Farrell finally takes the bait and lands date with Lohan

December 15, 2004

BY BILL ZWECKER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST

The big buzz from New York is all about how Colin Farrell and Lindsay Lohan finally hooked up -- nearly a year after Farrell, 28, told the then-17-year-old starlet, ''Call me when dating you won't get me sent to jail!''

Now 18 and legal, Lohan spent a romantic weekend in the Irish actor's Plaza Hotel suite following their weekend gig on ''Saturday Night Live.'' According to the Big Apple press, the duo spent the wee hours Sunday romping at popular New York nightspots, Lohan dancing on banquettes, Farrell guzzling pricey scotch and both spending many, many, hours behind closed doors at the Plaza.

''We'll see how long this lasts -- I give it two weeks -- but they are definitely dating,'' confirmed a source inside Lohan's camp Tuesday.

*The young actress' ''Herbie: Fully Loaded'' co-star Michael Keaton grinned wickedly when Lohan's name came up in a chat with this column on Tuesday. (Keaton was in Chicago boosting the upcoming release of "White Noise.")

When kidded that associating with Lohan might likely ''get you back in the tabloids,'' Keaton quipped, ''Oh, no. She's welcome to them all by herself. I've had my fair share of that kind of attention -- in my past ... and let's keep it in the past!''

ALREADY HITCHED? After months of speculation, it appears retired tennis queen Anna Kournikova and her Latin heartthrob Enrique Iglesias have secretly wed. Us Weekly reports the marriage news was blabbed by Kournikova herself during a charity tennis event last weekend in Boca Raton, Fla.

''Everything is awesome. We are married,'' said the former Russian net star, flashing a newly minted wedding band on her ring finger.

Reportedly the couple tied the knot a few weeks ago in a beachside ceremony before a tiny group of friends and immediate family members in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Spokespeople for both Kournikova and Iglesias declined to comment.

*A Tuesday New York Post item ''that Chicago Cubs slugger Sammy Sosa will marry his girlfriend Sonia on Saturday'' has stirred lots of questions from readers of this column.

A bit of clarification: While Mr. and Mrs. Sosa have been hitched for a long time, they were married by a justice of the peace/judge and have always wanted to be remarried by a priest in a church or chapel -- which apparently will happen this weekend in the Dominican Republic.

FLICK FIZZLING? On the heels of all those nasty stories surfacing about extramarital affairs and questionable business dealings, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik may lose more than just that job as President Bush's new Homeland Security secretary. MSNBC's Jeannette Walls reports Miramax Films may drop its option to make a movie based on Kerik's gripping autobiography, The Lost Son: A Life in Pursuit of Justice.

"That is all speculation," a spokeswoman for Miramax told this column Wednesday. "The film is one of many we currently have in development," she said, adding recent news stories have not yet had an impact on the chances of the Kerik film ultimately being made.

LOCAL LIGHT: Former Chicagoan Robin Tunney -- a cousin of Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) and a onetime waitress at Tunney's Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont -- has joined the cast (along with Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller) of Brett Ratner's proposed Fox TV pilot, ''Prison Break,'' currently filming down at the former state prison in Joliet. Tunney, perhaps best known for her roles in ''Vertical Limit'' and ''The In-Laws,'' will play the defense attorney for an engineer (Miller) who gets himself into the prison he designed to help his incarcerated brother (Purcell) escape from Death Row.

'SOPRANOS' WHACKED: After James Gandolfini teased the press with hints the upcoming sixth season of ''The Sopranos'' may not be the last, series creator David Chase is quickly squelching that tale -- making clear to foxnews.com that ''I'm done,'' and so is ''The Sopranos.'' Chase reportedly already has figured out a clever ending to the acclaimed HBO drama series, and he'd tell me, but ... then he'd have to kill me.

WHAT A TRIBUTE! The Parthenon restaurant in Greektown was packed wall-to-wall with Marj Abrams' legion of fans Monday night -- all on deck to toast the veteran public relations pro on her 80th birthday. Though Abrams has been a Chicago resident for most of those eight decades, the room was filled with Green Bay Packers balloons -- a tribute to her cheesehead roots and Abrams' fanatical love of the team, which counted both her father and grandfather as players.

Now retired from PR, Abrams may be starting a new career. During the party, clips were shown featuring her small role in the new independent film ''Hopeless,'' made by Lincoln Park housewife-turned-filmmaker Rosie Goldberg.

Abrams was serenaded by crooner Jimmy Damon, praised by Chicago cultural czarina Lois Weisberg and celebrated by the evening's emcee Harriet Ellis -- much to the delight of the crowd, including Abra and Jim Wilkin, Don Rose, Marge and Bob Herguth, Audri Adams, Pat Moore, Eileen Mackevich, Dan Miller, Howard Mendelsohn, Marilyn Preston, Sandy Pesman, Georgianne Geyer, Jacqueline Hayes, Sue and Harvey Camins, Sheila King, Herb Kraus, June Rosner, Evie and Herb Glieberman, Don Powell, Tom Tocalis, Carl Meyerdirk, Marshall Rosenthal, Erin and Pat O'Brien, Jon Anderson, Mary Anne and Joe Cappo, Betty Eaton, Larry Green, John Iltis and Peggy and Sherman Wolf.

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