Brave Man

NAOMI Campbell's latest arm candy is dashing hotel mogul, and Uma Thurman's recent ex, Andre Balazs. Though insiders say the two are not a couple, they were spotted last week at Waverly Inn having a cozy dinner, which was briefly broken up when Donna Karan plopped down to chat with the dinner daters. Later, Balazs brought Campbell to Kelly Killoren Bensimon's birthday party at Pop Burger, though a spy said, "They weren't really together there."


Thongs R Her

GISELE Bundchen is counting down the seconds until her contract with Victoria's Secret runs out so she can cash in on her new deal with H&M. Page Six sources tell us the bronzed beauty - who is always on the arm of boyfriend Tom Brady - is "negotiating a lingerie line" with the label. "Gisele has been in talks with H&M for a long time, but for legal issues she has to wait for her Victoria's Secret contract to end to start the project." Reps for Bundchen did not comment.


Ellen Barks

SIX months after her very public divorce from Revlon mogul Ronald Perelman, actress Ellen Barkin (left, in Parade magazine) is opening up about her six-year marriage, which hit rock bottom when the billionaire's security men escorted her out of his townhouse and onto East 63rd Street. "It's certainly not the shining moment of my 53 years on this planet," the glamorous blond star of "Sea of Love" tells Parade. "What the hell was I thinking? Marry a rich guy? Was I crazy? I was already at the party. I didn't need someone to get me through the door. How could I be so clueless?" Stories of Perelman's controlling attitude included him demanding his fourth wife not film sex scenes, kissing scenes or tape outside of New York. And her agreement to do "Ocean's Thirteen" in 2004 infuriated him. "Did I actually think I was going to give up working? It's important for me to work," she said. Of the $20 million worth of jewelry she sold last October, all gifts from her ex, Barkin said, "I didn't want to look down at my hand and be reminded of why I left him. I didn't need to carry around the baggage of a man who had tried to make me Mrs. Somebody. The jewelry wasn't a trophy for me. It was more like a battle scar."