"The best things can’t be said. The second-best are misunderstood," said Heinrich Zimmer.

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Janice Dickinson refers to herself as "the world’s first supermodel." Oh, puh-leeze! Others disagree, including me, and refer to her differently.

Dickinson, well-known for her fire-starter temper and her cliff-like cheekbones, has been very busy of late filming episodes of "I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" Frankly, I think anyone who would admit to and be proud of being "a celebrity" needs their head examined.)

This is a show in which the semi-famous are tormented so it’s no more than they deserve. But nothing has tormented Janice so much as the worry over her two pooches, left behind in Hollywood while she toils in Costa Rica.

This speaks well for Janice but here are the details. She had someone install doggie doors at the back of her Bel Air house so her chocolate Lab and her baby bulldog could wander in and out as they wanted. Then Janice worried that the doggie doors might be too big and allow "tiny burglars" to enter her home, so she had the doors scaled down. Now she is worried the pups are growing too fast and may get stuck! (Hey, Janice, get these dogs their own keys.)

Recently, the beauty was rushed from the Costa Rica set for some kind of medical help but it wasn’t serious and she is used to certain miracles of being patched back together.

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It was at the home of L.A. real estate developer Gil Garfield that current Attorney General Jerry Brown kicked off his recent campaign to replace Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the next California election. Heavy-hitting political contributors were there as well as some Beverly Hills matrons.

Jerry Brown is always thought of as a renegade who chases moonbeams, but he says he still believes he will be the best candidate and his backers say he is simply ahead of his time. Brown says America’s real anger over unemployment has yet to be unleashed.

He expects former e-bay CEO Meg Whitman "to command the eyeballs of TV and outspend me." Sen. Dianne Feinstein could also be in the running.

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Notables showed for the first perfect night of summer outdoors in Central Park and the opening of "Twelfth Night," starring three of New York’s favorite females – Anne Hathaway, Audra McDonald and Julie White.

The benefit dinner before – saluting director Mike Nichols and exec genius Susan Lyne – drew Nora Ephron; Nick Pileggi; Louise Grunwald; Steve Martin; Sandra Bernhard and her beautiful daughter, Cicely; Liz and Felix Rohatyn; Barry Diller; Martin Short; Christine Baranski; Judith Light; Hannah Pakula; Marshall Rose and Candice Bergen with her grown-up daughter, Chloe Malle, back from Africa; Susan and Donald Newhouse; Ashley Leeds and Chris Harland – all benefactors who support Shakespeare in the Park.

As for "Twelfth Night" – it is beautifully executed, and Anne Hathaway, who I thought outdid herself in "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Rachel Getting Married," proves she can appealingly do and be anything, even a guy in drag. Along with Amy Adams – these two constitute our next big superstars!

News of Michael Jackson’s death raced through the dinner crowd, but somehow failed to put a damper on the evening. If you can, you must come get in line for free tickets and see Ms. Hathaway do Shakespeare credibly and pretend to be an adorable young man. Walk into the Park at 81st and Central Park West and follow signs to the Delacorte Theater.