PEOPLE SAID it would never last, but at least most of them thought it would start.
Alas, Hugh Hefner's fiancee, Crystal Harris, has called off the wedding five days before she was to say "I do."
TMZ.com sources say that Crystal and Hef had a nasty phone argument over the weekend and soon after Crystal moved out of the Playboy Mansion.
Life & Style chimed in with a reminder that it had broken the news months ago that Crystal had been dating Jordan McGraw on the sly.
Jordan was Crystal's songwriting partner, and it was believed that in addition to making music, they also made sheet music.
Jordan is the son of Dr. Phil, who perhaps should counsel his boy on not taking advantage of the elderly.
"Crystal informed me of the news this morning and that the decision to call off the wedding was mutual," Crystal's manager, Michael Blakey, told Life & Style. "The split was amicable and I'm happy to say that Crystal and Hef will remain close friends."
Sure they will.
Wonder feted at Apollo
Stevie Wonder was honored at Harlem's famed Apollo Monday during the theater's spring gala. Wonder, who first performed at the Apollo as a child, was inducted into the Legends Hall of Fame, alongside Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald and James Brown.
As part of the show, Wonder performed with a cast of friends and admirers including Tony Bennett, Chick Corea, Paul Shaffer and Doug E. Fresh. The tribute concert also featured Raphael Saadiq, Yolanda Adams, Kim Burrell, Melanie Fiona, ?uestlove and others.
Bennett gave the honor to Wonder, who in turn lauded his presenter for his commitment to the Apollo and to civil-rights causes.
"As much as I may never see the color of his skin, I'm able to feel the color of his spirit," Wonder told the audience. "When it was not fashionable to hang out with the brothers and sisters, you did."
The Apollo spring gala raised more than $1.2 million. The funds will be used for its educational programs and to preserve the historic theater's legacy, organizers said.
Cage in court
Nicolas Cage met with a judge yesterday to settle a lawsuit filed by his ex-girlfriend Christina Fulton over money and a house that she claims Cage promised her.
Cage and his attorneys were in Superior Court Judge Teresa Sanchez-Gordon's chambers for roughly 90 minutes before Fulton and her attorneys were called before the judge.
The judge ruled that Fulton couldn't sue Cage for breaching an oral contract to transfer ownership of the L.A. house to the ex-actress, saying that the claim was barred by a statute of limitations.
Fulton sued Cage in December 2009 for $13 million, claiming that he had broken a promise to care for her and their now-adult son.
Fulton's attorney, K. Lee Crawford Boyd, said Cage had promised to provide the home and support payments to her client so he could become a star.
"If Nicolas Cage had to step in and be a parent, he could not be Nicolas Cage," she told the judge.
Fulton also sought yesterday to amend her lawsuit and add some claims against Cage, but Sanchez-Gordon rejected that
effort.
The judge urged the parties to try to settle before trial and not treat the case as a rehash of the private paternity case they previously settled.
Fox Business host Eric Bolling said Monday that he was sorry for what detractors have called racist insults directed at President Obama.
In a brief mea culpa on his broadcast, Bolling said that he "got a little fast and loose with the language." He said that he's sorry his remarks were interpreted as disrespectful.
On Friday's show, Bolling criticized Obama's recent meeting with Gabon President Ali Bongo, who is viewed by some as a corrupt leader.
Well, "some" people view every leader as corrupt.
Bolling went on to say that it's not the first time that Obama has had "a hoodlum in the hizzouse."
He added, "What's with all the hoods in the hizzy?"
* Candy Spelling, widow of TV producer Aaron Spelling, has sold her 57,000-square-foot mansion, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The asking price was $150 million, but the final purchase price was not disclosed.
Who could buy a $150 million home in this housing market? A 22-year-old heiress, of course.
She's Petra Ecclestone, another winner of the genetic lottery, whose 80-year-old daddy, Bernard Ecclestone, runs Formula One racing and is one of the richest men in Great Britain, and whose mom, Slavica, Bernie's ex-wife, was a model for Armani.
Slavica wasn't just 27 years younger than her 5-foot-2 husband, but a foot taller - and fortunately for Petra, she has mom's looks to go with dad's money.
Amazingly, the $150 million California home won't even be Petra's primary residence. She also has a $91 million home in London, and will split her time between the two.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger's
former housekeeper Mildred Patty Baena has finally opened her mouth about having a child with the ex-governor, saying that her son learned only about a year ago who his father was.
In an interview with the U.K.'s Hello! magazine, Baena said that her son Joseph's response to the news was: "Cool!"
Maria Shriver's response was a little less enthusiastic.
Daily News wire services contributed to this report.
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