Morning Memo: Chace Crawford’s Less Illustrious Past; Gwen Stefani Has a New Son; 1Oak Gets Sued

When actor Chace Crawford worked as a valet in New York, pre-Gossip Girl days, he was terrified when Suge Knight

When actor Chace Crawford worked as a valet in New York, pre-Gossip Girl days, he was terrified when Suge Knight came in with his car (Mr. Crawford made one of the other valets move it!). [Us Weekly] 

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Eleanor Wohl will reportedly throw a party on Sunday at her Meadow Lane Estate in honor of Prudential Douglas Elliman chairman Howard Lorber to thank him for helping the Chabad of Southampton in its zoning dispute. [P6] 

Gwen Stefani gave birth to her second son, named Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale—"Afrikan" is very in these days–on Thursday in L.A. [Us Weekly] 

George Steinbrenner and his son Hank are reportedly in talks to put on a show at Yankee Stadium featuring Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney that will rival the farewell shows performed at Shea by Billy Joel. [NY Daily News]

Two former employees of 1Oak are claiming that owner Scott Sartiano fired them and other employees recently because they were black or Asian to replace them with "white girls." [P6]  

The promotional images for the revival of Arthur Miller‘s All My Sons have been unveiled; they feature Katie Holmes alongside co-stars John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest, and Patrick Wilson on playbills, an official website, and a MySpace page. [NY Daily News] 

Michael Phelps reportedly bagged Aussie Olympian Stephanie Rice, who had just broken up with Australian swimmer Eamon Sullivan. [P6]  

Former Yankees manager Joe Torre has started his own blog. [Daily Intel] 

 

Morning Memo: Chace Crawford’s Less Illustrious Past; Gwen Stefani Has a New Son; 1Oak Gets Sued