The two guys New York City married by mistake? That didn't last long.

We don't know if James Franco is gay or not, but he certainly doesn't seem to care what the hell any of us think either way, so bless him for that. The latest tittering tidbit? An erotically-charged short film.

• It's a big night for Jean-Georges Vongerichten: He's cooking dinner at the United Nations for three past presidents (Carter, Bush I, Clinton) and one current president. Halibut's on the menu, in case you're wondering. [Crain's]
• Scott Sartiano and Richie Akiva of 1Oak and Butter are taking over the West 14th Street bar/club formerly known as The Plumm. [Page Six]
• Tom Colicchio's 'wichcraft is creating the menu for a Southwest Airlines-sponsored "pop-up lounge" in Bryant Park, slated to open June 19. [NYT]
• Merkato 55 (or Le 55, as it was known recently) is now bankrupt. [Crain's]
• Locanda Grande has a bakery café and it's now serving up breakfast. [GS]
• The city is evicting Citarella from its Harlem location. [NYT]
• Christian Albin, chef at the Four Seasons, died over the weekend. [NYT]
• What you missed at the Big Apple BBQ this weekend. [Gothamist, Metromix]

Brant Publications is, predictably, suing former editorial director Glenn O'Brien for trashing the company's reputation.

Do you have a car? Are you able to "work long hours"? Are you willing to sell yourself into journalistic indentured servitude for less than half a pittance? Here's your chance to edit a Pulitzer Prize-winning paper!

With all the depressing talk about the stock market (the Dow fell close to 200 points today), and struggling banks (Citigroup chairman Dick Parsons said today he had no idea when the bank would be able to pay back the $45 billion it's borrowed), it's nice to see that some people are still spending recklessly and entertaining the rest of us in the process. Despite the fact he's lost an estimated $20 billion amid the economic meltdown, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich's latest toy —the world's largest and most expensive privately-owned yacht—made an appearance late last week.

Oh good, the people looking to get David Letterman fired because they don't like his monologue (admittedly it is usually pretty hacky but that is part of the charm!) just cost him one (1) internet advertiser.

As the Huffington Post bulks up, the company is apparently changing management: CEO Betsy Morgan is on her way out, replaced by Eric Hippeau of investor SoftBank Capital, PaidContent reports.

It's a good thing everyone is doing so well financially right now, because everything is about to get more expensive. The New York City Council endorsed a plan today to raise the city's share of the sales tax, and if the measure is eventually approved by Albany, 8.875 percent will be tacked on to your bills instead of the current 8.375 percent. Those fractions certainly do add up, though! The change is expected to pump an extra $500 million a year into city coffers. [NYT]

A new summer has blossomed (technically), and with it a new crop of celebrity media interns, riding their family names into coffee-fetching and fact-checking gigs that should rightfully go to miserable, debt-wracked, overqualified J-school graduates. This year's celeb intern class:

Ever dream of having your own personal Gawkebel? Gawkmodo? iGawk09? Well now you can! No more shifting between Gawker Media titles - users can now elect to read their favorite content from any combination of Gawker titles, all on one page.

What we feared would happen last year has come to fruition. Celebrities are having a hard time commanding high appearance fees. A-listers still do all right, but everyone else? We're talking in the four-figure range. Depresso-rama!

June 15 @ 1 pm Saw Paul Dano at the Trader Joe's in Brooklyn. I followed him into the snack aisle and then he left without buying anything. [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com]

CNBC contributor Jeff Macke has left the network, TV Newser reports. Here's why.

Notice something about Bill Gates in the attached video? Shuffling along a procession at Cambridge University, the Microsoft founder is the only dignitary without a tie. And he looks plenty sheepish about it.

Kathryn Jean Lopez, who has in the past year led the National Review Online to ecstatic heights of tribal ululation free of reason and unhinged from political reality, is leaving. Going to picket abortion clinics full-time, we presume.

If Gisele Bundchen covers can't sell magazines, what is it that you people really want? This may be Michelle Obama's fault.

After Al Roker showed the reality baubles how it's done in his neck of the woods earlier, the gurgling pair were taken to task by the Furies at The View. Whoopi said they were gonna end up on the street.

[Bobby Patentleather is filming in Washington Square Park right now, ladies!; image via Bauer-Griffin]

Gossip is good for you. Or at least that was the conclusion of a study conducted at the University of Michigan, which aired up 160 women and had half of them proofread a botany paper and the other half dish about their personal lives. Twenty minutes later, the chatty Cathys had increased levels of progesterone, which is linked to "long term physical health and has anti-stress effects," whereas the women stuck talking about plants had decreased levels. So, basically, oversharing with strangers is good for your health. Debating Petunias, not so much. Of course, the more interesting study would examine the potenially salubrious effects of reading about other people's personal lives. Look for that study, sponsored by Us Weekly, E!, and Perez Hilton, in the coming months. [NYDN]