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Sacha Baron Cohen is still in character, but it’s another character this time. The star of “Borat” is now filming “Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt.” He’s chosen the runways of Milan Fashion Week as his playground. The actor/comedian caused a ruckus yesterday when he unexpectedly jumped on a catwalk during a show. He appeared in character, wearing a blond wig and cloak, with many layers and accessories. Cohen even managed to strut his stuff a little before being hauled off by security. He looks unrecognizable here and actually pretty modelesque too. He was detained by Italian police afterwards.

Looks like Drew Barrymore fancies the young ones! Last night Barrymore attended the Kings of Leon concert after-party, and ended up hanging out with Gossip Girl darlings (and roommates) Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford. In a drunken frat party move, Barrymore, 33, proceeded to spend the night making out with Westwick, 21. The pic above shows just how conspicuous the two’s PDA session was.

It was first reported by Perez Hilton that Drew had been kissing Chace Crawford, and she was spotted recently leaving an SNL after-party with him. But enough people witnessed the make-out storm to confirm that last night’s partner was in fact Chuck Bass.

I’ve seen this little Westwick brat and don’t understand his appeal, do you? Is he British? I guess smug and smarmy reads sexy in certain lights, or when you’re very very drunk, eh Drew? Vanity Fair reports that the lucky gent wore leather pants and pointed shoes in an attempt to look as much like an S&M elf as possible.

Dude’s crazy! Apparently ”illusionist” David Blaine plans to hang upside down in Central Park for 60 hours, (over two days!) At 8:30 this morning, Blaine was hoisted six stories high, and he plans to remain suspended until 11 pm on Wednesday. Blaine’s physician, Dr. Ronald Ruben, told ABCNews.com, “How he does this I’m not 100 percent sure. He seems to have the ability to use his mind to control his body to not experience pain and discomfort, as well as take away his basic drives to eat and sleep and defy his fear.”  Ok Doc, how much were you paid to say that? According to medical experts, Blaine could also temporarily go blind after hanging for that length of time. 

What prompted Blaine to dangle? He says Harry Houdini is his inspiration. “I always liked that idea of being upside down,” Blaine says. “So I started experimenting on how long could somebody actually be put upside down. And there was no documentation of it. Nobody really had research on it. I invited doctors to kind of look and watch me as I was doing experiments. And although the dangers are high, I think there’s a way to override that. “ Blaine’s previous stunts include being buried underground for seven days, and being encased in a block of ice in Time’s Square for 63 hours. At least he’s used to catheters, huh?

British pop star George Michael was busted for drug possession this weekend. He was arrested in a public lavatory as the Brits say, after the loo attendent reported him for loitering. The drugs are said to include marijuana and crack. Crack?! I didn’t know he was that far gone. Cops confirmed that a 45-year-old man was arrested on Hampstead Heath, where the Victorian South End Green bathrooms are an infamous meeting spot for gay men who go cruising around the Heath. The area is a quick drive from the mansion Michael shares with partner Kenny Goss.

In 1998, Michael was busted for engaging in lewd conduct in a public restroom in California. In 2006, he was twice arrested for drug offenses. Michael released a statement last night, in which he said, “I want to apologise to my fans for screwing up again and to promise them I’ll sort myself out. And to say sorry to everybody else, just for boring them.” Oh George. The 90’s were a good time for him, but the 00’s–not so much.

Former Access Hollywood host Pat O’Brien was in Iowa recently, communing with the common folk, when he had a revelation: the average Iowan couldn’t care less about entertainment shows like The Insider and ET. Upon his return, O’Brien wrote an email to the staff of both shows telling them just that. He writes: ”I was approached a hundred times by people asking, ‘Can you help us?’ I tried to tell them we care, but they didn’t buy it. They wanted to, but watching Anya and Lara [Spencer] pick out accessories makes the viewers want to vomit.” He adds, “I’ll get killed for this, but I’m actually the one not afraid for my job. I want people to be happy.”

You may remember O’Brien from the series of sexually explicit voicemails that were leaked in 2005. He’d left a string of cringe-inducing messages on a woman’s voicemail. Listen to them here.

The object of his affection was never revealed, but the messages were played on The Howard Stern Show and across the internet. O’Brien entered rehab for alcoholism and substance abuse and later returned to The Insider as a correspondent. He was in rehab again in 2008. His righteous email seems to signal that he’s suddenly turned serious journalist, or more likely, he’s off the wagon. According to reports, he’s also out of a job. A rep for the show confirmed to Page Six that O’Brien had been fired.

