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Bill Clinton Doesn't Want Ron Burkle's Dirty (Nonexistent?) $20 Million

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:09:42 EDT

Famous American Bill Clinton has apparently decided to just walk away from up to $20 million he was owed by his old friend, creepy old billionaire modelizer Ron Burkle. Now why would he do that?

To recap: Bill was working as a vaguely defined "adviser" for some investment funds owned by Yucaipa, Burkle's company. Then his wife goes and runs for president so Bill publicly "severed business ties" with Burkle, presumably to avoid being photographed with more attractive young women on Burkle's plane.

But! Bill's consolation prize was that Yucaipa would pay him $20 million when he left. For what? Nobody's really sure! But there were lots of things that could blow up in Bill's (and by extension, Hillary's) face, politically:

Mr. Clinton was one of the three owners of the foreign fund's general partner, along with Mr. Burkle and Dubai Investment Group (YGP) Ltd., an entity that was part of the business empire of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.

The Yucaipa connection presented other potential difficulties for Mrs. Clinton, people familiar with the matter said. In late 2007, the foreign fund invested in a Chinese media company, Xinhua Finance Media Ltd., whose parent company had past ties to the Beijing government.

Oh you know who else was connected to Clinton via Burkle? Convicted scam artist Raffaello Follieri! So, my working theory here is that taking the money would have caused too much of a headache for Hillary in the press, and also, since Bill's payout was theoretically tied to how much he earned, maybe there wasn't all that much money there to be had anyhow. But if you know better, feel free to share. [WSJ]

David Letterman Can't Stop Talking About Anne Hathaway's Ex

Dodai — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST

When Anne Hathaway was on Late Night last October, David Letterman grilled her about her ex, Raffaello Follieri. Last night Kate Hudson visited, and Dave brought up Follieri again:

Kate explained that Anne is her costar in Bride Wars, and Letterman quipped, "She's nice, isn't she? I think her old boyfriend is in prison." Kate tried to change the subject and tactfully maneuver around Letterman's jabs, but admitted that she watched when he grilled Anne about Follieri. "I was like, 'Oh, you're giving it to her," Kate told Letterman. And just when things seemed to die down, Letterman mentioned how Follieri dressed up as the Pope. Clip above.

Earlier: Letterman Grills Anne Hathaway About Her Jailbird Ex

Anne Hathaway's New Man Accused of Shameless Heiress-Chasing

STV — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:01:28 EST

Anne Hathaway has been teasing us for a while now about her mysterious new companion Adam Shulman, dropping anonymous hints about her "sexy" rebound from Raffaello Follieri before being snapped by the fledgling actor's side on a recent New Orleans sojourn. And today, an "insider" has another, less romantic theory as to why Shulman puts up with Hathaway foraging crumbs from his dinner plate: He's using her.

Or so says a source who tattled to Page Six: "Adam is known as an opportunist. When he was at Brown [University], he went after all the heiresses. It's like Anne is addicted to losers." Hold it — can you be more specific? Because we've heard Hathaway isn't what you'd call a cheap date, and nobody actually dates for love in this town anyway, do they? Then again, he got this far without having to vaccinate any poor kids or build someone a house, so maybe he is all about the shortcuts.

ANNE'S NEW GUY [NYP]

Raffaello Follieri Disappointed To Find Prison Not Up to His Lavish, Vatican-Financed Standards

Kyle Buchanan — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:38:17 EST

As though it wasn't bad enough that Raffaello Follieri's ex, Anne Hathaway, is now being wooed by some common actor, the Vatican-swindling Follieri has been forced to deal with another unpleasant surprise: prison is totally gross! Currently serving out a four-and-a-half-year sentence devoid of flashbulbs and fast cars paid for with Becoming Jane money, Follieri's lawyer is now attempting to get the con man moved to someplace a little more minimum security. Marvel at Follieri's sad, sad description of prison life:

Since he was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison for fraud last month, he has had to contend with rotten food, foul odors and unclean toilets and as result is running a fever and has blood in his urine, according to a letter from his lawyer made available on Wednesday.

