Madoff-tainted Walter and Monica Noel managed to rent out Yemanja, their Mustique vacation home, to someone willing to pay their $55,000-per-week asking price. [P6]
People paid around $300,000 for the first pictures of Bristol Palin‘s son, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. [The Scoop]
Sean "P. Diddy" Combs doesn’t think he Read More
Barack Obama did some last minute strategizing in a Monday morning conference call that included Oprah Winfrey and Sean "Diddy" Combs (also Donna Brazile, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, and Rev. Joseph Lowery). [R&M]
Lindsay Lohan is once again harnessing the power of Myspace to remind fans to vote. [People] Read More
Guy Ritchie‘s soon-to-be ex Madonna is now getting hair care tips from composer Ron Abel. [R&M]
It’s official: Sumner Redstone is divorcing Paula Fortunato, his wife of 5 1/2 years. According to their "iron-clad" prenuptual agreement, she will be compensated $1 million for every year they were married. [NYDN]
After someone Read More
Barack Obama admitted to Men’s Health that he occasionally bums a cigarette on the campaign trail, saying, "I figure, seeing as I’m running for president, I need to cut myself a little slack." [People]
Diddy did not appreciate McCain’s much-noted "that one" remark at Tuesday night’s debate, and he’s posted a video Read More
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
Olatz Schnabel is upset over reports that her husband, director Julian Schnabel, has been seen out with "Miral" author Rula Jebreal.
Tyra Banks kept her talk-show audience waiting for over two hours while she hung out backstage. During the taping, she talked over her guests and made everyone miserable. [P6]
Musician John Mayer held an impromptu press conference in Soho explaining his break-up with Jennifer Aniston. [TMZ]
Sean “Diddy” Combs ignored part-time Read More
Wack Attack: LAObserved’s Kevin Roderick discovered an incubating blog called LAT Beatbox that may or may not be run by The Los Angeles Times. Roderick quotes a post lashing out at Sean "Diddy" Combs in the wake of the paper’s extremely embarrassing article about the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur: "You might be Read More
“We’re getting rid of everything,” said Jay Shaffer, owner of the recently opened (and more recently closed) Flatiron Joe’s pub.
On Tuesday morning, the former bar and grill on West 21st Street had morphed into an auction house: “Last call!” declared auctioneer Herb Mauthner, as onlookers gathered around the bar. “Sold for six hundred!” Read More
