Elle Macpherson

Samantha Ronson has once again taken to her Myspace blog to make her opinions known. Now she's lashing out at the anti-fur activist who threw flour on girlfriend Lindsay Lohan: "The girl who threw [the flour] acted like an animal herself... I take that back, it's an insult to animals to group her in with them, my dog is FAR more civilized than that person." [People] 

Kate Hudson spent Friday night in Miami flirting with Madonna property Alex Rodriguez. A source says the actress's arms were "completely wrapped around A-Rod’s waist and every time he leaned over to talk to anyone she would pull him back toward her." [Full Disclosure]

Real World: Brooklyn has mostly been filming at East Village nightspots because "nobody in Brooklyn wants the losers on the show to be in their bar." And people in Manhattan do? [Page Six Magazine, fifth item]  read more »

Last night, Michelle Obama wore a Narciso Rodriguez dress from the designer's spring 2009 collection. While many blogs have posted negative reviews of the dress, the Los Angeles Times deemed it a "symbolism of patriotic red bursting out of black like a firecracker out of the night sky." [LA Times] 

Alexander McQueen has confirmed that he will design a line for Target. [Vogue UK] 

Elle MacPherson's lingerie line is doing better in a volatile market than it has...ever. Perhaps Bonnie Fuller knew what she was talking about when she predicted that lingerie sales would rise because people are staying home and having more sex during recession.  read more »

Lindsay Lohan turned down an offer of $700,000 to do an eight-page spread in Playboy's 55th anniversary issue. [P6]

Comedian and host Russell Brand isn't giving details on Britney Spears's plans for opening the 25th MTV VIdeo Music Awards, saying only that she will not be "serving canapés or doing a bizarre haircut on herself." [US Weekly] Ms. Spears's mother Lynne is being less discreet—her tell-all book, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World," is coming out next week and salacious details have already been leaked. " [NYDN]

The reality show starring social people Devorah Rose, Teddy John, Kristian Laliberte, Annabel Vartanian, Brianna Swanson, Kerry Cassidy, and Timo Weiland will be called Social Heights and is being described as "Like The Hills but in Manhattan .  read more »

Last night, a muggy party introduced Jade Jagger/YOO's odd Chelsea condo. But neither the well tiled, slickly lacquered "pods"--which separately house kitchen, bathrooms, and closets--nor the glamorously lengthy patios, nor the four well-stocked bars could make up for the heat.

"Where's the air conditioner pod?" a real estate executive asked.

Around the corner, a sales associate was introducing a potential buyer to "your new boho pub." She pointed toward a shiny sink in a shiny closet.

Co-designer Tom Bartlett thinks of the pods as fabulous suitcases; Jade (the condo's namesake) has likened them to jewelry boxes--appropriate, considering her day job.

But would anyone want to call it home?

"I think it's a really interesting concept. It's very Jade," notes Elle Macpherson. "Doing the pods in a loft is genius."

Might she move in? "I live in London."

Building co-owner Samuel Breuer, a managing partner at Bronfman Fisher, isn't concerned. "This will sell like hotcakes," he promises. "It's the idea."

New Yorkers interested in the concept of "Aristo" or "Luxo" pods should be informed that the condos go on sale today. Prices are reasonable, though a broker warns they'll go up by the end of the week. This December (or January 2007), the pods will be open for luxo living.

- Max Abelson Correction: Mr. Breur was misidentified as Edan Shiboleth. The Real Estate regrets the error.  read more »

Question: What is the opposite of a critic's darling?  read more »