Whose Eyes Behold Best?

The Duke of Sussex, 40, has beaten actor Bradley Cooper and soccer ace David Beckham in Harper’s Bazaar’s list of the hottest men of all time.

Riven Rock resident Prince Harry beat out strong competition, including actors Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey.

Actress Meghan Markle’s husband ranked 25th out of 50, just four years after he won the title of World’s Hottest Royal in 2020 in People magazine.

Taking top spot was the late ‘50s-star James Dean, who claimed the hearts of fans across the globe at the peak of his career in films like Giant and Rebel Without a Cause.

Brat Pack Flash Back

Montecito actor Rob Lowe “briefly” had a fling with Demi Moore, who went on to marry actor Bruce Willis, during their time as part of the Brat Pack in the 1980s, he’s admitted.

Morning TV talk show host Kelly Ripa on her podcast Let’s Talk Off Camera asked the 9-1-1: Lone Star actor if he’d ever dated Moore.

“I’m not telling tales out of school, but we briefly had a thing,” Lowe, 60, replied.

Almost Went with the Wind

At 91, Montecito comedienne Carol Burnett is finally thinking about retirement.

In a recent interview with Variety, the TV icon was asked if her Apple TV+ show Palm Royale would be her final on-camera job.

“Probably, unless there’s a cameo or something fun!” Carol replied.

She also opened up about her choice to end The Carol Burnett Show, which ran for 11 years on CBS from 1967 to 1978, with nine more episodes in 1991.

The variety sketch show had a staggering 279 episodes and was a key part of Burnett’s career, which has been going strong from the 1950s. During its run, the show drew in 30 million viewers a week – and won 25 Emmys.

“I called it quits because I thought we had done just about everything we could do, and we had started to repeat episodes in sketches,” she explained.

“I said, ‘I want to leave before the network started flicking the lights on and off and saying “Goodbye. Don’t do this anymore.’ I wanted to say goodbye.”

Remembering Ron Ely

On a personal note, I mark the passing of Tarzan star Ron Ely, a longtime resident of Hope Ranch, who has died aged 86.

Ely, who I last met at a memorial service for fellow actor Fess Parker in the rotunda of his eponymous hotel, now the Hilton, also hosted the Miss America Pageant between 1979 and 1981.

During his role of Tarzan on NBC in the ‘60s, he insisted on doing all his own stunts and suffered more than two dozen injuries.

He retired from acting in 2001, but did return in a TV movie Expecting Amish in 2024.

Tragically his second wife, Valerie Lundeen, with whom he had three children, was stabbed to death in 2019 at their Hope Ranch home by their son, Cameron, who was later diagnosed to have been suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

He was shot by police responding to the dramatic scenes.

Sightings

Actor Josh Holloway noshing at Olio e Limone… Actress Robin Wright, ex-wife of Sean Penn, at Pierre Lafond… Weakest Link host Jane Lynch at Montecito Country Mart.

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