Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Spotted | Beyoncé leaving Bar Pitti yesterday after having lunch with Jay-Z ... Zoe Kravitz walking around ... James Franco studying at the library ... Minnie Driver shopping with her mom in Soho and later pushing son Henry in a stroller in the Village ... Russell Crowe walking around in sweats on the Upper West Side ... Jason Bateman carrying daughter Francesca around on his shoulders ... Kathleen Turner hailing a taxi in Midtown ... Agyness Deyn walking with a friend in the East Village ... Sean Penn filming scenes for his new movie, Fair Game ... Zac Efron leaving his hotel in Midtown ... Michelle Williams and Spike Jonze walking in the rain in Brooklyn with Matilda ... and Diane Kruger shopping in Soho.

Spotted | A very futuristic-looking Matthew Broderick climbing on his scooter outside his West Village townhouse ... Larry King walking on the Upper West Side ... Minnie Driver carrying a cup of coffee in the Village ... Angelina Jolie filming scenes for her new movie on Staten Island ... Jennifer Aniston covering up her face on the way out of her hotel ... Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon leaving their apartment en route to the airport ...  Miley Cyrus walking on Madison Avenue with her sister ... Early Show weatherman Dave Price arriving at JFK ... Juliette Lewis walking by herself ... Joel Osteen and his wife Victoria leaving their hotel ... David Duchovny taking his daughter to the dentist ... and Naomi Watts sitting on a bench on the set of her new movie in Brooklyn.

Happy Birthday | Publicist (and new mom) Lizzie Grubman turns 38 today. Dick Cheney turns 68. Christian Bale is 35. Gene Hackman is 79. Wilmer Valderrama turns 29. Vanessa Redgrave is 72. Phil Collins is turning 58. Theater impresarios Harold Prince and Bernard Gersten are 81 and 86, respectively. NHL star Chris Simon is 37. Singer/songwriter Josh Kelley is 29. Weekend birthdays—including that of Andre Balazs—after the jump. More

♦  Now that she doesn't have Guy Ritchie to boss around, Madonna is finding more time to control everyone else: She's supposedly been "begging" Gwyneth Paltrow to leave her London home so they can spend more time together in New York. She's also busy orchestrating a reunion between Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears: All three will be performing together at Madge's concert in LA tonight. [The Sun, E!]
♦  Padma Lakshmi is apparently on a "man-search" for a filthy rich boyfriend now that her flings with Ted Forstmann and Russell Simmons are over. [P6]
♦  Now that the election is over, Tina Fey says she will be officially retiring her Sarah Palin impression. [Extra]More

♦  David Duchovny has left the rehab facility where he's spent the last few weeks receiving treatment for sex addiction. He's now in NYC with wife Tea Leoni. [Us]
♦  Brangelina has left town. The family was spotted walking around New Orleans yesterday. [E!]
♦  Madonna made fun of Sarah Palin at her concert at the Meadowlands on Saturday night. [P6]
♦  Clint Eastwood might think Sarah Palin would make a good VP, although he didn't actually say it in so many words. [P6]
♦  Break out the tissues: Holly Madison says she and Hugh Hefner are no longer together. [TMZ]More

• More on NBC's decision to drop Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from covering the election on MSNBC: Olbermann got a raise out of the deal, Matthews didn't, and NBC chief Jeff Immelt may or may not have be behind the move. [P6]
• Howard Stern will auction off a 22-year-old woman's virginity to the highest bidder next week. In the meantime, Beth Ostrosky says she hasn't had had any time to worry about their upcoming wedding because she's jogging 18 miles a day. [R&M, AP]
• Ellen DeGeneres has landed a contract with CoverGirl cosmetics. [P6]
• Jennifer Lopez will be the celebrity judge on the season finale of Project Runway. [Us]
• Scary news: Naomi Campbell says that now that she's had surgery, she can finally have the kids she's always wanted. [People]

• Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon may have skipped the big wedding, but that doesn't mean they want to skip all the big presents. The duo has apparently registered at Bergdorf's, where they're encouraging friends to buy them fine china and expensive stemwear. [Page Six]
• Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are continuing their apartment hunt on the Upper East Side. Tom already had a pad in the city, but it's not big enough for the couple's nannies and security detail, naturally. [OK!]
• Sumner Redstone was spotted eating dinner with ex-girlfriend Manuela Herzer, but he swears he's happily married. Running into Manuela was just an accident, and so was sitting down and eating the entire meal together. [Page Six]
• Attention paparazzi: Katie Couric doesn't think you're real journalists and if you try asking her any questions, she'll taunt you. On camera. [TMZ]
• Chris Martin says he has a problem with sleeping pills: He takes them, then starts writing music, and eventually passes out in a corner of his house most nights. At what point is this a problem? [Page Six]