Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Happy Birthday | Jamie-Lynn Sigler is 28 today. Fox News chief Roger Ailes is turning 69. Chazz Palminteri is 57. Jasper Johns is 79. Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright is turning 72. Current Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is turning 61. The founder of Essence Communications, Ed Lewis, is 69. Sportscaster Dan Patrick is 53. Ahmet Zappa is turning 35. Brian Eno is 61. Former football player Emmitt Smith is turning 40. Learning Annex founder Bill Zanker is 55. And actor David Charvet, better known as the father of Brooke Burke's kids, is 37. Weekend birthdays—including that of Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Charles Kushner—below.More

♦  You didn't expect to hear that Lydia Hearst actually wrote that column in Page Six magazine by herself, did you? In response to Hearst's accusation that Page Six fabricated her latest column—the one in which she bashed her family's publishing company—the mag now says that Hearst's writing process involved being interviewed by a reporter who then "put her thoughts into cohesive paragraphs." And they have the emails to prove Lydia's trash talk. [P6]
♦  Madonna is reportedly under pressure from the leaders of Kabbalah to reach a divorce settlement quickly, lest the mess cast a negative light on their freaky cult. Guy Ritchie, however, isn't making it any easier now that he's apparently rejected Madge's latest £20 million offer. [Daily Mail, ThisIsLondon]
♦  Michael Phelps got paid $100,000 to swim around at a pool party thrown by a TV network chief's wife. [P6]
♦  It's a match made in heaven: Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Jerry Ferrara, who plays Turtle on Entourage, are dating. [R&M]More

♦  Anna Wintour attended the presidential debate last night at Hofstra. In Hempstead. On Long Island. Also: Is it just us, or is her hair getting lighter and lighter? [The Cut]
♦  Next week, five hundred lucky students will attend Teen Vogue's Fashion University, where for three days they'll access the wisdom of Tory Burch, Phillip Lim, Peter Som, Nanette Lepore, Monica Botkier and Cynthia Rowley. [NYDN]
♦  No, the day could not pass without Marc Jacobs being in the news for some reason: He's inked a licensing deal for swimwear, which will launch in spring '09. [WWD]More

1) As well as something going on in Denver this week, there's also been some tennis! The 8th Annual USTA Serves' OPENing Gala was on Monday: Roger Federer's No. 1 fan Anna Wintour was there, although judging by the look on the face of the man standing behind her, some tennis fans weren't especially impressed by the sight of the Vogue editrix. Other attendees included Martha Stewart, Michael Bloomberg and Diana Taylor, Keisha and Forest Whitaker, Maria Sharapova, Boris Becker, Chris Evert, and Oscar de la Renta. [Wireimage, Getty/Jezebel]More

• Our guide to New York's celebrity-owned restaurants and bars. 
• Guess the socialite baby!
• The co-op campaign: who is giving to who at 895 Park.
• Max Chodorow, the son of Jeffrey Chodorow, has a legal record just like his dad.
• Harvey Weinstein isn't so generous. But his mom was generous with Hillary Clinton!
• Regis and Joy aren't at home.  Neither is Suze Orman or Jim Cramer.
• Buyers & Sellers: Duncan Sheik sold, Liev and Naomi sold, and Mitch Minskoff bought. Edgar Bronfman Jr. sold, Bill Brady bought, Thomas J. McInerney bought, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler sold.

• Thomas J. McInerney, Barry Diller's right-hand man and IAC's chief financial officer, paid $4.8 million for a 12th floor apartment at 300 East 79th Street. The 2,664-square-foot space has four bedrooms. [Cityfile]
• Russian gazillionaire Boris Berezovsky sold his 30th floor apartment at the Trump International on Central Park West for $7.55 million. He purchased the place for just $3.2 million back in 2001. [Observer]
• You may have missed your chance to buy Jamie-Lynn Sigler's Tribeca loft, but the Palm Beach manse she occupied in 2004 is still for sale. The four-bedroom house has an asking price of $1.749 million. [NYM]

• Jamie-Lynn Sigler of Sopranos fame has sold her two-bedroom loft at 25 Leonard Street for $2.9 million. [Cityfile]
• Another apartment at 740 Park has gone on the market now that the family of the late Randolph L. Speight has listed his longtime residence for $35 million. The two-floor unit is next door to the pad Peter Huang listed for $38 million in July, which means one lucky buyer could combine the two spaces. If they could ever get board approval. [NYT]
• Cole Haan CEO James Seuss put his Shelter Island home on the market for $1.485 million. The property features wraparound decks, a heated pool, and a bamboo garden. [Newsday, Corcoran]
• A 14th floor apartment at 15 Central Park West has sold for $14.2 million. The Hong Kong-based buyer is listed on property documents at Jolly Star Holding Limited. [Real Deal]