Joe Francis' tax problems: no more. The Giuliani's make their migration nest nice. Brad Pitt's pot policies. The Eternal Sunshine of Tiger Woods' penis doesn't last. People cares about Michael Jackson's kids. Presenting your Valentine's Day Morning Gossip Roundup:
Disgraced former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik is about to be sentenced. Prosecutors are asking for a stiff penalty, since he "became a wealthy man by shamelessly exploiting the most horrific civilian tragedy in this nation's history." So...Giuliani's next? [NYT]
ā¢ Sundance was a lower-key affair this year thanks to the economy. [WWD]
ā¢ Layoffs: Rumor has it The Weinstein Co. cut as many as 30 staffers today. And a big round of layoffs could come to CBS next week. [Gawker, LAT]
ā¢ The Vancouver Olympics could cost NBC as much as $250 million. [THR]
ā¢ Keith Olbermann's ratingsā¦
ā¢ Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie splitting up? That's what Britain's News of the World reported over the weekend, suggesting the (unmarried) couple has been meeting with their lawyers in LA to divide up their assets. Whether any of this is true or it's just another rumor is unclear. According to a source thatā¦
Rudy said on Don Imus' radio show: "When they were paid in cash rather than stock... they balance my budget. They were wonderful from the point of view of getting the money you need to run New York City... they should do a better job of explaining what they contribute, which is really the life blood that makes ourā¦
What else? Joe Francis might have had something to do with Tila Tequila/Casey Johnson. Angelie Jolie's latest production: Salt-y. Artie Lange has a gig, Lydia Hearst has a mans, Patti Smith's still punk. Presenting your Sunday Morning Gossip Roundup:
1) He did not forget about 9/11.
George Stephanopoulos acknowledges that he should've pressed Rudy Giuliani on his insane comments this morning.
ā¢ The epic mess at NBC continues: The last-place network is now thinking above moving Jay Leno to a 11:35pm-12:05am time slot and then having Conan O'Brien follow him for a full hour. But no deal has been reached, and there's still a possibility that Conan will abandon ship. [NYT, LAT, BN, NYT]
ā¢ Rudy Giuliani isā¦
You can watch the entire miserable segment here, if you are in too good a mood this morning! George just lets Rudy babble on and on and on, without bothering to correct or challenge him, on anything. Like, for example, in addition to 9/11, some other guy did the exact same thing as this underwear bomber did, inā¦
Rudy Giuliani announced yesterday that he won't be running for Senate in 2010 and is abandoning any plans to return to politics, so he can focus on his security business (see you in Rio in 2016!) and his law firm (now with offices in Kazakstan!). Rudy's speech, delivered in Conference Room E of the Sheraton Hotelā¦
Rudy Giuliani will not run for senator, or governor, in 2010, according to several reports. He will endorse Republican Rick Lazio for the statehouse. Which raises the question: just what is he planning to do?
As if he didn't make the point perfectly clear a few weeks ago by hinting that he was going to announce his candidacy any moment and then never actually doing so, Rudy Giuliani has no plans to run for Senateāor anything elseāin 2010. He'll officially declare his non-candidacy at a press conference later today. [NYDN]
Tiger Woods has a supporter in former mayor (and fellow philanderer) Rudy Giuliani. At the premiere of Nine last night, a reporter asked the ex-mayor if he had a message to send the scandal-plagued golfer. "Hang in there," Giuliani replied before going on to describe Woods as a "very, very fine man." Okay, who's next?ā¦
It's looking less and less likely that Rudy Giuliani will end up challenging Kirsten Gillibrand for her Senate seat in 2010. Two weeks ago, Giuliani aides suggested the ex-mayor would probably announce his candidacy within "the next 48 hours." But there hasn't been any news of a political bid since then, and todayā¦
When it comes to golf, Andrew Giuliani is no Tiger Woods, clearly. The son of the former mayor, who has said he plans to pursue a career as a professional golfer (and who appears to have inherited his dad's fashion sense), was bounced out of a competition sponsored by the Golf Channel yesterday. At least his fatherā¦
The punditocracy say that Mike Huckabee's clemency towards a prisoner who went on to shoot four police officers has given his potential 2012 opponents a gift. But he's not the only GOP hopeful who's written his own attack ads.
Remember last week when Rudy Giuliani insiders hinted that the ex-mayor would announce a run for Senate "in the next 48 hours"? Well, it's been five days since then and there hasn't been a peep from Team Rudy. "This is not how candidacies are launched," says Steve Kornacki. No, indeed, it is not. But let's all hopeā¦
Yesterday the Daily News seemed to suggest that a run for Senate by Rudy Giuliani was pretty much inevitable. Today? Not so much. The former mayor is now just "mulling" such a bid, the paper reports before going on to quote several of his aides who say the ex-mayor "is not particularly tempted by any public office."
According to the New York Times' Danny Hakim, Rudolph Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year, despite publicly flirting with the idea for months. Is a shoe somewhere about to drop?