"He says that he cannot eat because the food appears to be spoiled and that the toilet and shower facilities are unspeakably unsanitary," the letter from Flora Edwards said.

"There is excrement in the shower and rats are roaming freely in the area. He says the stench is intolerable," the letter continued.

"Eet ees so dirty," Follieri went on to complain. "Almost as dirty as when I deed the naughty theengs with Annie!" Then, bowing his head, he whispered, "Now eet ees me who they do that to."

[Photo Credit: AP]

Anne Hathaway's ex sick in filthy jail: lawyer [Reuters]

Meet Anne Hathaway's New, Less Arrestable Man

Kyle Buchanan — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:20:53 EST

Things have been lonely for Anne Hathaway lately, who's found herself on a tough press tour without so much as a glossy thriller or Pope-swindling boyfriend to keep her company. Fortunately, Life & Style reports that Hathaway has found a new beau: actor Adam Shulman, whose sparse IMDb resume includes a multi-episode arc on American Dreams, a role billed just above The Real World's Trishelle in The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, and a job as "Youth Voter #1" on The West Wing (timely!). The mag had this to say about the new couple:

Life & Style recently spotted the happy new couple in New Orleans, where Adam accompanied Anne, 26, to an Oct. 29 screening of her movie at the Canal Place Cinema, then to dessert with pals at local hot spot Patois. At the screening, Adam, unassuming in jeans and Converse sneakers, told Life & Style how he and Anne first met: “We met through mutual friends. I came to support Anne. We’ve never been to New Orleans before — it’s our first time.”

At Patois, where the couple sipped white wine and Anne picked off Adam’s plate, the star said things with Adam weren’t perfect at first. “He was actually seeing someone else,” she told the table while resting her hand on Adam’s leg, says a witness. “I thought I was going to have to step back.”

Anne, Anne, Anne. How could you swoop in and do something like that to an innocent party? How dare you pick food off your boyfriend's plate!

Exclusive: Here's Anne's brand new man! [Life & Style]

Raffaello Follieri Officially Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

STV — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:35:47 EDT

Raffaello Follieri's precipitous slide from Anne Hathaway's Italian prince to just another fake Pope-anointed land baron hit bottom today in New York, where a judge sentenced him to four and a half years in prison for wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. Follieri, 30, pleaded guilty last month to bilking investors of nearly $2.5 million in funds intended for the Vatican and other low-end Catholic properties; his plea required him to agree not to appeal any sentence up to five years, three months. But it didn't mean he couldn't keep appealing to Hathaway, according to InTouch:

Anne Hathaway’s jailed ex-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, was recently granted phone privileges — collect calls only — and according to an insider, Anne’s was one of the numbers he dialed. “She wasn’t home to accept the charges, but there was a message left on her voice mail from the automated operator,” her pal reveals. “She’s got mixed emotions about missing the call. She doesn’t want to speak to him, but this is someone she has a history with.”

Since we know he wasn't calling her for anal-sex tips for the clink, we can only imagine the goodbye Follieri had in mind: Maybe a quick apology for that whole thing with her dog; a quick "good luck" for their friend John McCain; kudos for Rachel Getting Married ("But you make-a love in the base-a-ment with that-a douchebag. You break-a my heart!"); and the hope that she would do him one last solid and tell his cellmate that yes, he was in fact the deadbeat Hathaway was telling David Letterman all about. And, of course, a bittersweet ciao, which we share — see you in 2013, Raff.

Italian who dated Anne Hathaway gets 4 yrs prison [AP]

Anne Hathaway’s ex reaches out [ITW]

Anne Hathaway Now Has An Answer For Questions About Her Ex-Boyfriend

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:57:05 EDT

Famous actresses should really write something into their contracts that says that in the case of their ex-boyfriend being arrested for international money-laundering and fraud, all mandatory TV interviews for a new movie can be postponed at least until his trial is over. Anne Hathaway already had to face David Letterman's questions about her ex, conman Raffaello Follieri, and today she had to go on Good Morning America to explain what she "learned" by dating an Italian hustler. Uh, not to do it? Click to watch her speak poignantly enough to live up to GMA's standards of public purging. [The saddest part of all is that the movie she's promoting, "Rachel Getting Married" is absolutely terrible. Epically grating. I even got free tickets, but Jesus. It's not worth the headache, Anne.]

