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...Reynolds heir Smith Bagley, a party powerhouse who used to support Gore (Bagley's wife Elizabeth was the U.S. ambassador to Portugal during the Clinton years). Many Democratic donors say they are yearning for an alternative to Gore. "Been there, done that," says a big Hollywood fund raiser who is passing on Gore's Memphis event. "Everyone's looking for a fresh face...
...Padilla converted formally to Islam at al-Iman mosque in Sunrise. The imam at the mosque at that time, who would have overseen Padilla's conversion, was Raed Awad--the former Florida fund raiser for the Holy Land Foundation, a Muslim charity that the Bush Administration has linked to Hamas. In December the Texas-based offices of the foundation were raided and shuttered by the Treasury Department. Attempts to reach Awad, who has since left the mosque, were unsuccessful. Awad has denied any link between the charity and Hamas. Law-enforcement sources say the FBI is interested in learning more...
That would be Democratic fund raiser and serial billionaire-dater Patricia Duff and her daughter Caleigh by ex-husband Ron Perelman, chairman of Revlon. Then there's the Stewart entry, followed by: "2:07 Could Alan have your Knicks tickets?" No word yet on who Alan is or if he got to the game...
...life on charges that include racketeering, extortion, bribery, mail fraud and witness tampering. But then it's been a busy evening for the mayor, what with swearing in two school-board members, giving three speeches and dropping by a book signing. And he still has a fund raiser to go to. Cianci shows no sign of the stress, unless you see some significance in the dark circles under his eyes, or the toupee that has gone from chestnut to salt-and-pepper, or the fact that as his Lincoln sedan has zoomed from event to event, Cianci has worked most...
BLACK MAGIC MARY Siquijor Island is one spooky place. It's riddled with abandoned churches and unexplored caves and known throughout the Philippines for its black magic and mangkukulam, or traditional healers. The real hair-raiser is a statue of the Virgin Mary in the village of Maria, a winding 15-km drive through the mountains from the main port of Larena. In her right hand she clutches a skull and in her left an inverted crucifix. Leave before dark: word is she's a nightwalker...