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· Roman Polanski's chances of returning to the U.S. may be jeopardized by A.E. Hotchner's Vanity Fair article, which quotes Lewis Lapham as saying that Polanski was trying to pick up women at Elaine's barely a month after Sharon Tate's murder. [Page Six]
· Al Sharpton, finding himself rows ahead of Senator Joe Lieberman on a flight back from DC, told his entourage, "That's how it's gonna be when the votes are counted." [Page Six]
· Ex-flak Jake Spitz was busted for coke outside Suite 16 yesterday. Owner Noah Tepperberg says he's "shocked" and that Suite 16 has a "zero-tolerance drug policy." [Page Six]
· CNBC reported CNN president Walter Isaacson's resignation six minutes before CNN did. [Page Six]
· A diner at Mr. Chow reports that the fruit flies there are much more attentive than the waiters. [Page Six]
· Bianca Jagger's off to Baghdad and Foreign Affairs Editor James Hoge is overheard saying that First Lady Laura Bush is against war in Iraq. [Page Six]
· Paris Hilton is slated to star in her own reality TV show in which she lives on a farm. [Page Six]
· Webster Hall art curator Baird Jones' paperback, Mark Kostabi and the East Village Scene, includes stories of Andy Warhol handing out his work at parties and being met with "near universal contempt." People who threw away their prints include Diane von Furstenburg, Steve Martin, Paul Simon, Huntington Hartford, Chris Reeve, Boy George, and Michael Douglas. [Cindy Adams]
· Salma Hayek says the best post-Frida fan letter she got was from "Happy Days'" Henry Winkler. [Liz Smith]