Leonardo DiCaprio
Morning Memo: Leonardo DiCaprio, Bicycle Babe; Jenna Bush's Big Fat Presidential Wedding
O.K., so we knew that Leonardo DiCaprio was like the first person to buy a Toyota Prius, but last week he even rode up to the opening of Bonhams Flagship Showroom with his mom on bikes, and parked right out front on 57th and Madison. [P6]
David Mamet interviews himself about his new film. [New Yorker] read more »
How Green Is His Valley? At Vanity Fair's Enviro-Bash, Brokaw Brags of Bison
On Monday, April 28, in the subterranean auditorium of the New York Public Library, Vanity Fair hosted a cocktail hour and convocation of experts grandly titled “Redesigning the World: A Green Way to the Future.” And environmentally concerned New Yorkers Mary Richardson Kennedy (wife of Robert Kennedy Jr.< read more »
Green Gioia's Gift From Gore
Councilman and candidate for public advocate Eric Gioia, of Queens, held his 35th birthday celebration and “green” campaign kick off at the W Hotel’s Whiskey Bar in Times Square last night. His guest list included Morgan Spurlock, writer and director of Super Size Me (who appeared in an ad recently), and Karenna Gore Schiff, daughter of Al.
Gore Schiff was in charge of the birthday introduction, while Gioia spent most of the evening surrounded by supporters bouncing with American Idol enthusiasm. read more »
Like Buttah! Gisele Bündchen and Tom Brady's Slippery Sojourn
It must be really tough for famous ex-lovers to avoid awkward encounters in New York—a town with only a handful of nightspots catering to their special needs. Take last night for example, when supermodel Gisele Bündchen and her beau, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, stopped by hip hangout Butter, on Lafayette. read more »
Ruffalo to Star in Scorsese's Shutter Island
Our favorite scruffy, everyman actor Mark Ruffalo has landed a role as a cop opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's drama Shutter Island, according to the Hollywood Reporter. read more »
The Day in Gossip: Blaine Trump Fires Marriage; Hillary Blows Out Candles!
Not so surprisingly, Ellen DeGeneres may have lost Iggy but she gained viewers. [Page Six]
Blaine Trump, wife of Donald’s brother Robert, has thrown in the towel on her marriage. [Page Six]
Play-by-play of Hillary’s 60th b-day bash at the Beacon. [Gatecrasher]
Rocker Cisco Adler ran around an L.A. club in his underwear, causing some to wonder, Why so much clothing? [Page Six]
Russell Crowe outed Leonardo DiCaprio as a 17-year-old virgin. [Page Six]
More good goss from Hillary’s party, which “rocked.” [Rush&Malloy]
Lindsay Lohan moved into the Beverly Hills Hotel…uh oh. [Page Six]
Actress Kristen Johnson (3rd Rock From the Sun) threw a tantrum onstage at the American Airlines Theater over forgetting her bleeping lines. [Page Six]
How many bold-faced names can appear in one Page Six item (or in two dining rooms)? A: 23 [Page Six] read more »
Scorsese, DiCaprio Team Up for Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will reteam early next year on "Shutter Island," a Laeta Kalogridis-scripted adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel.
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Drama is set in 1954, with DiCaprio in final talks to play U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
DiCaprio Series to Anchor Green Cable Channel
The Discovery Channel recently announced plans to launch a 24-hour cable channel meant to ride the wave of interest in global warming and environmental issues.
Planet Green, Variety reported last night, will cover everything that's gone green in fashion, architecture, technology and food.
Anchoring the channel will be the series "Eco-Town," for which Leonardo DiCaprio is a producer, about the rebuilding of a Kansas town after a tornado--to exacting green specifications.
"You always hope to be an early adopter, and obviously there's a need this channel is addressing," Planet Green president and general manager Eileen O'Neill told Variety. "I think that, in terms of being relevant and impactful, the time is just right now."















