A few weeks ago, Mort Zuckerman was doing his darndest to prop up an ailing Citigroup. The real estate kingpin (and Daily News owner) may have taken time out of his schedule to appear on MSNBC four times in one day because he was worried about the impact a Citi bankruptcy would have on the global financial markets—or it may have had something to do with the fact that the bank has long been one of his largest tenants. (You decide!) Whatever it was, though, it appears his mood has shifted. Zuckerman's Boston Properties announced that it now plans to strip the bank's name from the Citigroup Center on Lexington Avenue early next year. "We're tired of the fact that every time Citibank has a problem all of the TV cameras come and photograph the Citigroup Center sign on the front of our building," a Zuckerman lieutenant told a reporter today. The exec didn't indicate what the new name of the building would be—and it's doubtful any company in its right mind would shell out millions for naming rights given the current state of the economy—but if you have any clever suggestions, send them along. We'll pass them along to Mort tout de suite!

Oh Carrie Fisher! Who knew back when Star Wars came out that Leia would turn into such a terrific, ex-boozy, electroshock therapy-endorsing hoot? Well, whether you knew she would or not, she did.

I'm not sure I understand what the fuss is in this wire story about gays protesting same-sex marriage bans. Doesn't this happen every day?

The Atlantic Monthly's re-branding evidently includes intern/slaves for, as our tipster fumes, "their [internship] position. AT LEAST 40 hrs a week unpaid!?? really? what kind of fucking student can do this?"

The good news just keeps coming for new commenters. We've just been informed that a feature being tinkered with at Gawker User-Feedback Laboratories will go live at noon: Facebook account commenting.

[Katie Holmes out in New York today; image via INF]

The Daily Beast picks Fabiola Beracasa for its "Smart People Recommend" feature and then the "New York correspondent" proceeds to recommend reading BlackBook since "it always seems to be the first to tell readers what's next in nightlife, entertainment, fashion, and arts"? It's enough to make your head spin on a Friday afternoon! [TDB]

As teen stars go, High School Musical couple Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens are certainly more risque than most. Still, all the shower scenes and cell phone pics were mere prelude to this.

Every bit of Yahoo got the slash this week. Why should Flickr, the photo-sharing startup it bought in 2005, be any different?

Remember the New York tourist itinerary from hell? Well, word is the girl who compiled it is back in town for another "FUN NYC WEEKEND!" So, like a claymation Christmas special, enjoy the repeat.

Bettie Page, the most celebrated, bangs-sporting, whip-cracking, bikini-rocking pin-up model of the 1950s, died Thursday of complications following a heart attack suffered last week. She was 85. NSFW memories follow the jump.

Add Tom Colicchio to the long list of high-profile chefs who have been slapped with a lawsuit by a disgruntled ex-employee: A former Craftbar waitress filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Colicchio and his company, Craft Worldwide Holdings, for allegedly misappropriating employee tips, failing to pay minimum wage, and withholding overtime pay. (She also claims Colicchio's company refused to pay to clean her work uniform.) The good news for Tom? We're guessing he'll have lots of useful advice to share with contestants when this trend eventually gets incorporated into an episode of Top Chef. [NYT]

We hope you're starting to grow more accustomed to the svelte, Juicy-sweatsuit-wearing us since we unveiled our new look to you yesterday.

We doubt many will weep for the end of excess at the world's largest magazine company. But Jesse Oxfeld offers a handy history of the decline and fall of magazine perks.

Valleywag, along with other blogs published by Gawker Media, has adopted a new, condensed format, making the page faster to load and headlines easier to scan.

What does Ben Silverman, skiing enthusiast and co-chairman of craptacular NBC, do when everyone wonders why he's still employed? Judging by today's New York Post, tell his favorite outlet how great he is.

Perhaps you've heard, but comedian/Jonas Brothers despoiler Russell Brand is a fan of sex-having. The habit has landed him in hot water across the pond, and now in America, he's suffered a "sexy text" leak.

The Hills' Audrina doesn't try-on swimsuits properly. [PopWrap]

Is Karl Lagerfeld doing anything to adjust to the new economic climate? Sort of! The 85-pound designer tells Germany weekly Die Zeit that he's been busy tightening his belt in recent weeks and just moved into a smaller house in Paris. And even though he recently purchased a house in Vermont, he'd like to point out that it's a modest affair. (It's "very Emily Dickinson... in fact it's almost Puritanical.") Of course, since this is Karl Lagerfeld we're talking about, he adds that there are certain things that just cannot be sacrificed. Like his "chambermaid, chauffeur and chef," who are "still musts." And he doesn't have any plans to trade in his three Hummers: "I don't want to drive at the same level as the others." Who does?

A "beauty contest," in the publishing world, is when multiple editors within a publisher have to present themselves to an author, who then decides the best one for their project. It's seen as a nerve-wracking, slightly degrading process. Sarah Silverman, of course, just sold her book—rather, her idea of a book of "humorous essays," which are all the rage these days, from Nora Ephron to Sloane Crosley to Tina Fey—for $2.5 million to HarperCollins. As the Observer reports, David Hirshey won out as her editor. Yay! Now he—whoops, she—just has to write the book, which was supposedly pitched without so much as a proposal.