· Kerry insiders are blaming producer-mogul-narcissist P. Diddy for their candidate's defeat. "He was just a nuisance...The whole thing was a joke. No one outside of New York or L.A. gives a hoot about this guy." Wait, are they talking about Diddy or Kerry? [Page Six]
· J.Lo's former super-manager Benny Medina just got dumped by current cash cow, Ricky Martin. "Officially, Ricky Martin and [Medina's company] Handprint Entertainment are no longer working together... and this has been done in a very amicable way," says Martin's flak. As J.Lo can tell you, a breakup like this hurts, but after the third or fourth, it gets a lot easier. [Lowdown]
·Kate Bosworth and Sienna Miller (yeah, we had to look her up, too) are reportedly in the running to play slumming heiress and Andy Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick. Whichever actress can lose forty pounds before production begins will land the job. [Liz Smith]