Jill Zarin, who was lately dropped from E!’s upcoming “Actual Housewives of New York” reunion sequence titled “The Golden Life,” is dealing with criticism from her in-laws as soon as once more.
Zarin went on Instagram and mentioned Dangerous Bunny’s efficiency on the Tremendous Bowl “was the worst halftime present ever” and “appeared like a political assertion, as a result of there have been actually no white folks in your entire factor.”
The next day, Micah Zarin, the 17-year-old grandson of her late husband Bobby, posted a photograph of Jill with an enormous X overlaying her face on the Zarin Materials Instagram web page.
In a transparent assertion, Zarin Materials distanced itself from Jill, emphasizing their stance towards any type of racism or discrimination. “Zarin Materials stands firmly towards racism, discrimination, and rhetoric that seeks to exclude or diminish folks primarily based on id, tradition, or background,” the assertion learn. “We wish to be completely clear that Jill Zarin has not had possession of or been related to Zarin Materials for a number of years.”
Reddit customers had been abuzz with pleasure as Micah, Jill’s step-grandson, participated in a Q&A session on a “Actual Housewives of New York” subreddit.
In the course of the interplay, Micah revealed, “My dad and mom hate her and have all the time hated her,” referring to his father, David, who’s Bobby Zarin’s eldest son from a earlier marriage.
Bobby Zarin, who handed away in 2018 following a chronic battle with thyroid most cancers, was a big determine within the household enterprise. Right this moment, David Zarin serves because the president of Zarin Materials, a well known store on the Decrease East Aspect established by Bobby’s father in 1936.
Micah shared that his household confronted challenges as a result of Jill’s public persona in the course of the present’s airing. “In the course of the years the present was on, my dad misplaced clients,” he famous. “They’d obtain emails each day about how horrible Jill is. We reduce contact along with her after Bobby died for a lot of causes.”
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Fellow “RHONY” alum Luann de Lesseps, who will star in “The Golden Life,” was noticed eating on the new Delos Greek Restaurant in Midtown along with her beau Michael Riemerschmid earlier than heading to the Sondheim Theatre to catch “& Juliet.”
She was there to cheer on her “Actual Housewives of Atlanta” pal Kandi Burruss, who’s starring as Angélique within the musical by March 8.
De Lesseps was joined by “Actual Housewives of New Jersey” stars Margaret Josephs and Dolores Catania, “Potomac” castmate Stacey Rusch and Bravo’s Andy Cohen.
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The person who kidnapped Savannah Guthrie’s mom will ultimately be arrested, based on lawyer and radio host Arthur Aidala.
“They normally do get caught,” mentioned Aidala, who will broadcast the 1,000th episode of “The Energy Hour” on AM 970 on Feb. 24.
Luigi Mangione was caught at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania when an worker acknowledged him because the suspect sought within the killing of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare.
Sam Berkowitz was nabbed because the Son of Sam serial killer due to a parking ticket he acquired close to the scene of 1 taking pictures.
“Luck has so much to do with it,” Aidala instructed me.
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Lawyer and broadcaster Arthur Aidala (predominant photograph) believes the person who kidnapped Nancy Guthrie (inset) will likely be caught. (Bing Guan/Pool Photograph through AP; Pima County Sheriff’s Dept.)
Whereas Nancy Guthrie, 84, might not have been focused if her daughter wasn’t a star of the “TODAY” present, the seek for the matriarch wouldn’t be as intense with out Savannah’s fame.
“A number of lacking folks don’t get this type of consideration,” Aidala mentioned. “The president of america is working in her nook.”
Sadly, the possibilities of finding Nancy alive are reducing.
“Daily that goes by it’s much less seemingly,” Aidala mentioned.
The lawyer’s radio present is a a mixture of well timed information from the New York space and present occasions from a authorized perspective. It bridges the political divide, that includes friends starting from former Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to media personalities like Megyn Kelly, Invoice O’Reilly and Geraldo Rivera.
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Mariana van Zeller. (Photograph by Robby Klein/Contour by Getty Pictures)
None of Jeffrey Epstein’s many mates talked about in hundreds of thousands of pages of lately launched information has to fret about going to jail, says Mariana van Zeller, an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning investigative journalist.
“The prosecutors are executed wanting. No one else will likely be held accountable. How is that potential?” van Zeller instructed me.
She additionally doesn’t consider that Epstein hanged himself in jail.
“There’s an excellent probability he was killed,” she mentioned. “Individuals had each incentive to look the opposite manner.”
