Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, interrupted his holiday in the Mediterranean to deal with a crisis at The Washington Post, which he owns.
In a Tuesday email to Post execs backing his embattled publisher Will Lewis, Bezos said, “The journalistic standards and ethics at The Post will not change.”
Lewis, a Brit, is under fire for some of the sleazy reporting tactics used at papers he worked for in London.
The Amazon founder — worth $211 billion — and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez were on the Greek island Mykonos.
The loved-up duo flew into Greece on one of their three private jets, worth $65 million apiece, to sail around the Greek islands for a week.
Sanchez, who has a pilot’s license, flew one of their helicopters from the airport and landed on their $500 million super yacht Koru, which means “new beginnings” in Maori.
The boat features a topless figure of Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and fertility, on the bow.
To get to dinner, the couple choppered off their boat and landed in town where they were whisked to Noema, a restaurant in the old part of the city, in a black SUV with tinted windows followed by a van with four security guards.
Because no cars are allowed in the historical part of the city, the couple had to walk to the restaurant trailed by armed guards.
Sanchez, in a low-cut and figure-hugging yellow dress, and Bezos, dressed in cream-colored short-sleeved shirt and navy slacks, smiled and waved to the crowds who started yelling out his name and giving him the thumbs up.
The pair requested a corner table for themselves and another couple. Bezos’ security made it clear to the staff that the mogul didn’t want to talk to anyone and “wanted to get in and out in one hour.”
Bezos ordered the boîte’s famed fresh lobster over pasta while Sanchez ordered a selection of sushi.
Observers said the tanned and fit couple looked “madly in love,” noting that on the way out Bezos gallantly held Sanchez’s hand as they navigated the steep steps and the narrow, rocky road back to their chopper.
Insiders say Bezos installed a cutting-edge beauty salon on the boat for Sanchez, who travels with a hairdresser, makeup artist, and manicurist, to be camera ready at all times.
The billionaire also keeps a second $80 million support craft near his main boat where he keeps his staff and all the “water toys.”
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“My best directors let my freak flag fly,” said Oscar nominee Colman Domingo, while accepting the Excellence in Acting Award at the 26th Annual Provincetown Film Festival.
The “Rustin” actor, who also starred in 109 episodes of “Fear the Walking Dead,” described himself as “a character actor in a leading man’s body.” The charismatic star confessed between a pair of standing ovations: “My first four takes are horrible.”
PIFF Resident Artist, director John Waters, seated in the audience at the Crown & Anchor, called out, “I’ve never had the budget for four takes.”
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They were on “Shark Tank” and didn’t win anything, but Mark Cuban then backed them.
New York photographers Dave Warren and Luciana Pampalone, are one of the few married shutterbug couples who’ve successfully worked together.
They’ve shot a Who’s Who of celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Christie Brinkley, Michael Douglas and Michael Jordon, to name a few.
Now they’ve joined forces and formed a new venture called Dream Team Creatives.
For their latest project, Luciana has photographed the “How To Be a Redhead” book, and the brand is now partnered with “Shark Tank” billionaire Mark Cuban.
Touted as the only beauty book for carrot tops, the book is endorsed by such redheads as designer Nicole Miller, Julie Klausner from “Beautiful People,” Christiane Seidel of “Boardwalk Empire” and Sondra Curries from “The Hangover.”
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Robert De Niro, whose artist father was gay, will be the keynote speaker Wednesday at the Jim Owles Gay Pride Gala & Awards Ceremony at the Hard Rock Cafe.
The politically active actor will get an award from Rev. Al Sharpton.
Gov. Hochul will be honored by Allen Roskoff, president of the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club and co-author of the nation’s first gay rights bill. Councilman Erik Bottcher will emcee.
Other honorees are journalists Michael Musto and Mickey Boardman, described as “bon vivants around town,” singer Marilyn Maye and actor Brian Stokes Mitchell, who will be singing.
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Jared Leto came to the Culturin Afterparty series hosted by Unik Ernest and UnitedMasters CEO Steve Stoute during Cannes Lions.
The party got so packed that Leto went outside to catch up with will.i.am and Shawn White and told them of the time he spent in living in Leogane, Haiti as a teenager and that he’s considering hosting something to help the people there.
Other guests included Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Gabrielle Union and Anthony Anderson.
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Pope Francis was reminded of his hardscrabble upbringing in Buenos Aires when he met with Dr. Ramon Tallaj of The Bronx at the Vatican.
“I recall the family midwife because there were five of us, so when the woman with the suitcase came, we knew a baby brother was coming!” The Pope said.
Tallaj spearheaded SOMOS Community Care’s “Thank You, Doctor!” campaign in Rome.
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Globe-trotting NYC gallerist Isabelle Bscher welcomed photographer Jean Pigozzi, who has shot everyone form Kate Moss to Mick Jagger, to her Galerie Gmurzynska in Zurich, Switzerland for her new exhibition, “Joan Miro: Paintings and Sculptures.”
The artist’s grandson Joan Punyet Miro presented his own show titled “Ecological Abstraction” alongside his grandfather’s work.
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Devorah Rose, the editor-in-chief of Social Life Magazine who once dated heroic writer Salman Rushdie, hosted a lunch featuring a talk by anti-aging specialist Dr. Terry Grossman in Southampton.
The doctor, who co-wrote the best seller “Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever” with Ray Kurzweil, practices in New York and Denver.
A group of wealthy Hamptonites, including plastic surgeon Dr. Lyle Leipziger, listened intently as the doctor discussed his life extension therapies.
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Out & About: “Harry Wilde” star Jane Seymour traveled to Kilkea Castle in Ireland to team up with “The Truth About Horses” author Christy Cashman to host the retreat’s YOUTHink creative mentorship program for teenagers … Author Jean Shafiroff honored with the Trailblazer Award by The Urban Resource Institute, the nation’s largest provider of domestic violence shelter services.
