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JUST three weeks after Page Six ran a blind item about their crumbling marriage, Paula Zahn and her husband, real-estate magnate Richard Cohen, have filed for divorce. The blind item asked, "Which TV news anchorwoman is about to get separated from her husband? He suspects she's been having an affair . . . " An insider confirmed that not only does Zahn have a boyfriend, he's also married with children. Radaronline claims the man is ContiGroup CEO Paul Fribourg, who did not return our calls. "It's going to get very messy," our spy said. Howard Rubenstein, who reps both Zahn and Cohen - who have three kids together - declined to comment on any extramarital affairs, "because of the children," but did confirm the divorce. An insider added, "Things really started going downhill for Paula and Richard during the Pale Male and Lola incident." In 2004, Cohen, then president of the co-op board of the couple's swanky building at 927 Fifth Ave., signed off on removing the nest of two lovebird hawks perched on the ornamental exterior stonework. The eviction set off a global outcry, including a protest by Mary Tyler Moore, who lived there at the time.





Elsewhere around the anchor chair, we hear Barbara Walters may have found love again. The 77-year-old ABC newswoman is said to be seeing Dr.Robert N. Butler, an 80-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning author and gerontologist. A source says Walters grew close to Butler while researching a special on longevity. Back in 1976, however, she refused to interview Butler about his book, "Love and Sex After 60" because she felt the material "might not be appropriate for younger viewers."




Whoever made Britney Spears' reservation at Tao Las Vegas Saturday night made sure to tell management to "not serve her any alcohol and to not put drink menus on the table," a restaurant insider says. The blond-wigged pop princess was "very pleasant to staff" and dined on dumplings and sushi - and drank only Diet Pepsi and iced tea.



Shock rocker Marilyn Manson says that after his split with ex-wife Dita Von Teese, he "never wanted to make music again." He did though, and Manson describes his new album as "cannibal, consumption, obsessive, violent-sex, romance angle - but with an upbeat swing to it," in the May issue of Revolver, on stands now.



Suri Cruise is not even 1 year old, but the young diva has a hair appointment every single week, says an insider. "She is always naked and no one's allowed to talk around the baby," laughs the snitch.



Hollywood beauty Halle Berry will be going bald for her role in "Nappily Ever After." "In the course of this movie, something bad happens to my character's hair and she decides to shave it all off," Berry tells In Touch.

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