Richard Johnson: Prince Harry and Meghan take New York and Jay Z will get into the on line casino enterprise

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle charmed 1,500 friends — and primed the viewers for his or her upcoming TV exhibits and books — on the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award gala on the Hilton on Tuesday.

Kerry Kennedy, former spouse of Andrew Cuomo, carried out a “hearth chat” with the royal couple for the likes of Alec Baldwin, Don Lemon and Brian Cox of “Succession.”

Pink carpet chatter was about Harry’s upcoming memoir “Spare,” for which he received $20 million, and the couple’s Netflix docuseries “Harry & Meghan,” whose final three episodes will probably be launched on Dec. 15.

However don’t fear, extra is on the best way. Meghan has let slip that she’s stored diaries for many of her life and is hinting that she’ll be writing an autobiography of her personal.

It’s whispered that nothing will probably be introduced till late subsequent yr after the coronation of King Charles on Could 6.

It’s anticipated that regardless of how badly the couple continues to dish on the royal household, Charles received’t be capable to reduce them from the visitor listing for his crowning second.

The King fears a backlash, though there are these in Buckingham Palace that would really like nothing higher than to exclude them, my supply says.

Simply as Harry raced so as to add a chapter to his e-book about his grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, it’s thought that Meghan will probably be taking notes through the coronation if they’re allowed to go.

Meghan has made it a degree to inform insiders that she’s by no means signed an NDA with the Royal household, so her whole story is on the desk.

It’s additionally mentioned she’s very conscious of the $65 million that Michelle and Barack Obama received for his or her e-book offers and that she’ll need an equally spectacular quantity for her “inspiring and trustworthy story.”

Mentioned one supply, “I’ll brace myself for when Meghan places pen to paper. She’s not a cheerful duchess, and likewise has axes to grind from her days in Hollywood.”

Insiders say her memoir will most likely spark a bidding conflict between Penguin Random Home, who did Harry’s e-book, and Crown Publishing, who did the Obamas.

The English and European rights are additionally anticipated to carry many hundreds of thousands extra into the Duchess’s coffers.

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Sufficient already with the outrage over the romance between “GMA3″ anchors Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes.

ABC has taken the couple off the air to punish them.

However MSNBC by no means punished Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, the co-hosts of “Morning Joe” who had an analogous affair as they broke up with earlier spouses and married one another.

Mika and Joe have been capable of hold their not-so-secret affair out of the press, after which received married in 2018.

Possibly Robach and Holmes will tie the knot too.

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Christopher Walken admits he has to check to be taught his traces, however he’s not as forgetful, or lazy, as some actors who shall stay anonymous.

At a lunch at Michael’s for his buddy Chuck Pfeifer, the conflict hero, actor and creator, Walken mentioned some actors have their traces printed out and pasted to the foreheads of their co-stars.

“It appears like they’re staring into the opposite actor’s eyes, however they’re actually simply studying their traces,” mentioned Walken, who grew up in his father’s bakery in Queens.

Taki Theodoracopulos hosted the lunch for such friends as Michael Mailer, Jay McInerney, Homosexual Talese, Morgan Entrekin, Lewis Lapham and Reinaldo Herrera.

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Floyd Mayweather, Odell Beckham Jr. and Jared Leto helped the Stone Island vogue model have fun its fortieth anniversary on the RC Cola manufacturing facility as a part of Artwork Basel in Miami.

DiCaprio was the one one carrying a masks, however our spies inform us it’s extra for hiding than well being fears. He was surrounded by fashions and his wingman Tobey Maguire.

Leto parked himself subsequent to the DJ sales space and danced all night time.

The VIPs have been hosted by Alessandro Brioschi and Matteo Garzia, the Italians who drew celebs to Provocateur, 1Oak, Tao and Marquee.

Serena and Venus Williams confirmed up at 2 a.m., adopted by Brazilian fashions Lais Ribeiro and Sofia Resing.

The subsequent night time Ibiza’s Circoloco took over the identical venue with 5,000 individuals partying until dawn.

The get together, thrown by Teksupport’s Rob Toma, drew Lourdes Leon, Zac Efron, A$AP Rocky and Matt Smith.

Smith, of “The Crown” and “Home of Dragons,” wore all white and danced all night time.

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Chad Coleman loves enjoying Bruno Mannheim within the third season of CW’s “Superman & Lois.”

Mannheim is named a neighborhood hero in Metropolis, a philanthropist reviving town’s slums.

However Lane has been working for years to show he’s truly a profession legal behind the infamous group Intergang.

“That is the best function I’ve ever performed,” Coleman advised me. “Is he a foul man, or a very good man? You don’t know for positive.”

Greatest identified for roles in “The Strolling Useless,” “The Wire,” and “It’s All the time Sunny in Philadelphia,” Coleman is ready to star in “A Christmas Prayer” premiering Dec. 11 on TV One.

Coleman performs a former alcoholic and now revered pastor of a hometown church who’s accused of a vicious crime. His sullied previous haunts him as he fights to show his innocence proper earlier than Christmas.

“The chief is just pretty much as good as his congregation,” Coleman mentioned. “I want them to rally round me.”

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Jay-Z — who already sells music, sports activities, clothes and champagne — is betting on playing in an enormous approach.

The Brooklyn-born husband of Beyoncé has partnered with town’s largest industrial landlord SL Inexperienced and Caesars Leisure to construct a on line casino within the coronary heart of Occasions Sq..

To get Broadway theater homeowners on board, the enterprise is promising to purchase hundreds of theater tickets for prime rollers.

Excessive stakes gambler RJ Cipriani, aka Robin Hood 702, believes it should work.

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“Gamblers like to get nice tickets for something, together with sporting and leisure occasions,” Cipriani advised me.

“There might by no means be an empty seat within the theater district as soon as this on line casino is up and operating … Bravo Jay-Z.”

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Justin Dior Combs, 28, son of Sean Combs, is used to flying excessive and personal.

The aspiring actor was noticed on Metafly Membership’s Gulfstream G4 en path to Miami together with the membership’s founders Richie Romero and Hassan Chowdhury, speaking about his upcoming film offers.

Additionally on considered one of Metafly’s planes was health influencer Jen Selter, identified for her “belfies” or butt selfies, which have garnered her 13 million followers on Instagram.