Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

Spotted | Drew Barrymore walking in the West Village ... Alex Rodriguez leaving a workout at the Reebok Gym ... Spike Lee posing for photos outside a hotel ... Julianne Moore carrying a shopping bag ... Kelly Ripa and David Blaine hanging upside down in Central Park for a Live segment ... Blake Lively and Leighton Meester walking around the Gossip Girl set ... Real Housewives' Alex McCord posing on the red carpet at the Metropolitan Opera season opener ... Actor Mark Ruffalo holding hands with his wife as they cross the street ... Natasha Bedingfield and Caroline Rhea leaving ABC Studios in Midtown ... and Chris Rock and Lance Armstrong outside the David Letterman show.

Happy Birthday | James Gandolfini got married a couple weeks ago. Today he celebrates a birthday: He's 47. Others on the b-day list today: Lance Armstrong is 37. Designer Karim Rashid is 48. Jada Pinkett Smith is turning 37. Actress (and former Talk Soup host) Aisha Tyler is 38. Holly Robinson (of 21 Jump Street fame) is 44. Senator Bob Bennett of Utah is 74. Actor/murder suspect Robert Blake turns 75. And actor James Marsden is 35.

• David Letterman had his second-highest ratings of the year last night thanks to Barack Obama's appearance. [THR]
• MTV can credit Britney Spears for the 19 percent boost in viewers for this year's VMAs.  [LAT/Show Tracker]
• Michael Phelps says he's more nervous hosting Saturday Night Live than he was at the Olympics. In other SNL news, Lorne Michaels says he's trying to get Tina Fey to play Sarah Palin. [People, B&C]
• NBC has sold "a dozen or so" ads for the Superbowl for $3 million each. [AdAge]
• Vanity Fair posted its Lance Armstrong interview online (which revealed he planned to return to cycling) after the info leaked on Monday. [Silicon Alley Insider]
• James Truman has something to say about the magazine business, but since it's really long and Truman hasn't been relevant since, oh, 2004, we didn't bother to read it. But feel free. [io9 via NYO]

• Raffaello Follieri is expected to appear in court later this morning and plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering, a deal that will land him a jail term of 51 to 63 months. [NYP]
• Anne Hathaway says she "spent a week in shock" when she first found out about Raffaello Follieri's arrest. [ET]
• Jeremy Piven, who is decamping to New York for a Broadway role, was overheard saying he wants to take over Sean Avery's old apartment on 19th Street. [P6]
• Star Jones and Al Reynolds hammered out a divorce settlement yesterday. The settlement leaves Al with almost nothing thanks to the "air tight" pre-nup he signed. [P6]
• Wedding alert? Samantha Ronson told partygoers at the Chateau Marmont that "by the end of the year, my love will be Mrs. Ronson." Lindsay says she's looking forward to buying a home "with someone." [The Sun, People]
• Sarah Palin's oldest son Track was addicted to OxyContin? That's what the very reputable National Enquirer says! [Enquirer]

• New revelations from the legal battle between The Weinstein Co. and NBC over Project Runway: It turns out that Tim Gunn didn't get paid a dime for his participation during the show's first season (he got paid just $2,500 per episode for the second), Harvey Weinstein hates Bravo chief Lauren Zalaznick, and Bravo didn't send Heidi Klum a respectable thank-you gift, even after the show became a major hit. [R&M]
• What's financier Jeffrey Epstein doing now that he's behind bars? He's using his free time in a Florida jail to email models back in New York and send them chocolates. [Page Six]
• The bartender who was serving Shia LaBeouf the night of his DUI arrest says the actor was pounding shots and acting a bit crazy. But now cops are suggesting he may not have actually caused the car crash, because the other driver ran a red light. [Page Six, People]

• Amy Winehouse fainted at home yesterday and spent the night undergoing testing at a London hospital. So far the tests have proved inconclusive and doctors are stumped as to what exactly happened, which clearly means they're not reading the tabloids. [Reuters]
• Remember how Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony said they were raising their new twins without a nanny? Well, that's apparently because the nanny quit. Now the house is full of screaming babies, and Marc has locked himself away to deal with the stress. [Star]
• A pet shop employee in L.A. stopped Paris Hilton from buying yet another Yorkie puppy. Paris' reply? She started screaming "I want my baby!" [Page Six]
• Brandon Davis freaked out in line for the bathroom at 1OAK last week, and yelled at a model for touching his wrist. Now he's in St. Tropez and saying he wants to move to Geneva. What a loss. [Page Six] 

• Everyone was partying in the Hamptons this weekend. Molly Sims celebrated her birthday in Sag Harbor. Leo DiCaprio partied at Dune. Jeffrey Chodorow and Charlie Walk threw a dinner at the Kobe Beach Club. Even newly-convicted felon Wesley Snipes, who is free on bail, flew in to get wasted at a party in Water Mill. [Page Six]
• Michael Lohan has outted his daughter, telling the tabs that anyone with half a brain knows Lindsay and Samantha Ronson are in a relationship. Thanks Dad. [Us Weekly]
• Was Barbara Bush snuggling with boytoy Jay Blount at Asia de Cuba? [Page Six]
• He's only been there a week, but Sean Avery is already becoming quite the Vogue intern. He presented an award to Vera Wang at last week's Fragrance Foundation gala, and he might go to the shows in Europe next month with Anna herself. Oh, and there's talk of a Vogue cover, too. [Page Six]