Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Bad Kitty Cat | As if working for socialite and plastic surgery victim Jocelyne Wildenstein and being forced to face her every day in person wasn't bad enough, a group of workers who helped renovate Wildenstein's apartment staged a protest outside her apartment building yesterday over the $13,300 in back wages they claim she owes them. [NYDN]

Bravo announced today that it plans to add not one, but two new ladies to the cast of Real Housewives of New York: In addition to Sonja Morgan, a former hostess and the ex-wife of J.P. Morgan's great-grandson, the network is also tossing in an event planner named Jennifer Gilbert. Some fresh blood can't hurt, sure, but the much more exciting New York-centric reality TV news today has nothing to do with the Housewives. Page Six reports that a reality show about bizarro fashion designer Lloyd Klein is now being pitched to networks. The show would be about Klein and "his clients," which may not sound like the best premise for a program, particularly since his most famous client these days is LaToya Jackson. But any show about Klein would almost certainly have to include appearances by his BFF, Jocelyne Wildenstein, the woman who holds the title of most over-surgerized New Yorker. Join us in saying a little prayer that a gutsy TV exec out there takes a chance on Klein's show. (Are you paying attention, Animal Planet?) This could be huge!

Spotted | Drew Barrymore walking in Soho ... Paris Hilton and Doug Reinhardt arriving at JFK ... Julianne Moore walking with son Caleb in the meatpacking district ... Rachel McAdams pulling a suitcase behind her in Soho ... Daniel Craig leaving his apartment building ... Jon Gosselin grabbing breakfast on the Upper West Side ... Hugh Jackman playing with his kids at a West Village playground ... Star Trek's Chris Pine walking downtown ... Jocelyne Wildenstein with her boyfriend outside Le Cirque ... Mrs. Matt Lauer walking down Madison with one of their sons ... Mischa Barton leaving a party at Gustavino's on East 59th Street ... and Penelope Cruz leaving her hotel in Midtown and heading to dinner.

Happy Birthday | The scariest woman in New York, Jocelyne Wildenstein, turns 69 today. Let's hope she doesn't mark the occasion by paying another visit to her plastic surgeon. Retired astronaut Neil Armstrong is turning 79 today. Retired basketball player Patrick Ewing turns 47. DJ Funkmaster Flex is 41. Actress Loni Anderson is turning 63. High-end Manhattan real estate broker Edward Lee Cave is 70. Adam Yauch, one of the founding members of The Beastie Boys, is turning 44. The Brady Bunch's Maureen McCormick is 53. And Dawn Richard of Danity Kane celebrates her 26th birthday today.

Ivana Trump Gives Jocelyne Wildenstein a Run For Her Money | Ivana Trump and daughter Ivanka Trump recently took some time out of their busy schedules to pose for !Hola! The intimate (and very "exclusiva") portraits catch them in a few rare moments of solitude, lounging with their exotic cats and straining to express emotion. So are the creatures in this photo cougars? Leopards? Given Ivana's dating history (not to mention the title of her lightly-watched reality TV show from a few years back), we're going to assume it's the former. [Popbytes]

John and Jocelyn: Compare and Contrast | We never really considered that John Thain and Jocelyne Wildenstein had much in common. One's a former Wall Street star who has seen his career accomplishments overshadowed by lousy decisions during the financial crisis. The other is a woman who spends her days visiting plastic surgeons and spreading cream across her freaky, cat-like face. But a reader sent us this picture with the title "one and the same," and we do see a bit of a resemblance, strangely. Maybe it's just because they're both shining examples of excess? Who knows. But you can click on the photo above to see close-ups of the two and decide for yourself.

