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Sandra Lee and Taylor Swift bonded at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala.Sandra Lee and Taylor Swift have found a recipe for friendship. A source who was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala on Monday night tells us the "Semi-Homemade Cooking" show host and the singer/songwriter were fawning over each other's dresses, which led to Swift inviting Lee to be her guest at an upcoming show. We'd love to know if Gov. Cuomo is a Swift fan.
Donald Trump�-- bully?
A new documentary that made its debut at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto Tuesday night paints the curiously coiffed real estate mogul as a billionaire browbeater. In "You've Been Trumped," filmmaker Anthony Baxter followed The Donald's efforts to build a controversial golf resort north of Aberdeen, Scotland, on land some environmentalists call ?Scotland's Amazon rain forest." Baxter, a native of that area, tells us his film shows a heavy-handed side of Donald Trump ?that hasn't been seen before."
The filmmaker, who used the online crowd-funding platform IndieGoGo.com to raise $19,000 to finish the film ? is hoping to secure distribution of his film in the U.S., where, he says, anyone who "would consider voting for Trump" should see it. But Trump's managing director for international development, George Sorial, says Baxter "has chosen to focus on a small minority of people that are opposed to the project." The first of Trump's two Scottish courses is slated to open in July 2012
Unexpected guest
Michael Douglas�thrilled guests at the sixth annual Stella by Starlight Gala when he made a surprise appearance to present actress Annette Bening with an award. A robust-looking Douglas told guests at the Fifth Ave. home of socialite songwriter Denise Rich that working with Bening on "The American President" (1995) was "a pleasure." After the movie wrapped, he said, he realized that "she and I had this amazing on-camera chemistry," but he added: "I think it was because she was falling in love with Warren Beatty" while they were filming. Also on hand were "Real" housewife Jill Zarin and the night's big honoree, Liza Minnelli.
Maybe next year?�
It hasn't�been a good year for former employees of Rich, however. In February, her former yoga instructor, Jules Paxton, was found dead. More recently, U.K. media reported that Kieron Kawall, Rich's former communications and events director, was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on March 20 for allegedly trying to smuggle more than 13 pounds of cocaine from Brazil. Kawall, who did most of the planning for Rich's Angel Ball, was reportedly charged with attempting to import controlled drugs.
Kawall could not be reached for comment, but a source familiar with the situation says he is awaiting his next court date. Through a spokeswoman, Rich told us she hasn't been in contact with Kawall for two years. "I'm sorry to hear about these allegations" she added, "but I wish him the best."
There's a theme
Keep your eyes�wide open for celebrity attendees at "Sleep No More" in Chelsea. A source tells us the immersive, film-noir-style theater production of "Macbeth" has attracted a lot of Hollywood attention. Audience members travel through the theater at their own pace and are required to wear an "Eyes Wide Shut"-like mask, which the famous apparently think helps them remain incognito. In past weeks, Natalie Portman, "Glee's" Heather Morris, Edward Norton, Ty Burrell and Toby Maguire have all caught the play.
Hungry?
Mario Cuomo, his wife, Matilda, Kenneth and Maria Cuomo Cole and Harry Belafonte advisers Bill Lynch and Ken Sunshine were among those who headed to Tony and� Marissa May's� NoMad hot spot SD26 for the Tribeca Film Festival after-party for entertainer and human-rights activist Belafonte'smoving documentary, "Sing Your Song."
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