Gossip roundup
· Bruno Jamais' private restaurant features luxury products ensconced in display cases; Random House execs are snickering at Ann Godoff and Sonny Mehta's expressions of mutual respect; and Michael Gross runs a not-so-blind item about Harvey Weinstein looking for a $500 million bailout. [The Word]
· Oliver Stone is (not surprisingly) amazed Fidel Castro has never seen a shrink. [Page Six]
· A San Francisco doctor is retracting statements made to a Rolling Stone reporter stating that 25% of all HIV cases were contracted on purpose. [Page Six]
· Press clippings from Lotus double as passports in some countries. [Page Six]
· Robert Downey, Jr., on his music career: "I'd like to play some small venues, but under the name of whatever the band would be not like, 'Robert Downey Jr. invites you and David Hasselhoff to an auditorium,' because I just smell the demise right there." [Page Six]