Gossip Roundup: After Party

• Names & Faces: Barbara Bush skipped the WHCA dinner. [WP]
• Page Six: Harvey Weinstein, MTV exec John Sykes, and Madisan Square Garden owner Jim Dolan are collaborating on Clinton’s 60th birthday party… Al Gore: “If I had half the communications skills of Karenna, I’d be halfway through my second term right now.” [NYP]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Ludacris chilled with Antonin Scalia. [NYDN]
• Fox 411: Jason Binn threw a Capitol File party opposite the Bloomberg bash; Clooney, Rove, Albright made appearances. [Fox News]
• Heard on the Hill: Rep. John Sweeney (R-N.Y.) defends his participation in a frat party… Julia Thorne, first wife of John Kerry, dies of cancer. [Roll Call]
• Rush & Molloy: Pataki will launch his presidential campaign this week. [NYDN]
• Inside Politics: Powell asked for more troops to be sent to Iraq. [WT]

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Improper Relationships and PR Influence Gossip Columns? Heaven Forefend!

Yes! A Washington connection to the Page Six scandal!

Does Richard Johnson, he of the New York Post fame, have an improper relationship with Jason Binn, the celebrity-publisher-to-the-stars and boss guy of Gotham and D.C.’s own Capitol File?

God, let’s hope so. It might make us give a shit about Capitol File.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to point out that we’re more than willing to write friendly, fawning items about anyone who will give us either a) thousands of dollars or b) slightly embarrassing pictures of elected officials.

Have You Binn Smelling Anything Fishy Lately? [FishbowlDC]
Behind Gossip, There’s Often a Relationship [NYT]
Related: Gawker’s Coverage of Payola Six

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Gossip Roundup: Looking High and Low

• Reliable Source: Rachel Dratch preparing to play Miers on “Saturday Night Life”… Jason Binn criticized for putting minor contributors on masthead of Capitol File magazine… Mick Jagger tells MCI Center audience: “[Miers] looked high. She looked low. In the morning, she looked in the mirror and said, ‘Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest judge of all?’” [WP]
• Rush & Molloy: Fox News flack doesn’t know if anchor and Condi-fan Lauren Green is gay. [NYDN]
• Inside the Beltway: Hillary, Landrieu, Hughes to roast Barbara Walters tonight. [WT]
• Liz Smith: Michael Wolff speculates about Cheney in ‘08. [NYP]

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