Anne Hathaway Submits To David Letterman's Cross-Examination

STV — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:05:00 EDT

As if Anne Hathaway didn't have enough to contend with this week while facing her Rachel Getting Married press grind and her debunked predilection for... well, you know, the beleaguered actress joined David Letterman on Tuesday to sift through the detritus of her doomed relationship with Raffaello Follieri. In apparent exchange for omitting those rumors from his intimate line of questioning, however, pretty much every other subject was fair game. And to her credit, Hathaway played along even livelier than you'd expect a woman getting the third degree over an ex who's just about start a five-year term in federal prison. And, praise God, she reclaimed her dog! Screw Mickey Rourke, seriously — this is a comeback story for the ages, and just about all the happy ending we can stand. [The Late Show]

How the 'Anne Hathaway Loves Anal Sex' Rumor Fooled The Internet

Kyle Buchanan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:40:00 EDT

It's the rumor that's been burning up the internet for the last few days: in an upcoming issue of Esquire, actress Anne Hathaway will open up about her love of anal sex. After describing it as one of the most sensual things she's ever done and something that makes her feel "feminine in a very special way," the actress supposedly says, "Every woman should try it, otherwise they miss out on something amazing." While Hathaway has played her fair share of sexually provocative roles in films like Havoc and Brokeback Mountain, we were skeptical of her newfound candor; nevertheless, the rumor has only built up steam over the last few days (it was spread by Gawker, LA Rag Mag, and thousands of other sites). Emboldened by our investigation into Megan Fox's own magazine confessions, we knew we had to find out: are these Hathaway quotes for real, and if not, where did they come from?

Our first instinct was to disbelieve the story; after all, virtually every profile we've ever read of Hathaway mentions how carefully and professionally she answers questions, concerned that her quotes will be taken out of context. Had Hathaway been emboldened after her split with boyfriend Raffaello Follieri, or was someone putting naughty words in her mouth?

Turns out, it's the latter. We contacted Esquire for comment, and spokesperson Rhett Usry was shocked by the rumor. "Absolutely not true," he told us. "There is no interview with Anne Hathaway at all in the upcoming issue of Esquire."

So where did the story originate? All signs point to this September 12 posting on Celeb.Dump, a photo-laden blog promising "Sexy Celebrity Pictures With Little To No Bullshit" (and headlines like "Stacy Keibler is so very hot" and "Jessica Simpson touching herself"). "Thanks to Miss M. from Esquire for letting me know" about the rumor, said the poster (who declined our repeated requests to comment on his tip).

As for how this obscure bit of gossip hit the big time, we're betting it's due to a potent mix of wishful thinking, Hathaway's Rachel Getting Married press tour, and lingering conflation of the actress with Brokeback Mountain. Either that, or Follieri's got an axe to grind. Memo to Celeb.Dump: if your "source" claims to be Esquire's liaison to the Vatican, it may be time to place some calls.

[Photo Credit: AP]

Anne Hathaway Loves Anal Sex [Celeb.Dump]

When Raffaello Met McCain: A Story in Words and Pictures

STV — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:56:55 EDT

In a perfect world, yesterday's conveniently bundled true confessions by both Anne Hathaway and her prison-bound ex Raffaello Follieri would have been enough to put the lurid burden of their doomed relationship behind all of us. But not only is our world spectacularly imperfect, it's also an election year. Thus, right on cue, the phenomena overlap today in the real-life twilight zone where celebrity-smearing, corruption-fighting pillar of GOP rectitude John McCain can now actually be seen boarding Raffello Follieri's rented yacht. The Nation explains — to the extent it (or anybody else) can:

The photograph substantiates reports that in late August, 2006, McCain celebrated his 70th birthday aboard a yacht, the Celine Ashley, rented by A-list con man Raffaello Follieri and his then-movie star girlfriend Anne Hathaway. In the current edition of Vanity Fair, Michael Schnayerson reported that Follieri rented the Celine Ashley for the month of August 2006. Montenegro's leading daily newspaper, Vijesti, earlier reported that during McCain's visit in 2006 he celebrated with birthday cocktails and sweets aboard the Celine Ashley yacht. In the photograph, taken in Montenegro at the end of August, McCain is shown boarding the yacht ramp towards the smiling Follieri and Hathaway.

