If you're still wondering how it is that people take Sarah Palin seriously, consider this: Her eyeglasses have caused a run on Kazuo Kawasaki frames, idiot reporters at ABC are calling her glasses the "bipartisan must-have fashion accessory" of the season, and even her hairdo, which the LA Times described as "a study in contrasts, carefree and 'done' at the same time" and noted was longer than "any other major female U.S. political figure's," is becoming all the rage. No word on American parents are now naming their little babies "Trig" in record numbers. [ABC, LAT]

Raffaello Follieri may be close to taking a plea deal, reports the Wall Street Journal today. The dapper Italian playboy and former boyfriend of Anne Hathaway (who looks a bit like a '50s film star in his Journal portrait) is accused of bilking a long list of investors, such as supermarket kingpin Ron Burkle. For the past few weeks, he's been locked up in lower Manhattan, unable to come up with $21 million in bail money. Now, the paper reports, the alleged con man is considering a plea deal that would keep him behind bars for four to five years. Follieri has yet to make a final decision yet, though, and there's still a chance he'll go to trial. If he does, we're sure he'd be positively elated to have you contribute to his defense by making a donation to that phony "foundation" of his, the Paypal account for which is still active.

Anna Wintour may have thought that the spectacle of Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada was the last time she'd see a version of herself on the big screen (until her ghost sees her inevitable posthumous biopics, that is—do they have movie theaters in hell?) but today brings news that New Line is making a movie—a rom-com, no less!—about hockey star Sean Avery's experience as a Vogue intern. No other details are yet forthcoming, which only permits our imaginations to run wild: Who will our hunky hero's love interest be? What fashion-related obstacles will keep them apart for 90 minutes? And will André Leon Talley be played by an actual black person this time? Our breath is bated.

Mario Batali turns 48 today. Congrats, big fella! Other folks who will be blowing out candles today: Actress Michelle Williams is 28. Adam Sandler is turning 42. Hugh Grant is 48. Dreamy big band singer Michael Buble is 33. Tom Wopat, the Dukes of Hazzard dude who later turned to Broadway, is 57. And model (and Rod Stewart ex) Rachel Hunter is 39.

Bank of America, the "official" bank of the New York Yankees, is now finalizing a deal to become the primary sponsor of the new Yankees stadium, a pact that could be worth $20 million a year. The likely losing bidder: Jamie Dimon's JPMorganChase. [NYP]

Good news for those of you who have been worried about Tori Spelling's personal finances. (Not such good news for aspiring authors who still believe the "good stuff floats to the top.") Tori's creatively-titled 288-page memoir, sTORI Telling, will take over as No. 1 on the New York Times best-sellers list this Sunday. It's been on the list for 14 weeks, and is already in its 19th printing. [People]

• More on NBC's decision to drop Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from covering the election on MSNBC: Olbermann got a raise out of the deal, Matthews didn't, and NBC chief Jeff Immelt may or may not have be behind the move. [P6]

• Investors generally reacted positively yesterday to the news of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailout. [WSJ]

This week's issue of New York features 54 side-by-side examples of how the city's landscape has changed thanks to the real estate boom: "In the past fifteen fat years, more than 76,000 new buildings have gone up, more than 44,000 were razed, another 83,000 were radically renovated—a rate of change that evokes those time-lapse nature films in which flowers spring up and wither in a matter of seconds." [NYM]

Meet Russian financier Andrei Vavilov, who paid a mere $53.5 million for a triplex penthouse at the Plaza and is now suing to get his $10.7 million deposit back. His complaints? "Unobstructed floor to ceiling windows," "lower than represented ceiling heights," and "unappealing drainage grates." Good luck with that. [NYO]

• New York's Adam Platt visits Convivio and gives Michael White's kitchen three stars. [NYM]

Eva Longoria (left) leaving the tents with Robert Verdi ... Simon Doonan showing off his moves in Bryant Park ... Mickey Boardman and Veronica Webb smiling backstage at the Catherine Malandrino show ... Blake Lively looking pretty for the photogs at the Miss Sixty show ... Lindsay Lohan posing with Fern Mallis ... Bijou Phillips smoking with a friend in Bryant Park ... Renee Zellweger posing for photos with Carolina Herrera ... Rachel Hunter relaxing with friends at an after-party at Socialista ... Mary-Kate Olsen walking with her handlers in the rain through Midtown ... model May Andersen wearing a short black dress at the William Rast after-party ... and Mariah Carey going to dinner at Nobu with husband Nick Cannon after performing at the Fashion Rocks event.

• The sixth season of Project Runway has been pushed back and will not debut on Lifetime until January 2009. [EW]

It's not clear which is the greater mystery: Why women flock to dermatologist-to-the-stars Fredric Brandt when his wildly askew aesthetic judgment is displayed on his smooth, shiny visage for all the world to see, or why the good doctor himself chooses to ignore the evidence of his own mirror to self-administer amounts of botox and fillers that, he admits, would require a payment plan were he not getting them at cost. As a journalist discovers when she spends a day at Brandt's East 34th Street clinic, these are not questions that trouble the patients—27 in a typical 10-hour day—who joyfully submit to multiple injections, lasers, and Brandt's more-is-better attitude.

Graydon Carter is paid a very comfy salary to serve as the editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair (it's reportedly in the neighborhood of $2 million a year) and the perks that come along with the job are priceless. But is it enough to plow your cash into various restaurants around town? Probably not. A couple of weeks ago, we learned that longtime Carter pal Ron Perelman happened to own the building occupied by Carter's Waverly Inn. Over the weekend, Page Six mentioned that Ron Perelman was possibly teaming up with Jon Bon Jovi to reopen the Blue Parrot, the Tex-Mex restaurant in East Hampton, and added that "[Perelman] is said to be a backer of Graydon Carter's Monkey Bar."

The Wall Street Journal's new style-centric WSJ debuted this past weekend. How does it stack up against the Times' T magazine? Style.com compares and contrasts. [Style.com]

Lauren Remington Platt and Maggie Betts, who told Vogue they rarely ventured out anymore (partly because Maggie's dad's best friend ruined the economy!) made an appearance at Dolce & Gabbana on Friday night to celebrate the release of The Good Shepherd by Vanity Fair's Michael Roberts. Welcome back, ladies! [NYO]

The Post officially endorsed John McCain today, not surprisingly. Slightly more surprising: its description of Sarah Palin as "rock-solid." [NYP]

• Kiefer Sutherland picked up a five-story townhouse at 763 Greenwich Street for $8.25 million. The 4,830-square-foot home, which was built in 1905, features a backyard garden and numerous fireplaces. [Berg Properties]

Good news for chick lit fans, bad news for Western civilization: The Devil Wears Prada author has signed a new two book deal with her publisher Simon and Schuster. [Publishers Weekly]