Cityfile: New York's Most Notable and Influential

♦  Now that she doesn't have Guy Ritchie to boss around, Madonna is finding more time to control everyone else: She's supposedly been "begging" Gwyneth Paltrow to leave her London home so they can spend more time together in New York. She's also busy orchestrating a reunion between Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears: All three will be performing together at Madge's concert in LA tonight. [The Sun, E!]
♦  Padma Lakshmi is apparently on a "man-search" for a filthy rich boyfriend now that her flings with Ted Forstmann and Russell Simmons are over. [P6]
♦  Now that the election is over, Tina Fey says she will be officially retiring her Sarah Palin impression. [Extra]More

Spotted | Madonna carrying son David into the Kabbalah Center on East 48th Street ... Whitney Port walking in SoHo ... Blake Lively shooting a scene for Gossip Girl in Times Square ... Pete Wentz leaving the SoHo Grand with a coffee in hand ... Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta leaving lunch at Nello's ... Clay Aiken leaving the Shubert Theater ... Jennifer Hudson posing for photos outside MTV in Times Square ... Anne Hathaway standing outside outside the Letterman show ... Katie Holmes leaving her apartment en route to the Schoenfeld Theatre ... and Britney Spears making her way into the Fragment jewelry store on Prince Street, then checking out In The Heights on Broadway later that night.

• It looks like Pat O'Brien might be back off the wagon following his email rant about Lara Spencer to the staffs of both The Insider and ET. [R&M, P6]
• Aubrey O'Day and Joe Francis were spotted making out at a VMA party, and now some suspect they may be a couple. [P6]
• Thieves broke into Kate Moss' Range Rover in London, but all they took was cash and a box of chocolates. [Mirror]
• It looks like on-again/off-again couple Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Rafaeli are now on the outs, although who knows for how long. [R&M]
• Not only is Bristol Palin a pregnant teen, but she might be a boyfriend-stealer, too. [Extra]
• Some of Celine Dion's demands on tour: A dentist, a physiotherapist, 11 bodyguards, and a dressing room stocked with Bavarian figs and French cherries. [Mirror]

• More on NBC's decision to drop Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from covering the election on MSNBC: Olbermann got a raise out of the deal, Matthews didn't, and NBC chief Jeff Immelt may or may not have be behind the move. [P6]
• Howard Stern will auction off a 22-year-old woman's virginity to the highest bidder next week. In the meantime, Beth Ostrosky says she hasn't had had any time to worry about their upcoming wedding because she's jogging 18 miles a day. [R&M, AP]
• Ellen DeGeneres has landed a contract with CoverGirl cosmetics. [P6]
• Jennifer Lopez will be the celebrity judge on the season finale of Project Runway. [Us]
• Scary news: Naomi Campbell says that now that she's had surgery, she can finally have the kids she's always wanted. [People]

• The federal probe into what exactly caused Heath Ledger's death has officially been closed. Which means Mary-Kate Olsen is off the hook, will not have to testify, and can return to her normal (or not-so-normal) life. [NYDN]
• Sienna Miller's friends say she's not a homewrecker, because Balthazar Getty had been separated from his wife for six months before he and Sienna ever hooked up. [Page Six]
• Making it work: Tim Gunn gets paid $30,000 and up for public appearances. [TMZ] 

There's probably been a time or two when you've been tempted to check out a restaurant or bar simply because some celebrity supposedly "owns" it. Maybe I'll see Justin Timberlake devouring a plate of ribs at Southern Hospitality! Or I'll spot Robert De Niro slurping on some pasta at Ago! Restaurateurs know this, too, of course, which is why they're all so eager to attach a celebrity name—any one will do!—to their ill-conceived bistro, brasserie, speakeasy, lounge, or barbecue shack. We don't want to be the ones to crush your dreams and tell you that there's no chance you'll see these famous faces at these venues. Just in case you're the more optimistic type—or just curious who has a stake in what—we happily introduce the Cityfile celebrity-owned restaurant/bar map!

• Celebrity Restaurant/Bar Map

• The biggest loser in the Jimmy Kimmel-Sarah Silverman breakup? Howard Stern, who sounds despondent about the split. He was supposed to hang out with the couple on vacation last week, but they never showed, and when Howard later heard the news, he was so upset he had to take a walk to calm down. [Page Six]
• As for Jimmy, he's already moved on: He's supposedly dating the head writer on his show, Molly McNearny. [The Insider]
  
• Al Reynolds is trying to sell a book about finance, even though he hasn't actually had a job since he met Star Jones years ago. [Page Six]
• Andy Dick was arrested in California yesterday for exposing a 17-year-old girl's breasts outside a chicken wings joint. When officers arrested him, he was intoxicated and in possession of marijuana and Xanax. [Page Six]
• Billionaire hotelier Patrick Denihan went crazy after a couple set up their umbrella too close to his weekend home on the Jersey Shore. [Page Six]

• Susan Sarandon says she's moving to Italy or Canada if John McCain is elected President in November. And she's not voting for Hillary Clinton just because she's a woman, because that would be sexist. [Liz Smith]
  
• After dating for more than a year, George Clooney and former Fear Factor contestant Sarah Larson have split. [In Touch]
• SATC actor Willie Garson—aka Carrie Bradshaw's bestie Stanford Blatch—adopted a son. [Us Weekly]
• Sam Ronson and Lindsay Lohan had a girls day out yesterday, bringing along Sam's mom Ann Dexter-Jones and Lindsay's sister Allie for a shopping trip in Midtown. [Popsugar]