RICHARD JOHNSON: Suri drops the Cruise, cheers on mom Katie Holmes on Broadway

Katie Holmes’ girl Suri Cruise went to spot her parent successful her caller Broadway amusement “Our Town.”

The classical play co-stars Jim Parsons of “Big Bang Theory” and Zoey Deutch of “The Politician.”

Suri was the archetypal to leap up from her seat, on with dermatologist Dr. Kenneth Mark and divorcement lawyer Ken Jewell, erstwhile her parent came retired to instrumentality her bow.

Suri, who conscionable started classes astatine Carnegie Mellon University successful Pittsburgh, is besides an aspiring histrion and performed astatine her alma mater LaGuardia High School’s accumulation of “Head Over Heels” wherever she was listed successful the programme arsenic Suri Noelle, her mother’s mediate name.

She besides utilized the sanction erstwhile she graduated from the performing arts precocious school, signaling that she is nary longer utilizing the past sanction of her father, Tom Cruise, from whom she has reportedly estranged.

Katie Holmes and daughter, Suri, get astatine the opening nighttime premiere of “In The Heights” during the Tribeca Festival astatine the United Palace Theatre connected June 9, 2021 successful New York City. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Lon Ballinger, who owned Webster Hall for 25 years, volition ne'er hide the nighttime a young Lady Gaga performed.

“She asked me, ‘Do you cognize what I was doing a twelvemonth ago? I was pouring drinks down people’s throats astatine a barroom connected the Lower East Side … Look astatine maine now,’” Ballinger told me.

“Her ma said, ‘We had thing to bash with it.’”

Ballinger recounts the club’s rollicking past successful “Party Boys,” the communicative of however helium and his 3 brothers from a workplace municipality successful Canada became the kings of New York nightlife.

Webster Hall, built successful 1886 connected East 11th Street, acceptable 1500 guests. Ballinger sold it successful 2017 to AEG, which reportedly spent $10 cardinal connected renovations.

Bill Clinton celebrated his 2nd inauguration determination successful 1997 with Secret Service connected the roof, 10,000 balloons dropping from the ceiling, and beauteous go-go dancers successful red, achromatic and bluish bikinis.

After Clinton warmly greeted his mother, “she had to spell to the hospital” Ballinger said.

Prince rented the nine aft a quality with his grounds institution erstwhile helium was called “the creator formerly known arsenic Prince.”

The creator had strict rules — nary smoking, nary drinking and nary meat. But his fans didn’t attraction arsenic helium jammed with a 35-piece orchestra.

Ballinger thinks it is imaginable that Madonna and Carlos Leon conceived girl Lourdes the nighttime she performed astatine Webster Hall successful 1995. Leon was her lone dancer, and their chemistry seemed real. Nine months aboriginal Lourdes was born.

“My program was to beryllium New York City’s nightclub. We were unfastened to each the cultures,” Ballinger said.

“The lone regularisation was: behave yourselves. I didn’t privation to Police section to unopen america down.”

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Wedding formal decorator Hayley Paige — celebrated for her appearances connected TLC’s world amusement “Say Yes to the Dress” — is backmost successful concern aft a four-year ineligible battle.

Paige worked for years for JLM Couture. “I tried to renegotiate my declaration for a twelvemonth and a half,” she told me.

When talks broke off, the institution sued her successful national court. “I was nether a non-compete, and I couldn’t usage my name. I couldn’t work.”

JLM went bankrupt, and the lawsuit yet settled. “I ended up getting it each back,” she said. “Now I tin get close backmost into bridal.”

Wedding formal decorator Hayley Paige — celebrated for her appearances connected TLC’s world amusement “Say Yes to the Dress” — is backmost successful concern aft a four-year ineligible battle. (Photo: @megannollphotography)

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The euphony of Sean “Diddy” Combs whitethorn proceed getting airplay contempt his ineligible troubles, says DJ Prince Hakim, lad of Kool and the Gang co-founder Robert Bell.

R. Kelly’s songs person each but disappeared successful the aftermath of his convictions connected national racketeering and enactment trafficking charges involving intersexual maltreatment of minors. But the euphony of Michael Jackson continues connected the vigor and nightclubs though helium was tried and acquitted successful 2005 of sexually abusing boys.

“Come on. It’s the Jackson Five. I’m going to support playing Michael Jackson. He has excessively galore large hits,” Hakim said.

As for Combs. “It’s a large dilemma successful the euphony industry. Other artists volition endure if Diddy’s euphony is cancelled. For 30 years, helium impacted hip-hop culture.”

“What the Puff bash we do?” Hakim asked. “I don’t know.”

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Sean “Diddy” Combs performs during the MTV Video Music Awards connected Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, astatine the Prudential Center successful Newark, N.J. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

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Three generations of Della Feminas gathered successful Los Angeles for young restaurateur Jack Della Femina’s wedding this past week to interior decorator Allie Scholz astatine Cielo Farms Vineyard successful Malibu.

Advertising fable Jerry Della Femina, who inspired the deed bid “Mad Men,” flew from New York for his grandson’s wedding and hosted an aft enactment astatine The Georgian Hotel successful Santa Monica with his lad Michael Della Femina and Georgian co-owner Nicolo Rusconi.

Newlywed Jack owns the trendy LA Bravo Toast eatery, portion dada Michael co-owns the Croft Alley edifice successful Beverly Hills and the backstage Martini Confidential nine successful The Georgian Room astatine the hotel.

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Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry that was talented to her friend, 1980s supermodel Kathy Ireland, is present for merchantability by M.S. Rau.

Among the baubles are Taylor’s diamond koala carnivore brooch astatine $74,500, and a brace of bluish enamel and diamond earrings for $64,500. The headliner is the Cleopatra star’s Medusa brooch by Lalique that her hubby Richard Burton gave her.

“Richard loved this due to the fact that it is simply a uncommon antique and has a hypnotic quality. It’s a magical piece,” Taylor wrote successful her publication “My Love Affair with Jewelry.”

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Out & About: Photographers and models Gert and Gisela volition bare it each astatine their accumulation astatine East Side Gallery 71 opening Oct. 1. The accumulation volition enactment bosom crab probe astatine Memorial Sloan Kettering … First Ladies from Angola, the Bahamas and 2 twelve different countries led the applause astatine Evie Evangelou’s Fashion 4 Development’s 12th Annual First Ladies Luncheon. The lawsuit featured manner shows by Wang Feng and Juliet Guo’s Sandriver Cashmere … NY State Attorney General Leticia James, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and State Senator Gustavo Rivera each spoke astatine the 10th day of SOMOS Community Care founded by Dr. Ramon Tallaj … Rapper Sean Kingston amazed a packed location astatine Slate successful Chelsea with an impromptu show conscionable aft 1 a.m. He snuck into the nine and past close up connected signifier to serenade the amazed assemblage … Just successful clip for Halloween, the Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas Light Trail debuted astatine the NY Botanical Garden successful The Bronx. It opens astatine acheronian until 10 p.m.