Stars: Swinging, Spanking, and Pleasingly Pinched

NYC real-estate insiders say that "the incredible amount [Alex Rodriguez] is offering" on a four-bedroom luxury apartment for sale in 15 Central may be waaay high and outside. But with Madonna's condo only two blocks away, he may be swinging for a homerun. [NYP]

Last week the cast and crew of the CW11's hit show, Gossip Girl descended upon a home in Prospect Park South to shoot as scene in which Serena and Blair are having a fight - in the Hamptons! Yep, and believe it or not, this Queens home makes a pretty convincing Hampton home, especially when the director was overheard barking, "Spank her again!" [FlatbushVegan]

The ultra-proper River House on West 87th at one time rejected actress Diane Keaton's application for one of their luxury NYC apartments because her relationship with Woody Allen was considered unseemly. In the visage of Renee Zellweger, however, River House must be as pleased to find a neighbor as pinched as they are puckered, since they have just approved her purchase of a third luxury apartment in the building. [yippi.com]

It's hard to say if Hollywood partners in Goth, Sweeny Todd's director Tim Burton and co-star Helena Bonham Carter, decided to sell their two, combinable NYC apartments in 1 Fifth Avenue when they heard Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell's next novel would be called One Fifth Avenue. But it's even harder to picture Carter in flouncy pink dresses and Burton being emotionally unavailable. [NYP]

Maybe Rodney Dangerfield "can't get no respect", but his spacious NYC luxury can get no buyer after two price cuts and over 10 months on the market. [NYMag]