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Payola Six: Johnson and the FBI to Enjoy Romantic, Candle-lit Questioning
In media years, it's been nearly two decades since former Page Sixer Jared Paul Stern allegedly attempted to extort billionaire Ron Burkle. The snails at the FBI, however, haven't forgotten. Last month, the investigation was referred to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales for final review; it would seem that he's approved further work on the case, as New York mag reports that Page Six editor Richard Johnson has been "contacted for questioning by a group that includes prosecutors from the Southern District and federal agents." More »
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'Zink' Mag's Selective Biography of Jared Paul Stern
If your long-term memory is not yet completely shot, you may recall that in April, during the rosy days of the Payola Six scandal, Zink magazine issued a press release reminding everyone that while alleged extortionist Jared Paul Stern sat on their masthead as a contributing editor, his work at the mag never "entered into the sphere of gossip" and, to their knowledge, he had not committed any major crimes while doing his work for the publication. OK, Zink — thou doth protest too much, but you need the attention so it's OK. More »
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A Bad Weekend for Ron Burkle
Now that the California Supreme Court has rejected shaken-down billionaire and alleged Radar investor Ron Burkle's bid to keep his divorce papers sealed, the press is free to dig into 1,200 pages of domestic bliss. Amongst the gems: ex-wife Janet says, "common for me to spend $15,000 at one time at Barneys, and my average monthly expense for clothing was at least $10,000 (a conservative estimate)." More disturbingly, Burkle seems to have spied on Janet, telling their daughter that he had footage of Janet sleeping with her boyfriend. More »
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Payola Six: The Ball's in Gonzales' Court
The News reports that the findings in a federal probe into former Page Six staffer Jared Paul Stern's alleged shakedown of billionaire Ron Burkle have been passed along to Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez for final review. Passing the case along to Gonzalez suggests that prosecutors want to move forward rather than close the case, as they must obtain the "express" OK from the attorney general in order to arrest, interrogate, or indict any journalist. More »
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Page Six Should Have a Field Day With This
Yesterday afternoon the California Supreme Court rejected billionaire Ron Burkle's petition to keep records from his nasty divorce sealed, meaning that a lot of important financial and unflattering personal information will be available to the public. At least he doesn't have to worry about a magazine like Radar digging into his ugly personal life; though it certainly would make for an interesting and very Radar-esque story, Maer won't be touching it with a $19 million pole. More »
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You May Judge Jared Paul Stern's Book Only By Its Cover
FishbowlNY scores a small scoop today with Jared Paul Stern's "book cover concept," as designed by famous book designer Chip Kidd:[Click to enlarge.] More »
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Variety editor Peter Bart sends a memo to shaken-down billionaire Ron Burkle, noting that if Burkle really wanted to be left alone, he would've acted a bit more wisely:
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Payola Six: Did Ron Burkle Blow It?
Variety editor Peter Bart sends a memo to shaken-down billionaire Ron Burkle, noting that if Burkle really wanted to be left alone, he would've acted a bit more wisely:
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Ron Burkle Can't Resist Freebies
You'd think that with one foot in the Payola Six scandal and the other soaked with ties to Anthony Pellicano, billionaire Ron Burkle would want to lay low. Au contraire, darlings — he's out and about and, according to our embedded reporters in LA, having quite a good time with the Us Weekly freebies: More »
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'Daily News'er Jo Piazza, Gorging on Turkey
Maybe our boss is being paid off by Jared Paul Stern. Maybe he's trying to score with him. (Ah, those lips.) Either way, we've received orders to continue this ongoing and misguided campaign to suggest that everyone is as corrupt as Page Six is (they're not) and to obfuscate the reality that no matter what other skeeziness exists in the world JPS is still the one on tape asking Ron Burkle for hush money (he is). In today's installment, here are photos of the Daily News's Jo Piazza*, a reporter for the Rush & Molloy gossip column, on that junket to Turkey we previously mentioned. That's her in a headscarf above. And there's more after the jump. More »
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As we wait for the Payola Six scandal to churn up something new and interesting, we return to one of first questions: What was billionaire Burkle trying to hide? More on his young model habit, from the Livejournal of a reported part-time model/American Apparel employee:
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Ron Burkle, Billionaire Invertebrate
As we wait for the Payola Six scandal to churn up something new and interesting, we return to one of first questions: What was billionaire Burkle trying to hide? More on his young model habit, from the Livejournal of a reported part-time model/American Apparel employee:
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The Times has an front-section piece today on the latest twist in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping saga that's metastasizing through Hollywood. Today's wrinkle: A prominent L.A. divorce lawyer who used Pellicano on his cases "was aware of at least one instance of his illegal wiretapping." And how does the Times describe this attorney?
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Payola Six: 'Times' Keeps Whispering Sweet Nothings to Ron Burkle
The Times has an front-section piece today on the latest twist in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping saga that's metastasizing through Hollywood. Today's wrinkle: A prominent L.A. divorce lawyer who used Pellicano on his cases "was aware of at least one instance of his illegal wiretapping." And how does the Times describe this attorney?
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4% Fictitious
Rush & Molloy report today that former gossip Deborah Schoeneman was looking nervous the other night "when she heard that some of her former colleagues from the New York Post" were at the same party. Her gossip industry roman clef, 4% Famous, details the unflattering exploits of "Column A," particularly those of its freebie loving editor and his drugged up successor, "Tim." Purely a work of Schoeneman's imagination, of course. More »
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Payola Six: Burkle's Billions Can't Buy a Subtle P.I.