Just ahead of McCain and shaking hands with Follieri appears to be Rick Davis—McCain's top aide and now co-manager of his campaign, who accompanied him on the trip and advised the government of Montenegro. A few months after McCain's yacht party, Follieri strengthened his ties to McCain's orbit by retaining Rick Davis's well-connected Washington lobbying firm, Davis Manafort, and offering Davis both an investment deal and help in securing the Catholic vote for McCain's presidential bid.

"But," McCain was rumored to growl under his breath as he slyly gestured to Hathaway, "what about the girl?" Indeed, what about the girl, a lifelong Catholic and admittedly concerned citizen whose deep distrust of politicians only recently gave way to a Barack Obama endorsement? So much for that pardon, we suppose.

The McCain-Follieri Love Boat [The Nation via WYBM]

Jada Pinkett Can Now Add 'Lesbianism' To Resume Skills Section

Seth — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:30:00 EDT

·If you thought a Jada-on-Eva love scene was the way to lure your other half to The Women, Diane English pretty much killed your plans. [Late Show]
· While we already know Julianna Margulies's vagina will be all the rage come spring, we'd also like to pass along the happy Fashion Week news that men will be wearing tutus, curtains up to their nipples, and Dockers cut for a four-year-old. [BWE]
· In honor of Raffaello Follieri is Going to Jail Day, we thought we'd include a link to the FBI's list of all the jewelry he bought Anne Hathaway with God's nest egg. [TSG]
· It's the hi-res poster for Lindsay Lohan faked-pregnancy movie, Labor Pains. [Lohan.4fans]
· Jessica Alba, as undoubtedly some have always wanted to see her before. [People]

Raffaello Follieri Pleads Guilty To Peddling Worthless Vatican Swampland

Seth — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:20:00 EDT

Raffaello Follieri's Grand Scam—a sweeping tale of international crime and intrigue that, like some lost chapter of The Godfather, hopscotched from the streets of Manhattan to the cobblestone walkways of the Vatican, a long-suffering love interest looking the other way all along—has nearly reached its gripping conclusion:

Raffaello Follieri agreed not to appeal any sentence of up to five years and three months in prison for his plea to wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. Sentencing was set for Oct. 3.

As part of his plea, he admitted misappropriating at least $2.4 million of investors' money, sending it to foreign personal bank accounts that were disguised as business accounts.

"I knew what I was doing was wrong," he told U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl. He has been in jail since his June 24 arrest, unable to post $21 million bail. [...]

According to the FBI, Follieri claimed the Vatican had formally appointed him to manage its financial affairs and that he had even met the pope in Rome. His actual connections to the Vatican were slim, including his hiring of a relative of a former Vatican official.

Prosecutors allege that Follieri was so intent on carrying out the Vatican ruse that he kept ceremonial robes, including the robes of senior clergymen, in his Manhattan office.

That last detail was shocking even to us: So intent was Follieri on scamming God out of his life savings so that he might continue to maintain his extravagant lifestyle, he went so far as to swipe Prada papalware right out of the Vatican closets! Oh, Anne, whatever were you thinking.

