· Oliver Stone's former assistant, Azita Zendel, is premiering a movie at Cannes called "Controlled Chaos" based on Stone's "scandalous" lifestyle. [Page Six]
· "Martin Scorsese has been hit with a $1 million lawsuit by a producer who claims to have been waiting 13 years for the Gangs of New York director to get around to a movie he allegedly agreed to make." China Club owner Danny Fried's smoking ban work-around: China Club owner Danny Fried sees the escape route in the other direction: "I have a 3,000-square-foot roof with a bar. People can drink and smoke to their hearts' content." [NY Daily News]
· Socialites on cell phones: Aerin Lauder sighted screming into her cell phone, "This is so embarrassing! Get a suit on, get a car, and get here now!...My fucking husband!" Gossiping about gossip columnists: "Which gossip columnist's new girlfriend is raising eyebrows by RSVP-ing to events in her name, plus one? The 'plus one' is the big name she's dating." [ChicHappens]