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Last night we ventured out to the opening of the triple floored Pronovias boutique in midtown that also served as a New Yorkers for Children benefit. There were many daughters of, some socialites and models. But given all the women in the room browsing the clothing racks we thought we'd ask what they thought about the most important woman of the day.

So ladies, given Tuesday's primaries, what should Hillary do now?

Domenica Cameron-Scorsese: I have to say I have the hardest time following politics without becoming tremendously emotionally invested. There is what one wishes, what one hopes will happen and then what actually happens. My suspicion is, she is going to keep going until all other options are exhausted. I watch it and I find that it is such a tremendously tactical situation. The way we treat it is who is ahead in the chess game and I think it makes it very difficult to get the scope of who’s the best candidate because there is so much news day to day and this one’s personality and this one said this and that. The truth is, what a wonderful time to be alive in American politics. No matter what happens it will be groundbreaking and fascinating.

Ivanka Trump: I think it’s amazing, Obama will be tough to beat, but I really like Hillary—I think she’s terrific. I don’t know Barack, I find him to be inspiring, but I’ve never met him. People have been telling her to drop out for months, and she has a lot of fortitude and if she thinks she can win, I don’t think she’s delusional. I think someone is telling her that she has a chance and she does have a chance.

Alexandra Richards: Intense, right? I’m not one to talk. I think I should do some things first.

Dominique Garcia (Andy Garcia's daughter) and Rainey Qualey (Andie MacDowell's daughter): No comment.

Page Six meant to report that Katie Couric might be returning to NBC when Jeff Zucker was spotted visiting her Upper East Side apartment, but instead totally outed Mr. Zucker to his wife! The NBC Universal CEO was simply picking up a gift that he asked Katie to buy for his wife for mother's day. [P6]

Nina Garcia might be following the cameras and going over to Marie Claire just as Project Runway chucks Elle to make the magazine its new sponsor. [The Cut]

Alec Baldwin tells 60 Minutes that before he left that sweet voice mail for his daughter, he was thinking of running for office and he still might do it! [P6]

Liv Tyler and husband Royston Langdon have officially announced their separation. [NY Daily News]

Jamie Johnson, the Johnson heir and that guy that made Born Rich, is blogging for Vanity Fair, says Wasps are the hot new thing. [Daily Intel]

Paul Giamatti is being considered for the part of Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's W biopic about George Bush. [EW]

Finally someone is honoring Silda Wall Spitzer's mortifying role in her husband's debacle rather than criticizing her for it. Harper's Bazaarhas done a photo shoot titled "Stand By Your Man" inspired by the Spitzer sex scandal; it will appear in the magazine's June issue. The images, conceived by photographer Peter Lindbergh, portray the narrative of an uptown couple dealing with a very public political sex scandal. They even recreate the Podium Scene in which Ms. Wall stood beside the former governor with that infamous defeated look on her face. And check out the ascots!

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Marc Jacobs' friends tell Page Six that he's out of control with his boy-chasing and partying ways, afraid he'll "pull a Halston." [P6]

Donatella Versace wishes Hillary would give up the pants. [P6]

Beyoncé and Jay-Z went out for some cheeseburgers and fries at Pop Burger after Monday's Costume Institute Gala. Don't tell Anna! [P6]

Meanwhile, the many interpretations of Anna Wintour's extraterrestrial dress are still trickling out of the coverage of the gala. [The Cut]

Lauren Bush's boyfriend of three years, David Lauren--yes, that's Ralph's son--is not invited to her cousin Jenna's wedding in Texas this Saturday. [NY Daily News]

The 13-year-old that Roman Polanski allegedly drugged and took advantage of came to Tuesday's screening of HBO's Polanski: Wanted and Desired because she so over it and wishes he were allowed back into the country. [NY Daily News]

Star Jones fired back at Barbara Walters who's been talking about the former View host while promoting her book. Ms. Jones said, "It is a sad day when an icon like Barbara Walters, in the sunset of her life, is reduced to publicly branding herself as an adulterer, humiliating an innocent family with accounts of her illicit affair and speaking negatively against me all for the sake of selling a book." [NY Daily News]

Following his departure from the Daily News, former Gatecrasher columnist Ben Widdicombe took off for Istanbul for a much needed gossip-free vacay. But his job followed him!

"Having run away to Istanbul to try and start enjoying life it's funny how NYC comes with you," he writes to The Daily Transom. And:

Jean-Georges Vongerichten is here to launch a Spice Market—direct from the Meatpacking District—at the new Istanbul W Hotel, which opens Wednesday. Mandy Moore is also here at the hotel for the opening, as is W president Ross Klein. Of course Istanbul is famous for its own Spice Bazaar, although at a pre-opening Tuesday J-G told me the inspiration was his time in south-east Asia. The main difference is that everyone smokes in restaurants here, including at the W Spice Market. The other difference is that with the weak dollar, the Istanbul Spice Market will be a lot more expensive. So waiting outside W. 13th St and breathing in cab fumes looks like it could be a good deal after all ...

