bolton, Ronald Perelman, Terrence Howard, Donny Deutsch, Larry Gagosian, Paul Allen, and Steve and Elaine Wynn.

The stars in Aspen are cranky over a larger than ever contingent of paparazzi. Mariah Carey, unfazed by the cameras, spends most days shopping with her new puppy, while Jack Nicholson and Kurt Russell are avoiding town but have been spotted on the ski slopes. Also in Aspen: Heidi Klum and Seal and their three kids, Kate Hudson with mom Goldie Hawn and their whole clan, plus landlocked Denise Rich and Ivana Trump, who are co-hosting a New Year's party with Aspen magazine.

Following the boffo opening of "National Treasure 2", producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his wife, Linda, went first to Kentucky to see her folks, and then to Miami to visit Jerry's 103-year-old mother. Also in Miami: New Line chief Michael Lynne and tennis legend Boris Becker.

More adventurous types headed for more exotic locations. French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Luxor, Egypt, with his new girlfriend, Italian supermodel Carla Bruni. The lovebirds will have plenty of time for sightseeing before his official visit begins Sunday.

Hearst heiress Fabiola Beracasa went to Hong Kong and Thailand with her boyfriend, Jason Beckman. Amanda Hearst and her guy, Winston Lapham are on the Caribbean island of Mustique, ParkAvenuePeerage.com reports. And Margherita Missoni, of the fashion dynasty, is in Kenya, where she looked forward to "swimming with dolphins," she told WWD.

(New York Post)



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