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Plus, Jon Peters cuts a check for Jan. 6 hairstylist, why Beverly Hills is raging over a no-remodeling rule and how The Grill kept Jackie Gleason on his feet.

Beverly Hills salon owner turned insurrectionist Gina Bisignano — who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 wearing a Louis Vuitton sweater and Chanel boots, shouting into a bullhorn, “We need gas masks, we need weapons, we need strong, angry patriots to help our boys” — has a benefactor: Jon Peters. For anyone dealing with a spouse who doesn’t know when to put down the bottle, restaurateur Bob Spivak shares a foolproof strategy, courtesy of legendary bon vivant and world-class boozer Jackie Gleason. In Spivak’s recent memoir, Saved by a Blonde & a Chicken Pot Pie, the Grill on the Alley founder recounts that the Great One — as Gleason was nicknamed — would often order “five or six” double J&B scotches “by the time dessert arrived.” But “unbeknownst to Jackie, our bartender and servers had a prearranged agreement with his wife, the dancer Marilyn Taylor.

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