Kimberly Guilfoyle gave a party for her new book, “Making the Case: How To Be Your Own Best Advocate.” We first met at another party for her, so must be she’s her own best advocate. Said this Fox TV anchor:
“My mom was born in Puerto Rico, developed leukemia, and died when I was 11. There’s been sacrifices in my family. The book’s about how my father raised me to have self-esteem . . . Put forth the best argument . . . Always make my case.
“Dad was involved in San Francisco politics and taught me if you fall flat on your face, scrape the egg off. Go forward. Or sideways. Pivot. Take a 45-degree angle. Adjust. Let no failure define you. I wrote this in memory of my parents. It’s their legacy.
“I did it talking into a tape recorder. I was a good prosecutor on the West Coast. I know how to talk.”
The talk was so quick that I only got bits: “I love politics . . . I came to New York, the greatest city in the world.” During 2003’s “big blackout, no electricity, lights out, I made my way from Central Park South to Court TV,” got involved in the Scott Peterson murder case, and — although something happened to her shoes and she was barefoot — “I talked my way in, made my case, put it all on the line” and ended up hosting its “Both Sides” show.
Married twice. One ex is California’s Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom. She has a son. To know more, get the book.
How Celebs Spend the Fourth
Away next week, I’m back Monday, July 13. Where you’re going, I don’t know. Here’s where “They” went on previous July Fourths:
Aidan Quinn, upstate…
Geraldo sailed his 45-foot yacht (who knew he made this much money?) Jersey to Cape Cod…
Hunting bargains, Shirley MacLaine schlepped a sale rack to a Hamptons thrift shop…
Amagansett Farmers Market, Kathleen Turner squeezing the bananas…
Goldie Hawn did Gap Kids…
Bruce Willis to theater…
Jason Priestley saw a play in LA…
Paul Sorvino went table to table in his own restaurant singing…
Travolta holidayed in Maine . . . Maine was big. Also there, Costner…
Scorsese hit Ireland…
Richard Chamberlain, shopping, said: “I once was a supermarket clerk. I’m good at this”…
Meryl Streep? Disney World…
Michelle Pfeiffer and family seeing the sea. The Pacific, which is terrific… Also in the sea, the South Sea, Redford.
Hands Off Hat
At Tina Brown/Sir Harry Evans’ party for Patrick Stewart, Sir Ian McKellen’s Panama — festooned with multicolored bands from Sunday’s Gay Pride parade — was the big prize. Perched prominently untouched atop a table, guests were warned: “Do not remove. This is history.”
No Homebody
Trust mother, kiddies. Mrs. O is razzberrying post-White House homebody life. Feelers are out she expects to make money, capitalize on the fame. Not going from Barack to a hard place . . . OF course, if she planned to knock off cacciatore and lasagna, I’d suggest Patsy’s Restaurant’s new “Patsy’s Italian Family Cookbook” by Sal Scognamillo. Foreword by Ben Stiller.
Odds and Ends
Don Lemon just shot a TV’s “Empire” sequence to air beginning of the season. Another show also wanted him for a bit part, but CNN said, “Unh-uh.” I mean, the guy’s like crabgrass — all over…
California congressman and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy: “I’m the only Republican around NOT running for president.”
NY State Republican gala. Pierre hotel.
Congress GOPers and types like Pataki and Lhota mushing around.
On one cocktail table, bumper stickers read: “Don’t blame me, I voted for Lhota.” Unthrilled, he said, “No one owns a car here — they’ll put it on Uber.”
Only in New York, kids, only in New York.