Here's something for conspiracy theorists: earlier this month, news emerged that the wife of financier Steven Rattner got a DUI last year, which was conveniently not reported upon. Now Rattner's Obama administration job has disappeared.

Salma Hayek weds, African baby thought he had dibs. [E!]

David Paterson doesn't just want to tax your soda and cigars. He now wants to tax your porn, too. The governor is proposing sales tax on music and software downloads, which, his administration points out, would also apply to adult content. The good news is the tax would only apply to pornographers located within New York state, so all those Japanese fetish films you're so fond of will probably be exempt. [NYDN]

The makers of Star Trek have finally caught up with the real-estate vanguard, offering new, 360-degree virtual tours of their lovely, pricey new interstellar property.

I mean, did you really think it would be a hit? Joss "Buffy" Whedon's new Fox series Dollhouse had television's second lowest-rated premiere of the season, after something called Crusoe. Its lead-in, Terminator, also tanked.

Spitzer hooker Ashley Dupre showed up in the front row at Fashion Week last Friday. Sweet, right? No, it got the nice PR lady fired! But she's still good friends with Ashley, so suck it:

• ABC is scrambling to find advertisers for the Oscars. [AdWeek]
• The New York Times takes a delicate look at Carlos Slim Helú today, the media mogul who also happens to have bailed out the paper last month. [NYT]
• Sam Donaldson is retiring from ABC News next week. [WP]
• Tina Brown's advice to young journalism students: Go to India. [HuffPo]
• BlackBook is cutting staff and reducing its frequency to stay afloat. [P6]
• Tim and Nina Zagat are launching a Zagat guide for doctors. [NYT]
• Friday the 13th was No. 1 at the box office this weekend. [THR]
• Alfred A. Knopf Jr. died over the weekend at the age of 90. [NYT]
• Project Runway may return to the air later this year. [WWD]

EW reported the other day that Chris Brown was looking to hire a crisis expert, and we imagine that the guru's first advice to him was, "Maybe apologize? For that thing you did? Finally?"

How bad is the recession? So bad that it's 'eroding' the 'foundation' of real estate in the Hamptons! No seriously, a billionaire's beach house is literally sliding into the ocean. And it gets worse!

With Fashion Week winding down, you still have an opportunity to crash a few more parties. Be sure to bring along the Sony^® VAIO^® Lifestyle PC so you can blog from the inside, in style. Check it out here.

Happy President's Day! What better way to honor the legacy of America's bold leaders than to sacrifice our own day off, starting with an historic Monday Morning Box Office?

Alexandra Pelosi—daughter of Fancy Nancy Pelosi, Democratic big shot—has a new documentary out today about why Republicans feel so hurt, by Obama. Point: it reportedly sucks. Counterpoint: but it shows funny Republican hicks!

[Teen scene queen Lindsey Lohrmer with fashion guy Matthew Williamson, leaving the Bowery Hotel last night; image via INF]

Hey, America's #1 numbers whiz Nate Silver has already figured out who will win all the Oscars! Thanks for spoiling the "female Super Bowl," Nate, you misogynist. Click through to see the future of cinema:

The attendees, or at least the one's willing to be photographed, at Fashion Week right now are relatively non-A-List. Just look at the people snapped over the weekend. Doesn't anyone famous care about fashion anymore?

New York guv David Paterson's proposed tax on porn is having the wonderful effect of uniting conservatives and porn producers. Also it's allowing reporters to hang out in porn stores, "legitimately." Everybody's winning!

A recap of the shows, parties, and gossip you've missed at Fashion Week thus far after the jump.

The New York Times needed a tough story on Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, to prove its newsroom's independence after borrowing $250 million from the guy. The story's here! But is it tough? Eh.

Today we have several crumbling relationships. A chef stepping out on his wife A wife cheating on her husband. And a power couple about to get divorced. And so soon after Valentine's Day.

So says plastic-faced German fashion designer Wolfgang Joop, anyway. Yes, someone named Wolfgang Joop has criticized someone else for something. Heidi's reps say that the designer is just trying to ride her coattails.