Celebrity Gals Come Out in Paris

Paris in the springtime is lovely, but for the blossoming female members of the world’s most famous families, autumn will do just fine. After all, that’s when the famed Le Bal Crillon des Debutantes is held, and the singer Phil Collins was among the celebrities in the French capital—17-year-old daughter Lily in tow—to Read More

The Phil Collins Effect Felt on ‘Central Park North’

On the evening of Nov. 15, the developer Louis Dubin stood before a crowd in one of the two penthouses at 111 Central Park North, just west of Malcolm X Boulevard, and rattled off numbers about the new 19-story, 47-unit condo tower.

“We have nearly $90 million in sales here,” he said to applause. Read More

Tyler Lands Anchor Chair, Collins

Long before she became part of a trans-Atlantic celebrity love story, before her face was in the British papers, WCBS Channel 2 anchor Dana Tyler dreamed of becoming a nun. Never mind a family history that all but foretold a future in journalism, including a great-grandfather who spent the First World War on the Western Read More

Jackie Flat Gets $32 M.

At 1040 Fifth Avenue, the former home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is about to change hands.

Hedge-fund manager Glenn Dubin has recently signed a contract to buy the $32 million apartment from billionaire David Koch, according to a source familiar with the deal.

Mr. Dubin—who currently resides at nearby 1010 Fifth—is managing partner Read More

Phil Collins Gives Up Bachelor Pad?

Yesterday, The Observer reported that Phil Collins had dropped $3.85 million on a Central Park West condo. But what seemed like the perfect Manhattan bachelor pad (especially for a guy going through his third divorce), could actually be a luxurious love nest.

Now, Page Six reports that Mr. Collins is Read More

The Collins Menace; The Queen and I

The Collins Menace

The details are a little spotty, but, back in the 70′s, I recall seeing an old Night Gallery episode where this evil guy puts a rare lethal earwig into the auditory canal of his sleeping enemy. The poor victim learns that this bug will now burrow its way through his brain, causing Read More