Raffaello Follieri

By Caroline Bankoff 10/24/08 1:30pm

Morning Memo: Angelina Jolie’s ‘Restless’ Kids; Lydia Hearst Serious About the Economy; John McCain Militant (About Ribs)

Angelina Jolie has trained her brood well. She told Italian Vanity Fair, "I am still restless, but do you know that my kids are the same way? We were in France these last few months and after a while they started asking when we could get back on a plane." [R&M]

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By Caroline Bankoff 9/10/08 1:15pm

Morning Memo: James Franco is Eye Candy at Columbia; Cityfile Gets Servicey; Alec Baldwin Loses It Again

Columbia students have been harassing James Franco, who’s enrolled in an MFA program in writing. [P6]

Mary-Kate Olsen forced organizers of at the Rock and Republic show to re-seat her in between Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Jessica Szohr, though she later obliged them by "[smiling] in the front row." [Read More

By Irina Aleksander 7/24/08 1:40pm

Morning Memo: Ledger’s Bar; Bale’s ‘Assault’; Hathaway’s Diary

Heath Ledger was reportedly a silent investor in Five Leaves, a Greenpoint bar designed by John McCormick, who also designed Smith & Mills and Beatrice Inn. While the project was at first put on hold after the actor’s death, his father has agreed to fund the project to its completion. [P6]

Christian Bale’s Read More

By Irina Aleksander 7/18/08 3:22pm

Raffaello Follieri Might Take a Deal

After getting arrested for wire fraud conspiracy and operating a money laundering scheme, real estate developer–and ex of Anne Hathaway–Raffaello Follieri might make a deal with prosecutors, reports the Post.

Mr. Follieri, whose bail was set at $21 million because prosecutors argued that he was at flight risk, has been locked Read More

By Irina Aleksander 6/27/08 1:23pm

Morning Memo: Uma Engaged; Oprah Snubbed

Uma Thurman is reportedly engaged to financier Arpad Busson. [NY Daily News]

Those awkward photos of Sean Avery standing shirtless in a fashion closet at Men’s Vogue mysteriously disappeared from the magazine’s Web site. [Radar]

Graydon Carter, Jann Wenner, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Buffet, Gay Talese and others Read More

By Irina Aleksander 6/26/08 11:09am

Morning Memo: Isaac Mizrahi's Civic Duty; Bill Murray's Divorce

Isaac Mizrahi is annoyed with having to do jury duty. [P6]

Real Vogue interns say their jobs were nothing like Sean Avery’s in that they were not flown to L.A. or given their own desks. Shocking. [The Cut]

Bill Murray and wife, Jennifer Butler Murray, who alleged that he abused Read More

By Irina Aleksander 6/25/08 1:30pm

Morning Memo: Lindsay's Back to Work; Madonna And Guy Over? (Again?)

Club 1Oak reportedly tried to cover up a gay-bashing incident that left one victim with visible wounds and sent another to the hospital. [Gawker]

Lindsay Lohan is showing up on time to movie shoots and being nice to her co-stars. Apparently, it’s all thanks to Samantha Ronson. [P6]

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By Irina Aleksander 6/24/08 4:41pm

Anne Hathaway's Ex-Boyfriend Arrested

Italian businessman Raffaelo Follieri, 29, who was recently dumped by Anne Hathaway has been arrested (again!) this morning on charges of wire fraud conspiracy and operating a money laundering scheme, the The New York Post reports.

Mr. Follieri is accused of duping investors by claiming that he had been appointed as the Read More

By Irina Aleksander 6/19/08 12:54pm

Morning Memo: Sex Stars Tune-Up; Obamas Just Like Us

Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis have both reportedly paid a visit to the doctor shortly after Sex and the City‘s release, opting for a breast augmentation surgery and a varicose vein removal, respectively. [P6]

Barack and Michelle Obama appear on the cover of Us Weekly this week with Mrs. Obama depicted as a Read More

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Morning Memo: Angelina Jolie’s ‘Restless’ Kids; Lydia Hearst Serious About the Economy; John McCain Militant (About Ribs)

Morning Memo: James Franco is Eye Candy at Columbia; Cityfile Gets Servicey; Alec Baldwin Loses It Again

Morning Memo: Ledger’s Bar; Bale’s ‘Assault’; Hathaway’s Diary

Raffaello Follieri Might Take a Deal

Morning Memo: Uma Engaged; Oprah Snubbed

Morning Memo: Isaac Mizrahi's Civic Duty; Bill Murray's Divorce

Morning Memo: Lindsay's Back to Work; Madonna And Guy Over? (Again?)

Anne Hathaway's Ex-Boyfriend Arrested

Morning Memo: Sex Stars Tune-Up; Obamas Just Like Us

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