Kelly Bensimon Needs A Smell Test

Kelly Bensimon has odour issues. Marge Simpson will have a three-page Playboy spread. Isaiah Washington’s still having a hard time finding work. And Nicolas Cage has a lot of money the government wants. Enjoy your Friday gossip roundup!

• The reprehensible yet fascinating Kelly Bensimon fluttered about a party the other night asking people to smell her because she wanted a Tom Ford perfumer to make her a new scent. Which we’re sure makes sense in her mind and her mind alone. [Page Six]

• Dina Lohan’s absolutely livid that ex-hubby Michael would go on television to claim Lindsay has a drug problem. So she’s talking to the tabloids, instead. Oh, for the record, she insists Lindsay’s doing A-OK. Relatively, at least. [Page Six]

• Marge Simpson will be on the cover of Playboy and has a three-page spread. Is it wrong that we’re curious? [TMZ]

• Three years after he referred to TR Knight as a “faggot”, Isaiah Washington still can’t get work. [MSNBC]

• It’s a done deal: A bench warrant has been issued for Michael Jackson’s dead doc and deadbeat dad Conrad Murray, who owes $US13,000 in child support. [Inside Edition]

• Donald Trump’s one cold son-of-a-bitch. Daughter Ivanka writes in her new book that Marla Maples was once a few minutes late getting to their private plane, so he left her behind on the tarmac. [Page Six]

• Hmm. Maybe Jon and Kate Gosselin aren’t quite as childish as we imagined: they managed to get along for their twin daughters’ birthday party. But, of course, it’s only one day. [NYDN]

• Geri Halliwell should have her celebrity powers revoked, because she wore a dress from seven years ago. If you see her, spit on her. [Daily Mail]

• Nicolas Cage, whose popularity continues to astound us, reportedly owes the government about $US6 million in back taxes. National treasure, indeed. [TMZ]