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Morning Memo: Nude Carla Bruni Rakes in $91K; 'Jack Mack' Attack!

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Carla Bruni's nude photo taken by Michel Comte sold for $91,000 at Christie's yesterday. [NY Daily News]

The ex-wives of Jason Kidd, Patrick Ewing, and Eddie Murphy were overheard discussing a "First Wives Club" type reality show over drinks at the Gansevoort Hotel. [P6]

Whoopi Goldberg suggested that John McCain call himself "Jack Mack" to appeal to America's youth when he visited The View yesterday. [Gawker]

Robert De Niro and his Tribeca Productions partner Jane Rosenthal left Creative Artists Agency for Endeavor talent agency. [P6]

Tom Freston's wife, Kathy Freston, may be causing chefs headaches all over town. [P6]

Leven Rambin poses as twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield on the new editions of Sweet Valley High teen-targeted books. [The Cut]

African Americans are being mistreated all over the place. Beyoncé and Jay-Z's wedding may have been played down by tabloids because "African Americans don't sell covers," meanwhile David Patrick Columbia accidentally misidentified the few African American males featured on his Web site New York Social Diary. [NY Daily News, Radar]

Fabiola Beracasa, Michelle Trachtenberg, Byrdie Bell, Maggie Betts, and Arden Wohl showed up at Macelleria in the Meatpacking District for a dinner honoring the artist David Ellis. [Park Avenue Peerage]

 

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