Ashley Dupre

Manager Chris Lighty, who has handeled 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliot, has decided to get into the novelty act business by signing on to guide Ashley Dupre's musical career. [P6]

Alex Rodriguez split his Thanksgiving day between wife Cynthia's house in Miami (where his children live) and Madonna's house on nearby Star Island. Bonus: at some point, the pair met up with billionaire Jeff Soffer and Gwyneth Paltrow, who seems to have decided against spending the holiday with husband Chris Martin. [NYDN]

Amy Winehouse has started meeting with divorce lawyers to talk about officially ending her marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil. [The Sun]

Sort of average girl Sam Durrani—an "actress and US Army reservist who claims to be descended from Afghan royalty"—claims she refused to invite Colin Farrell into her apartment after they split a cab home from Greenhouse, though the actor's rep says "[Farrell] does not know Sam Durrani and does not remember ever meeting her.  read more »

Ashley Dupre, whose much hyped Diane Sawyer interview airs Friday, told People magazine: "Everyone knows me as 'that girl,' but I'm not just 'that girl'...I have a lot of depth, a lot of layers." [People]

The Board of Elections, the head of which Tim Robbins called a "corrupt scumbag" after an Election Day snafu, has issued a statement inviting the actor to produce a public service announcement about voter participation. [TMZ]

A "very, very thin" and "stressed out" looking Gwenyth Paltrow traveled Miami last week as a guest of hotelier Jeff Soffer, instead of joining husband Chris Martin on tour. (Maybe she's just sick of Coldplay like everyone else?) [P6]

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Here’s Eliot Spitzer’s call girl, Ashley Dupre, with ABC’s Diane Sawyer.  read more »

Page Six is reporting that a former callgirl named Natalie McLennan, whose name was exposed by an unnamed website, was responsible for blowing the whistle on Ashley Dupre. [P6]

In an interview with Vogue, Jennifer Aniston says it was "very uncool" of Angelina Jolie to publically discuss the beggining of her relationship with the then still-married Brad Pitt: "There was stuff printed there that was definitely from a time when I was unaware that it was happening...I felt those details were a little inappropriate to discuss."[NYDN]

The audience reaction Hillary Clinton at the 200th anniversary of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, where husband Bill has his offices, was apparently "courteous, but not nearly as exuberant as it used to be...Nothing compared to the applause she would have received a year ago." [P6]  read more »

As most New York industries entered total terror last week, it seems Manhattan's strip clubs are not losing any business. New York Magazine reports that at Rick's Cabaret last Tuesday night, all 20 VIP suites were occupied and the main room was a love fest of lap dances and neck massages. 

One stripper named Margo told the magazine, “I was giving a back rub to some guy earlier tonight. I told him he had some knots in his neck. He was like, ‘Yeah, I work at Lehman.’ ”

Sudhir Venkatesh, a sociologist at Columbia University, told New York that while strip clubs will eventually begin losing profits like everyone else, high-end call girls will see an increase in revenue.  read more »

Recently separated Yankee Alex Rodriguez, who was recently linked with Madonna, has been playing the field. He's been spotted out with different women in Miami and Manhattan. [P6]

At New Jersey's Parker House bar, Ashley Dupre qualifies as enough of a celebrity to skip the line, though she apparently will never shake the hooker jokes. (First Item) [NYDN]

The Gossip Girl kids were a mess at a party held in their honor at the EMM Group’s estate in the Hamptons this weekend—cast members picked their teeth, inadvertently flashed the cameras, and spilled vitamin water. (Second Item) [NYDN]

Danity Kane's Aubrey O’Day, currently starring in Hairspray, defended herself to Wendy Williams, telling the talk-show host that she has not had plastic surgery.  read more »

Madonna's head flack Liz Rosenberg is insisting that the singer has no plans to adopt a three-year-old girl from Malawi in the near future, as had been reported. [Us]

Sources say actress Michelle Williams is taking extra steps to avoid the paparazzi in her Brooklyn neighborhood, reportedly "having a bodygaurd go around her block and make sure there are no photographers" each time she leaves the house. [P6]

West Villagers--including Amy Sedaris--are opposing the renewal of Beatrice Inn's liquor license, citing issues with noise, smoking, drugs, and taxis the club brings to the neighborhood. [Eater]

Joy Behar, Lorraine Bracco, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Alfie Fanjul, Pete Peterson, Sandy Hill Pittman, Marjorie Gubelmann, Debbie and Leon Black, and Tory Burch and Lyor Cohen all attended a special screening of Woody Allen's new film "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" in Southampton.  read more »

Ashley Dupre, responsible for incriminating two married men now, may finally settle on a $2 million reality-show deal, according to The New York Post.

