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First Billionaire of the Apocalypse Alights in New York?
Ron Burkle has set up roost atop the Bowery Hotel, according to a report.
Posted 09/29/08 in Daily Intel : Crapitalism
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Jared Paul Stern’s Dirty Laundry Not Limited to Skull & Bones Overstock
The disgraced ‘Page Six’ writer is caught up in another scandal — but this time, he had nothing to do with sparking it. There’s a warrant out for his wife, who may have cheated on him with a man she may have later tried to defraud.
Posted 08/22/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Jeffrey Epstein, Original Perv, Rises Again
Apparently annoyed that other members of the Clinton Perv Posse stole his thunder, the billionaire massage enthusiast is back in the news.
Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Raffaello Follieri’s Big Lie
You have to hand it to Raffaello Follieri: He certainly did have a pair of brass ones.
Posted 06/30/08 in Daily Intel : Cultural Capital
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Bury Raffaello Follieri’s Heart in Capri
According to reports, the Italian businessman planned to win Anne's heart back in the Mediterreanean this weekend. And other Follieri news of the day.
Posted 06/26/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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The Raffaello Follieri Indictment: The Best Bits
The Raffaello Follieri scandal's greatest hits.
Posted 06/24/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Judge to Jared Paul Stern: ‘Also? You’re Kind of a Bad Writer.’
A State Supreme Court justice dismisses the former "Page Six" scribe's suit and offers trenchant writing critique.
Posted 06/18/08 in Daily Intel : Ink-Stained Wretches
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Now Even Andrew Cuomo Is Trying to Give Hathaway the Hint
The state attorney general busted actress Anne Hathaway's boyfriend for failing to file basic tax forms for his foundation.
Posted 06/09/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Mariah Carey's Bling May Finally Mean Something
Is the singer engaged to Nick Cannon? Her giant diamond would indicate, yes. That and more in our daily gossip roundup.
Posted 04/30/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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‘Law & Order’ to Make Jared Paul Stern a Blood-Stained Wretch
The former "Page Six"–er will get deep sixed on Dick Wolf's hit show.
Posted 04/15/08 in Daily Intel : Ink-Stained Wretches
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Alex P. Keaton May Have Made a Sex Tape
Weird wiretapper Anthony Pellicano says he knows what Michael J. Fox did back in 1990. Plus, Ashlee Simpson pregnancy rumors persist, Adrian Grenier gets a girlfriend, and more in our daily squeeze of the juice from New York gossip columns.
Posted 04/15/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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Somebody Get Jerry Seinfeld's Cars Off the Road
Jerry has more car trouble, Cindy Adams takes the stand, and Shelley Ross gets the last cackle in today's roundup of all the dish from New York's gossip columns.
Posted 04/07/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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The ‘Journal’ Resents Rich
PeopleClintonsThe Journal editorial board takes a peek at Billary's tax records and makes an outrageous discovery: They've got cash!
Posted 04/07/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Hathaello Has Another Bad Day
Another financial scandal besets the Italian businessman, setting the cops off on his trail, and leaving girlfriend Anne Hathaway in tears.
Posted 04/04/08 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Court Orders Raffaello Follieri to Pay Publicists for Breach of Contract
Anne Hathaway's boyfriend is in a pickle again, after a D.C. court has ordered him to pay $250,000 to the Carmen Group, the public-relations group that sued him after, ironically, he hired them to help him get over the last lawsuit.
