Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Spotted | Jared Leto going for lunch with Moby in SoHo ... Jennifer Hudson leaving her hotel ... Bar Refaeli shopping in SoHo ... Chanel Iman walking in Bryant Park ... Rihanna going to dinner at Philippe with her assistant ... Bill Clinton getting into an SUV after an appearance on the Daily Show ... Suze Orman walking in the street ... Taylor Swift leaving her hotel with her mom ... Leona Lewis walking in SoHo ... India Arie walking by herself ... Alicia Keys getting in an SUV after a night out ... and Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis leaving a trailer on the set of Sex and the City 2.

• The "designer dog house" that Paris Hilton had built recently—which is equipped with chandeliers and air-conditioning—cost her $325K, or considerably more than what most Americans spends on human homes. [Luxist]
• Rosie O'Donnell and her partner Kelli Carpenter-O'Donnell are not splitting up, you'll undoubtedly be relieved to hear. [People]
• Kristin Davis of Sex and the City fame has found herself caught up in a dispute over Middle Eastern politics. You didn't expect to hear that, did you? [P6]
• Did MSNBC's Keith Olbermann use some pull to snag his girlfriend a job working as a reporter for WNBC? It wouldn't be the first time! [P6]More

• Remember when Bethenny Frankel announced a few weeks ago that she was engaged to "a real estate bigwig" named Jason Hoppy? According to one "insider," the engagement may be a big publicity stunt, and Hoppy may be a "medical sales rep/personal trainer," not some property-owning master of the universe. [Fox News]
• A treasure trove of Madonna memorabilia, collected by one of her long lost ex-boyfriends, is going up for auction. Yes, 17 minutes of "erotic phone messages" could soon be yours. [P6, NYDN]
• Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush have broken up. Tragic! [People]
• It looks like Dr. Conrad Murray gave Michael Jackson a dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol right before his death and that was what killed him. And it looks like Murray could face manslaughter charges because of it. [TMZ, NYDN]
• Mischa Baron says she's feeling better and is ready to go back to work. [Us] More

• New details have emerged about Mischa Barton's involuntary trip to the hospital last week: According to the Post and the Sun, Barton was "so high on coke following a marathon three-day bender" that friends thought she might kill herself, and contacted the police. [NYP, Sun]
• Yet another fashion publicist is in legal trouble, apparently. Tim Mark Garcia, the new head of public relations for Marc Jacobs, is out on bond on "plunder" charges and is now facing extradition back to the Philippines. [P6]
• Not surprisingly, billionaire financier Pete Peterson is said to be "mortified" over how his grandson, PC, has come off on the Bravo show NYC Prep. [P6]
• French president Nicolas Sarkozy was in NYC this weekend. And he showed off his "chiseled" body when he went jogging in Central Park. [NYDN] More

• Lindsay Lohan is certainly having a good week. Not only did she finally land another acting role—she'll be appearing in The Other Side, along with Woody Harrelson, and Giovanni Ribisi—but she may be getting her own clothing line at JCPenny, too. And the cops are getting closer to figuring out who broke into her house, too, which has got to be good news. [NYDN, People, NYP]
• These are tough times for Jennifer Aniston, clearly: Bette Midler is now providing her with dating advice and says Jen should sign up on JDate and find "a nice Jewish boy" with "a lot of money." [NYDN]
• Rihanna is "convinced" it was Chris Brown who leaked nude photos of her last week as payback for not attending his birthday party. [NYDN]
• Chelsea Clinton has a six-pack! [P6]More

Happy Birthday | Sex and the City's Kristin Davis turns 44 today. Dakota Fanning is turning 15. Guitarist Brad Whitford of Aerosmith is 57. Choreographer Elizabeth Streb is 59. Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell turns 44. Actor/director Peter Fonda is 70. Comedian Aziz Ansari is 26. Actress Emily Blunt is turning 26. And Marc Price, the actor who played "Skippy" on Family Ties is 41 today. 

