HANDBAG DESIGNER : --THE People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have warned Whitney Houstonnot to wear fur when she receives a lifetime achievement award from BlackEntertainment Television (BET) in Las Vegas next week. But she plans tooutsmart the animal rights zealots by wearing a black waist-length mink jacketthat's been pre-spray painted. Fashioned by new designer Paul Chan for hisChanpaul label and dubbed the "PETA Coat" (natch), it's been sprayed with blue,pink and purple paint. --TIKI Barber, Russell Simmons and Tracy Morgan are fanning out all over thecity today to participate in readings and discussions of Eoin Colfer'sbest-selling children's book, "Artemis Fowl." The celebs, at the behest of TalkMirmax Books, will sit with Colfer and middle schoolers at public schools inHarlem and the Bronx to discuss the story, a grittier coming-of-age tale thanthe Harry Potter series. --IT wasn't a race, so Ben Affleck took his sweet time driving a Ferrari fromMiami to Washington, D.C., where he started filming "Sum Of All fears" onFriday, taking over from Harrison Ford as CIA agent Jack Ryan. Affleck, who'spenning a "Great Drives" column for Conde Nast Traveler, started the journey onMonday, said his spokesman, who laughed at the tale we heard - that Affleck wasgiven the car in return for attending the opening of Planet Hollywood in SouthBeach. "Robert Earl [Planet Hollywood boss] is a very generous man," said DavidPollack, "but not that generous." Pollack said Ben got nothing - zilch - forhis appearance: "He was in Miami, and Robert Earl is a longtime friend of his."
HANDBAG DESIGNER : NY POST/NEAL TRAVIS...--IF you're on the list for tonight's screening and dinner for TNT's remarkablenew movie, "James Dean," try to get photographed with star James Franco. It'squite eerie, the way he's taken on the late actor's persona. Some of thoseexpected to get a sneak peek at director Mark Rydell's creation include LaurenBacall, Bette Midler, Ellen Burstyn and a few others who are old enough toadmit they used to have the hots for the tragic young thespian. --FORMER President Bill Clinton, en route to Chelsea's graduation from StanfordUniversity, stopped off in L.A. and got in a round of golf at the RivieraCountry Club with Jack Nicholson. I hear Clinton was on his best behavior anddidn't try any of the little tricks he's been accused of in the past. Just aswell, given how Nicholson reacts when annoyed. Remember the 9-iron he took tothe car of a man who cut him off? NY POST/CINDY ADAMS...--Marcus Neville of "The Full Monty," who took it all off on the Tony show:"Ticket sales jumped 75 percent after our 'Tony strip'." I guess exposure isgood exposure
HANDBAG DESIGNER : --Jennifer Love Hewitt into "Beauty and the Beast." Just guess which of the twoparts she's taking . . . --And is Natasha Richardson sliding back into "Cabaret" as time comes near toclose the show??? --Piper Perabo told Michael Musto about her boudoir romp with another girl inthe new "Lost and Delicious": "Love scenes are uncomfortable regardless whoyou're doing them with. But she was beautiful . . . not some sleazeball . . .which made it less uncomfortable." NY POST/LIZ SMITH...--'PUT ME IN A CAPTAIN'S seat at LAX with 50 jets taking off and a storm andI'm fine. But get me in a party where the music is too loud and there are toomany people ... no way. I prefer a more chilled out atmosphere," says my moviestar pal John Travolta. In Style magazine offers us now some nifty photos ofMr. and Mrs. Travolta; she is the blonde beauty Kelly Preston. (And I havethought her acting abilities were really something ever since she played thesnotty girlfriend of Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire.") If you want to see how theTravoltas live it up in their Mediterranean-style L.A. house, which does have aglimpse of the ocean, don't miss this. Kelly says she always loved the idea ofmarriage and has wanted to have children since age nine! John comments, "At theend of the day, it's only what you have with that other person that matters."
HANDBAG DESIGNER : --MAYBE YOU'RE one of those women (or men) who has read "The Rules," thebest-seller about how playing hard to get pays off; It was written by EllenFein and Sherrie Schneider. According to a comment in the June issue of Vogue,maybe First Lady Laura Bush could have written her own version of "The Rules."She didn't return George's constant phone calls when he was courting. And sheforced the future president of the U.S. to fly to Texas to pop the question.Speaking of Laura Bush, the handbag designer Timmy Woods has just finished anAcacia wood purse for her. It bears Swarovski crystals on a 3-D handbaginspired by Laura. The front shows the White House. Timmy hopes Mrs. Bush willdonate this handbag to her favorite charity. Elizabeth Taylor, MelanieGriffith, Sarah Jessica Parker, Melanie Griffith and Bo Derek are all fans ofthe Beverly Hills designer. --HUGH HEFNER may keep a kind of harem of beauties around, but is said to be adoting father to his two sons, Marston, 11, and Cooper, 9. The kids live nextdoor with their mother and visit dad every day to play with his private zoo ofwildlife. Hugh has numerous exotic birds - flamingos, peacocks, crowned cranes,macaws, cockatoos, parrots and toucans. He also has three species of monkey andkoi ponds, dogs, cats and an iguana. Is there a sign "Don't Pet the Bunnies"?Just asking.
HANDBAG DESIGNER : --THE SENATOR from New York state, Hillary Clinton, was seen walking the Senatefloor carrying a copy of the new best-seller "Walking the Bible." This is BruceFeiler's adventurous account of retracing Biblical stories in the desert . . . --SEAN "Puffy" Combs and his Bad Boy Records family will launch his return tothe stage in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, Aug. 22-26, his first such since his legaltroubles. The show is to be called "The Sashi Experience 2001." It happens atJames Bond Beach where once upon a time the likes of Ian Fleming and NoelCoward cavorted. Wyclef Jean is to host. Faith Evans, 112, Black Rob, Dream,Carl Thomas and G-dep, Tyrese, Little Bow Wow, Kevon Edmonds and Trina are alsoset to perform. Horatio Hamilton, the Sashi founder/CEO, says, "I can't expressin words what a thrill it is that Puffy and the Bad Boys Records family havechosen our stage to make his return to live performance." NY DAILY NEWS/MITCHELL FINK...--Stubbornly single George Clooney at a singles event? It almost happenedThursday at the W Hotel on Park Ave. South. A mixer for unattached Jewishprofessionals was wrapping up in one of the hotel's smaller ballrooms whenworkers started setting up the room for another event. The singles didn'trealize their room was being prepared for Clooney and Brad Pitt, who ordered inscreening equipment so they could sit in grand style and watch a movie. The twowere on the East Coast to finish Steven Soderberg's remake of "Ocean's 11."While he was here, Clooney also wanted to see Kenneth Lonergan's Off-Broadwayplay, "Lobby Hero." The singles had just left the hotel when the two superstarsarrived. According to a source, a pregnant woman in the lobby must haveregarded Pitt as a "lobby hero" because she nearly fainted at the sight of him.Clooney's rep, Stan Rosenfield, said the irony of almost running into a groupof Jewish singles would not have been lost on his client, named one of Peoplemagazine's most eligible bachelors. "Of all George's gifts," said Rosenfield,"a sense of humor is at the top of the list. They could have been Jewishsingles or Muslim singles, and George would have thought it was funny."
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