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Uptown Girl's White Bread World Sucks
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Jen Chung
Published Jul 16, 2006
Modified Mar 7, 2008
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There's really no reason to feel sorry for Christie Brinkley. She's richer and more beautiful than about 99.999% of the human population. But having the Post reveal that you're getting divorced from your fourth husband because he's infatuated with a 19 year old girl, well, that hits Gothamist's sympathy button. And heck, we've seen the video for "Uptown Girl" so many times, we'd expect her to pull up at a gas station in about ten minutes. The Post reports that architect Peter Cook offered Diana Bianchi a job at his firm, after meeting her at a Southampton Village toy store while "shopping for his children." Jeez! He "wrote her love notes and showered her with cash," and Bianchi's stepfather unsuccessfully tried to intervene. And then Brinkley found out about her husband was dating Bianchi by going through his emails.
And if you've ever seen a Billy Joel video from the 80s, you must check out Progressive Boink's analysis of many Billy Joel videos, complete with Jew-fro rating.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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