1) Bad week for Def Jam mogul Russell Simmons. First there's the whole divorce thing, and then he dropped the price on his sprawling Liberty Street penthouse. Again. The new price: $7.2 million. Might be time to pass the hat around. [Manhattan Transfers]
2) Marci Klein, daughter of Calvin Klein and Saturday Night Live's chief talent booker, plunked down $10 million for a 4,200-square-foot SoHo condo in an undisclosed 12-story prewar building. [Braden Keil/Gimme Shelter]
3) Did Page 6 write negatively about Ellen Barkin's townhouse fence because P6 editor Richard Johnson's new wife worked for Barkin ex Ron Perelman??? (Sorry, slow week.) [NYDN]
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