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· Hip-hop groupie/whore Karinne Steffans finally gets what she wants: a "lucrative" deal to write a juicy book detailing her exploits with big name rappers. She claims, of course, that she got a lot of self-respect out of the deal. [Page Six]
· Yellow Fever designer Jamison Ernest loses models for his show when an agency learns that that the girls will be participating in an art film involving bananas. And Vincent Gallo. You fill in the rest. [Gatecrasher (3rd item)]
· When talking about the legacy of late Wu-Tang rapper ODB, Rush & Molloy earnestly use the phrase "baby mama." And just now, the universe shat itself. [R&M]
· Britney Spears thinks her dog is better than Paris Hiltons' dog. This is the sort of catfight one comes to expect from two girls who aren't really doing too much with their lives. [Scoop]
· Katie Holmes, the actress who may never shake Dawson's Creek, is renting in the West Village. Coincidentally, Monica Lewinsky, the woman who may never shake that blowing-the-president thing, is in the same building. [ELK]
· P. Diddy keeps Foxy Brown waiting after the Zac Posen show, but no one gets hurt. [Lowdown (2nd item)]