Gossip Roundup: Golan Cipel Got 'More Than He Could Chew'

•Reliable Source: Bob Barron hisPlayboyappearance: "But lest the New Jersey governor [Jim McGreevey] get too excited, it's a very, very small [and clothed] picture.". . .Clintonturns 58 today. . .Essie Mae Washington-Williams' face to don coins; memoir out in January. [ WP ]

•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Kerryex writes novel aboutKerry-like character. . .Missy Elliott: "WhenGeorge H.W. Bushjumped out of the plane for his 80th birthday, I was like, 'Aw, get the hell out of here. Now I have to go bungee-jumping.'" [ NYDN ]

•Rush & Molloy: Joe Piscopotoys with run for NJ governor. [ NYDN ]

•Page Six: TeresasaysJohnprefersZellwegertoZeta-Jones. . . "WhenGolan Cipeltook on the governor, he bit on more than he could chew," said president of NJ Sports Authority. . . [ NYP , NYP ]

•The Scoop: Liberals desperate forKitty Kelley's book onBush, out in a month. [ MSNBC ]