Brasserie Cognac’s owner Vittorio Assaf is having to introduce a children’s menu because neighborhood couples like Brooke Shields and husband Chris Henchy; Jeff Gordon and wife, Belgian model Ingrid; and designer Eric Villency and wife Kimberly Guilfoyle keep bringing in their toddlers. [P6]
Michelle Williams is reportedly making a film about Heath Read More
French first lady Carla Bruni reportedly is of two minds about her marriage to the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and its effect on her pop music career.
"If people don’t listen because I married the president of the republic, I understand," she said of her new album, Comme Si De Rien N’Etait Read More
Josh Schwartz has denied rumors of a Taylor Momsen-headlined Gossip Girl spin-off. [E!]
Grey’s Anatomy‘s Katherine Heigl says she withdrew her name from the Emmy nomination list because she was not given Emmy-worthy material by the show’s writers. [LA Times]
Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has written an unauthorized tell-all Read More
Until last Thursday, when a nude photograph of Carla Bruni, the 40-year-old model-turned-pop-star-turned-first lady of France, sold at Christie’s for $91,000, more than 20 times its expected price, Ms. Bruni hadn’t been the subject of much conversation among New Yorkers. But over the last week, her name popped out of pursed lips at cocktail lounges Read More
Carla Bruni’s nude photo taken by Michel Comte sold for $91,000 at Christie’s yesterday. [NY Daily News]
The ex-wives of Jason Kidd, Patrick Ewing, and Eddie Murphy were overheard discussing a "First Wives Club" type reality show over drinks at the Gansevoort Hotel. [P6]
Whoopi Goldberg suggested that John McCain Read More
Elton John’s fund-raising concert for Hillary might be a federal violation of campaign rules. [Washington Times via Radar]
Ashley "Kristen" Dupre used to man the reception desk at Corcoran Sunshine in Chelsea and often got reprimanded for dressing like, well, a prostitute and coming on to clients. [P6]
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Having broken up with Jason Preston, Marc Jacobs is on the prowl and a drama queen. [P6]
France’s first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy’s nude portrait taken by Michel Comte in 1993 will be auctioned at Christie’s on April 10th. [NY Daily News]
Is there discord in the Mortimer home? Tinsley and Topper Read More
Steve Aoki, DJ to the LA hipster-elite, releases his first mix album today, the obliquely named Pillowface and His Airplane Chronicles, a Cobrasnake soundtrack populated by the Pitchfork-crowned Justice, Klaxons, Bloc Party, MSTRKRFT, Peaches, and the like. Released in part by his own label, Dim Mak, the album will answer that long-held question, what does Read More
The future Mrs. Sarkozy may no longer have anything “future” about her. Carla Bruni, the 40-year-old former supermodel who has been dating recently-divorced French President Nicolas Sarkozy, reportedly married the politico last week. A French newspaper, L’Est Republicain, apparently “had good reason” to publish reports today that the doting Read More
