Media-Whore D'Oevres



"Fox 2000 will fashion the story of the Gucci dynasty into a feature directing vehicle for Ridley Scott. Scott Free will produce with Giannina Facio. Charles Randolph ('The Interpreter') will write the drama once the WGA strike ends. Fox 2000 got the project after Paramount Pictures put it in turnaround. The film will chronicle the wild and glamorous story of the Gucci family in the 1970s and '80s, when its 153 shops moved $500 million in product annually." (Variety)

"Seven years after he lost the U.S. election, Al Gore has more influence on U.S. global warming policy than the man who defeated him, President George W. Bush. As talks on a new world emissions treaty open today on the Indonesian island of Bali, companies and investors such as General Electric Co., Chevron Corp. and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. are backing Gore's push for global limits on climate- changing carbon emissions, a strategy Bush opposes." (Bloomberg)

"Calvin Klein billed its New Museum party on Wednesday night as a First Look, but looking at art came second, or maybe third, to mixing with the likes of Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Lance Armstrong in the top-floor 'VIP lounge,' and to catching special performances by regulars from the Box, including mash-up artists the James Gang, in the basement theater. 'Francisco [Costa] brought us straight up here,' said Thandie Newton as she joined the designer in the penthouse. 'He wanted to get cozy with us.'" (Style)