Los Angeles producer David Krieff approached Ms. Dupre two weeks ago after an entertainment network and a studio already signed up for a project that may include a two-hour interview in which she'll talk about her life as "Kirsten" and a reality show centered around her life as the daughter of a wealthy oral surgeon in Wall, N.J.  read more »

Thomas Earle, the asphalt heir, told his wife that Ashley Dupre tricked him into checking into the Gramercy Hotel with her and his wife believed him (!). But, Mr. Earle was reportedly bragging to his friends at a Jersey bar about being able to score with Ms. Dupre and told his wife he was on a business trip in Colorado when he snuck out to the city for his 24-hour date. [NYP]

Meanwhile, Eliot Spitzer got bullied on the Upper East Side for wearing a T-shirt that said, "New York Attorney General." [P6]

Al Sharpton reportedly turned down invitations to appear on Dancing With the Stars and Celebrity Apprentice.  read more »

Ashley Dupre, the hard-working Jersey girl who we thought would be leaving us for L.A. to pursue a reality TV career, is still here, it turns out, spending her time in hotel rooms and going on shopping sprees with another married man.

Today's New York Post reports that Ms. Dupre spent 24 hours with 35-year-old New Jersey asphalt heir, Thomas J. Earle. The two were reportedly seen drinking, dining and shopping together in midtown, before checking into the Gramercy Park hotel on Tuesday.

Ms. Dupre and Mr. Earle left the hotel the next day, departing 10 minutes apart.

According to the Post, Mr. Earle lives less than two miles away from Ms. Dupre's family's Jersey home and has a "very stunning" wife and two children.

The East Hampton police have reportedly been extra strict this summer trying to keep Main Street from looking like a street fair. For the Fourth of July, the Polo Ralph Lauren store wasn't allowed to give out snow cones, Dylan's Candy Bar couldn't install a soda funtain, and Tiffany's was barred from having an a cappela group perform. [NY Daily News]

Kimora Lee Simmons' Fabulosity collection launch at Hiro and was less than fabulous. [P6]

The guys behind the Odin boutique in the East Village are opening a women's store nextdoor called Pas de Deux in August. [The Cut]

A New Jersey woman is suing Ashley Dupre for using her driver's license to appear in a Girls Gone Wild video.  read more »

Police in the Hamptons tell Page Six that headband-wearing socialite Arden Wohl was arrested on Saturday night in East Hampton for writing "Ralphy Lip-Shits" (and here we are filling in a few letters the Post rendered tastefully in dashes!) in red lipstick on the facade of Ralph Lauren's store there. But she showed American spirit for taking several miniature American flags that were part of the store's holiday decoration scheme. For which the police added a charge of petit larceny. [P6]

Ashley Dupré—when will we be done with her?—has made a very awkward social move, presenting herself at the Waverly Inn. It seemed to work! [P6]

Gossip Girl's Ed Westwick is reportedly in talks to design a clothing line! Expect to see many many shorts...[Fashionista]

Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook may soon reach a settlement, which means the crazy and mostly uninteresting details of their sordid marriage will presumably stop leaking to the press. [NY Daily News]  read more »

How'd Lenny Kravitz get pulled into a tabloid love quadrangle with Lenny Kravitz, Mr. and Mrs. Rod and Madonna? According to Page Six, it was the revenge of his manager Guy Oseary, whom he fired two weeks ago. [P6]

Lizzie Grubman will now manage her clients in addition to publicizing them. [P6] 

Ashley Dupré is reportedly in talks with the Los Angeles production company Handprint Entertainment and MTV to do a dating-based reality series in which she may be  "the next  Tila Tequila," says an unnamed source. [E! Online]  read more »

Stoical Exes: Sarah Larson isn't mad about being dumped by George Clooney; she's thankful for the career opportunities she's gotten out of dating him! [

If the economy plunges further, if the recession becomes a depression, if there’s blood on the streets and panic in the air, short sellers, the investors who make money by betting that stocks will fall, will be seen as an evil coterie of cackling villains that profited from downturns they may have encouraged.

