Leighton Meester is singing backup for Cobra Starship’s next single and plays a “good girl gone bad” in their video, shot at Rehab on the Lower East Side. Goldie Hawn accidentally showed her nipple at the Gramercy Park Hotel the other night. Lady Gaga showed everything on purpose when she hit the town in an entirely see-through red jumpsuit. Betsey Johnson made her assistant test out toilet seats for her while shopping for new bathroom fixtures. Jon Hamm is really nice in person, especially if you are drunk.
Sean Avery is celebrating the offseason by hanging out with the cool kids. After smoking with Catherine Keener in the meatpacking district, he headed to Daphne Guinness’s birthday party for photographer Steve Klein, where he partied with Madonna, Jesus Luz, Ingrid Sischy, and his ex, Kelly Klein. Never-before-seen letters by former Mayor John Lindsay, Dick Clark, and Representative Bella Abzug fighting against John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s deportation for their anti-war activities will be unveiled at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex. The upcoming paperback of James Frey’s best seller, Bright Shiny Morning, includes two passages that were omitted from the hardcover: an X-rated opening detailing the affair between a Republican senator’s wife and an ACLU lawyer, as well as a TV interview that is eerily reminiscent of Frey’s buzzed-about interview with Oprah Winfrey following his first “memoir.” How desperate are we for authors these days? Ford-model-cum-porn-star Tera Patrick just signed a “sizable” book deal with Gotham for her Montana-schoolgirl-to-X-rated-star story, Sinner Takes All — a Memoir of Love, Lust, Marriage, and Porn. Hugh Jackman has reportedly named his penis “James Roger.”
Actor Peter Coyote led the quiet wedding of Bebe Neuwirth to Napa vineyard founder Chris Calkins at the Players Club on Gramercy Park. Bernadette Peters surprised Matthew Modine with a vegan birthday cake at the premiere of Passing Strange. After referring to all poker players as “trash” on Celebrity Apprentice last week, Joan Rivers has amended her attack: “Oh, calm down! I said it about one person. How can I hate poker players? Did you ever look at the cards? Everyone knows I love queens.” Sly Stallone, 62, and Bruce Willis, 54, are both starring in upcoming action flicks.
After Josh Brolin’s last trip to Louisiana, where he was arrested for public intoxication, he stayed sober at New Orleans’s Jazz Fest, getting actor Wes Bentley’s number and rocking out to Kings of Leon with wife Diane Lane. Gisele might be pregnant and Eva Longoria Parker and Tony Parker might be looking to adopt. Lindsay Lohan was one wave away from losing her bikini during a surf lesson on Maui. Sarah Silverman won a Webby Award for “The Great Schlep” and Jimmy Fallon was named “Webby Person of the Year” in honor of his blog. Courtney Cox chatted with Jennifer Aniston’s ex, Brad Pitt, at Chris Cornell’s concert in L.A.
