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By Caroline Bankoff 11/20/08 1:58pm

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton Single Again; Bill Clinton and David Paterson Get Comfortable; Nobu is Recession-Proof

Paris Hilton broke up with Benji Madden so she could return to pursuing attention full time. [US Weekly]

Bill Clinton and David Paterson bonded over a back massage at yesterday’s Triborough Bridge renaming ceremony. [P6]

Jessica Biel will not be overseeing a handbag line for boyfriend Justin Timberlake‘s William Rast Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 2:38pm

Morning Memo: Anna Wintour to Retire?; The Ballad of Jay-Z and Kanye West; Chris Matthews Screams About Hillary Clinton

Sources say Anna Wintour, whose contract with Vogue will expire soon, is "thinking of retiring. She feels she’s done it all and had enough." [P6]

Damon Dash is claiming that a feud between rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West was caused by Jay-Z’s refusal to "knight" Mr. West onstage with a "gleaming chain." Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 11/17/08 4:42pm

Dan Strone, Seven Figure Lit Agent for Seinfeld and Silverman: ‘I Don’t Make People Spend the Money’

Trident Media Group C.E.O. and literary agent Daniel Strone oversaw two of the season’s most high-stakes book auctions last week, fielding eye-popping offers from publishers across the city without giving them so much as a proposal for either project. Sarah Silverman’s book, which Mr. Strone sold to HarperCollins on Thursday, went for about Read More

By Matt Haber 11/13/08 3:56pm

Who Is Martin Eisenstadt And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About the G.O.P.?

Martin Eisenstadt, principal of the Eisenstadt Group and Senior Fellow at The Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy is on a the mind of a lot of bloggers and cable news talent bookers lately. Apparently Mr. Eisenstadt, as an adviser to Senator John McCain, leaked the story that former G.O.P. Vice Presidential Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 11/03/08 2:31pm

Morning Memo: Shannen Doherty Does Manhattan; Paris Hilton’s British BFF; Tom Brady’s Housing Woes

While visiting New York, Shannen Doherty likes "[carousing] with hipsters and chain-[smoking]," but not The Eldridge or other girls. Also, she does not care about the death of print. [P6]

Tom Brady has been forced to take his Time Warner Center apartment off the market because his tenant, an apparently uptight new mother, Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 10/08/08 6:19pm

In New Video, Paris Hilton Gets Advice from Martin Sheen on Being President

Let it never be said that Paris Hilton does not know how to turn PR lemons into lemonade. Back in August, the enterprising Ms. Hilton seized upon John McCain‘s use of her image in his now infamous "Celeb" ad in which he negatively compared Barack Obama‘s popularity to hers. While her mom (and Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 10/06/08 1:39pm

Morning Memo: Jude Law’s Love Nest; Paris Hilton Plans a Family; Is Chloe the New Beatrice?

Jude Law spent three days last week holed up in the Gramercy Park Hotel with a dancer he met at The Box. [

Semi-secret Spring St. lounge Upstairs has been shut down due to liquor license issues. [Full Disclosure] 

Responding to a Page Six item indicating that he was interested in Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 9/19/08 1:31pm

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton’s Chihuahuas May or May Not Be Dead; War of the High School Soaps; Jean-Georges Settles

Paris Hilton’s flack is denying reports that the heiress left two of her many dogs outside to be mauled by coyotes, insisting that the Chihuahuas are "healthy and happy" in their "doggie mansion." [People] 

Gossip Girl’s Penn Badgley said that Jessica Stroup and Shenae Grime of rival high school soap Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 2:45pm

Morning Memo: Meghan McCain Waiting On the Ink; Model Denies Affair With Jose Reyes; Paris Hilton is Never Going Away

Meghan McCain was overheard discussing new tattoo options with the editor of her new children’s book, Mark Mcveigh, though she wants to wait until "after the election in November." [

Paris Hilton has said, "Some celebrities become famous and they forget who they are or where they came from and they hide out like some Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 9/09/08 1:36pm

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton Defends the Jonas Brothers; The Eldridge on Facebook; Paris Hilton Thinks Virginity is ‘Cool’

Paris Hilton is defending the Jonas Brothers’ decision to wear promise rings, saying virginity is "a cool thing for a kid to keep." [

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