· Jesse McKinley, NYT reporter and most vocal colonizer of the Lower East Side, violated NYT's ethics policy by having Queer Eye Thom Felicia fruit up his LES lovenest for an Oprah show. The renovation cost 50 grand; McKinley will now begin paying back some portion of those costs... one quarter at a time. (Maybe he can sell some furniture on eBay, like one Queer Eye straightey is.) [NYP]
· Madonna's publicist says that Madonna's summer tour is unconfirmed. That's not what Clear Channel said back in January while they were rustling up sponsorship. [Daily News]
· Gigantic Miuccia Prada profile to run in next week's New Yorker; Ms. Prada (if you're nasty) will tell-all about ditching her Marxist roots for the world of high-priced fashion. [WWD]
· Paris Hilton: did she dump boyfriend Nick (not Aaron) Carter? Did she make out with home-pornographer Rick Salomon on Oscar night? Is she making bank on her own disavowed porn video? Is she ever going to go to therapy? [NYP]