The Housewives Are Crumbling Before Our Very Eyes
• It's been a bumpy stretch for the cast of the Real Housewives of NYC, hasn't it? In today's dose of bad news, it seems Ramona Singer's TV antics have made her "persona non grata" at her daughter's UES school (nor is she making any friends in Palm Beach); and it appears both Kelly Killoren Bensimon and Luann de Lesseps are now being forced to sell their Hamptons houses. [P6, Page2Live]
• Taye Diggs and Idina Menzel are expecting their first baby. [Insider]
• Whitney Port says she breaks down "a couple of times a week" due to the stress of reality TV fame. She also says she and Olivia Palermo "never hang out off-screen," which you could have probably guessed. [P6]
• It looks like Luke and Julie Janklow have reconciled. Following their breakup —and brief flings with Jessica Joffe and Scott Murphy—they appear to be back together, and were spotted kissing at Sweetiepie over the weekend. [P6]
• Publicist Liz Rosenberg says Madonna is "not skirting any legal issues" with her latest adoption, and that Madge's "connection" with baby Mercy is "profound." [Reuters]
• Brad Pitt has supposedly given Angelina Jolie an "ultimatum" that they get married before having any more kids. Angie, meanwhile, isn't all that happy either and is tired of his bad parenting skills. Supposedly. [OK!, DM]
• Good news! Rachael Ray says she's finally "learned how to breathe" and probably won't have to undergo surgery on her vocal cords after all. [People]
• Bridget Moynahan does not appreciate Gisele Bundchen bringing up her baby in this month's Vanity Fair. Got that? [P6]
• Rihanna and Katy Perry have become "inseparable" BFFs over the past couple of weeks, apparently, and are now planning to "go for a luxury girlie getaway to Puerto Rico" together. [Sun]
• Bill Murray was spotted flirting with a "Scarlett Johansson-look-alike" at Steak Frites on Friday night. [P6]
• Dennis Rodman's wife says Dr. Phil "showered her with gifts" in exchange for appearing on his show to talk about her husband's drinking problem. [NYDN]
• Is Ashley Biden's coke scandal part of an "elaborate plot" to help her friend "get rich"? Maybe? [Radar]
• Blind item: "Which Academy Award winner, who constantly denies his philandering ways, was outed after sleeping with a publicist who blabbed to everyone?" [NYDN]