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Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly: Donald Trump factors into presidential politics

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Fox News star Bill O’Reilly (above) spent most of his keynote address at a Palm Beach fundraising gala Friday imagining a world where Donald Trump (above) would be president.

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Trump, 64, who hosted Friday’s fiesta for the It Happened to Alexa Foundation at his Mar-a-Lago club, is weeks away from announcing whether he’ll run for the land’s highest office as a Republican.

“It’s gratifying to have the next president of the United States introduce me,” the host of The O’Reilly Factor said to thunderous applause from the 200-plus at the dinner.

Some of the guests paid $1,500 for a few seconds with the 61-year-old O’Reilly (below), a photo and an autographed copy of his latest tome, Pinheads and Patriots.

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Tall head O’Reilly, for whom it was the second appearance at the victims’ advocate foundation’s gala, then dreamed out loud about a Trump White House. At time he seemed to joke. At others he appeared serious. Always, he seemed to take a Trump candidacy for granted.

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First look: The new Charlie’s Angels in SoFla

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Introducing: The new Charlie’s Angels!

A remake of the iconic 1970s series about three crime-fighting hotties and their mysterious boss Charlie is being filmed in Miami Beach and Miami.

It stars (above, from left to right) General Hospital’s Annie Ilonzeh, 27; former Friday Night Lights star Minka Kelly, 30; and Aussie Rachael Taylor, 26.

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Taylor (left), who had small roles in flicks like Transformers, plays the daughter of a Wall Street crook who’s an expert thief herself.

Kelly, also known as New York Yankees star Derek Jeter’s main squeeze, plays a former Marine who’s the crew’s hand-to-hand combat guru.

And Ilonzeh, who was on the soap General Hospital for the past year, is the series’ martial arts hot shot.

The three were cast in January. ABC is scheduled to premiere the show in the fall.

Rumor is that Hollywood legend Robert Wagner will be Charlie, although that has yet to be confirmed.

Incidentally, the project is bankrolled by Drew Barrymore, one of the angels with Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu on the two Charlie’s Angels movies.

It remains to be seen whether these newbies can hold a candle to the originals: Farrah Fawcett (below, left), Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson.

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Serena, Venus Williams’ dad says “I do” to bride 37 years younger

Richard and Lakeisha in 2009 (Fred Montana/Special to Page2Live)

Richard and Lakeisha in 2009 (Fred Montana/Special to Page2Live)

Tennis champs Venus and Serena Williams have a new stepmom — and she’s barely older than the Palm Beach Gardens sisters are!

Their famous stage dad, Richard Williams, was quietly hitched two days before New Year’s Eve to a grocery store owner who is 37 years younger.

According to a marriage license in the Palm Beach County archives, the 69-year-old Richard Williams was legally wed for the second time Dec. 29 to a 32-year-old Broward native Lakeisha Graham.

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They were engaged for nearly two years before Richard marched into the county courthouse on PGA Boulevard to trade I dos with Graham, who bears a faint resemblance to hip-hop star Rihanna.

Page2Live broke the story of the May-December hookup in March 2009 when the lovebirds were on a shopping spree at Sports Authority in West Palm Beach and asked a paparazzi to snap their photo.

Click here to see the sisters’ palatial Palm Beach Gardens crib, and the homes of other celebs

At the time, Richard first called Graham his new wife then said the two were planning to be wed after the 2009 Ericsson Open. And he wouldn’t talk about Venus and Serena’s feeling about the age difference.

Richard Williams, who’s credited for shaping Venus, 30, and Serena, 29, into No. 1-rated players, was divorced from their mom, 58-year-old Oracene, in 2002 — after allegations of domestic violence surfaced.

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Lois Frankel speeding scandal: The cop who let the mayor go says he should’ve ticketed her!

Frankel cozzying up to the Prince of Darkness recently

Frankel cozzying up to the Prince of Darkness recently

West Palm Beach Police Officer Josh Martin, who clocked Mayor Lois Frankel 26 mph above the speed limit in a school zone this week but didn’t ticket her, says he doesn’t deserve the criticism heaped on him by Page2Live’s readers.

He didn’t write her up, he said, because he had to rush to a crash with injuries a mile away.

A motorcycle cop for nearly eight year, Martin is uncomfortable with the scrutiny. He says he’s been hearing it from all sides: fellow cops, who are mad at City Hall for cutting deep into the police budget; and motorists, who now say they want the same break or even that Martin be fired.

“Enforcing the law doesn’t mean that you’re writing everybody a ticket,” Martin said Friday. “If the mayor ever gets caught again, trust me, she’ll be begging for a ticket!”

Indeed! More than 140 readers commented on Page2Live’s exclusive story Wednesday and more than 1,300 voted on the poll. Dozens called city hall and the police department to complain.

All that at a time when the term-limited Frankel is kicking dirt about staying in power longer!

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Canucks to Palm Beach’s Ann Coulter: Shut up!

Coulter, during a speech in February in D.C. (AP Photo)

Coulter, in February in D.C. (AP Photo)

Our cousins to the north have done what Americans have been incapable of doing for years: They shut Ann Coulter up!

The Palm Beach-based GOP dragon lady is in Canada this week for three speaking engagements.

One, at the University of Ottawa last night, was canceled over fears for her safety!

Protesters were angered by her previous appearance, Monday at the University of Western Ontario in London, where Coulter told a Muslim student to “take a camel” instead of a flying carpet as a method of transportation.

According to Canada’s National Post, Coulter’s bodyguard decided it’d be unsafe for her to enter the venue on the Ottawa campus.

As many as 2,000 angry students inside and outside the hall — which, by the way, was only half full — chanted “Coulter, go home!”

“This has never, ever, ever happened before, even at the stupidest American university,” Coulter told the paper about the cancellation, her first ever.

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