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Morning Memo: Gossip Girl Gossip; Kate Moss Gets Physical; Boy George Did Not Really Want to Hurt Prostitute

Caroline Bankoff — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:38:09 -0500

It looks like Gossip Girl's Vanessa Abrams ("Jessica Szohr") has finally come around to Chuck Bass ("Ed Westwick")—the two were spotted "stealing" kisses at La Guardia Airport. [P6]

Meanwhile, Chuck may soon have a new half-brother—Lily van Der Woodsen ("Kelly Rutherford") is pregnant! [Us Weekly]

Ivana Trump is divorcing Rossano Rubicondi, her 36-year-old husband of seven months. Apparently, the couple has been broken up for a while, but Ms. Trump kept quiet because she didn't want to spoil his chances of winning I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! [R&M]

Kate Moss was overheard at a party explaining that the recently noted scratches on her face were not, as she had claimed, injuries sustained in a Christmas ornament accident, but the result of a "scuffle" with boyfriend Jamie Hince involving her "chunky ring. read more »

Morning Memo: Christopher Buckley to Continue Telling All; Madonna and A-Rod Spotted in Mexico; Lindsay Lohan Gives Advice

Caroline Bankoff — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:37:06 -0500

Christopher Buckley will continue to work through his daddy issues with a new book about the death of his parents, William F. and Pat Buckley, which he predicts will "land hard in some quarters." [P6]

Cameron Diaz made a big deal of avoiding ex Justin Timberlake's current girlfriend Jessica Biel backstage at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, but Ms. Biel was apparently too busy showing off her hot dad to notice. [Full Disclosure, second item]

It's probably not a coincidence that Madonna and Alex Rodriguez are both in Mexico City right now. [NYDN]

Samantha Ronson's half-sister, 20-year-old Annabelle Dexter-Jones, has been asking Lindsay Lohan for advice on picking an agent. [Page Six Magazine]

Orlando Bloom and model Miranda Kerr are not engaged, in case you heard they were. [Us Weekly]

Metallica drummer (and art collector) Lars Ulrich doesn't do drugs anymore, but he still likes "bonding" with friends in bathroom stalls. [P6]

Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson Talk It Out; Guy Ritchie and Madonna Divorce Finalized; Eliot Spitzer's Bad Day

Caroline Bankoff — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:36:32 -0500

The still "very much in love" Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan have started attending couples therapy after a series of public fights. [P6]

At a divorce hearing yesterday, Guy Ritchie declined to go after soon-to-be ex-wife Madonna's money, opting instead to focus on obtaining joint custody of his children. [NYDN]

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz named their son Bronx Mowgli. [Us Weekly] read more »

Morning Memo: Samantha Ronson Blogging Again; Kate Hudson Challenges Madonna?; Brooklyn Hates 'Real World'

Caroline Bankoff — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:38:41 -0500

Samantha Ronson has once again taken to her Myspace blog to make her opinions known. Now she's lashing out at the anti-fur activist who threw flour on girlfriend Lindsay Lohan: "The girl who threw [the flour] acted like an animal herself... I take that back, it's an insult to animals to group her in with them, my dog is FAR more civilized than that person." [People]

Kate Hudson spent Friday night in Miami flirting with Madonna property Alex Rodriguez. A source says the actress's arms were "completely wrapped around A-Rod’s waist and every time he leaned over to talk to anyone she would pull him back toward her." [Full Disclosure]

Real World: Brooklyn has mostly been filming at East Village nightspots because "nobody in Brooklyn wants the losers on the show to be in their bar." And people in Manhattan do? [Page Six Magazine, fifth item] read more »

Samantha Ronson Tells Animal Activists to Chill Out

Caroline Bankoff — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:23:44 -0500

Lindsay Lohan girlfriend, DJ, and budding political blogger Samantha Ronson has once again taken to Myspace to address the pressing issues of the day, offering up a semi-apology for one of her previous dispatches.

