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Naked Pictures of Gisele and Carla Bruni Sell for Big Bucks
Which one of these models is worth nearly $100,000 more than the other naked? What recently divorced Romeo is already trying to get his new lady knocked up? And did the tabloids miss out of Jay-Z and Beyoncé's wedding because they couldn't get pictures? Or are they racist? All this and more in our daily gossip roundup.
Posted 04/11/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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For Viacom Freelancers, Neither Happiness Nor Health for Christmas
MEDIA • Viacom screws over its army of freelancers by rolling back benefit programs drastically. Merry Christmas! [MixedMedia/Portfolio] • The Washington Post is sending veteran reporter and inveterate partier Keith Richburg to town to take over the paper's New York bureau. He's well known for throwing parties with, get this, as many as 30 people! Will Manhattan will be able to handle it? [NYO] • No holiday party at Time Inc. or the New York Times. Suckas! [Radar]
Posted 12/05/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Editors Give Zinczenko Bombast an ‘F’
MEDIA • Participants at the American Magazine Conference revolted against "The Magabrand Revolution," the ostensible theme name cooked up by Men's Health editor David Zinczenko. One editor commented, "I usually have to use 'magabrand' with a modifier in front of it, and that modifier starts with the letter 'F.'" [Mixed Media/Portfolio] • Jeff Zucker can't stop denying those NBC sale rumors. Wethinks the lady… [Reuters] • When they ran into each other at the Jessica Seinfeld book party, Rupert Murdoch asked Arianna Huffington how many hits HuffPo was getting. Huffington told him 3 million a month; Murdoch politely noted that MySpace, which he owns, ran closer to 70 million. [Fortune]
Posted 10/30/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Imus Not Hiding As Much Cash Under His Hat As It Appears
MEDIA • Don Imus may not have gotten that full $20 million; no one knows where he's going to work next; and he may have to pay an unspecified amount to settle a defamation suit brought by a Rutgers player. Oh my! [NYT, AP via NYT] • One staffer at Portfolio compared editor-in-chief Joanne Lipman to the captain in Mutiny on the Bounty who gets thrown over board, confirming the total geekdom of staffers at Portfolio. [NYP] • Dow Jones union suggests members fight the power by using anti-Murdoch wallpaper on their computers, and Jack Shafer thinks the term "genocidal tyrant" fits Murdoch nicely. [FishbowlNY/Mediabistro, Slate]
Posted 08/15/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town
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Wang vs. Wang
Designer Vera Wang is suing another Vera Wang for copyright infringement. Bonnie Fuller is looking to branch into TV, and her NYU film-student son may be involved. Silly Billy, the clown from weird documentary Capturing the Friedmans, now goes the name by Dr. Blood. André Balazs and Naomi Campbell might be dating. An upcoming bio of Condi Rice claims she's accrued power personally but not professionally. The broker for Bob Guccione's East Side mansion (current asking price: $50 million) quit. Ellen Barkin reiterates that she regrets marrying Ron Perelman. Gisele will jump ship to H&M when her contract with Victoria's Secret expires. Court TV is going through a rebranding process.
Posted 05/07/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger
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Vera Wang, Real-Estate Trophy?
Will Vera Wang become the latest high-end status symbol in the ever-escalating luxury-condo wars? Fresh off her Fashion Week success, and the unexpected death of her father, the designer best known as the patron saint of brides-to-be is taking her first stab at condoland — doing some work for the Onyx, a new development in Chelsea that her pal, Seagram heir turned high-concept-condo investor Matthew Bronfman, is developing. This time, Wang's involvement only goes as far as a cloth sculpture for the lobby — "I wouldn't say I was making art, but it's very artisanal," she says. "I don't even want to call it a tapestry" — but it's possible that this is only the start of her real-estate design career. Bronfman says "there's always an opportunity for [a condo]," though Wang hints at something else. "I've been talking to people," she says. "A Vera Wang hotel, maybe." It better be classy, though. "Fake richness upsets me," she says. — S. Jhoanna Robledo
Posted 10/16/06 in Daily Intel : Developing
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