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Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue
 Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue 
Jul 31, 2009 10:08 AM CDT

Dethroned Miss Cali to Sue

Claims 'lost earnings,' even though she got a book deal...

(Newser) - The Miss California drama isn’t over yet: dethroned Carrie Prejean is filing a lawsuit against the organization, reports Perez Hilton, who snagged a copy of the complaint. Prejean names Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler, but not Donald Trump, as defendants in her suit for—among other things—slander, libel,...

Rihanna, Brown Spend Weekend in Same Hotel

Coincidence, or covert meeting?

(Newser) - Rihanna and Chris Brown spent this weekend at separate rooms in the Trump Tower Hotel in Manhattan, the New York Post reports. The two weren’t seen together—which would be a violation of a restraining order issued against Brown—but left and returned to the hotel several times in...

Bad Career Move! Trump's Golf Cart Stolen

(Newser) - Donald Trump’s personal golf cart was stolen this morning, the first day of competition in a tournament at his Trump National Golf Club-Bedminster, the Newark Star-Ledger reports. It’s known around the course that cart No. 13 is reserved for Trump whenever he’s around, and it went missing—...

Judge Quashes Trump's Suit Against Author

The Donald took issue with being called mere multi-millionaire

(Newser) - Donald Trump will have to live with being regarded as somewhat less astronomically wealthy, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports, after a judge today dismissed his defamation suit against Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation. O’Brien estimated that Trump is worth $150-$250 million; Trump says he’s worth billions, and claimed...

Bloomberg Obsessed With Golf...
Bloomberg Obsessed
With Golf...
Jun 18, 2009 11:30 AM CDT

Bloomberg Obsessed With Golf...

...but not very good at it, despite lots of study, practice, expense

(Newser) - Michael Bloomberg doesn’t like most sports, but he’s become consumed with that most clichéd of pursuits for rich 70-year-olds: golf. And he approaches the sport with the same success-at-all-costs doggedness with which he got himself elected mayor of New York, the New York Times reports. He hired...

I Know What Happened to Flight 447: Trump

Posts theory on his blog about 'plastic rudders'

(Newser) - Donald Trump: entrepreneur, reality show host, airline safety investigator. The real estate mogul has a friend who makes handcarts out of the same material the Airbus 330 rudders are made of, so the Donald has a theory about Air France Flight 447, the New York Post reports.

Trump Fires Miss California
 Trump Fires Miss California 
Jun 10, 2009 2:28 PM CDT

Trump Fires Miss California

Prejean not interested in abiding by contract: Trump

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean has lost her Miss California crown for repeatedly breaching her pageant contract, Fox News reports. “This was a business decision,” says a pageant producer. Pageant head Donald Trump stood by the call: “I told Carrie she needed to get back to work and honor her...

How Much Is Donald Worth? Here's How He Figures It

'Mental projections' and ballpark estimates rule Trump's valuation of his empire

(Newser) - As a defamation action brought by Donald Trump against a writer for allegedly understating the Donald’s net worth gets under way today, the question on everyone’s mind is: How much is Trump really worth? The 2005 book put the figure at $250 million, Deutsche Bank pegs it at...

Miss Cali Snags Fox News Gig

Prejean will guest host popular morning show

(Newser) - In what seems perhaps an inevitable move, Carrie Prejean will guest host a Fox News Channel morning show May 27, according to US News & World Report. Miss California, who became a hero of gay marriage opponents during the Miss USA pageant, will fill in for Gretchen Carlson on Fox ...

Director Moakler Bails On Miss Cali Pageant

Executive director resigns a day after decision

(Newser) - Shanna Moakler has resigned as executive director of the Miss California USA pageant, she tells Us magazine a day after Carrie Prejean was allowed to keep her crown and Donald Trump promised all was well in pageant-land. “I cannot with a clear conscious move forward supporting and promoting the...

Trump: Miss Cali Stays
 Trump: 
 Miss Cali Stays  
May 12, 2009 10:51 AM CDT

Trump: Miss Cali Stays

(Newser) - Donald Trump declined to fire the embattled Miss California today, TMZ reports. In a press conference, Trump, the owner of the Miss USA pageant, praised Carrie Prejean for answering a "tough" question about gay marriage 'honestly"—the same way, he noted, the president and the majority of Americans...

Organizers Defer to Trump on Miss Cali Title

(Newser) - Officials of the Miss California USA pageant have strongly criticized titleholder Carrie Prejean, but said today it's not their decision whether she should be stripped of her crown. Co-executive directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler told a Beverly Hills press conference that only Miss USA pageant owner Donald Trump can...

Miss California May Get the Boot Today

Pageant officials meeting

(Newser) - Carrie Prejean may be spending her last few hours with the Miss California crown. The pageant directors are holding a news conference today; Prejean wasn't invited, but runner-up Tami Farrell was, ABC News reports. And Donald Trump, who co-owns the Miss Universe Organization, has skedded one for tomorrow. Her offense?...

Buyers Lose $32 Million as Trump's Baja Bet Folds

Donald's name drew deposits which couldn't be refunded

(Newser) - Donald Trump lost some very big fans when his  luxury hotel-condo plan in Mexico collapsed, leaving little more than a hole in the ground and investors out of $32.2 million in deposits, the AP reports. Trump and his children heavily promoted the resort on the northern tip of Mexico's...

Trump Casinos Expected to Go Bankrupt

(Newser) - Owing bondholders more than a billion dollars, Donald Trump's Atlantic City casino company is expected to file for chapter 11 tomorrow, the Wall Street Journal reports. Board members are discussing it tonight, but if they don't file, creditors will force them into bankruptcy tomorrow. It will mark Trump Entertainment Resorts'...

Trump Files $100M Suit Over Golf Course

Mogul: city aims to 'stymie everything I do'

(Newser) - Donald Trump is taking his ongoing battle over a California golf course to court, the Los Angeles Times reports. Trump bought the course in Rancho Palos Verdes 6 years ago and wooed city officials by sprucing it up. Then came battles over land, ficus trees, and a street he wanted...

Madoff Crony Harangued at Tony Fla. Club

Jaffe nearly fights with furious bilked investor at black-tie bash

(Newser) - Bob Jaffe, who recruited many of the marks for Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion fraud operation, got an earful after showing up last weekend at a Palm Beach party brimming with Madoff’s victims, a source tells the New York Post. When one saw Jaffe, “it nearly came to...

Ivanka Snags Book Deal
 Ivanka Snags Book Deal 
Nov 21, 2008 10:43 AM CST

Ivanka Snags Book Deal

(Newser) - Ivanka Trump sees herself as a motivational figure, and a prominent book publisher agrees, reports the New York Post. The one-time model, 27, says the tome will present a "positive perspective with the women of my generation.” A Simon & Schuster rep called the aspiring author and tycoon...

Trump Houses Hudson, Family
 Trump Houses 
 Hudson, Family 
Nov 11, 2008 1:08 PM CST

Trump Houses Hudson, Family

Hudson and relatives stay at Trump Tower for free

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been sheltering Jennifer Hudson and some relatives in his swanky, self-named tower for free since the Oscar-winner's mother, brother, and nephew were murdered last month, People reports. “She's a great girl. And we're protecting them well,” the mogul says.

Trump Sues Lenders for Chicago Tower

Construction continues amid financial impasse

(Newser) - Donald Trump is suing lenders for a $640 million loan extension on his mostly completed Trump Tower in Chicago, after sales of condos have fallen short, the Wall Street Journal reports. Trump is angling to apply a force majeure provision—normally triggered by acts of war or natural disasters—in...

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