Celebrity Gossip (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Helmsley Dog Gets $12 Million, but Real Estate Billionaire Leaves Nothing to 2 Grandchildren NEW YORK (AP) -- Leona Helmsley's dog will continue to live an opulent life, and then be buried alongside her in a mausoleum. But two of Helmsley's grandchildren got nothing from the late luxury hotelier and real estate billionaire's estate. Helmsley left her beloved white...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
The dogs are nipping at the heels of Leona Helmsley's multibillion-dollar estate. More than 30 animal-rescue groups have written letters to the judge presiding over the administration of the late Queen of Mean's fortune, asking that she help carry...
The Probate Lawyer Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
As I described in this article from February 2009, the trustees of the Leona Helmsley charitable trust asked the probate court in New York for permission to donate primarily to charities that helped people rather than dogs, despite some language in the trust that suggested she wanted her billions to benefits animal charities. Specifically, the trust had a Mission Statement that included,...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Asked whether she has a motto, Ms Moss replies: "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels". This phrase was probably invented as an archly outrageous remark, like Leona Helmsley's witticism about only the little people paying taxes. The problem is that thousands of impressionable young women (and a growing number of young men too) take it seriously. The phrase is widely used among anorexia...
Scandalous Women (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
"Well-behaved women rarely make history" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Queens, mistresses, murderers, adventurers, and spies. Settle down with the drink of your choice as I bring you the lives, loves, and sexual adventures of some of the most fascinating women who scandalized the world. From Jezebel, Cleopatra and Nefertiri in the Ancient World to Leona Helmsley and The Mayflower Madam. 2,000...
On Our Radar Today (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Saw this picture on the New York Post website today. The Post lists Anna Wintour, Dick Cheney, George Steinbrenner, Martha Stewart, Naomi Campbell, Donald Trump, Steve Phillips, Gordon Ramsay, Scott Rudin, Marge Schott, David Letterman, Lenny Dykstra, Leona Helmsley, Dov Charney, James Dolan, Bonnie Fuller, Bob Barker, Bernie Madoff, Ronald Perelman, Sumner Redstone, Ken Lewis, Ken Lay,...
The Kronicles of Kris (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
I think I met the rudest woman on the planet today (outside of Leona Helmsley, of course). This afternoon, we had a woman come into the office, asking if a patient had checked in. She claimed to be her cousin, but wasn't able to provide a last name of a patient. She knew there was a color in the name. Uh-huh. NL kindly explained that we can't verify if anyone even gets treatment at our...
Scandalous Women (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
"Well-behaved women rarely make history" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Queens, mistresses, murderers, adventurers, and spies. Settle down with the drink of your choice as I bring you the lives, loves, and sexual adventures of some of the most fascinating women who scandalized the world. From Jezebel, Cleopatra and Nefertiri in the Ancient World to Leona Helmsley and The Mayflower Madam. 2,000...
Inoperable Terran (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Yeah, but here in the Leona Helmsley administration laws are for the little people.
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
... did see her later TV career like The Bob Newhart Show . The next (and last) time I saw her was as Leona Helmsley in a TV movie in 1990 - and to me she was still gorgeous at the age of 63 in spite of the fake plumped-up lips to make her look as coarse as Leona. What I loved about Pleshette was not only her sultry looks and smoky voice but her fierce "don't mess with me"...
The Street (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
GREENWICH, Conn. () --- Welcome to Greenwich, where a $30 million house is considered priced to move and a 40-acre estate can be called "discounted" at $60 million. More on BID Market Activity | Last month, the estate of property tycoon Leona Helmsley dropped the price on her 22,000-square-foot summer home, Dunnellen Hall, to $60 million from $75 million. The site originally hit the market...