Last night I had insomnia, and what should creep into my restless thoughts but Project Runway, the tenth episode of which I had recently viewed on trusty old YouTube. I started thinking about Jerrell’s bizarre fashion sense, not his designs but the clothes he himself wears. For example, he usually appears on the runway in a suit jacket with the sleeves hacked off. Last episode he topped that off with a hat of dark feathers. The effect was kind of scarecrow chic, I thought. In my sleep-deprived state, this made me think of The Wizard of Oz, and then it hit me that Kenley is a dead-frickin’-ringer for Dorothy. That retro hair and her ruby-red lipstick. She probably even admires Dorothy’s “aesthetic” and I can definitely see her in sparkly red heels with white socks. With Jerrell as the scarecrow and Kenley as Dorothy, I knew I had to cast the rest of the characters before I could sleep. This is what I came up with:

Joe as the cowardly lion. He might not be as loveable but can’t you picture him in costume, clutching his tail and stuttering?

Suede as the Tin Man. Something about his face just says ”Cover me with silver paint.”

For the Wicked Witch, none other than Nina Garcia.

Michael Kors as the man behind the curtain.

And last but not least, the lovely Heidi Klum as Glenda the good witch.

Oh, and I suppose Blayne would want to play. He could be one of the flying monkeys!

This episode the designers gave makeovers to recent college grads. They worked with the grads and their mothers to create professional looks for new jobs and interviews. There were some interesting pairings of girls and designers. Old-fashioned Joe got trendy graphic design-major Laura, who he dressed in a conservative pin-stripe skirt suit. Kenley, on the other hand, lucked out and got someone with exactly her own tastes. Leanne got a soon-to-be elementary school teacher who looked fourteen. She said she wanted to look like an authority figure while also being comfortable. Leanne made a dress, then had to re-work the top when the girl’s mother exclaimed that it made her look flat-chested.

Jerrell won the challenge with a modern, figure-flattering chocolate brown ensemble, while Joe, Suede and Leanne were on the chopping block. Suede’s outfit was a swirly-patterned dress (”Pucci-esque” he called the pattern) and a jacket with flared sleeves. His fellow-designers knew he was in trouble with that jacket, which along with Joe’s reminded me of 90’s Fashion Bug. Suede’s design frightened the judges so much they didn’t even care to describe it. Usually Michael Kors comes up with scathing witticisms, but he didn’t say a word. Nina Garcia held her tongue too. Her solemn “I will say no more” was the worst possible assessment she could have given.

In the end it was Joe’s turn to go. It was a bit of a non-event, because no one pictured Joe at Bryant Park anyway, not because he isn’t talented but because his designs aren’t current enough. Now Kenley, Suede, Korto, Jerrell, and Leanne remain. Will Kenley throw a tantrum on the runway next episode? Stay tuned…

Actress Anne Hathaway has long ago moved on to more adult fare since her Disney princess movies, but her management team is still scrambling to hide the fact that she smokes. (After wearing the above sheer outfit with her nips showing, it’s hard to believe the actress has that wholesome an image.) According to a source, the star “kept nipping out for secret cigarettes at the Hollywood Life House at the Toronto Film Festival. A spy says, ‘Her people don’t want anyone to know she smokes.’” I remember when stars smoked all the time in movies, but now it seems the number of off-screen smokers has dramatically decreased. Apart from an Olsen or two and Katherine Heigl, I can’t think of any female celeb smokers.

Unlike Heigl, Hathaway has managed to avoid being photographed while puffing away. After all the craziness with her ex-boyfriend, Raffaelo Follieri, I’d probably start smoking too.  

Oscar winner and singer Jennifer Hudson recently celebrated her 27th birthday in L.A. During the festivities, boyfriend David Otunga proposed and a rep for the star confirms that the two are engaged. So who the hell is David Otunga? you ask. He appeared in VH1’s reality show, “I Love New York 2,” on which he was known as “Punk.” If memory serves, I believe Punk was one of the more “sophisticated” gents brought onto the show by New York’s insane mother. He did, after all, graduate from Harvard Law School, but still, he vied for the affections of this lady:

Hudson and Otunga do have something in common in that they both hail from Chicago. But really, Jennifer Hudson needs to stop and think about this. It’s in the celebrity handbook that Oscar winners do not marry reality TV stars.

Mary-Kate Olsen is all about the accessories, and what’s more eye-catching than a new boytoy at her side? Since January, gossip rags have speculated that MK has a new beau in 29-year-old artist Nate Lowman. The pair’s been spotted at various New York hotspots and recently attended the Benjamin Cho Show at New York Fashion Week. He looks like a British actor in the above pic, sort of a bewildered Hugh Grant, peeking out at a madcap scene. What kind of conversations must they have? Drug-fueled?

And what kind of artist is young Master Lowman? Below is a 2005 print of his, titled Pink Altima.

He’s done a series of silkscreen-on-aluminum bullet holes, bringing to mind Andy Warhol. MK reportedly started collecting Warhol after appearing in Factory Girl, so it looks like the child star and the artist have something in common besides their love of plaid shirts.