Following Election Day, Ms. Ronson expressed dismay that California's Proposition 2, which is designed to improve the living conditions of the animals living on farms and in slaughterhouses, had passed alongside Proposition 8, which banned gay marriage in the state:

i guess people care more about farm animals than they do their fellow man, that's really sad to me. yes, i am glad that the chickens will have more room and better conditions as they wait to die, but i just think it's frightening that people show more compassion for tomorrow's dinner than for the chef. read more »

Morning Memo: Madonna News Roundup; Lindsay Lohan's Straight Answer; Jennifer Aniston Not Pregnant

Caroline Bankoff — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:40:54 -0500

Madonna has been drawing complaints from her neighbors at Central Park West's Harperley Hall with her practicing at "all hours of the night." [Full Disclosure]

Meanwhile, sources claim that Alex Rodriguez has been telling ex- wife Cynthia that his affair with Madonna "is just a phase he is going through, and asking her to hang on and wait for him." [Page Six Magazine]

However, Mr. Rodriguez is supposedly planning on accompanying Madonna on her South American tour. [R&M]

Lindsay Lohan continues to eschew labels. When asked by a magazine if she considered herself a bisexual, Ms. Lohan answered, "Maybe. Yeah," and "No" to whether she was a lesbian. [P6] read more »

Morning Memo: Rock Princesses Trade Photo Shoots; Tabloid Rakes Muck, Literally

Caroline Bankoff — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:58:50 -0400

Someone has been looking through the trash cans of the West Village's celebrity residents and sending their finds to Page Six. So far, they've turned up evidence of Mary-Lousie Parker's thyroid problem. Good work, guys! [P6]

One rockstar's model daughter is as good as another: When Bijou Phillips had to cancel on Chrissie Miller's latest photo shoot, the designer simply went up to Alexandra Richards on the street and asked her to stand in. [Page Six Magazine, fifth item]

Lindsay Lohan wants everyone to know that she's going to start dating men again once the attention from this Samantha Ronson relationship has worn off (or something like that). read more »

Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan Behaving Badly!; Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise Colonize East Village; Guy Ritchie In Tears

Caroline Bankoff — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:34:25 -0400

Lindsay Lohan's guest appearance on Ugly Betty was cut from six episodes to four because of trouble on the set. Issues included ego clashes with star America Ferrera, the size of Ms. Lohan's entourage, and a de-pantsing incident. People on set were also bothered by Ms. Lohan's tendency to "obsessively cut pictures of herself out of the tabloids like she was creating some sort of scrapbook." [P6]

Among the things Sarah Palin doesn't know: who Oliver Stone is. [R&M, second item]

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have been buying up a bunch of separate apartments in a building in the East Village, where Tom is friendly to the neighbors and Katie "keeps her head down." [P6] read more »

Morning Memo: Lindsay Lohan Takes the Train; Madonna and Guy Ritchie Probably Still Negotiating; Milk & Honey Going Private

Caroline Bankoff — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:31:30 -0400

Lindsay Lohan was "whining incessantly" at girlfriend Samantha Ronson about her staff on the Acela train to Washington, D.C. (They take Amtrak?) [P6]

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] read more »

Transom Week In Review: Sex Drive (the Movie!); Blythe Danner's Style Tips; Julian Schnabel Ponders John McCain

Caroline Bankoff — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:55:15 -0400

We pondered sub-prime teen sex comedy Sex Drive with the cast of Gossip Girl.

At a Pratt Institute benefit at Chelsea Piers, the prince of the Palazzo Chupi, Julian Schnabel, told us exactly what he thinks about John McCain.

We waved goodbye to George W. Bush and Cindy McCain at the premiere of W.

Blythe Danner gave us some useful recession style tips at the launch for Key to the Cure (plus: Ronsons, Real Housewives, and Lindsay Lohan).

Maxim editor Chris Wilson explained how he got dumped by Oprah.

The sexual assault lawsuit filed against Jeffrey Epstein was dismissed.