 

At Monday's Costume Institute gala, Christina Ricci reportedly left when she learned that she wasn't seated with her boyfriend and Speed Racer co-star, Kick Gurry; Jeff Zucker avoided Project Runway stealer, Harvey Weinstein, on the red carpet. [P6]

Rudy Giuliani shops for pants at TJ Maxx and his wife helps him! [P6]

Liv Tyler might be on the verge of divorce with husband Royston Langdon and looking for a place in the West Village. [NY Daily News]

French political philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who is married to actress Arielle Dombasle has been in town putting the moves on Daphne Guinness. [NY Daily News]

Barbara Walters told Oprah that she's gotten soft and then cried. [Daily Intel]

Hide the children! The Hills got renewed for a fourth season. [US Weekly]

Ugly Betty will begin shooting in New York because a) it's cheaper to shoot on location, b) the producers want the show to feel more realistic, and c) we have a feeling they're madly jealous of Gossip Girl that's gained a following by glorifying our little city. [Just Jared]

Appearing at a conference with Mayor Bloomberg this morning, The Police announced that their final show—no, really this time—will take place in New York this summer.

"We kicked off our very first American tour at CBGB's in 1978 and this summer, 30 years later, our journey will come full circle as we play our final show here in New York City," the band said in a statement, although it is not entirely full circle since CBGB's is now a John Varvatos store.

A date and venue have not been set, but it will take place sometime after their London farewell on June 29th. The concert will be benefit arts programming for New York's public television stations.

Dina Lohan will be honored as a "Top Mom"--no, really!--on Long Island by an organization called Mingling Moms, alongside Rae Stern (Howard Stern's mom), Betty Seinfeld (Jerry's mom), and Shelley Stevens Herschlag (Natalie Portman's mom). Check back here tomorrow for lots more ... [P6]

The Met's Costume Institute Gala last night was attended by colorful superheroes, extraterrestrial royalty, and oh yeah, some glitzy New Yorkers too. [The Cut]

Alice+olivia designer Stacey Bendet is reportedly pregers with Michael Eisner's son, Eric's child. The two were engaged to be married some time next year, but will probably wed this summer. [P6]

Self-publicizing is in! To celebrate 25 years since being cast in Risky Business, Tom Cruise has honored himself with a video montage of his roles on his personal site. [P6]

Scarlett Johansson is engaged to Ryan Reynolds and showed off her rock at the Costume Institute gala last night. [NY Daily News]

James Frey writes gossip, Perez Hilton, into his new novel, Bright Shiny Morning. [Gawker]

When we ran into Susan Sarandon over the weekend at the TFF premiere of Speed Racer, we wondered if the actress still stood by her endorsement of Barack Obama given all the talk of the senator's dropping numbers.

And she does! Here's what the actress had to say about the current state of the democratic candidacy:

"Yes, I'm voting for Obama. I think that the press has been encouraging as many distracting issues as possible, things that aren't even issues that go on and on and on. It's just getting to a point where people are exhausted of hearing these things going back and forth. I don't think they're asking the right questions and I'm disappointed in Hillary Clinton."

The Tribeca Film Festival went as it had come: with another glitzy premiere.

Merely two weeks after the festival encroached on our city with the much-hyped premiere of Baby Mama, the Wachowski brothers’ Speed Racer closed the festivities to an equally if not more star-treaded red carpet and winding line of rubbernecking ticket holders.

The film’s principal cast of Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and John Goodman turned out on Saturday to introduce the remake of the 1960's Japanese anime cartoon.

“Most of it was done on green screen, it was just like doing a play when I was a kid,” Mr. Goodman told the Observer. “We did plays in church basements and since we didn’t have any money for anything, we’d imagine everything. I’d imagine myself naked!”

“You just kind of have to keep it interesting for yourself all the time,” said Speed himself, Mr. Hirsch. “You have to keep your imagination going and pretend things are there when they’re not.”

The 23-year-old Mr. Hirsch is perhaps too young to remember the 1960's cartoon, but the other actors were fully aware of its legacy. “I loved Speed Racer when I was a kid and I like the Wachowski brothers, so I thought the two would be dynamite together,” said Mr. Goodman. And Vincent D'Onofrio, who came out to see the film with his son, said, "I watched the cartoon all the time and I have no idea what to expect."

Peter Fernandez, the original voice of Speed Racer, arrived wearing a Speed Racer fleece vest. “The Wachowski brothers told me that they would go home every day after school and watch the show,” he said. “I’ve been hearing that it’s getting made for like 15 years, so I’m glad it finally got made.”

A certain Ausstralian actor with the amazing name of Kick Gurry, who plays the mechanic in the film, said his role was a stretch.

“I break a lot of cars, but I’ve never been able to fix them," he said. "It’s weird, I’ll get into a car and four months later, it just doesn’t work anymore.”

It turned out that the premiere was his first time visiting New York.

“I think New York and London could almost be the capitals of the world,” he said. “It just doesn’t even feel American, it feels bigger than that. It seems like it would be hard to get lonely in this town.” Kick, you have no idea!

Then just as the stars were being hurried into the screening by their publicists, festival king Robert DeNiro walked with his wife on his arm along the narrow defile of screaming photographers and fans, flashing the crowd that crooked side-smirk.

And just like that, Tribeca came to an end.