Patrick Page, the Tony nominated actor who stole “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark,” is leaving the show. He’s been with it for almost two years and was never injured–that we know of. Page stole every performance, and was the real star of “Spider Man.” His role was actually increased in size when the show retooled in the spring of 2011. Alas, the Green Goblin aka Norman Osbourne, has had enough of tinkling the giant piano keys on stage while aerialists all around him flew by. His last show is this weekend, and he’ll be replaced by Robert Cuccioli of “Jekyll and Hyde” fame. Patrick Page is married to TV’s Page Davis, by the way, making her Page Page. She and Lauren Lauren (originally Bush) should start a club!

Anyway, reports from London are that “Spider Man” cannot find a home there. No exiting theater is suitable. They’re not big enough. They’d either have to build a theater or put on the show in the O2 Arena. This may be a problem everywhere. And if theaters are hard to find, “Spider Man” will face financial trouble. Its whole model is about bringing it to other cities. Of course, the producers will have to pay creator Julie Taymor royalties if they do set up shop elsewhere. It was decided in arbitration that she wrote the show. She’s still suing over her copyright, however.

Katherine Jackson had to file an affadavit today with Judge Mitchell Beckloff to explain why she left her three grandchildren without a guardian for 10 days. Mrs. Jackson was restored to co-guardianship with grandson TJ. But she also finally ‘fessed up to what happened to her on that trip to Arizona and it’s not pretty. Jackson tells the court that was supposed to go to New Mexico, but wound up in Tucson. When she got to Miraval Spa, her Ipad was taken away.The phone in her room was unplugged and her television had no picture.

“While there was a telephone in my room, the telephone was not functioning. and I could not dial out,” Mrs. Jackson writes of her stay at Miraval, a very expensive spa with phones in every room. This column was first to report that fact. Miraval may have to answer questions about how they let this go on. The TV didn’t work. An 82 year old woman was cut off from the outside world in their spa against her will. “Despite repeated requests,” she says, the television was never fixed.

Mrs. Jackson also states that she was never informed that Perry Sanders, her attorney, had flown to Tucson to see her. Janet and Jermaine Jackson, who met Sanders at Miraval, refused to let him in. They also told him that certain parts of the hotel had no phones. It was an elaborate lie by them to isolate their mother.

Mrs. Jackson says that she was kept from speaking to Paris, Prince, Blanket and TJ until the night before she left Tucson. “I was permitted” to speak to them, she says. This differs completely from what she told ABC News with Jermaine, Janet and Randy at her side in Tucscon while an ABC News producer recorded her written statement. ABC also agreed not to ask questions. The wording of Mrs. Jackson’s statement certainly suggests that she was under duress. ABC was complicit in trying to get an exclusive. “I trusted the people I was with to be honest with me,” Mrs. Jackson says. They clearly were not.”I never would have gone such a long time without communicating with [my grandchildren].”

Did Tom Cruise short circuit Katie Holmes’s plans to send daughter Suri to Catholic School? Remember earlier last month it was widely reported that Suri would be attending the Convent of the Sacred Heart, which is near Katie’s apartment in Chelsea on Seventh Avenue? That dream seems to have died.

If Life & Style magazine is right, Suri is now going to be in the first ever class of the new Avenues school, also in Chelsea. Avenues is non denominational. It’s also run by Chris Whittle as part of his Edison Project, with former Yale University head Benno Schmidt as CEO. Whittle, who owned Esquire magazine back before cell phones, went off to start schools all over the country.

Holmes is Catholic and wanted Suri in a Catholic school. But Cruise –as anyone knows who isn’t living in a space ship–is a Scientologist. He told Diane Sawyer once that there are “Jewish Scientologists and Catholic Scientologists. We’re just Scientologists.” If Holmes disallowed Suri from Scientology school, Cruise may have countered with anti-Catholic request. Hence, Avenues. Calls to Holmes’s publicist were not returned. Either way, Suri should do fine with an Edison school. And she won’t have to wear a uniform!

Tony Bennett is quite amazing. He turns 86 tomorrow. So what’s he been doing? Playing golf? Napping? No, Tony has recorded a whole new set of duets with Latin superstars. Jeez, Louise. The guy never rests. The album, “Viva Duets,” will hit stories in late October. Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan and Vicente Fernandez are among the artists. On Friday August 3rd at 9am you can hear his duet on “The Best is Yet to Come” with Chayanne at www.tonybennett.com. It’s his birthday gift to us!

Here’s the track listing:

“For Once In My Life” with Marc Anthony
“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore” with Miguel Bosé
“The Very Thought of You” with Ana Carolina
“The Best Is Yet to Come” with Chayanne
“The Good Life” with Franco DeVita
“Who Can I Turn To?” with Gloria Estefan
“Return to Me (Regresa A Mi)” with Vicente Fernández
“Blue Velvet” with Maria Gadú
“Just in Time” with Juan Luis Guerra
“Are You Havin’ Any Fun?” with Dani Martín
“The Way You Look Tonight” with Thalía
“Cold, Cold Heart” with Vicentico

Julia Fordham has a loyal following, but you may not know about her. Her voice is gorgeous, maybe the best in pop music right now. Of course, she’s not 19. Today is her birthday, and Fordham, who’s British but lives in Santa Monica, will play a special show tonight at Molly Malone’s on South Fairfax Blvd. in Los Angeles. I wish I could be there. Actor-musician Paul Reiser, who collaborates with her, will be among her special guests along with Celia Chavez. Julia’s first hit was in the late 1980s with “Happy Ever After.” She’s made many stunning albums since then including “Concrete Love” and “East West.” Just listen to her “Stay” or “Manhattan Skyline,” or “Porcelain.” It’s kind of criminal that she’s not recording for a big label. (Hello Verve? Blue Note? Decca?) Maybe if Julia covers “Call Me Maybe,” things will change. In the meantime, here’s a great great singer at the peak of her career. Happy Birthday, Julia. Today all of the videos at the bottom of our home page are yours.

Julia Fordham and Paul Reiser: “Stay”

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