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Big Apple Buzz: Spitzer's Hooker Gets NY Post Columnist Job

By DNAinfo Staff on December 14, 2009 1:27pm

By Nicole Breskin

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MANHATTAN — Ashley Dupre, Eliot Spitzer’s infamous high-end prostitute, now has a new job — as a sex columnist for the New York Post. [nypost.com]

Jennifer Morrison, who left the Fox series “House” to protests from fans, will make her Broadway debut in February. She will star in “The Miracle Worker” as Helen Keller’s mother, Kate, with Abigail Breslin in the lead role. The show begins previews at Circle in the Square Theater on Feb. 12. [nytimes.com]

Accenture has taken away sponsorship from Tiger Woods, following his extramarital affairs. Gillette is cutting back on Woods’ in advertising campaigns. [abcnews.com]

Meanwhile, the paparazzi camped outside of the West Village home of Woods’ mistress Rachel Uchitel only to find a party for Emily Blunt. [nypost.com]

Disney’s "The Princess and the Frog" dominated the pre-holiday weekend with a $25 million nationwide box office hau. The flick featuring Disney’s first African-American princess Tiana. [ew.com]

Across Manhattan and throughout the boroughs, the hot theater ticket is for the remaining performances of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Cate Blanchett in the role of Blanche DuBois at the BAM Harvey Theater in Brooklyn.

Ticket holders are asking as much as $2,000 for orchestra seats to weekend shows on Web sites like Craigslist, StubHub and Ebay. [nytimes.com]