Burkl’d: How Billionaire And Page Sixer Both Got Stung

On the evening of Saturday, March 4, the night before the Oscars, the powerful supermarket billionaire Ron Burkle had dinner with a friend, Paolo Zampolli, the founder of ID Models, at the Japanese restaurant Koi in Los Angeles.

A few tables over, another friend of Mr. Zampolli’s, Page Six editor Richard Johnson, was eating dinner Read More

In Jared’s Cottage

“When this thing dropped down on me,” said Jared Paul Stern, “it made it sound like the cops were on the way to lock me up. That’s scary! You know, so, that’s why I wasn’t saying anything at first. ’Cuz I didn’t know what the fuck was going on.”

It was cocktail hour inside Mr. Read More

In Jared’s Cottage

“When this thing dropped down on me,” said Jared Paul Stern, “it made it sound like the cops were on the way to lock me up. That’s scary! You know, so, that’s why I wasn’t saying anything at first. ’Cuz I didn’t know what the fuck was going on.”

It was cocktail hour inside Read More

Post Scandal Reflects The Murdoch Method

On the remarkable videotape that shows Jared Paul Stern allegedly trying to shake down California billionaire Ronald Burkle, the New York Post gossip writer explains succinctly to his prospective client how his world works. If you make “friends” with the powerful gossips who operate Page Six by paying them or their loved ones, then your Read More

The Page Six/Ron Burkle Emails: “He is a medium guy”


Page Six tips

The five emails scanned and reproduced here are written by and to: Paolo Zampolli, a friend of Ron Burkle’s and the founder of ID models; Jared Paul Stern, a freelance employee and writer for Page Six; and Kevin Marchetti, an associate of Ron Burkle’s.

They were provided in print form Read More