The Donald Fires Back in Baja

cityfile · 04/10/09 10:04AM

You didn't think Donald Trump was going to let the embarrassing mess over that failed condo development in Mexico go unanswered, did you? Just a few weeks after reports surfaced that dozens of people people lost millions buying into the Trump Ocean Resort Baja Mexico, comes word that the Donald has filed a $50 million suit against the project's developers for breach of contract and for "muddying the Trump name." As if that's even possible! [NYDN]

Spotted

cityfile · 04/10/09 08:38AM

Ashley Olsen getting out of an SUV in Soho ... Orlando Bloom walking downtown ... Kim Kardashian leaving her hotel ... Michelle Trachtenberg drinking coffee on the set of Gossip Girl ... Uma Thurman covering her face with a magazine in the Village ... Michelle Williams and Spike Jonze walking together in Brooklyn ... Gerard Butler meeting up with friends in the meatpacking district ... Matthew Broderick taking son James to school in the West Village ... Matt Lauer walking down the street with a sling on his arm ... Whitney Port eating lunch at Philip Marie on Hudson Street ... Katy Perry shopping downtown ... Willem Dafoe dropping off mail in the West Village ... Paula Deen going into the Time Warner Center ... Kate Winslet walking by herself ... and Spike Lee and Bill Murray standing outside the Tribeca Grill.

Happy Easter

Richard Lawson · 04/10/09 08:32AM

[Those things Heidi and Spencer from "The Hills" film the lady thing's new music video, surrounded by paps, in LA; image via Splash]

Which 'Sensual Singer' Is a Secret Bisexual?

Richard Lawson · 04/10/09 08:21AM

Today we have a singer who's getting serviced by men on the sly, another singer who hates her husband, a TV star with a vibrator, and one of those Ted Casablanca items about gay people.

Meghan McCain Hits Publishing Jackpot

cityfile · 04/10/09 07:54AM

So are publishing houses sensibly dealing with their beleaguered state by paying modest advances to talented, seasoned authors, rather than throwing huge sums of money at writing neophytes with famous last names in the (likely vain) hope that the ensuing cheap publicity will render whatever crap is stuck between the covers irrelevant? Don't be silly! Meghan McCain has just signed a deal in the "high six figures" with Hyperion, reports Leon Neyfakh, for a book about—well, it's not yet clear what it's about, probably because Meghan's agent Flip Brophy knew that having her client actually write anything wouldn't exactly help with the pitch. None of which is to imply, of course, that the collated thoughts of a 24-year-old spotlight-loving Republican—whose literary disquisitions to date include her noble acceptance of being a size 8 and what a bummer it is trying to date when your dad has lost the election—isn't exactly what the world needs.

Oil Heiress Sells on Fifth, Yankee Buys in Jersey

cityfile · 04/10/09 07:21AM

• Anne Chandler Bass, the daughter of Oak Hill Capital Partners founder Robert Bass and the niece of Sid and Mercedes Bass, has sold her co-op at 956 Fifth Avenue. The buyer, Laura Winchester, paid $6.25 million for the two-bedroom apartment. [Cityfile]
• Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia and his wife Amber paid $15 million for a six-bedroom home in Alpine, NJ. They picked up the spread from entertainment manager Rob Walker. [NYP]
• Retired hockey player Edwin Westfall has put his five-bedroom house on Long Island on the market for $1.95 million. [Newsday, BGR]

Bruce Springsteen, Accused Homewrecker

Ryan Tate · 04/10/09 07:13AM

So wrong: While Billy Joel wonders if his third wife is cheating, and Bruce Springsteen's wife ponders whether he destroyed a marriage, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt prepare for a second blissful wedding.

Happy Birthday

cityfile · 04/10/09 06:11AM

Hockey's reigning bad boy Sean Avery turns 29 today. Mandy Moore is 25. Haley Joel Osment is turning 21. Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds 51. John Madden turns 73. Q-Tip turns 39. Actress Laura Bell Bundy is 28. Writer Paul Theroux is turning 68. Editor Kate Medina is 66. And Steven Seagal is 57. Weekend birthdays below!

Stewart's Tax Troubles, Greenfield's Baby

cityfile · 04/10/09 05:50AM

• It looks like mischief runs in the family. Martha's daughter Alexis has been forced to pay $990,000 in back taxes and a $110,000 fine to the IRS, although she's blaming her accountant for the "mix-up." [NYP]
• Casey Greenfield gave birth to a baby boy the other day, but she still isn't saying who the father might be. [P6]
• Lindsay Lohan got a "post-breakup makeover" consisting of a new hair color and a new tattoo, in case you're keeping track. [People, NYP]
• Jennifer Lopez has so many wigs, she has an entire room devoted to them. Or so says Star magazine. [Star]