Raffaello Follieri Pleads Guilty [HuffPo/AP]

Recovering Diva Anne Hathaway Cops to Grief, Bitchiness in Riveting New Profile

STV — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:05:00 EDT

Washing and braiding and overstyling that man right out of her hair, cover girl Anne Hathaway offered W Magazine her most candid interview yet about the travails of her relationship with Rafaello Follieiri. But for all the catalogged heartbreak and homelessness anecdotes and advice gleaned here from her de facto Italian publicist Steve Carell, we're taken even more aback by Hathaway's stirring candor about rebounding on the job — when she's not chewing off her director's head:

"Right now I don’t have the wherewithal to be anything except professional. As soon as I found out about the arrest, I had to get on a plane to Mexico to do a press tour for Get Smart. And then I spent a week in shock at a friend’s house. And then I had to go back and do more press, and I haven’t stopped since. [...] Right now I have the distinct feeling that I’m two ages again, and the older part of me that I relied on many times in the past in difficult moments, that’s the part that got me here today. That’s the part that says, ‘You do your job, you keep your head up.’” ...

“One day on Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan [Demme, the director] altered something in the script, and I said, ‘Jonathan! Why did you change this?! It was better the other way and here’s A, B, C, D, E, F, G why!’ And he smiled at me and said, ‘Hey, Annie? Maybe instead of telling me why I’m wrong, you could ask me why I made the choice I made.’ I instantly felt so ashamed. I didn’t mean to be disrespectful to people, but that’s exactly what I had done for years.”

Awww! We feel so... proud, sort of. Next up: the book tour, if and/or when the FBI ever returns her notes.

Queen Anne [W Magazine]

How to Get Into Anne Hathaway's Pants: 'Vaccinate Some Kids, Build a House'

STV — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:05:00 EDT

Beyond the impressively reported (if eye-glazing) details of Raffaello Follieri's shady dealings with everyone from the Catholic Church to Ron Burkle, the accused con man and Holy Beancounter's lengthy profile in the new issue of Vanity Fair features essential insights into how one might court his ex Anne Hathaway. For starters, thick Italian charm and a dozen roses go a long way to balance out being an hour late for your first date. Manhattan penthouses are OK, and six-figure vacations are especially sexy — especially those including an audience with the Pope and/or a stiffed host suing to collect rental fees. Forget all that, though; at the end of the day, nothing gets Hathaway hotter than a humanitarian:

The trips were dazzling, but Hathaway was apparently more impressed by Follieri’s desire to start a foundation to help poor children in developing countries. He created the Follieri Foundation and started organizing a campaign to inoculate Latin-American children against hepatitis A. “My boyfriend is incredible in a lot of ways,” Hathaway told Harper’s Bazaar, “but when it comes to his charity … One of the most untouted aphrodisiacs in the world is charity work. Seriously, you want a girl to be impressed, vaccinate some kids, build a house.”

This could be a tremendous break for Josh Lucas, who Life & Style reports was among Hathaway's closest chums at the recent Democratic National Convention in Denver. His liberal creds confirmed and her fear of Obama overcome, they took the important step of attending a star-studded party for the National Apartment Association, an affordable-housing advocacy group whose little-known, ultra-exclusive "Platinum Club" was rumored to among Follieri's principal causes back in the good old days at Trump Tower. Second base can't be far behind.

The Follieri Charade [VF]

I Can't Believe I Gave Brody Jenner My Phone Number

Douglas Reinhardt — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:25:00 EDT

Boomp3.com

Beloved actress Anne Hathaway embarked on a mini walk of shame outside of Coco De Ville Tuesday night. The Get Smart star, who recently split from con man & Zach Braff look alike Raffaello Follieri, allegedly had a lapse in judgment and gave reality TV maven Brody Jenner her number. At the valet station, Hathaway confessed to a BFF that she was suckered in by Jenner's frat boy charm. Hathaway sighed, "He had a backwards hat on and, well, I don't know....He just seemed like a guy who wouldn't be able pull off an elaborate con involving the Vatican, which is exactly the kind of guy I'm looking to rebound with. And he was wearing a backwards hat."

[Photo Credit: X17]

*A Call To The Bullpen is a work of fiction. Although the pictures we use are most certainly real, Defamer does not purport that any of the incidents or quotations you see in this piece actually happened. Lighten up, people ... it's a joke.

