Former Calvin Klein model Michael Bergin plays a big part in “Love Story,” the FX mini-series about the tragic marriage of John Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.
Bergin, who starred for four years on “Baywatch,” was a consultant on the Ryan Murphy-helmed show, said a source from his days at Click Model Management.
After Kennedy and Bessette died in a 1999 airplane crash off Martha’s Vineyard, Bergin went on many TV shows and wrote a book about his affair with Bessette titled “The Other Man.”
“He cared about her, but also took full advantage of the relationship,” said my source.
Bergin, married with a grown son and daughter, is now a real estate agent in Beverly Hills. He’s played by Noah Fearnley in the show.
JFK Jr.’s nephew Jack Schlossberg, a candidate to replace Rep. Jerrold Nadler, blasted Ryan Murphy, saying, “The guy knows nothing about what he’s talking about, and he’s making a ton of money on a grotesque display of someone else’s life.”
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If you give your spouse a sexually transmitted disease (STD,) you will pay 100 percent of the marital assets in your divorce, under a recent county ruling.
The NY State Supreme Court in Nassau County held that the sexual transmission of infection within a marriage is a form of domestic violence.
“I was surprised,“ said Ankit Kapoor, a partner at Cohen Stine Kapoor LLP. “This is the first case I’ve seen where giving your spouse an STD is equated with domestic violence.”
In this case, the husband had an affair and contracted an STD which he then gave to his wife. As a result, she developed cervical cancer that required surgery and lifelong antiviral medication.
The court found that engaging in unprotected sex after an extramarital affair constituted reckless conduct and transmitting the diseases to the spouse qualified as domestic violence. The wife was awarded 100 percent of the marital assets.
Kapoor suggested that everyone get tested for STDs before they marry. The lawyer, who was a police officer in Brooklyn for seven years before he passed the bar, said the ruling could make Generation Z even less adventurous.
“People will be less likely to have extramarital affairs,” he said.
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Who do you get when you want a “John McGinley type?” John C. McGinley, right? Not at first.
The veteran “Platoon,” “Wall Street” and “The Rock” actor read repeatedly for the sitcom “Scrubs” before getting the wisecracking role of Dr. Perry Cox.
McGinley revealed the torturous try-outs with a chuckle at a Whitby Hotel breakfast this week for his new Steve Carell HBO show “The Rooster.” That show is also produced by “Scrubs” co-creator Bill Lawrence who was on the panel discussion.
“They had me read for the part five times,” McGinley said in mock frustration. “And in the script description of the character it said ‘John McGinley type!’” Causing Lawrence to add “Yes, but you weren’t fully John McGinley then.” “The Rooster” premieres Sunday on HBO.
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After being tucked away in a sprawling Upper East Side apartment for almost 60 years, a rare painting by Indian modernist Akbar Padamsee is going up for sale at Roland Auctions NY on March 28.
The signed 1962 “metascape” was purchased by collectors Harold and Elizabeth Healy in France’s Dordogne valley and brought back to NYC in 1967.
Their son Harris Healy, who was 8 years-old at the time, recalled, “One day my parents took me into this tiny, dusty art shop in Dordogne where we found and purchased the Padamsee, which has been with us ever since.”
The artist’s comparable painting titled “Greek Landscape” sold at Saffron Art in Mumbai in 2016 for $2.9 million.
Padamsee, one of the pioneers of Indian modern art, was a protégé of the Aga Khan, who encouraged the young artist to move to Paris and further his studies.
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Mick Jagger’s fiancé, former ABT ballerina Melanie Hamrick, will be honored at this year’s Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) Gala at the David Koch Theater in Lincoln Center on April 16.
My sources say Mick and Melanie, who have a 9-year-old son named Deveraux, have moved to London full-time, where their son goes to school. The couple, who have been together for 12 years, still love coming to New York. In addition to YAGP, Melanie will co-chair this year’s NYC Ballet Spring Gala on May 7. Mick loves the ballet and has attended both events to support Melanie in the past.
Love Shack Fancy’s founder Rebecca Hessel Cohen will also be honored at the event, and former dancer and Knicks cheerleader, Marcella Hymowitz will reprise her role as the gala’s “Creative Chair.” In 2024, her husband donated $1 million to the organization to found the Marcella Hymowitz Creative Fellowship.
Guest artists from around the world will grace the stage, including Nicoletta Manni and Timofej Andrijashenko of La Scala Ballet and the return of Polina Semionova of Berlin State Ballet.
For the third year, the Gala will include an auction of custom-designed pointe shoes. Past designers include Carolina Herrera, Michael Kors, Alice + Olivia, Helmut Lang and Herve Leger.
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Jennifer Hudson and Josh Groban will hit the road this summer.
The duo will appear at Madison Square Garden on June 12 as part of their North American tour.
Groban recently sang with international rock star Yoshiki, who lives in L.A., during the encore of his concert at Orchard Hall in Tokyo, where the duo received a ten-minute standing ovation.
The two longtime friends performed Yoshiki’s song “Endless Rain.” Groban sang in English and Japanese, accompanied by Yoshiki on the piano.
The rocker will hold his “Yoshiki Classical: Eve of Awakening” concerts from April 3-5 at the Tokyo Garden Theater.
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Chad King and Ian Axel, who perform together as A Great Big World, released “All in Time,” an emotional folk-inspired reflection of King’s personal journey with multiple sclerosis, on March 2.
The duo won a Grammy for their Christina Aguilera collab “Say Something” and wrote the song “Fall on Me” for Matteo and Andrea Bocelli.
King, who was diagnosed with MS in 2007, will be donating half of the song’s stream/sales to his friend Nancy Davis, founder of Race to Erase MS foundation, to fund research that will cure MS.
In addition to Davis, CNN’s John King, Selma Blair, Christina Applegate, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, and Montel Williams have been diagnosed with MS.
