For ‘Lipstick Jungle’ Star, Life Imitates Art

Lipstick Jungle actress Lindsay Price met LSV Advisors' David Tisch at the Cynthia Rowley show last week, and they've been dating since. Scarlett Johansson refused to talk to an Us Weekly reporter because of the plastic-surgery cover they did of her. Bruce Willis hung out with Victoria's Secret model Emma Heming at Marquee for Lauren Kucerak's birthday party, where he tipped $100 a drink. Justin Timberlake was spotted shopping at Tiffany & Co. Natalie Portman showed up 45 minutes late to a vegan-shoe launch she was doing in Soho and only answered questions for five minutes.

Posted 02/14/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

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Amy Sacco Is Single Again

Paula Froelich sticks up for close friend Amy Sacco in "Page Six" by making Sacco's ex-fiancé Luigi Di Carolis look like a dink. Parker Posey's dog peed on the floor of the Kiehl's shop in the East Village twice, and Kiehl's liked it Posey didn't clean it up. Anderson Cooper has a huge photographic portrait of mother Gloria Vanderbilt hanging in the guest room of his Manhattan loft. Graydon Carter and his partners are no longer interested in having to interact with tourists at the Oak Room in the Plaza Hotel. (Nello Balan has also passed.) A female Barnard student who wants to become a man has moved off-campus because her dorm was "just so girly."

Posted 12/10/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

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Is Kate Beckinsale Too Hot to Play Judy Miller?

MEDIA • Matt Drudge cracked open The New Republic's Iraq fabulist controversy once again. Did the mag's Baghdad diarist really make up details about mass graves and troops ridiculing a disfigured female soldier? Franklin Foer complains that Drudge's docs could only have come from the Army. [Slate, NYO] • Chris Jones, the managing editor of Portfolio.com, announced his departure from the mag after giving notice over a month ago. High-level rumors also indicate Joanne Lipman may soon be relieved from command — but only for the Website. [WWD] • The Judith Miller movie is now filming in Memphis, and let's just say that Kate Beckinsale is way too hot to be a reporter. On the other hand, the Valerie Plame CIA character, played by Vera Farmiga, looks just about right. [WP]

Posted 10/25/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town

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Scooter Libby Will Not See the Aspens Turn

Is it gauche that seeing this headline just made us smile a bit? Is it even gaucher that we started wondering (hoping?) which Bushie might next go to jail? Also: Do you think Judy Miller will visit him in prison? Libby Gets 30 Months in Prison in CIA Leak Case [NYT]

Posted 06/05/07 in Daily Intel : It Just Happened

Tags: crime, It Just Happened, judith miller, politics, scooter libby, valerie plame, washington

Blogs Not Stylish Enough For ‘Vogue’

Valerie Plame allegedly canceled her upcoming chat with Keith Olbermann because her publisher wants to "maximize the publicity" when her book comes out. At a recent fundraiser, Bill Clinton attacked the New York Times for the paper's treatment of his wife. (Who he thinks is "very electable"). Anna Wintour thinks the word "blog" is "garish-sounding," and wants her staff to come up with an alternate word. Michael Wolff is going to Michael's tonight for a party, breaking a two-year boycott after he was once denied a table. Famous folks continue to eat at the Waverly Inn. Lindsay Lohan has partied a lot since she came to New York last week.

Posted 03/16/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

Tags: anna wintour, bill clinton, gossipmonger, heather mills, jay-z, judi giuliani, keith olbermann, lindsay lohan, michael wolff, valerie plame