Cross your fingers, Washington — there’s still a chance we may get our own all-wonk version of “The Real World”!

It’s hard being a diva in the pews. Patti LaBelle’s gospel tour went off track this week amid allegations of backstage drama and a lukewarm reception from mega-church gospel fans — not to mention her appearance at a lavish private party when she was “sick.”

Marion Barry, Christmas angel? The D.C. Council member will don a “bad white suit” this weekend to play a prophet angel in “Xmas in Washington” at the Lincoln Theatre. The holiday musical, said playwright Gloria Hightower, revolves around two New Orleans families separated from their children during the Katrina evacuation who are saved by Barry’s character and his band of rescuing angels. At one point the teenage angels bicker, and Barry complains he’s got the blues, then start to sings “Stormy Weather.”

We’re always hearing rumors that some jet-setting celeb is house hunting in Kalorama — and finally, it’s true! None other than Prince Albert of Monaco zipped into town last month to handpick the historic home that will be his country’s first embassy in the United States.

Of all the heartwarming tales told at the Kennedy Center Honors this month about the five awardees, few tickled the VIP crowd as much as the story Tom Hanks told about a teenaged Steven Spielberg.

A stealthy crew of Hollywood A-listers crept into D.C. this week to conduct covert showbiz operations — though, face it, it’s hard for Robert De Niro, Reese Witherspoon or Matt Damon to stay under the radar.

Now, this is going to be interesting: Best-selling author Kitty Kelley is writing her next tell-all book on Oprah Winfrey.

The snow globes we remember best are the ones that say something about our lost childhoods.

For the last decade, I have celebrated my December birthday by trekking to the Loehmann’s flagship store on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan.

McDonald’s held a runway show at a SoHo event space to promote its holiday gift cards as fashion accessories.