Van Zeller lately wrapped the fifth and ultimate season of Nationwide Geographic’s “Trafficked,” a documentary sequence that explores the harmful inside workings of smuggling networks and black markets.
Now she’s producing “The Hidden Third,” a weekly podcast investigating the underground economies that quietly energy almost one-third of the worldwide market.
“Human trafficking is a $200 billion a 12 months business,” van Zeller mentioned. “Intercourse trafficking brings in some huge cash as a result of — in contrast to medication — you’ll be able to resell a human being many instances.”
Each episode, she sits down with individuals who know these worlds firsthand — the smugglers, scammers and kingpins, and people making an attempt to take them down.
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Alix Earle, the 25-year-old web influencer, appears to love skilled soccer gamers.
Having bounced from Braxton Berrios to Tom Brady, she was seen on the sphere on the Tremendous Bowl throughout Dangerous Bunny’s halftime present with stars like Pedro Pascal, Cardi B, Karol G and Jessica Alba.
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Alix Earle attends Tremendous Bowl LX on February 8 in Santa Clara, California. (Getty)
Her upcoming Netflix actuality present is produced by nightlife impresario David Grutman, who was on the sphere as effectively. Grutman, who owns fashionable eating places and golf equipment in Miami, is companions with Dangerous Bunny in a Japanese-inspired steakhouse referred to as Gekko.
Earle is a millionaire who rose to fame as a university pupil in Miami, the place she constructed her now-global model. The New Jersey native first gained popularly along with her “Get Prepared With Me” movies, and now boasts almost 14 million followers on Instagram and TikTok.
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It’s official: Italy has invaded France.
New York Vogue Week introduced iconic Italian model Sergio Soldano to the packed French division retailer Printemps within the Monetary District on Wednesday.
“It’s superb right here,” mentioned Dario Di Bella, considered one of two of Sergio Soldano’s inventive administrators together with Giovanni Premoli.
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Dario Di Bella, Giovanni Premoli and a mannequin attend the Sergio Soldano Model Revival occasion and F/W 2026 Womenswear Assortment presentation throughout 2026 New York Vogue Week at Printemps on February 11. (Photograph by Randy Brooke/WireImage)
Collectively, the designers are reviving the long-dormant trend model with a sharpened id, bringing collectively its heritage with fashionable, refined design.
“We’re blissful to relaunch right here as a result of we now have a lot reference to America,” Di Bella mentioned. “The celebrities, the tradition, so it’s essential to restart that connection.”
Antonio Lemma, whose Want Holding Group acquired the posh label in 2024, mentioned he likes the motion of Vogue Week.
“To develop into well-known in America is quicker than wherever else on this planet. Individuals love something that’s Italian,” he mentioned.
Vogue Group Worldwide’s Maryanne Grisz co-hosted the launch get together at Printemps, the place the model will likely be offered.
“This line is an exquisite piece of trend historical past. Liz Taylor wore it, countesses wore it and now the brand new youthful actresses will likely be sporting it,” she mentioned.
In the meantime, Venezuela was in the home at Calligaris Chelsea, the place Nabys Vielman unveiled his new assortment to learn the Support for Life group. The nonprofit offers help for Venezuelans and different Latin American households searching for security and alternative within the Huge Apple.
On the Ace Resort after-party, Vielman mentioned his assortment is “a mirrored image of the ‘70s and the affect of Donna Summer time and disco.”
Vielman has spent three many years in trend and believes in giving again.
“Vogue Week is a world stage,” he mentioned.
Then he was again to chatting up supermodels. Hey, it’s a dwelling.
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Julia Koch, whose estimated web value of over $80 billion makes her among the many three richest girls on this planet, joined Tommy Hilfiger, Bret Baier, Hilary and Wilbur Ross, and Kimberly and Neil Bluhm on the Norton Museum of Artwork’s annual gala in Palm Seaside.
The occasion celebrated the exhibition of “Artwork and Life in Rembrandt’s Time: Masterpieces from the Leiden Assortment,” which options 75 works from one of many world’s foremost non-public collections of Seventeenth-century Dutch artwork.
Virtually getting extra consideration than the Rembrandts had been Donald Trump Jr. and his fiancée, Bettina Anderson, seen speaking to philanthropists Jean and Martin Shafiroff.
Different artwork lovers within the room included Jane Holzer, Andrea Stark and Beth Rudin DeWoody. The gala’s co-chairs had been Audrey Gruss, Sue Hostetler and Josephine Kalisman.
