Cold Front For A Hot Boy

I love it when members of boy bands get married. It's sort of like dangling a piece of delicious candy in front of millions of teenage girls, and then snatching it away cruelly. "Thought he was yours, eh? Think again! He'd never like you in real life!" The latest post-adolescent mirage to vanish in a meltdown of hair gel and mirrors is Drew Lachey from the group 98 Degrees (whose latest album, "Revolution," was received by the American public as though it were, oh, 12 degrees). The minor boy star hitched himself to his childhood sweetie, Lea Dellecave, in Cincinnati two Saturdays ago in a very quiet ceremony (read: either the hordes of teenaged fans were momentarily distracted by something pink and frilly, or nobody actually cared). Dellecave (which must be Italian for "lucky girl") is a choreographer and dancer for the group, though the two have reportedly known each other since the fifth grade, when they went to a performing arts school in Cincinnati with two other 98 Degrees members -- Justin Jeffre and Drew's cuter brother Nick (who, by the way, is still dating that tarty little Jessica Simpson). Lucky for you teens, Jessica hasn't been flashing any particularly noticeable jewelry on her fingers. That means that Nick might break up with her and date you!

Replacement Grant

"Bedazzled" star Liz Hurley has been bedeviled with bad luck this year. First her very public breakup with Hugh Grant, then her "accidental" filming of a commercial despite the Screen Actors Guild strike -- a blunder that almost got the pouty model/actress blacklisted from films entirely. She later apologized to the Guild, though the move might have come too late. Oh no! No more Liz Hurley films! We might as well become monks.

Lizzie has been seeking solace with a new man, or "my American boy," as she coyly calls him in The Post. The thing is, which American boy? Perhaps in a maneuver that proves she's capable of learning, Liz is actually keeping the identity of her new boyfriend private. (We'll see how long that lasts?) More intriguing, the two candidates for this particular condescending slander are a tad on the scandalous side. She's been seen as an arm ornament for billionaire Ted Forstmann, but he's 60-years-old (ack!) and hardly a secret. Then there's her continual flirtation with Denis Leary, who recently costarred in a film with Liz and seems to take her with him every time he goes out. (They were recently seen at Serena's sitting so close together that were they legs, they'd have been crossed!) One problem: Leary's currently married. Would he be foolish enough to flaunt an affair right in front of the camera's eye? Are Liz's lips red?

Celebrity Quote Of The Week

"The predicament I find myself in...is that you don't want to be emasculating to your boyfriend. You don't want them to feel like they're the husband nobody wants to talk to at the party. But if somebody's in show business, it's more like, 'Well, we're all in this together.'"
-- Gwyneth Paltrow, elaborating for Elle magazine and the world why it's so hard to date a commoner.

My, my, but it's difficult to get a non-patronizing answer from this woman!

SEEN!

Joan Osborne, at hip Brooklyn record shop/lounge Halcyon, purchasing a stack of CDs. What if God were one of them?

* Also on a purchasing spree was Eminem, accompanied by his bodyguard, running to the bodega across the street from his hotel room at the Soho Grand at 2:30 a.m. To buy what, you ask? Colt .45 like his homies? Dirty magazines? No, the poor boy was there to buy Nyquil. Poor Em had a cold and couldn't get to sleep! (Either that or he uses it to cut his whisky.)

And finally, from a former member of the New York Glam Quest crew ....

"Gregoire, I just saw the guy with one leg from "Big Brother." He was loping past my building. He's really very cute. I'd date him if he weren't famous." -- Amy

Darling, he's already logged 13 minutes and 52 seconds of his 15 minutes of fame. I predict you'll be able to date him by next Thursday!

Until a 98 Degree marries an *NSYNC (making them truly Backstreet Boys),
Gregoire

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