New York, Feb. 28-March 4 – Now we know why Leonardo DiCaprio may have been reluctant to be seen in public with his lady, Gisele Bundchen, despite her beauty. Two days after their first appearance as an official couple at the Oscars, we found Gisele standing in the middle of Times Square, hawking bras for Victoria’s Secret.

Lil’ Kim couldn’t make the L.A. Oscar party scene because she had to appear in court early the next morning in connection with a 2001 shooting incident. The rapper, formerly famous for wearing next-to-nothing, continued to flaunt her new persona, primly attired in a pantsuit.

With Lil’ Kim on trial and supermodel Gisele pushing pushups, actress Meryl Streep no doubt had plenty to say to United Nations delegates at the 49th session of the Commission on the Status of Women.

We were left wondering about the state of one woman when Matthew McConaughey rolled his Airstream trailer into the Big Apple on his nationwide tour promoting his new flick, Sahara. Apparently the trailer has everything he needs except for Penelope Cruz.

Gentrification on the Lower East Side is out of control - Bruce Willis, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman and Lucy Liu have all been strutting the nabe. Oh wait, they’re shooting Lucky Number Slevin, and the cut on Josh Hartnett’s face is from the movie, not a mugging.

Robert De Niro and Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos held a press conference announcing a short-film competition in connection with De Niro’s Tribeca Film Festival. When they opened the floor to questions, someone piped up, “Hey Bezos, where’s my book? I’ve been waiting for it since Christmas".