'Jersey Shore' cast wants big bucks
WITH BILL ZWECKER December 7, 2010 7:41PM
Members of “Jersey Shore” are busy with personal appearances because the reality show has made them famous. The stars are bringing higher financial demands to MTV.
Updated: April 19, 2011 5:10AM
Word has it, the key members of “Jersey Shore” are playing hardball with MTV as they negotiate a return for a fourth season. Most of them are more intrigued by outside deals — which came to them thanks to their “Jersey Shore” exposure. Snooki’s working on a solo show and Pauly D is busy with DJ gigs and lots of personal appearances — something all the cast members are doing on a regular basis. Handler points out her dissing of Jolie is nothing new — dating long before she became chummy with Aniston, back to when the actress passionately kissed her brother the night she won the Oscar for “Girl, Interrupted.”
THIS ’N’ THAT: Thanks to the ratings success Bristol Palin brought to “Dancing With the Stars” this season, word has it the show’s producers have made preliminary overtures to her dad, Todd Palin. Another solid GOP name being bandied about: political commentator Meghan McCain, daughter of Sen. John McCain. … Sources from the Kennedy Center Honors events last weekend tell me those engagement rumors about Paul McCartney and longtime girlfriend Nancy Shevell — who was very much at his side the entire time in D.C. — are flying again.
WEDDING BELLS: Congrats to former Chicago talk show host Danny Bonaduce, who quietly made longtime girlfriend Amy Railsback his third wife Nov. 22 in Hawaii. Railsback approached the “Partridge Family” star three years ago in a coffee shop — telling him she was a fan of his “Breaking Bonaduce,” which focused on his rocky relationship with his second wife, Gretchen.
SIGHT SEEN: When “Million Dollar Quartet” cast members David Lago, Lance Lipinsky and Kelly Lamont dined at Gibsons on Rush, the steakery’s mainstay Kathy O’Malley Piccone immediately recognized them — not surprising since she’s seen the hit show three times and is a huge fan. That all led to a post-dinner “Quartet” sing-along in Gibsons’ bar — with restaurant patrons joyfully joining in until 1:30 in the morning! … Matt Damon took a break from filming “Contagion” to watch “Monday Night Football” at Jack Melnick’s on Superior.
