Times Square Gossip

Eat Like A Rock Star May Pang With Mary Wilson And Mark Bego Author Mark Bego’s bash at Steve Walter’s Cutting Room recently was a singular success. There to officially launch his Eat Like A Rock Star (Skyhorse Publishing), which contains more than 100 recipes from rock stars: from Richie Sambora, to Bill Wyman, Boz Scaggs, Joey Fatone, Ray Parker, Jr., Micky Dolenz and Michael McDonald, the book is lavishly produced, with photos and bios for each chef, from Bego. With 62 rock-bios to his credit, Bego said that invariably the topic of food would come up during his interviews and often, the stars themselves would prepare their favorite dish for Bego. “I well remember interviewing Bill Wyman, of the Rolling Stones, and though he said he didn’t cook at first, he eventually opened up and gave me a terrific recipe (Lamb Chops with Endive Salad).” Mary Wilson With Mark Bego And Marie Sacino Hanlon Seen amongst the crowd, which was served a special white Sang...

**** BEATLES MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR **** May Pang Connecticut-based tour operators Liverpool Productions celebrate their thirtieth anniversary in 2013 with guaranteed entry INSIDE Abbey Road Studios for the first time in a decade. The "Magical History Tour" is an 11-day vacation for fans to Liverpool, London and Henley, from August 18-August 28. The price is still only $2499 per person complete, or only $2999 including airfare from JFK.  In Liverpool, visit every imaginable Beatles site, plus enjoy all the exclusive events the group is privy to. Liverpool Productions is a sister company to Cavern City Tours, ensuring admissions to everything, up-close seats at concerts and V.I.P. perks to events during Beatle Week. In London, visit all the Beatles landmarks and - for the first time in 10 years - not only visit Abbey Road Studio 2 but "get back" inside to partake in an actual recording session. No other tour group has ever have hel...

May Pang With Dr. Judy Kuriansky And Tim Mantoani TV psychologist commentator and sexpert Dr Judy Kuriansky caught up with friend May Pang -- John Lennon’s “lost Weekend” lover from 1973-1975, now a photographer and Feng Shui jewelry producer -- at the reception and exhibit for photographer Tim Mantoani’s new book, “Behind Photographs – Archiving Photographic Legends.” The three are pictured here pointing to Pang’s classic 1974 photo taken on the Long Island Sound of Lennon with his son Julian when he was a little boy. The photo is one of many captivating shots in Mantoani’s book featuring photographers holding a favorite or iconic image, ranging from shots of Madonna in 1983, Mother Teresa, Bruce Springsteen and Nelson Mandela, to powerful images of war refugees, an Iraqi boy injured by an explosive, an AIDS-ridden child,.and a row of Russian missing forearms deformed by pollutants. Pang answered the burning question, “Was John Lennon a good lover?” with an enthusiastic, “Yes.” When ...

May Pang With Steve Walter Tommy James Scribner/Simon & Schuster hosted a reception to celebrate the release of legendary music artist Tommy James' autobiography, Me, The Mob and The Music at The Gibson Guitar Studios in New York City the other evening. A motion picture based on the book is now in development and an announcement was made at the reception by executive producer Barry Rosen of Triangle Films and executive producer Mary Gleeson that they are in negotiations with Broadway producer, John Osher of Jersey Boys and Hairspray fame to bring this incredible story to Broadway. The book will be out worldwide on February 16th and is already being advertised on amazon.com, borders.com and BarnesandNoble.com for pre-release sale. Among the many guests were Famed Cutting Room owner Steve Walter, Michele Mais and Lauren Molina, stars of broadway's Rock Of Ages, May Pang, Anthony De Curtis, Barbara Assante, David Browne of Rolling Stone, Barbara DeFina of DeFina Films,(she...

Gerald McCleod And Chris Noth La La With Joan Rivers, Chris Noth, Steve Walter, Dominic Chianese And Randy Jones Susan Hathaway With Son Keith Collins And Richard Corkery Steve Walter With Parents Keith Girald With May Pang And David Salidor STEVE WALTER'S CUTTING ROOM closed last night, and as expected, went out with a big blow out. When I arrived, they still hadn't let the audience in for the closing night performance of JOAN RIVERS ... making it body-to-body from the moment I entered. Many of the regulars showed as promised including co-owner CHRIS NOTH, DAILY NEWS-photographer DICK CORKERY, Public Relations Powerhouse CLAIRE O'CONNOR, Pasha DAVID SALIDOR, Times Square Gossip's JAMES EDSTROM, KEITH GIRARD from THE IMPROPER , Penthouse Magazine's LANIE SPEISER with Pet-JUSTINE JOLI and AMIE CAMPBELL, HENRY EDWARDS, Q104's KEN DASHOW, JUDY KATZ, Party King and actor KEITH COLLINS, JON MOORHEAD, DENNIS FERRANTE, RUSS TITLEMAN, SANDY HICKS, among others, and th...

Yoko Ono drugged Beatle icon John Lennon during his attempts to give up smoking according to the late Beatle’s ex-girlfriend May Pang.The star dated former assistant Pang for 18 months from 1974 to 75, but returned to his wife Ono following the brief fling. And Pang insists Ono’s methods of helping Lennon to stop smoking were unconventional, she made him drink the cure, which made him physically sick and made him sleep excessively. She says, "He wasn’t ready to go back. It wasn’t as clear cut as, ‘I’m going to leave you and go home.’ He went over there for this method she had to quit smoking. He was going to come back. He said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll be gone for a couple of hours. I’ll be back, we’ll go for dinner.’ He was gone all weekend. I couldn’t get through to him there. Every time I called, Yoko said, ‘He’s sleeping, he’s sleeping.’ "When I saw him on Monday, something wasn’t right. Something had gone on.When I asked him, he said, ‘I drank this tea Yoko gave me and I thre...

Beatle John Lennon was a television addict who spent hours each day lying in bed and flicking channels, his ex-girlfriend and Times square Gossip friend May Pang reveals. Pang, who was Lennon’s assistant and then dated him from 1973 to 1975 - while he was separated from wife Yoko Ono, claims her favourite image of the former Beatle is of him glued to the box with his two cats crawling over him at their home on New York’s East 52nd Street. She says, "The man really liked to stay in bed and just lay there and watch television. Cable was new then. We had a box with buttons and his fingers were constantly moving on it. We had cats called Major and Minor. They would just sit all over him. It was just cute."

Brit-musicians DENNY LAINE and STEVE HOLLEY were in PAUL McCARTNEY's WINGS and though they have remained mum on Macca's recent marriage troubles, last night at MAY PANG's and STEVE WALTER's birthday bash at Walter's Cutting Room (19 West 24th), they let the music do the talking, performing "Band On The Run", "Live And Let Die", and "Mull Of Kintyre", 3 of Wing's biggest recorded hits.Also on hand, were Q104.3's KEN DASHOW; MERRY MEAD from The Learning Annex; drummer Bill Cobham's brother WAYNE COBHAM; IAN LLOYD of Stories; legendary-Beatles promoter SID BERNSTEIN; JIM BESSMAN from Billboard Magazine; New York Doll-producer JACK DOUGLAS; Grammy-award winning producer DENNIS FERRANTE; and, artist JIM SENETTO.