More than John Paulson (who made $3.7 billion last year by betting against subprime mortgages) or David Einhorn (who may be helping Lehman Brothers go the way of Bear Stearns), James S. Chanos, the president and founder of a hedge-fund group called Kynikos (from “cynic” in Greek), may be the best short seller of them all.  read more »

Michelle Williams is reportedly feuding with Heath Ledger's family over the late actor's will. [P6]

Ron Perelman and his ex, Patricia Duff, are back in court because a court-appointed lawyer for their 13-year-old daughter says that the girl has been subjected to emotional abuse. [NY Daily News]

Ashley Dupre thanked her fans and critics on her MySpace page yesterday. [NY Daily News]

Helena Christensen will not shake your hand if you cross her. [P6]

Larry King's wife, Shawn Southwick King, has reportedly gone to rehab for her addiction to painkillers. [P6]

Bravo's Shear Genius stylists will give New Yorkers free blow-outs in Times Square today. [The Cut]

The jewelry collection belonging to Christina Onassis, daughter of shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis, will be auctioned off at Christie's in London. It's expected to bring in about $5.8 million. [WWD]

Brandon Davis stopped into Lily Pond and Dune in the Hamptons over the weekend, but didn't pay for the bottle service. [P6]  read more »

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia loves Sex and the City; bums cigarettes from Sarah Jessica Parker. [Intelligencer]

Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky are getting ready to wed in October. Marchesa's Georgina Chapman is reportedly designing the gown. [P6]  read more »

After appearing in Scarlett Johansson's music video, Salman Rushdie says that acting is an "itch that needs scratching." [Vulture]

Don't call that thing wrapped around Miley Cyrus a bed sheet! It's a "duchess satin stole, Champagne, specially made," says Vanity Fair. [Radar]

Sting likes to tight-rope walk in his garden in England. [P6]  read more »

If Hillary Clinton doesn't make it this week, SNL's Amy Poehler will begin doing Ralph Nader impersonations instead. She's already been practicing, you see. This sounds funny, like the movie Baby Mama! [NY Daily News]  read more »

Tom Freston has put Andy Warhol's East 66th Street apartment on the market for $38.5 million, according to Page Six. The 12-room, six story apartment was originally bought by Mr. Warhol for $310,000 in 1974; Mr. Freston bought the property in 2000 for $6.5 million. [P6]  read more »

Bittersweet Symphony? Ashlee Simpson may not be welcomed back to Saturday Night Live after her 2004 appearance exposed her lip-synching talents. Also, Page Six hears that the young Mr. Simpson was not exactly a hit with the show's producers. [P6]  read more »

Elton John's fund-raising concert for Hillary might be a federal violation of campaign rules. [Washington Times via Radar]  read more »

Who would have thought that all you had to do to launch a singing career these days was hook up with the governor of New York? I mean, Tila Tequila had to steadily rack up more page views than any other artist on MySpace and host a trashy MTV dating show before people started to take her musical talents "seriously." Not so for "Kristen," a.k.a. Ashley Alexandra Dupré (birth name: Ashley Youmans), the former Jersey shore resident and aspiring songstress who recently made "The Luv Gov," well ... sing!

After the identity of the 22-year-old (or 32-year-old, by some reports) upscale call girl involved in the prostitution scandal that brought down Eliot Spitzer was revealed on Wednesday night, millions of viewers flocked to her MySpace page, on which she offered a sampling of what The New York Times described as "an amateurish, hip-hop inflected rhythm and blues tune that asks, 'Can you handle me, boy?'" (Her profile is now defunct.) The Times also reported, on its DealBook blog, that thousands of listeners have flooded the startup music site AmieStreet.com, where two of Ms. Dupre's tracks are available for purchase.

So is there a burgeoning star in our midst? Billboard asked some top A&R execs to weigh in on Ms. Dupre's prospects, and here's what they had to say:  read more »

Even the gossipy bit—Who's That Girl?!?—that all of the tabs were after all day yesterday (us too, in fact) is broken first by The Times: Spitzer's prostitute "Kristen" is in fact known as Ashley Alexandra Dupré, though she was born 22 years ago as Ashley Youmans, in New Jersey. [The New York Times]  read more »