'The Mistress' dishes out tough love in reality show

In "The Mistress," an intervention show debuting Jan. 21 on the new Discovery Life Channel (changing Jan. 15 from Discovery Fit & Health, a channel we didn't even know existed), Sarah J. Symonds, author and self-proclaimed former mistress of Chef Gordon Ramsay and Lord Jeffrey Archer, dishes out tough love to mistresses ready to finally escape the trap of extramarital affairs.

"Infidelity is like the distant rumble of thunder in any relationship," said Symonds. "I know firsthand how and why people cheat and I've made it my life's mission to try and stop them. I think that airing this series right after the New Year is perfect, as many mistresses will be reevaluating their relationships, having spent the holidays alone. This show will serve as a wake-up call for many women, and may even save some marriages, too!"

Cosby accuser goes there, calls him 'serial rapist'

Some day we will again come to work and not have to read (and write) of another woman accusing Bill Cosby of sexually assaulting her.

We're not sure if that day will come this year, but some day . . ].

The latest is former model Jewel Allison, who spoke to the New York Daily News in an exclusive interview.

Jewel, now 52, was a big fan of the Cos back in the day but that all ended after a dinner gone awry.

Now, after sitting on her story for about a quarter of a century, Jewel isn't pulling any punches:

"We may be looking at America's greatest serial rapist that ever got away with this for the longest amount of time," she told the Daily News last week. "He got away with it because he was hiding behind the image of Cliff Huxtable."

Yikes!

Jewel said she was introduced to Cosby by her agent, Sue Charney, who discovered another Cosby accuser, supermodel Janice Dickinson.

Jewel claims she ended up at Cosby's Manhattan brownstone on her birthday, for what she thought was a dinner party. But she was the only guest.

"He said he wanted to help models and actors who were well-educated, who could do something else," she recalled. "I thought, 'Wow, this is Bill Cosby.' "

But "something else" included touching his genitals.

After phone calls and compliments from "Wow, this is Bill Cosby," Jewel accepted another dinner invitation.

He offered a fancy glass of wine but she remembered it tasting awful. Suddenly, she felt sick. Cosby picked her up off the couch and took her into another room where she saw her reflection in the mirror and was worried about how bad she looked.

Per her story, however, she looked fine to the Cos, who placed her hand back on his genitals.

"That was my sexual assault by this comedian," she told the New York Daily News. "He turned me around and said, 'Let's get you home.' At the door, he gave me a very hard embrace and a hard kiss."

In the cab Cosby paid for, Jewel says she vomited the whole ride.

Soon thereafter, she says, Cosby invited her to spend the night with him at his suburban Philadelphia home. She declined.

"There's no such thing as America's Dad," she said. "There's just a man named Bill Cosby. He's a very sick sociopath."

* Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, sing a song for ME!

As part of an ongoing Swedish film series "Experiment Ensam" (Experiment Alone), in which people experience events meant for crowds all by their lonesome, Rolling Stone reports that Bob Dylan superfan (and Swedish TV host and, most importantly, friend of the director) Fredrik Wikingsson got to witness a Sunday matinee of Dylan as the only person in the Academy of Music.

The show was filmed by eight cameras, and a 15-minute documentary of the event will air on YouTube starting Dec. 15.

* Hoping to boost box office, Sting will play the role of a foreman onstage in "The Last Ship" starting Dec. 9 at the Neil Simon Theatre. The musical, for which he supplied songs and lyrics, and is based on his childhood, has been struggling at the ticket window.

The show, with no big stars, brought in only $536,000 last week, less than half its $1,243,000 potential. The theater was 60 percent full.

* Rihanna has announced the debut of Rogue Love by Rihanna, in case you want to smell like Rihanna at Christmas.

Rogue Love is the female complement to Rogue Man, Rihanna's first fragrance for men.

The fragrance's top notes (and this may be the only notes you're getting from Rihanna for awhile) are Mandarin, Berry & Peach, with Jasmine Sambac Absolute, Honeysuckle, Coconut and Orchid in the middle on a base of Creamy woods, Amber, Caramel, and Vanilla.

Sounds like a sundae topping.

- Daily News wire services

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