Feds Attach Lovesick Anne Hathaway to 'Princess Diaries 3: The Oily Years'

STV — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:10:00 EDT

The dissolved love affair between Anne Hathaway and would-be Vatican real-estate magnate Raffaello Follieri has strewn more than its fair share of heart-rending detritus through the young actress's life. But no abandoned dog or red-carpet ambush wields the devastating potential of Hathaway's private diaries, which were the prize catch among Pope photos, antique Bibles and other ~~keepsakes~~ evidence reportedly seized by the FBI in a recent raid on Follieri's residence.

The confiscations come amid word that Follieri is struggling with his new digs at the Metropolitan Correction Center in New York, where his calls to Hathaway go unreturned and the Get Smart star's rumored compliance with the feds has zapped the last of the fraud suspect's oily mojo:

“Raffaello is doing very badly,” says a friend of Follieri, who was hospitalized for an anxiety attack the day he was locked up. “He says people are abusing him. He’s a broken man.”

According to friends, he still wonders whether Hathaway, 25, helped put him behind bars. “He was in Europe, working on a deal,” says a source. “He didn’t have to come back to New York. He knew he was being investigated. But she kept calling him, saying they needed to resolve their future. A few days after his return, he was arrested.”

Hathaway's rep declined to comment on "nonsense" and "false assumptions."

Meanwhile, what appear to be snippets of Hathaway's journals showed up in Defamer's inbox this morning — and they implicate more than just their author, with references to everyone from Pope Benedict XVI ("Didn't seem to remember Raffy, but was very sweet and said he liked me in Brokeback") to Hillary Clinton ("She used to take Raffy's checks, but now it's cash or money order only. So weird!") to Follieri himself, Hathaway's star-crossed love who never quite recovers from the scuttling of his ambitious open-house plans for the Vatican. Developing...

FBI grabs Anne Hathaway's diaries [NYDN]

Megan Fox Vs. Anne Hathaway: Whose 'Scary' Weight Loss Is Scarier?

Molly Friedman — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:45:00 EDT

Isn’t it strange how that rare affliction of being mystically “unable” to gain weight only strikes female celebrities? It seems poor Megan Fox has that very woe to deal with atop her many other personal struggles, like pretending her engagement to one-earring trendmaker Brian Austin Green is still on, and trying ever so desperately to let a director (any director!) just film her nude already. But the newly “scrawny” Fox has reportedly been chastised about her skinny frame by Transformers 2 director Michael Bay, who has demanded that the busty Jolie successor put on 10 pounds or find a new gig. While Megan’s resorted to stuffing herself with cake every night in bed, we might suggest the Anne Hathaway Quick Speed Diet: apparently breaking up with a grade A loser leads to dropping 28 pounds in no time!

According to Fox News, Fox blames her recent dramatic weight loss on a role in Jennifer's Body, a comedic horror film penned by bloggy-inclined Oscar winner Diablo Cody in which Fox plays a "possessed cheerleader." But master fauxter Bay, demanding as ever, has forced Fox to stuff herself silly with late night binges in order to bulk up for Transformers 2: More Shit Blows Up! And as for poor Anne Hathaway? Not only has she allegedly dropped almost 30 pounds in the few weeks since thieving ex-boyfriend Rafaello Follieri finally got nailed, but she's also said to be "throwing herself" into work on Bride Wars, that glee-filled set where disguising her hatred for co-star Kate Hudson has become close to impossible. But hey, at least now Anne can come out the winner in those infamous skirt size comparisons she and Hudson indulge in every time the cameras stop rolling!

[Photo credits: X17, Wireimage, Getty]

SCARY SKINNY MEGAN FOX STOPPED EATING, FORCED TO GAIN WEIGHT [Fox News]
HEARTBROKEN ANNE HATHAWAY DROPS 'TWO STONE' AFTER SPLIT FROM JAILED BUSINESSMAN [Daily Mail]

Did Anne Hathaway Hand Her Slippery Ex To The Feds Like A Freshly Fileted Halibut?

Seth — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:15:00 EDT

The series of events that led up to the arrest of Anne Hathaway's con-ex Raffaello Follieri by the FBI has the NY Daily News wondering—as voiced by an unidentified, freeform-hypothesizing "pal"—if perhaps the Get Smart star had colluded with the Feds in exchange for a "get out of jail while we book your crooked boyfriend for scamming God out of his savings"-card. They report:

A pal of jailed wheeler-dealer Raffaello Follieri suspects the starlet spoke with the FBI shortly before they arrested her ex for an alleged $6 million con job.

