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http://www.nypost.com/seven/10232007/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htmRebel Group
IN Beverly Hills, where Republicans might be even scarcer than in Manhattan, they all fit into Patricia Heaton's house the other night for an "F.O.A.: Friends of Abe" party. Joining the "Back to You" star and her husband, David Hunt, were Jon Voight, Gary Sinise and Bruce Boxleitner with his wife, Melissa Gilbert. "She's an ardent Democrat, but she said that because all those years she was SAG president she dragged her husband around to all those Democrat events, Melissa felt she had to come to F.O.A.," said our source. "They were really keeping this event quiet, as they didn't want the power elite in Hollywood to get wind of it."
When Sally Met Hunter
IF you thought the affair between Vogue's Anna Wintour and reggae star Bob Marley was a shocker, how about the fling between Sally Quinn, the wife of legendary Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, and the late Hunter S. Thompson? In the new oral biography "Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson," Quinn reveals she met Thompson during the 1972 election and that he was obsessed with D.C. gossip, wonkette.com reports. "He was always pumping me . . . He never talked about his wife," Quinn is quoted. "Whenever he came to Washington, he'd give me a call . . . I've always been attracted to renegades. I was not intimidated by his bad-boy reputation. These kind of guys are always sweetie pies underneath . . . It was not serious. For me it was just fun, but I adored him . . . He would always open the door for me, and whenever he'd meet me, he'd be standing there with a little bouquet of flowers. There was something so incredibly touching about him. I don't think I've ever been treated as well by anybody in my life as I was by Hunter."
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