According to some emails we've been forwarded, it would seem that someone in Beverly Hills has hired a private investigator to look into Page Six and, in this instance, recently deposed freelancer Fernando Gil: More »
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As are a great deal of our favorite items, this is completely unconfirmed — but we'd like to put it out there anyhow: We're hearing that wildly unpopular and infamously skeezy writer Doug Dechert has lost his column at the New York Press after just one installment. His debut was last week's issue, in which he wrote the cover story about Payola Six and, more specifically, Richard Johnson's wedding. We had found the item at the very least amusing, but it later came to light that Dechert had crashed the wedding (makes sense, as no one in their right mind would want him there), whereas the column read as if he were an invited guest. That might piss off an editor or two.
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Payola Six: 'NY Press' Plays Nice, Cuts Dechert Loose?
As are a great deal of our favorite items, this is completely unconfirmed — but we'd like to put it out there anyhow: We're hearing that wildly unpopular and infamously skeezy writer Doug Dechert has lost his column at the New York Press after just one installment. His debut was last week's issue, in which he wrote the cover story about Payola Six and, more specifically, Richard Johnson's wedding. We had found the item at the very least amusing, but it later came to light that Dechert had crashed the wedding (makes sense, as no one in their right mind would want him there), whereas the column read as if he were an invited guest. That might piss off an editor or two.
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On Sunday, the Times ran a disconcertently glowing story about shaken-down billionaire Ron Burkle's friendship with Bill Clinton. One of the fuzzy details included was how Clinton and Burkle had met; according to the Times, the two were introduced after Clinton had heard that Burkle's supermarkets were spared in the LA riots because he was so good to his employees. After Slate's Mickey Kaus pointed out that Burkle's properties weren't so much spared as torched, the Times has put its tail between its legs:
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Payola Six: Check and Double-Check Your Burkle
On Sunday, the Times ran a disconcertently glowing story about shaken-down billionaire Ron Burkle's friendship with Bill Clinton. One of the fuzzy details included was how Clinton and Burkle had met; according to the Times, the two were introduced after Clinton had heard that Burkle's supermarkets were spared in the LA riots because he was so good to his employees. After Slate's Mickey Kaus pointed out that Burkle's properties weren't so much spared as torched, the Times has put its tail between its legs:
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No long able to justify any intense, above-the-fold, gossip industry fun, Times had an oddly feel-good article about shaken-down billionaire Ron Burkle and his business-boosting friendship with Bill Clinton. In short, Clinton helps Burkle's Yucaipa Companies "find investment projects," and Burkle's profits help Clinton pursue his philanthropic projects around the world. So how'd these two power-brokers forge a friendship? According to the Times:
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Payola Six: Burkle Charms the Pants Off the 'NYT'
No long able to justify any intense, above-the-fold, gossip industry fun, Times had an oddly feel-good article about shaken-down billionaire Ron Burkle and his business-boosting friendship with Bill Clinton. In short, Clinton helps Burkle's Yucaipa Companies "find investment projects," and Burkle's profits help Clinton pursue his philanthropic projects around the world. So how'd these two power-brokers forge a friendship? According to the Times:
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• After a few week or so of silence, Page Six makes a tiny jab back at billionaire Ron Burkle, noting that he "carefully avoided" sitting next to any models at Lionel Richie's concert the other night. Somewhere, a California supermarket spontaneously bursts into flames. [Page Six]
• Katie Holmes has enlisted the help of a service unfortunately called Buff Brides to help her get in shape "post-birth." TMZ also has the exclusives on her wedding dress: it's long and white. Scoop! [TMZ]
• Sienna Miller is dating Argentinean DKNY model Nico Malleville, who apparently does not take to fucking nannies on the pool table. [Gatecrasher (4th item)]
• A man posing as actress Eva Mendes' brother has been rolling around town with limos and models, scamming restaurants and clubs for tens of thousands of dollars. Because a man in a limo claiming to be someone's brother is incredibly clever. [Page Six]
• At Neil Lane in LA, Liev Schreiber reportedly dropped $150K on a 5-carat sparkler for girlfriend Naomi Watts. In an especially cagey denial, his flack says he's never been in that store. [R&M (3rd item)]
• Angelina Jolie is planning to take a full-page ad next week in USA Today that will call for an end to the violence in Darfur. Hopefully this will help everyone forget that her bodyguards are currently bludgeoning half of Namibia. [IMDb]
Gossip Roundup: Ron Burkle Returns to Page Six
• After a few week or so of silence, Page Six makes a tiny jab back at billionaire Ron Burkle, noting that he "carefully avoided" sitting next to any models at Lionel Richie's concert the other night. Somewhere, a California supermarket spontaneously bursts into flames. [Page Six]• Katie Holmes has enlisted the help of a service unfortunately called Buff Brides to help her get in shape "post-birth." TMZ also has the exclusives on her wedding dress: it's long and white. Scoop! [TMZ]
• Sienna Miller is dating Argentinean DKNY model Nico Malleville, who apparently does not take to fucking nannies on the pool table. [Gatecrasher (4th item)]
• A man posing as actress Eva Mendes' brother has been rolling around town with limos and models, scamming restaurants and clubs for tens of thousands of dollars. Because a man in a limo claiming to be someone's brother is incredibly clever. [Page Six]
• At Neil Lane in LA, Liev Schreiber reportedly dropped $150K on a 5-carat sparkler for girlfriend Naomi Watts. In an especially cagey denial, his flack says he's never been in that store. [R&M (3rd item)]
• Angelina Jolie is planning to take a full-page ad next week in USA Today that will call for an end to the violence in Darfur. Hopefully this will help everyone forget that her bodyguards are currently bludgeoning half of Namibia. [IMDb]
