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Morning Memo: Peter Cook Sex Tape Confirmed; Madonna and Guy Ritchie Had No Pre-nup; Prince's Secret Show

Caroline Bankoff — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:22:26 -0400

The Christie Brinkley-Peter Cook scandal circus continues: Page Six is claiming to have seen graphic stills of a sex tape Mr. Cook produced with his then-18-year-old mistress, Diana Bianchi. [P6]

Madonna and Guy Ritchie did not have a pre-nup, and the director is now reportedly looking for "a nice piece of the pie." [NYDN]

Prince deigned to visit the exclusive Eldridge only after he'd sent in an "advance man" to scope the place out. After arriving with five bodyguards, he stayed for about an hour before departing for Butter, where he installed his personal DJ. (This is all acceptable because he is Prince. read more »

Morning Memo: David and Victoria Beckham Robbed; Prince Brought Down by Cellphones; Stanley O'Neal Snubbed at Michael's

Caroline Bankoff — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:35:36 -0400

Two housekeepers employeed by David and Victoria Beckham have been arrested for selling some of the couple's possessions on eBay. [US Weekly]

Some of the high-profile attendees of Prince's Gansevoort Hotel show refused to turn off their cellphones, even after the signals crashed the musician's high-tech sound system. [P6]

Merrill Lynch chief Stanley O'Neal got the cold shoulder from the bold-faced names dining at Michael's last week. [P6]

Grub Street has the first look inside BEast, a new "secret" lounge opening on Thursday and located underneath restaurant Broadway East. [Grub Street] read more »

The Week In Music: Radiohead, Jewel, Weezer, Spiritualized, Robert Pollard

Joe Pompeo — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:06:58 -0400

There’s nothing like a good feud between two massively iconic rock artists to keep the fanboys sweating. And that’s just what happened last week when an unlikely Internet controversy erupted between Prince and Radiohead. See, Prince did a rendition of Radiohead’s 1993 break-through hit, “Creep” at this year’s Coachella Music Festival in late April. And at first, the guys in Radiohead thought that was pretty awesome. Thom Yorke reportedly got a text message about it, and found it so “hilarious” that he had to see/hear the cover for himself. read more »

Prince: The Artist Who Formerly Liked the Internet

Gillian Reagan — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:38:36 -0500

Prince, who was one of the first major recording artists to sell music online and also received a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for his "visionary use of the Internet to distribute music," is suing the internet. He has become such an internet Grinch over the past few months, that he's being compared to Napster's party pooper, Lars Ulrich. read more »