Posted 04/03/08 in Daily Intel : Court Reporter
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Bill Clinton and Ron Burkle Have Irreconcilable Differences
Bill Clinton will get $20 million when he divorces Los Angeles supermarket magnate and (alleged) Radar owner Ron Burkle, his business partner of six years, The Wall Street Journal told us this morning. The reason for the split, it seems, is that Burkle's Yupaica company, for which Clinton was an adviser, can't seem to stay away from people who could harm Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. For example? Italian developer Raffaello Follieri and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai and one of the owners behind Xinhua Finance Media Ltd., a Beijing–based news company with close ties to the Communist government of China, which just gave Yucaipa a little cash infusion. Basically, Burkle loves sketchy investments like Eric Benet loved sex with groupies, and at this point in the election and his life, Clinton can't take the drama. "I love you, but I need to take care of myself," we imagine him saying to Burkle. "No more drama in my life." Despite Burkle's transgressions, the breakup appears to be amicable: A Clinton spokesperson speaks to the Journal not of a SPLIT!!! but "an appropriate transition" out of their business relationship, and Burkle remains a finance chair on Hillary's campaign. Clinton, after all, understands promiscuity. Bill Clinton May Get Payout of $20 Million [WSJ] Related: Clinton To Burkle: It's Not You, It's Me
Posted 01/22/08 in Daily Intel : White Men With Money
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Jared Paul Stern Still Exists
Every once in a while, when we see someone wearing clothes that have a skull-and-crossbones symbol on them (okay, so every day), we wonder whatever happened to Jared Paul Stern. He was the "Page Six" reporter who allegedly tried to extort Ron Burkle, and then got busted when Burkle turned tapes of their meetings over to authorities. JPS, who created the clothing line Skull and Bones (only to be outdone by everyone from Mark Ecko to Ralph Lauren), was fired from "Page Six," and then wrote a book about the experience. Sadly, the book was never picked up, and we haven't heard from him since. But today, WWD lets us know what he's been up to. Since November, he's been blogging for Kempt, a men's fashion Website. He covers liquor, luxury, and famous dudes. Kind of like what he did at "Page Six," except with even more freedom to glorify men and objectify women. Stern says that the lawsuit he filed against Burkle, which also included the Daily News and Bill and Hillary Clinton, is still pending. "It's on autopilot," he told WWD. "These things take a while to go through the courts system." We can only assume the suit is hopelessly outdated. Silly Jared, don't you know Burkle and the Clintons broke up? Stern Surfaces [WWD] Related: Jared Paul Stern's Lawyer Loves Suing the Clintons Clinton to Burkle: It's Not You, It's Me
Posted 12/21/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Hathaello Will Survive With the Help of Baby Jesus
Looks like Anne Hathaway's not getting any Christmas presents this year! The L.A. Times is reporting that her boyfriend, Italian developer Raffaello Follieri, has decided to settle with Ron Burkle, who sued him last April after partnering with him in a real-estate scheme gone awry. The suit alleged that Follieri had misappropriated funds given to him by a sector of Burkle's Yucaipa Company for the development of Catholic Church property by squandering it on private jets, a $40,000-a-month penthouse, expensive restaurants, and gifts for his movie-star girlfriend. Why did he settle? Was it because he felt he was in danger? We don't know, nor do we know what the settlement amount was, because the Follieri Group is too busy being possibly nonexistent to answer their phones. However, some time ago the Wall Street Journal suggested that Burkle was looking for at least $1.3 million of his money back, which is kind of a lot for a developer who doesn't really seem to develop very much. Lucky for Follieri, he can always play the Catholic card and tell Anne that Christmas really isn't about presents. It's about thanking Jesus for not putting you in jail. Yucaipa, Follieri Settle Lawsuit [LAT]
Posted 11/28/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News
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Kanye West and His ‘Bazaar’ Angel Mural
MEDIA • Kanye West says Harper's Bazaar "pissed me off" when they reported the rap star's L.A. home features a giant mural of himself with angels. "That made me so mad. Because who would want to hang out with a guy with an 8-foot picture of an angel of himself?" Too bad Harper's got almost every detail right, and Kanye is indeed featured in the painting. [WWD] • CBS News writers voted to authorize their own strike. Watch out, Katie Couric! [NYT] • Did Star really pull on an online poll because Ron Burkle, the billionaire investor the mag flattered with a recent photo spread, wasn't doing well enough? Star claims they're just planning to publish the results in the next issue — plenty of time to stuff the ballot box. [Mixed Media/Portfolio]
Posted 11/20/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Robert De Niro Pulls Out the Big Guns Against Art Gallery
Robert De Niro sued an Upper East Side art gallery that gave twelve of his father's paintings to a gallery in Rome as part of a debt-payment arrangement. Jason Binn had another kid. NBA commish David Stern, Derek Jeter, and Donald Trump showed up at the wedding of Ahmad Rashad and Sale Johnson, but estranged daughter Casey Johnson did not. Chris Noth and Steve Walter are thinking of moving their jazz club Cutting Room to Hell's Kitchen. Ashlee Simpson begged photographers not to take her picture when she was smoking outside Angels and Kings. Theodore Sorensen, the lawyer who wrote JFK's famous "Ask Not…" inaugural address, just bought at $10.75 million condo at 15 Central Park West.
Posted 11/20/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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