Face Off | Ever wonder what Jocelyne Wildenstein would look like without the browlifts, facelifts, blepharoplasty, canthopexy, and Botox? Or if it were possible to turn undo all the work that has paid for more than a few East Hampton homes for plastic surgeons on the Upper East Side? Now you can! [YouTube via APS]

Jocelyne Steps Out | Thank God for the Daily Mail. The British paper posted ridiculously ginormous photos of Jocelyne Wildenstein's face today, the woman who may have been to the plastic surgeon once or twice in her life and is also the ex-wife of the late billionaire art dealer Alec Wildenstein. Apparently Jocelyne was out and about in Beverly Hills with her youthful fashion designer boyfriend, Lloyd Klein, in tow. He also happens to be "moggy lover" according to the paper, an expression we hadn't heard of either until we looked it up. [Daily Mail]

• Betsey Johnson's penthouse apartment at 45 Fifth Avenue is hers no more: JP Morgan managing director Kemal Askar has closed on the place for $2.5 million. [Real Deal]
• The latest buyer at the Plaza is rumored to be Guy Wildenstein, who picked up two apartments on the fourth floor for a combined $31.7 million. He's just one floor below ex-sister-in-law Jocelyne Wildenstein. [NYP]
• Ricardo Malfitano, executive vice president of Praxair, one of the largest industrial gas companies, paid $3.95 million for two units on the 21st floor of 111 West 67th Street. [Cityfile]
• A member of the Gottlieb family picked up the five-story townhouse at 79 Horatio Street for $7.4 million at a public auction. [A Fine Blog]
  

Last week, Quest magazine, coddler of heiresses, financiers, and other layabouts, published its annual "Quest 400," the exhaustive yet unexplained list of the society fixtures it deems worthy. Originally the "400" represented the number of guests Mrs. Astor could fit into her ballroom. Mrs. Astor is long gone, so how can one land a spot on the list today? We looked through all 20 pages to find out how to make the cut.More

Happy Birthday | New York's most famous plastic surgery victim, Ms. Jocelyne Wildenstein, turns 68 today. She'll no doubt be heading straight to her plastic surgeon's office to celebrate. Other birthdays: DJ Funkmaster Flex turns 40 and the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch is turning 44. Maureen McCormick, who is still best known as Marcia from The Brady Bunch, turns 52. Real estate expert Edward Lee Cave is 69. Retired Knicks star Patrick Ewing is 46. And we're guessing that Barack Obama's ears are still ringing after his massive celebration in Boston last night, where he was serenaded by Harry Connick Jr., the crooner's 10-year-old daughter, and a crowd of 850 political donors.

• More news on the sale of the Wildenstein mansion at 11 East 64th Street. Although there's still no word on who the mystery buyer is—earlier rumors had suggested it was Len Blavatnik—the address listed on the deed belongs to Christopher Ely, Brooke Astor's former butler. [NYO, photos]
• Eliot Spitzer's ailing father Bernard and mother Anne have sold their longtime apartment at 200 Central Park South for $3.5 million. [Cityfile]
  
• Another condo at 15 Central Park West has been snatched up. Attorney Bruce Kaye and his wife Deborah paid $7.8 million for a two-bedroom apartment on the building's 32nd floor [Cityfile]
• Lord of the Rings mastermind Peter Jackson is the likely buyer of a $17.35 million Tribeca penthouse duplex on Franklin Street. The massive 8,100-square-foot pad also boasts a lush wrap-around terrace with apple and pear trees. [NYO]

• The East 64th Street townhouse that Jocelyne Wildenstein and her ex-husband, Alec, lived in for years, has been sold for $42.5 million. The buyer of the 29-foot-wide manse, which features a ballroom and a pool in the basement, remains a mystery, although the prime suspect is Leonard Blavatnik. [NYO]
• Director Michel Gondry is moving to Brooklyn. He paid $1.28 million for a Williamsburg townhouse at 15 Orient Avenue. [Brownstoner via TRD] 
• Rev. Run and his wife Justine are putting their Saddle River house on the market for $5.2 million. The 8,500-square-foot mansion, which has been on-and-off the market for the past three years, features a basketball court and a movie theater. [WSJ]
• Jason Kidd is playing with the Dallas Mavericks now, but he may be planning to spend the off-season in Manhattan. He was spotted looking at the HL23, the new luxury building going up next to the High Line. [NYDN]