• Alec Baldwin lashes out at the family court system in his book, not his ex-wife Kim Basinger. He takes care of her at live party appearances: "My ex-wife reaches an almost sexual level of satisfaction when she's in a room full of high-priced lawyers." [Showbiz Spy]

• Oh, hey, Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg might stop snapping at people long enough to play a thinly-veiled, self-mocking George W. Bush in a Broadway play. [P6]

Singer M.I.A., featured in the ads for designer Marc Jacobs' spring collection: "The whole time I was doing that campaign I was like, 'Does Marc Jacobs know who I am?' He didn't let me into his parties and stuff six months before.... I have my own label now, which is the only thing I've been wearing recently." [WWD]

Tonight the James Beard house is hosting a dinner at the Waverly Inn with ticket prices around $200. Basically this is for those rich in cash but poor in cachet who can't normally get a table in the somehow still exclusive diner. Part of the reward, other than the candy cane beets and arugula, was the chance to rub shoulders with the leonine eminence gris Graydon Carter, who is not only an owner but was also listed as one of the event's hosts. Sadly for those gourmand suckers, Mr. Carter shan't be attending. Something something about Father's Day and children, according to the PR firm.