Gossip roundup
· Palm Beach's Landmarks Preservation Commission think Donald Trump's coat-of-arms logos with his surname beneath them are "unseemly." Trump uses the same logo to advertise for his Park Avenue condos in New York, and the Palm Beachers believe the "New York" brand dilutes the value of the "Palm Beach" estate. [Page Six]
· Denise Rich is said to be another Leona Helmsley. She fires staffers citing budget cuts, but always replaces them, and came onto her ex-partner, Herbert Black. [Page Six]
· Liz Smith on the invite to the Vanity Fair Oscar party: "This came on some kind of heavy vellum papier-mache that must have cost newspaper tycoon Si Newhouse of Cond Nast a pretty penny. (The envelope alone is made of something one is tempted to keep and have made into a bulletproof vest.)" [Liz Smith]
· Courtney Love says "Every woman in America is on Xanax...You can go to a taco stand in L.A. and get it. It's the No. 2 drug in America, and it's completely addictive." Items on Bruce Springsteen's concert rider: beluga caviar on Carr water crackers, imported cheese, white linen tablecloths and a "large" box of Belgian chocolates. [NY Daily News]