Truth-challenged publicist Liz Rosenberg is denying reports that Madonna and Guy Ritchie have already reached a divorce settlement. Meanwhile, Madonna reportedly told a friend that Alex Rodriguez, whom she is rumored to have been dating this summer, "is physically a great specimen. And if she is going to have another child, he would be the ideal man." [NYDN]

Sasha Petraske's Milk & Honey is going members-only starting in November. [Gothamist via Down By The Hipster]

Not Chuck Bass: Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick got shut down by a "leggy brunette" at a Thompson LES party. [R&M, third item]

Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell, who was responsible for the annual worst-dressed list, died Sunday at 86. [US Weekly]

Haper's Bazaar editor Glenda Bailey told Project Runway runner-up Kenley Collins that she'd favored her to win. [P6]

Grub Street adds a splash of drama, noting that the Milk & Money maestro "must have assumed his fate, as he didn't show at the meeting."

Still, his pint dreams probably aren't completed crushed by the community board's rejection.

The vote is only advisory, and other bars, notably including the Beatrice Inn, have succeeded in slinging drinks, despite neighborhood protests. That being said, the ruling New York State Liquor Authority (SLA) has tended to lend a more sympathetic ear to the various community boards' whims in recent years. And other operators, including frustrated burlesque club impressario Ivan Kane, feel so obstructed at the community board level that they end up scrapping their plans before even reaching the SLA.

Community opposition ultimately thwarted Mr. Petraske's previous licensing attempt at Mercury Dime.