Gina Gershon is in the movie “Permission.”
Nice little story about a forever couple who finally get married — but a friend drunkenly suggests they experiment with a little sleep-around sex therapy before the wedding. The drunken friend is Gina. The male experimenter is Dan Stevens.
So, meanwhile, where’s Gina Gershon been these days?
“I went to live in Europe. A long relationship with a guy — but it ended. And I stayed there awhile. What happened was, I nearly lost my cat Louie, which meant I nearly lost my mind. He’s back now and OK. So I wrote a book. I didn’t take a break. I was thinking of giving up acting.”
So now she’s back and she says of this movie: “Dan and I have an open relationship that never works. And there’s crazy scenes. Steamy scenes. We filmed in New York. Different locations. Like one very eccentric scene where we’re both high. So insane a scene that I can’t talk about it.
“I can only say we’re doing ecstasy. We’re making love. And very high. And it’s very revealing.”
So, Gina, hon, to enact this realistically, didn’t you maybe have to experience this yourself?
“Oh, listen, I’ve experienced everything. I believe in preparation.”
Event a chip off the old blocks
Lego Live is upon us Feb. 16 to 18, Pier 36. Master Builder Chris Steininger — whose actor/florist/carpenter dad made toys — tells me his dad discovered that more people cared about his toys than about his building houses. So he laid off employees and 1932 Danish company Lego was founded.
I hear that Lego Live will have Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman, a 9-foot-tall Empire State Building comprised of 30,000 pieces. Plus, an American World Tour of our landmarks, beginning with the White House.
What happens if you’re building everything within the state of Texas and you lose a few pieces? “Call our customer service.”
Savvy celebs
Some really high-class actors found new ways to handle p.r. Saoirse Ronan faced one press line barefoot. Milo Ventimiglia fell into a pool at the Golden Globes after-party. Aziz Ansari carried his own bag of candy around . . . And Justin Timberlake, offered a long booking in Vegas, called that “Sleepyville.” He said: “That’s like being retired.”
Bits & pieces
Ice-T and Donnie Wahlberg doing a B.B. King’s birthday party for martial arts guy Paul Mormando . . . So how’s a B’way musical schlep out to the burbs? To play such desolations as downtown Wisconsin, “Phantom” travels in 30 trucks — and that doesn’t include the actors . . . At least the Grammys weren’t like the Golden Globes with everyone in black. Sunday, they had feathers coming out of their behinds. Let’s hear it for the Grammys.
In the books
Grammys host James Corden hit P.S. 11 to read stories to kids. They had a talent show, and he said, “I love it. I felt like I’m back in school.” They were partnering with nonprofit Reading Is Fundamental to show kids that many movie stories were originally from books. “Peter Rabbit” the movie opens Feb. 9.
“He’s a rascal, a rebel and a rabbit,” claims Corden, who voices him. Fortunately, the thing doesn’t sing karaoke in cars or anywhere else.
Complaining about her husband’s boozing, the lady said: “We’d be rich today if whiskey came in deposit bottles.”
Only in New York, kids, only in New York.