Motion on the Ocean

Amber Valetta, Real Housewife Ramona Singer and Alexis Bryan Morgan were among the boldface names who turned up at Hudson Terrace last night to mark World Oceans Day. Hosted by Washington, D.C.-based charity Oceana and sponsored by Vanity Fair magazine and Nautica, the night featured a live auction as well as a special live performance by Estelle.

With all of the rain New York has gotten so far this month, many of us are already feeling like sea creatures. So why not support a fine finned friend and make a pledge to Oceana today? You can even "adopt" a seahorse for $50.

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Fare Thee Well, New York Post?

If Vanity Fair journalist and author Michael Wolff (The Man Who Owns The News) is correct, the New York Post may not be long for this world. At least, not as a Rupert Murdoch publication. Addressing the New York Press Club last night, Wolff predicted that once Murdoch buys the New York Times! (which, says Wolff, is all-but inevitable as the Gray Lady teeters on the edge of financial ruin), the Australian newspaperman will lose interest in the Post, which bleeds his News Corp of millions of dollars every year. Murdoch's shedding of the paper famed for headlines such as "Topless Woman in Headless Bar" may well prove to be the paper's death knell, forecasts Wolff, who believes, if anything, the tabloid will be folded into the Daily News. As for the city's paper of record, Wolff called the Times slushy and in need of an owner who can re-energize it. He believes that a Murdoch buyout of the NYT would save the periodical from its current state of wayward irrelevance. Wow. Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times in the hands of one man? Unimaginable. But, in Wolff's belief, unavoidable and not such a bad thing. Stay tuned.