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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