Ben Widdicombe will finally sit atop the gossip throne he's been pining for — beginning next month.. After Lloyd Grove's departure for all things "multimedia," the usual pairing of Daily News gossip offerings was limited to just Rush & Molloy, leaving a vast hole in our bookmarks list. The news – which we reported back in August, and Radar updated earlier this month – is a surprise to few. It's the details (read: money grab) that proved most entertaining. But now we hear that the timeline has been set in place, and Widdicombe will return from the holiday season with his own five days-per-week column with Laura Schreffler by his side come January.