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Agent issues for Chris Noth
Plus, news bigs celebrate at Friar’s Club party and more
BY FLO ANTHONY
Trouble for Noth
A3 Artists Agency isn’t
working with Chris Noth anymore,
reports Deadline.
“Chris Noth is no longer a
client,” an A3 spokesperson
told Deadline on Dec. 17. Being
dropped by an agency that
the Sex and the City/Equalizer
star signed with less than three
months ago follows Noth, who
owns The Cutting Room in Midtown
Manhattan, being accused
on December 16 of sexually assaulting
two women.
First reported by The Hollywood
Reporter, the claims
involve a rape in Los Angeles in
2004 and a rape in New York City
in 2015. A third woman has also
come forward to accuse Noth of
sexual assault. The 30-year-old
tech executive, identifi ed by the
pseudonym “Ava,” told The Daily
Beast that the actor allegedly
forced himself on her in the back
offi ce of a Midtown restaurant in
2010. Noth married Tara Wilson
in 2012. The couple have two
children, Keats Noth and Orion
Christopher Noth.
Cannon brings an
early Christmas
Nick Cannon teamed up with
Toys “R” Us to deliver toys to
children at St. Mary’s Hospital
for Children in Queens on Dec.
14, putting aside grief over his
fi ve-month-old son, Zen, with
model Alyssa Scott, dying on
Dec. 5 following a battle with
brain cancer.
The courageous talk show
host/actor was also spotted having
dinner at Melba’s in Harlem
on Dec. 15. Cannon took time at
the soul food restaurant to take
some photos with his friend actress/
comedienne Sherri Shepherd,
who was in the Big Apple
to guest host The Wendy Show.
Shepherd had a crazy week.
Upon her arrival in NYC on Dec.
12, she felt pains in her stomach
and had to get an emergency appendectomy
at Bellevue Hospital.
A true trooper, she was back in
Wendy’s chair on Dec. 14.
Friar’s Club holiday
fun
Attorney Arthur Aidala and
his fi rm Aidala, Bertuma and
Kamins, hosted a holiday party
(Top) The cast of “Trouble in Mind.” (Bottom left) Geraldo Rivera with Arthur Aidala at the
Friar’s Club holiday party. (Bottom right) Carmen D’Alessio and Omar Hernandez at Chuck’s
Vintage.
at the Friar’s Club where he
serves as dean. Guests included
Shepard Smith, Brooklyn
DA Eric Gonzalez and Ingrid
Martin, and Frank Carone
from the incoming Adams administration,
as well as Jay Wallace,
the President of Fox News
and Jerry Crowley, the GM of
AM970 The Answer radio station.
Geraldo Rivera, who
recently signed a new multi-year
deal to remain with Fox News
Media, was there as well.
He will continue serving
as a correspondent-at-large,
contributing most prominently
to Fox News Channel
and Fox Nation.
More on the dish…
Peter Thomas Roth headed
back to Manhattan from San
Juan, Puerto Rico, after the Miss
World Pageant, which he was
scheduled to judge, had to cancel
the fi nals hours before the ceremony.
According to reports, 23 of
the 97 contestants tested positive
for Coronavirus. The pageant
has been rescheduled for
Jan. 16, 2022. Billionaire Brock
Pierce was also in San Juan for
the festivities, as well as the current
Miss America, Harnaaz
Sandhu.
Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld
attended the alice + olivia 12th
annual Good + Foundation
PHOTOS BY JOAN MARCUS AND PROVIDED
Toy Drive hosted by the clothing
store’s CEO Stacey Bendet
at new celeb hotspot Zero
Bond in downtown Manhattan
on Dec. 10. From now through
Dec. 24, alice + olivia will be
accepting new toys at any of its’
stores, which will be donated to
the Good + Foundation. All toy
donors will receive 15% off any
purchase at the store.
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc
on Broadway plays since the
onset of the virus closed The
Great White Way to shut down
in March 2020. Productions began
to reopen in August 2021.
One of the new shows is the
Roundabout Theatre Company’s
Trouble In Mind, starring Tony
& Emmy award winner LaChanze
as “Wiletta” in a limited engagement
at American Airlines
Theatre, through Jan. 9, 2022.
Written by Alice Childress
and directed by Charles Randolph
Wright, Trouble In Mind
follows an experienced Black
stage actress through rehearsals
of a major Broadway production.
It is a wry and moving look at
racism, identity, and ego in the
world of New York Theatre. Celebs
who have been in the play’s
audience include Vanessa Williams,
Chicago PD’s Wendell
Pierce and multi-award winning
director Kenny Leon.
We hear…
Anderson Cooper and Andy
Cohen will return to co-host
CNN’s New Year’s Eve Live
from New York City’s Times
Square on Friday, Dec. 31 at 8
pm ET, reports CNN.
Back for their fi fth year
together, Cooper and Cohen
will bid 2021 adieu and usher in
2022 live from Times Square. At
12:30 a.m. ET, the good friends
will pass the baton to CNN’s
Don Lemon, along with Alisyn
Camerota, and comedian
Dulce Sloan, who will continue
the celebration in New Orleans
as the Central Time Zone rings
in the New Year.
The program will also
feature CNN correspondents at
celebrations across the country,
including CNN’s Stephanie
Elam from a Las Vegas dance
party, Randi Kaye in Key
West, Chloe Melas from Times
Square and others…….
Iconic Chuck’s Vintage
hosted a Holiday Party with
Nightlife legend Carmen
D’Alessio of Studio 54
fame. The festive event was a
celebration of Chuck’s success
since its New York City debut
this past fall and the spirit of
the Holiday season, while party
goers enjoyed cocktails and
hors d’oeuvres. Many guests
brought unwrapped gifts for
the Toys for Tots program
which helps deliver millions of
toys to children in need yearround.
Some notable guests
included Omar Hernandez,
popstar Aaron Paul and Tina
Radziwill….. .
Mayor-elect Eric Adams
was a man about town last
week. The Brooklyn Borough
President was spotted at former
NYS Assemblyman Adam
Clayton Powell IV’s Holiday
Party on Dec. 15 and was also
seen exiting the Michael Kors
boutique on Madison Avenue
on Dec. 18.
10 December 23, 2021 Schneps Media