Journalist, Author & Syndicated Columnist
It was unusual for Terry Steczo to go out for lunch. He usually grabbed a sandwich from the snack shop in his office building and went back to eat at his desk. But on this day 2 1/2 years ago, he took his secretary’s advice to step out for a change of pace. On his way back from lunch, Terry noticed a sign in a window announcing that Kitty Loewy from WCKG-FM (105.9) would be doing a live remote broadcast from there the next day.
Glamour targets four risky habits that could make you a victim: You never check your credit report (experts say check for inaccurate information and take action immediately); You throw out old bills (shred them or tear them up); You use your birthday as a password (choose a password with personal meaning); You give out your Social Security number without question (it’s the most important information to protect).
It was Christmas 1942 when Edward Yaras proposed to Marie. He got down on bended knee and asked for her hand in marriage . . . in her closet.
“They’re fundamentalist Christians. They chain smoke. Bullets bounce off them. They’re 12. The way things are going, Luther and Johnny Htoo, Burma’s armed messiahs, might not make it to 13.”
The night Mike Ostrowski met Carol Robinson, he was busy flirting with her young blond friend.
Rocker bottom shoes. You’ve seen them on the runways, in fashion magazines and on display in your favorite department stores.
Maia Wilkins used to daydream about what her wedding would be like. She would be wearing a beautiful gown, standing next to her ballet dancer groom. They would be flanked by dancers, who would scoop her up and gently toss her in the air down the aisle.
I got blanketed with stones recently, and it was heavenly. Let me explain. It was a spa treatment with little, hot rocks placed at pressure points on my body. This isn’t weird. Honest.
Madonna and Rupert Everett have nothing on Leslie Erkes and Steven Nisenholz. In the new film, “The Next Best Thing,” Madonna plays a woman whose gay best friend (Everett) impregnates her after the two share a drunken tryst. They move in together and raise their son_all the while dating other people.
Tatyana Ali graces the Fall issue of another magazine, but this time, it’s not fashion or music related. MAVIN is billed as the periodical for “the mixed race experience” and Ali, whose father is East Indian and whose mother is Panamanian, speaks about why African-American isn’t really the proper classification for her.
Tom Cashman had three strikes against him when he was trying to impress his future wife, Annette. “He had the same first name as a guy who had recently dumped me,” says Annette. “He was 100 pounds overweight. And my counselor had recommended that I not date anyone for a while.
Bob Goldsmith and Maia Radnev will be husband and wife in a couple of months. A year ago, they were strangers, living 5,300 miles apart.
Ben Affleck does a little spin control in the February issue of Premiere. He interviews himself in the cover story, presenting two sets of answers to each question–as himself, and as “interview guy,” the congenial but rather butt-headed Affleck to which readers have grown accustomed.
Becky Kratt doesn’t know it yet, but her boyfriend is going to make one of her dreams come true.
Just a couple of years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio was the world’s most famous movie star. The actor will test the waters again with “The Beach,” which opens Friday. In the February issue of Premiere, DiCaprio, 25, comes across not as the party boy that the tabloids present, but as a young man who takes his craft seriously–though not himself.
For those of you lucky enough to have loving, significant others, Valentine’s Day is a dream come true. But for the rest of us, it’s a dreaded night second only to New Year’s Eve. The expectations are so high that disappointment is as likely as anything else. Not only are we supposed to have a date, but it’s supposed to be with the perfect guy. And we can’t just go out for a nice meal. It has to be a special meal.
You have seven days left to impress your significant other on Valentine’s Day. If you’ve worn out the roses and chocolates routine, but don’t want to dole out diamonds just yet, then you may want to consider the gift of music. At least that’s what K-Tel is hoping.
Marriage was the last thing on either Michael or Susan Antman’s mind when tey wandered into a pawn shop in 1987. They were just looking for a diversion fom an extremely hot office.
Not sure whether Jude Law is the most handsome man alive? Then check out the photos of Law in the February issue of Paper. If they don’t convince you, the story–which obsesses on the actor’s good looks–probably will. Law, who was the best thing about the overwrought Matt Damon flick “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” says that fame hasn’t eased his schedule any.
Holly Gilson didn’t think twice when her boyfriend asked if she had quarters. She figured they needed them for the parking meters by the Lounge Ax, where they were headed.