Raffaello Follieri

Angelina Jolie has trained her brood well. She told Italian Vanity Fair, "I am still restless, but do you know that my kids are the same way? We were in France these last few months and after a while they started asking when we could get back on a plane." [R&M]

Imported socialite Peaches Geldof, who recently implied that she and Chester French's Max Drummey would likely divorce, got close to Donald Cummings of The Virgins at a V Magazine event. [P6]

Meanwhile, homegrown socialite Lydia Hearst is glad the family business cancelled its annual Christmas party: "It's time to work through this [financial] crisis, not party through it." [P6]  read more »

Columbia students have been harassing James Franco, who's enrolled in an MFA program in writing. [P6]

Mary-Kate Olsen forced organizers of at the Rock and Republic show to re-seat her in between Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Jessica Szohr, though she later obliged them by "[smiling] in the front row." [NYDN]

Sean 'Diddy' Combs totally lied about having a private jet!  [Palm Beach Post]

For those who don't know their Hamish Bowles from their Michael Roberts: The good people at Cityfile have put together an illustrated guide to prominent fashion week faces. [Cityfile]    read more »

Heath Ledger was reportedly a silent investor in Five Leaves, a Greenpoint bar designed by John McCormick, who also designed Smith & Mills and Beatrice Inn. While the project was at first put on hold after the actor's death, his father has agreed to fund the project to its completion. [P6]

Christian Bale's assault on his mother was possibly not an assault at all; sources say he never touched her, but merely raised his voice when she made negative remarks about his wife. Apparently, the British consider yelling a verbal assault and therefore a crime. [NY Daily News]

As part of an investigation into Raffaello Follieri's affairs, the F.  read more »

After getting arrested for wire fraud conspiracy and operating a money laundering scheme, real estate developer--and ex of Anne Hathaway--Raffaello Follieri might make a deal with prosecutors, reports the Post.

Mr. Follieri, whose bail was set at $21 million because prosecutors argued that he was at flight risk, has been locked up since his arrest on June 24th.

"Follieri is in plea discussions," said Assistant US attorney Jennifer Burns.

But Mr. Follieri's lawyer, Flora Edwards, seemed to be unaware of such dealings. "I'm certainly not saying that, and I'm not sure it's appropriate," she said about the possibility of a deal.  read more »

Uma Thurman is reportedly engaged to financier Arpad Busson. [NY Daily News]

Those awkward photos of Sean Avery standing shirtless in a fashion closet at Men's Vogue mysteriously disappeared from the magazine's Web site. [Radar]

Graydon Carter, Jann Wenner, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Buffet, Gay Talese and others gathered at the Waverly Inn on Wednesday to celebrate Gonzo, a Carter-produced documentary about the life and work of Hunter S. Thompson. [WWD]

Raffaello Follieri's friends reportedly want Anne Hathaway to come get the chocolate lab the couple bought together.  read more »

Isaac Mizrahi is annoyed with having to do jury duty. [P6]

Real Vogue interns say their jobs were nothing like Sean Avery's in that they were not flown to L.A. or given their own desks. Shocking. [The Cut]

Bill Murray and wife, Jennifer Butler Murray, who alleged that he abused her, drank too much, and was addicted to marijuana and sex, quietly divorced on June 13. [TMZ]

Barack Obama has Sheryl Crow, Yo Yo Ma, and Howlin' Wolf on his iPod. [RollingStone]

Regarding her mother's high profile divorce from Peter Cook, Alexa Ray Joel told People magazine her mother "is standing up for herself, I think that's admirable.  read more »

Club 1Oak reportedly tried to cover up a gay-bashing incident that left one victim with visible wounds and sent another to the hospital. [Gawker]

Lindsay Lohan is showing up on time to movie shoots and being nice to her co-stars. Apparently, it's all thanks to Samantha Ronson. [P6]

Vogue contributing editor, Julia Reed, says that Hillary Clinton's campaign ultimately dropped out of doing a Vogue cover story because they thought they already had the women's votes in the bag. "This was right before Iowa. What an idiot!" she said of Ms. Clinton's communications director, Howard Wolfson. [WWD]

In an interview in the current issue of InStyle, Anne Hathaway says she and Rafaello Follieri are house-hunting and putting off getting engaged. Since that interview, they broke up and Mr. Follieri got arrested. [P6]

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are reportedly splitting up. For real this time. [NY Daily News]

Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis have both reportedly paid a visit to the doctor shortly after Sex and the City's release, opting for a breast augmentation surgery and a varicose vein removal, respectively. [P6]

Barack and Michelle Obama appear on the cover of Us Weekly this week with Mrs. Obama depicted as a "down-to-earth mom." Never mind the fact that she graduated cum laude from Princeton followed by Harvard Law. [Us Weekly]

Exes Anne Hathaway and Raffaello Follieri stayed at separate residences in New York yesterday—Ms. Hathaway at Gramercy Park Hotel and Mr. Follieri at his rental in Trump Tower—but were reportedly planning to meet up for dinner at Cipriani's.  read more »