Nobody looked at Kanye West, who wants to be known as Ye, when he attended the Grammys.
They only had eyes for his wife, Bianca Censori, who dropped her fur coat to reveal … everything. Her minidress was transparent.
No one noticed that Ye was about 40 lbs. lighter.
“He went from fat to fit,” said my source. “Kanye has shed his weight along with his wife’s clothes.”
Ye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian was apparently warned in advance by his assistant, and skipped the Grammys to take her son Saint, 8, to the movies.
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Remember the name Ruby Dhalla. The former beauty queen, actress, and member of Canada’s parliament, is running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Dhalla — whose parents emigrated from Punjab, India — is the first woman of color seeking the top job and she told me, “I’m a proud Canadian, born and raised here.”
She’s the candidate most friendly to President Trump and attended his inauguration .
“He’s fighting for America. I’m fighting tooth and nail for Canada,” she said.
Like Trump, she has vowed to round up and deport illegal immigrants.
The other four candidates for prime minister “are all linked to Trudeau,” she said. “They broke the system and now they want to come back and fix it.”
Dhalla, a chiropractor who owns hotels in three Florida cities including Miami and Tampa, said Trudeau and his supporters “have been asleep at the wheel for 10 years.”
She would meet with Trump and “negotiate a deal that is a win for both countries … Love him or hate him, he is the president of the United States.”
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Sundance is over but uber producer David Permut may still be there —sleeping.
The man behind “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Rustin” sees four to five films a day over the 10-day film fest. He saw 31 films this year. His personal record?
“Forty-two films one year. I never miss Sundance. This year I discovered a few gems. It’s like mining for gold to find the next generation of filmmakers,” he told me, wide awake.
Permut’s new “Twinless” stars Lauren Graham and Dylan O’Brien. It won the Jury award. Watch for it soon in your neighborhood multiplex. He’d be thrilled if you went 42 times.
What’s next for this whirlwind? A Broadway show based on Liberace.
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Peter Berk and his son Jordan are continuing a family tradition by writing.
Fifty years ago, the first episode Peter’s father Howard Berk wrote for “Columbo” aired on NBC. He also wrote four books.
Now Peter and Jordan have written novels that debuted within days of each other.
Jordan wrote “The Timestream Verdict,” a time travel saga that features a courtroom drama, and Peter penned “First Line of Defense,” in which the President, a former defense lawyer, risks his administration to defend his son after the young man is arrested for the murder of his best friend.
Both books are published by IngramElliott.
“It’s amazing to be able to continue the family legacy,” Jordan told 91302 magazine. “And now that I have kids of my own, maybe a fourth generation is blossoming too.”
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Rashid Johnson, who works out of a studio in Harlem, was honored by the Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach.
His painting, along with 44 other pieces including works by Claes Oldenburg and Jose Alvarez, helped bring the night’s total revenue to over $5 million for educational and community programs.
Audrey Gruss, Amy Phelan, and Sue Wrigley co-chaired the gala designed by David Monn.
In the mix were Bret Baier and his wife Amy, Cornelia Guest, Kimberly and Neil Bluhm, Jane Holzer, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Aerin Lauder, photographer David Yarrow, and Donna Karan’s daughter Gabby Karan De Felice, who said she’s opening an outpost of her New York restaurant Tutto II Giorno in Palm Beach.
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“Pretty Little Liars” actress Lucy Hale headed the receiving line at last year’s LA Art Show which next opens on Feb. 19.
Although this year’s celebrity host will remain a secret until the opening night, past stars who have filled that role include Emma Roberts, Sofia Vergara, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, and Rita Ora.
Over 120 galleries from around the world will be showing, including Artifact Projects, which will exhibit the work of female artist Semadar, a pioneer of Neo Pointillism, a technique also used by Chuck Close.
Drake and Jane Seymour are among the art lovers who have collected Semadar’s work.
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Like strange meat?
Veerays, restaurateur Sonny Solomon’s sexy speakeasy on East 45th Street, offers an exotic menu with ostrich, alligator, kangaroo, and camel. All the meats are sourced from Fossil Farms, New Jersey.
The eatery, just added to the Michelin Guide, will offer a special prix fixe Valentine’s Day menu for lovers.
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Iris Dankner’s Holiday House Palm Beach is hosting its annual tabletop event on Feb. 24 at the Colony Hotel. The benefit, co-chaired by the hotel’s owner Sarah Wetenhall and philanthropist Jean Shafiroff, will feature over 15 leading designers, including Andrea Stark and Jennifer McGrath for Ashley Stark Home and Lewis Miller for Lugano Diamonds.
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Daniel Boulud was among the two dozen Michelin-starred chefs sending greetings to scientist Dr. Bruno Goussault on his 83rd birthday as he celebrated Cuisine Solutions International Sous Vide Day with simultaneous parties in Miami, Bangkok, and Lyon, France.