• Magazine newsstand sales tumbled during the second half of 2008. [NYT]
• The Grammys were seen by an estimated 19.1 million people last night. [AP]
• The Times reports on the Times's recent troubles, conveniently concluding the paper's "positioned itself well to ride out another year of recession." [NYT]
• Steve Brill has a few thoughts on how the Times can save itself. [Poynter]
• Not surprisingly, SI is milking every last dollar out if its swimsuit issue. [WSJ]
• Following the news last week that Universal and DreamWorks were parting ways, Disney announced today it would distribute DreamWorks's films. [THR]
• Jim Cramer's ratings are up; his stock picks are as lousy as ever. [Barron's]
• A Queens hairstylist is suing the Daily News after the paper accidentally identified her as "Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis. Twice. [Regret the Error]

• Hope you're ready to go through it all over again: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis have all agreed to participate in a Sex and the City movie sequel. [Us]
• Graydon Carter should really consider writing a nutrition cookbook: It seems Madonna's secret to eternal youth is the salmon with lentils at the Waverly Inn. [L&S]
• Still more drama from the inaugural festivities in DC earlier this week: Chris Matthews got pissed about having to wait on line, Sharon Stone was annoyed she had to co-host a segment on CNN with D.L. Hughley, and Halle Berry went into panic mode after her dress got caught in an escalator. [P6]
• Gwyneth Paltrow was spotted on a flight doing yoga in the aisle recently. Is this becoming a trend? [Star]
• Charges against Mathias Guerrand-Hermès have been dropped. [NYDN] More

• Ravaged supermodel Kate Moss, probably realizing that soon even photoshopping and body doubles won't sustain her career, is going to be appearing on a TV show! In England, unforch. British Style Genius will be a BBC series that examines what makes "British fashion so influential." [Mirror]
  
• The fashion industry has cottoned on to the fact that there's no limit to the profit margin they can slap on sunglasses. $750 Ray-Ban Wayfarers, anyone? [NYT]
• Apparently Milla Jovovich (above) didn't get the memo about how to respond to an interview question about plastic surgery. Instead of the standard issue "needles scare me" or "I'm really happy with what God gave me" the Russian-born model/designer says she'd like a neck extension and knee shrinking. [Times UK]

• More dirt today about Anne Hathaway's breakup with Raffaello Follieri: She's living at the Gramercy Park Hotel while he's staying in a rental in Trump Tower. Evidence that this might be a PR stunt for her new movie: the exes may have met up for dinner at Cipriani last night. [Page Six]
• They're already battling over child support, but now 50 Cent is suing ex-girlfriend (and mother of his son) Shaniqua Thompson for defamation, after she told reporters that he set her Long Island house on fire. This is going to get ugly. [Rush & Molloy]
• Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon may have both had minor surgeries in the last two weeks. Kristin apparently had varicose veins removed on her legs, and Cynthia underwent breast augmentation. [Page Six]
• Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie still have twins on the way, but they're already planning their next adoption as soon as the babies are born. At what point does this become weird? [MSNBC]

• Was she depressed or just drunk? Months after Kirsten Dunst returned from rehab, she's now telling people she never suffered from alcoholism at all, and instead checked in to treat depression. Whatever you say. [Us Weekly]
• Shocker! Jack Nicholson may have once gone to a brothel in Germany. [Page Six] 
• Sean Avery was spotted wearing a Phillip Lim jacket in East Hampton. A gift from Anna maybe? [Rush & Molloy]
  
• TV-lawyer Dylan McDermott doesn't need an attorney for his divorce case—he's representing himself. [Page Six] 
• Sex and the City premiered in New York last night. Sarah Jessica Parker wore Nina Ricci, Kim Cattrall wore Vivienne Westwood, Cynthia Nixon wore Narciso Rodriguez, and Kristin Davis wore Donna Karan. [NY Post]
• The fallout from Naomi Campbell's Heathrow freakout isn't over yet. She's set to return to the airport's police station to be formally charged sometime this week. [MSNBC]

• Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey had a messy day in court yesterday. He's in debt to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars thanks to legal fees and alimony payments. Plus, he's got to pay his partner, Mark O'Donnell (who works for billionaire developer Charles Kushner) $3,000 a month in rent. True love! [NJ.com]
• Desperate publicity stunt du jour: JE Englebert, the owner of Prime and Suzie Wong's, is offering Lindsay Lohan a free mink coat after it was reported Lohan stole a coat from a Columbia student at 1Oak two weeks ago. [Page Six]
• Silda Wall Spitzer came out of hiding last night to make an appearance at a benefit for Children for Children, a foundation she founded. She looked "radiant," which may have something to do with the fact she left her disgraced husband at home. [NYDN]
• Derek Jeter may or may not be dating Minka Kelly, of NBC's Friday Night Lights. [Page Six]
• Kristin Davis tells Health magazine she was an alcoholic when she was younger. Not quite a sex tape but a nice little nugget of PR just a week before the Sex and the City movie opens. [Us Weekly]
• Ivana Trump's marriage to boytoy Rossano Rubicondi already appears to be in trouble. The couple never went on a honeymoon and then didn't turn up on the French Riviera as expected. Let's be optimistic and assume they've spent the last month locked away in luxurous suite sipping champagne and eating strawberries. [Page Six]