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Jul 122010
While heart surgery slows most people down, it clearly does not have that effect on Star Jones.
The lawyer/TV host/author had a heart operation in March, a follow-up for a thoracic tumor removed decades earlier.
Jones recovered by hitting the dance floor until the wee hours with friends and her boyfriend, chef Herb Wilson, at Georgica in Wainscott. After a late dinner, “Star was tearing up the dance floor,” said a witness. “It was like she was auditioning for ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ ”
Star Jones could be getting her revenge on Barbara Walters by writing a fictional book
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Jun 102010
Celebrity Mound has learned that Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books will publish Jones’ novel about a TV show, “The Lunch Club,” whose hosts “learn that a former colleague — who departed under mysterious circumstances, and is privy to all their backstage secrets — is coming back with a splash.”
Jones was pushed off “The View” by Walters in 2006 and famously said her co-hosts “were hateful.” She now says of her TV career, “I’ve met some of the most fascinating people, heard the most surprising situations, and been privy to so many great stories and secrets. But while this novel will be dishy, it will be a work of fiction.”
But an insider said, “There will be tales in the book which will leave readers wondering if they are based on real events and characters. It’s being carefully vetted by lawyers.”
Oct 082009
Their former pal, LisaRaye McCoy, says they did her wrong – and she’s going to use her new reality show to prove it.
The actress, who starred in the Will Smith-produced sitcom “All of Us” from 2003 to 2007, says a slew of her celebrity friends abandoned her after her divorce last year from Turks & Caicos Premier Michael Misick, and she plans to blast them on her still-untitled show.
First up is former “View” co-host Jones, who raised McCoy’s ire by supposedly supporting Misick after the divorce. “LisaRaye hosted Star at her home in the Turks & Caicos for three weeks when Star was going through her divorce from Al Reynolds,” says a source close to the TV One series. “When the tables turned and McCoy’s marriage ended, Star was helping LisaRaye’s husband.”
That allegedly included counseling Misick and even recommending her personal damage-control publicist to aid him during the messy split.
McCoy says she was also double-crossed by former best friend Fox, who allegedly shared McCoy’s most intimate secrets with Misick. “LisaRaye hasn’t spoken to Vivica since,” said the source.
The list doesn’t stop there – in fact, it gets worse. McCoy also counts “106 & Park” host Rosci as an enemy, accusing the BET star of having an illicit affair with Misick. Even McCoy’s former TV hubby on “All of Us” has fallen out of favor – McCoy claims actor Duane Martin provided a mistress for her then-husband in an effort to do business on Turks & Caicos.
“LisaRaye intends to use her show as an outlet to air it all,” says the source. “She’s been quiet until now, but when she starts sharing these stories, it’ll make ‘The Real Housewives of Atlanta’ look like a gathering of church ladies.”
McCoy’s fair-weather friends aren’t the only ones who may make headlines: She herself is battling rumors of an affair with the Rev. Al Sharpton. After the civil rights leader hosted a birthday reception for McCoy in Washington, D.C., last month, rumors of a romance began swirling – but McCoy is adamant their relationship is strictly professional.
Reached through her publicist, Jones said: “I would never discuss someone else’s personal business with the media.”
Reps for all other parties did not return calls for comment before deadline.
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Star Jones Is On Gov. Paterson’s Side
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Jul 262009
The approval ratings for Gov. Paterson have hit all-time lows — but he’s still got Star Jones in his corner. The former prosecutor and host on “The View” held a party for the accidental governor at her East Hampton home last weekend and helped raise more than $50,000 for his campaign coffers. During the fete, newly named Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand chatted with Jones, who told Manhattan district attorney hopeful Cy Vance, “If you need help, I’m willing to jump into the fray as head of the homicide division.”
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Star Jones’s New Boyfriend Is a Chef
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Star Jones’s love life is cooking!
The former View host has a new boyfriend who knows his way around a kitchen – Herb Wilson, the executive chef at Manhattan’s Soho and Tribeca Grand hotels.
“This was one of the first times they were out in public together,” a friend of Jones’ tells PEOPLE, after the couple were spotted kissing in the stands at the U.S. Open last weekend. “It’s a new relationship, and he makes her very happy.”
Jones, 46, and her husband of 3 1/2 years, Al Reynolds, 38, filed for divorce in March. While Jones has not talked publicly about the split, Reynolds released a series of YouTube videos about their oft-scrutinized marriage last July, in which he claimed to still love Jones “very much.”
A rep for Jones refused to comment on his client’s personal life. But another source close to the TV personality confirms the relationship as well: “He’s a very nice guy,” the source says of Wilson. “She’s never been happier.”
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