"It makes sense," the friend said. "She's referred to as his former girlfriend in the indictment even though her spokesman never confirmed they broke up."
"I think that in return for her cooperation, the feds held off on arresting Follieri until she was out of the country," the friend said.

It's a plausible theory, and one lent all the more credence when you consider that Follieri's single post-incarceration phone call went directly through to Hathaway's voice mail, where he was informed by a robotic Verizon operator, "The user you are trying to reach is currently unavailable. If you are Steve Carell, press one and she'll get back to you in a few, cutiepie. If you are her PR-poison ex-boyfriend, please hang up and do not try your call again."

Hathaway ratted ex to FBI: pal [NY Daily News]

Swindlers, Sex Tapes And Coreys

Mark Graham — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDT

· Things we learned at the Los Angeles Film Festival this week. School Of Rock 2 isn't a pipe dream. Guillermo del Toro isn't going to milk The Hobbit. Women deserve equal talk show hosting rights, too. Nobody wanted to make Animal House. Chris Carter is as secretive as ever. Did somebody order stake?
· The battle between the Paps and the Surfs was kinda like the Greasers versus the Socs, only with the newly blackberry-less Matthew McConaughey playing the role of Dally. But what of the rematch?
· Mini-Me showed the world his mini-me, which should help him knock down that large tax debt.
· Raffaello Follieri, Anne Hathaway's sketchball ex, got pinched for attempting to defraud God. A judge set bail at $21 million, but who's gonna take care of the dog?
· Mary Kate Olsen de-pruned herself long enough to convince Dave Letterman that her old arch enemy Spencer Pratt is, indeed, a prat.
· No one was safe as we counted down the Hollywood's Top Ten Worst Kissers.
· Wall-E manged to get fatties and Republicans up in arms without saying a word.
· Whoa, who raped the Coreys? One mystery solved, one to go.
· AC Slater found himself embroiled in Chesthairgate.
· The Emasculation of Joshua continued, as Katherine Heigl used her whipped husband as an ashtray and made him curl her hair. Joshua did not escape unscathed.
· You can ongratulate Jason Bateman on the impending Arrested Development movie, but be sure you don't bring up pregnant teens.
· We had a dream. We had an awesome dream. Mainly b/c it was filled with lesbian werewolves.
·: Noted blog-hater Patrick Goldstein entered the blogosphere. We can only guess how many of his 1,100 pageviews came from his IP address.
· Which groovy comedy superstar is openly courting other men to touch his monkey? Perhaps they should frequent the Fox and Sony lots?
· Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits. We'll miss you, George.

Anne Hathaway Riddle Time: What Has Four Legs, Two Owners and No Home?

STV — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:15:00 EDT

The Ballad of Anne and Raffaello took perhaps its most distressing turn this morning when it was revealed that in all the oily-boyfriend dumping and alleged deity-swindling, a 2-year-old is perilously caught in middle. But little Esmeralda won't be in limbo for long, we hear — not if an ally of jailed Hathaway ex Raffaello Follieri gets his way:

"Could Anne Hathaway please come get her dog?" asked a friend of Follieri.

The pooch is being cared for by Follieri's mother, Anna, who's here from Italy for cancer treatment and living in his $40,000-a-month Trump Tower penthouse.
While Follieri is in jail and unable to make bail, "he can't afford a dog walker, and his mom has cancer," said our source. "I feel bad for the dog. She's a beautiful, sweet dog who probably greeted the FBI agents with her tail wagging."

The animal lovers at Page Six weren't taking any chances, meanwhile, further scandalizing Hathaway online with an age-advanced rendering of Esmeralda three weeks from now (pictured above), couched in the guise of an ad for something called the "World Society for the Protection of Animals." Another skeevy Follieri front, to be sure — this asshole thought of everything.

Follieri Bust Maroons Pooch [Page six]