• Mitchell Minskoff, co-owner of the 33 Bond gallery, has paid $3.02 million for a seventh-floor apartment at 101 Warren Street, the new 35-story building developed by his dad, Ed Minskoff. [Cityfile]

How sweet! Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson now have matching heart-shaped tattoos on their hands. It's forever! At least until they break up and Dr. Will Kirby comes to the rescue. [E!]

Disgraced hedge fund manager Samuel Israel III turned up to court yesterday to face new charges in connection with faking his own suicide last month. The judge didn't accept Israel's plea of guilty to bail jumping, though. When the bearded hedgie told the judge that he was being "weaned" off the painkiller fentanyl with methadone and rated his "clear-mindedness" at "about 70 percent," the judge postponed the matter until September 16. In the meantime, you can have a look at the criminal indictment below. [NYT]

More trouble for Lil' Kim: The plasticized, pint-sized rapper—seen here at her 33rd birthday party last Sunday drinking some sort of blue substance out of a vial while clutching a glass of champagne in her other hand—now has the distinction of having had one of her guests end up dead. Police are still trying to put together what exactly happened to Ingrid Rivera, who was found bludgeoned to death on the club's rooftop. But we're assuming Kim will tell the whole truth if she's brought in for questioning, since she's already been arrested for perjury once.

Edgar Bronfman Jr. has one less thing to worry about. The Post's Braden Keil reports today that the heir and Warner Music CEO has finally gone into contract to sell the Amagansett property that has been on and off the market since 2006. The three-acre estate, which Bronfman purchased for $12.5 million in 2005, includes a six-bedroom, 8,000-square-foot main house as well as a guest house and pool house. A sale price hasn't been disclosed (yet)—it was last on the market for $14.7 million—but you can take a look around at the property after the jump.

So that show on Bravo called Million Dollar Listing. It feels a little 2006, doesn't it? "Obviously, the market is different today," Andy Cohen, the network's senior veep of programming, tells the Times today. But Bravo, which is still reeling from the loss of the Harvey Weinstein-produced Project Runway, isn't giving in. They're holding firm, damn it! "The channel has bravely stuck with the name and the format instead of steering the show in a more topical direction, like Million Dollar Foreclosure." Oh, and Josh Flagg, one of the brokers on the show, was arrested last Thursday. And just days before the second season debuted, too. What a coincidence! [NYT]

Graydon Carter is in expansion mode: The Vanity Fair editor is teaming up with hotelier Jeff Klein (City Club Hotel, Sunset Tower in LA) and restaurateur Jeremy King (Wolseley in London) to take over the Monkey Bar on East 54th Street. The three have been at it for some time. A year ago, the three had considered taking over the Oak Room at the Plaza, but ended up deciding against it. As did Monkey Bar owner Peter Glazier, who is now turning over the spot over to Carter, Klein, and King. [Page Six]

The Post reveals today that cosmetics giant L'Oréal painted Beyonce a lighter shade of brown for a new Elle magazine ad, "making the world-famous singer virtually unrecognizable." And they made her nose a wee bit bigger, too, no? Of course, this isn't the first time she's been whitewashed.

• The federal probe into what exactly caused Heath Ledger's death has officially been closed. Which means Mary-Kate Olsen is off the hook, will not have to testify, and can return to her normal (or not-so-normal) life. [NYDN]

• Lehman Brothers chief Dick Fuld is in discussions with several private-equity and foreign investors about raising even more capital for the struggling bank. [NYP]

• Bill Brady, the co-chair of Credit Suisse's technology investment banking group, has sold his duplex penthouse at 744 Greenwich Street for $8.5 million. He paid $6.95 million for the apartment just last year, a mere three months before picking up a larger $15.5 million unit in Julian Schnabel's Village Palazzo Chupi. (Click through for more photos.) [Cityfile]

The New York Post's Steve Cuozzo has never been much of a fan of Arrigo and Giuseppe Cipriani's restaurant empire—he once described Giuseppe as "Public Enemy No. 1"—but he stuck up for them this morning, railing against the Liquor Authority for threatening to yank the restaurateurs' precious license. Cuozzo argued that taking away their license would cost 1,000 employees their jobs and leave several iconic venues empty for the foreseeable future. His argument seemed reasonable enough. And apparently it was pretty convincing to the State Liquor Authority, too: They voted today to allow the Ciprianis to hold on to their license in exchange for paying a $500,000 fine. Commissioner Jeanique Green, who cast the group's deciding vote, said she made her decision out of concern for Cipriani employees. Sound familiar? Someone is going to enjoy (or suffer through) a complimentary dinner at the Cipriani venue of his choice in the near future!

An Atlanta actuarial firm "which specializes in morbidity and mortality calculations" gives John McCain "a 'healthy expectancy' of 8.4 years, taking into account his four bouts with melanoma of the skin." As for Barack, he can "expect 21.9 years of good health—a forecast shortened by 10 percent or so by his history of cigarette smoking." (Oh, and as you probably suspect, this fave photo of right-wing bloggers isn't real.) [AJC]

So Morgan Freeman. He got into a car accident a few days ago, as you may have heard. He's still recuperating from his injuries in the hospital. But he's also now divorcing his wife, too! A very efficient use of downtime and he'll get to be on painkillers during the legal negotiations. Clever! [NYDN]

• Frank Bruni of the Times hands out one star to Persimmon, where he says dining is an "adventure" filled with uneven dishes and "spasmodic" service. [NYT]

• Whoops! The "anonymous" magazine editor who was quoted in this week's New York cover story about plastic surgery? Meet Elle's Carol Smith. [Portfolio]

What does Jason Pomeranc find sexy? Apparently silk ties, lubricant, condoms, and vibrators from Kiki de Montparnasse, at least judging by the "sensuality kit" he's tucked into the minibars at Thompson LES. At $195 the kit might seem a little pricey—especially considering it doesn't come with any furry handcuffs, which totally would have fit in with the theme—but it's a whole lot cheaper than hiring Ashley Dupre to entertain. [HotelChatter]

Just in case you missed it, those photos of Tyra Banks as Michelle Obama in Harper's Bazaar are now online! [Harper's Bazaar]

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Parker Posey walking her dog through the Village ... Katie Holmes leaving another day of rehearsals and walking to a playground with Suri a few hours later ... Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, and Luke Perry shooting a scene for Law & Order in the meatpacking district ... Kelly Ripa outside the David Letterman show ... Blake Lively and Taylor Momsen showing up to the Gossip Girl set in Chinatown ... and Lydia Hearst and Aubrey O'Day posing for a Tara Subkoff "photo shoot" downtown.