Eliot Spitzer Hires Guides to Keep Him From Washing Down River of Despair

LAW • Eliot Spitzer has been careful about the lawyers he's selected to protect him against potential charges related to his activities with random twentysomething hookers, hiring a set of heavy hitters from white-collar crime specialists Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He's right to be choosy: "Hiring a lawyer is not unlike selecting a river guide," the Times says today. "One wants a professional who not only steers clear of the rapids but does so in a reassuring manner. It also helps if he knows what to do should the boat hit the rocks." Yeah. That's just how we would have put it. [NYT] • A New York court rules that the daughter of a Jell-O heiress is not entitled to a taste of the multi-million-dollar fortune. [New York Law Journal] • Is Hillary Clinton's legal background hindering her campaign? [Law.com]

Posted 03/14/08 in Daily Intel : Company Town

Tags: company town, eliot spitzer, hillary clinton, hookers, jell-o, mark cuban, paul weiss rifkind wharton & garrison, prostitution, sec, sex scandals, the new york times, zagat

Diddy, Still Fighting After All These Years

Diddy and a hip-hop marketing man fought over a model at Soho club Upstairs. The publisher of Forbes and the editor of Sports Illustrated really like white truffles. Butter owners Richie Akiva and Scott Sartiano were hit with a $120 million lawsuit by the developer of their new Chelsea club. Terrence Howard will make his Broadway debut in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. were congratulated at dinner at Primola because Gellar changed her last name to Prinze. At Da Tomasso, Celine Dion ordered fourteen dishes of ravioli with tomatoes and peppers.

Posted 11/21/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

Tags: al roker, angelina jolie, bill clinton, celine dion, david gest, david hasselhoff, diddy, forbes, freddie prinze jr., glenn close, gossipmonger, heather mills, kate moss, mario lopez, mark cuban, richie akiva, sarah michelle gellar, scott sartiano, sienna miller, sports illustrated, terrence howard

Cisco Adler Plops Down Near Another Hot Blonde

A-Rod and ur-agent Scott Boras dined at Nello's. Eva Mendes hopped in the wrong limo. New York's First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer told attendees of a More-magazine convention that the best advice she ever got was "either piss or get off the pot." Cisco Adler and Lydia Hearst were cozy at Bungalow 8. Jann Wenner was widely mocked at the 30th reunion party of the Rolling Stone staff from 1977 (everyone gave him the finger in the group photo, and no one drank the Champagne he sent). Joaquin Phoenix hung up on a reporter from Time Out after she asked him what he did to prepare for his roles. Single-again Nick Cannon hung out with a bunch of beauty-pageant queens at Tenjune.

Posted 10/11/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

Tags: alex rodriguez, anthony bourdain, badgley mischka, brian de palma, cisco adler, djimon hounsou, eva mendes, gabriel byrne, gossipmonger, jann wenner, jerry seinfeld, joaquin phoenix, kimora lee simmons, lindsay lohan, liz smith, lydia hearst, mark cuban, nick cannon, pamela anderson, rachel ray, rick salomon, robin williams, scott boras, silda wall spitzer, yves saint laurent

Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld Are a Little Gross

Anderson Cooper talks to his young gay friends about AIDS. Jerry Seinfeld brags about the time Jessica Seinfeld touched a stick covered in urine to his bed pillow. Meanwhile, ex-Seinfeld producer Larry David couldn't be happier he's lost the ball and chain. Liz Smith finds Charlie Sheen more palatable than Denise Richards. Notorious PR pit bull Pat Kingsley has "FINALLY" resigned from PMK-HBH — or is she being "pushed out?" Donald Trump called both Mark Cuban and Dan Rather "losers" in the same day. That is, like, his favorite word.

Posted 09/27/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

Tags: anderson cooper, ben affleck, bono, christie turlington, donald trump, elton john, gossipmonger, jerry seinfeld, jessica seinfeld, julia louis-drefyus, larry david, laurie david, lindsay lohan, mark cuban, pat kingsley, steve-0, the edge