Lunch at Michael's



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Michaelsologists will be pleased to know that today, according to a source who told FishbowlNY's Diane Clehane, was the first time that our media pal Michael Gross was in the same room as Ralph Lauren, the subject of his simultaneously deliciously tart but scrupulously fair unauthorized biography Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren.

"Table 1. Ralph Lauren and a table full of business types.

" ... 4. Jeffrey Katzenberg. The DreamWorks CEO was sporting his signature California casual look (v-neck and T-shirt). He passed the time waiting (?!) for his guest by sipping iced tea and reclining back in his chair elbows akimbo. When a blonde gal in a black power suit finally arrived to join him, we recognized the face, but no one seemed to know her name ...

"... 15. NBC's Jonathan Wald.

"... 23. Best-selling author Michael Gross, who was more patient than we would have been waiting for the late arriving New York Observer scribe Spencer Morgan."

The rundown of the talent in the room here (FishbowlNY)