· Cellphone-theft victim Kevin Spacey admits to not being assaulted in London's Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park while walking the dog at 4 a.m. None of his ex-tricks could be reached for comment. [CNN]
· Andre Balazs, owner of the Standard and the Raleigh, to open bargain basement hotel — with $50-a-night bunk beds. Great, more poor tourists in New York. [NYM]
· The coming crisis: the Republican conventions attempt to capitalize on September 11th will cause conflict with fashion week. We agree with Rush and Molloy: let's consolidate the two events. There's always a few lingerie-clad wayward women at the conventions anyway. [NYDN]
· For no apparent reason, WB "News at Ten" reporter gets married with a dwarf officiating. [NYP]
· Russell Simmons' wife Kimora "from the block" Lee loses charity auction to have Manolo Blahnik name a shoe after her. That's good — Kimora would be a pretty hooker-ish name for a shoe. [NYP]