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Mrs. Mnuchin’s ‘Self-Absorbed Narcissistic Sociopath’
Louise Linton may make history as the first spouse of a U.S. treasury
secretary ever to appear onscreen in a three-way sex scene. Steven
Mnuchin’s wife — who nearly broke the internet in 2017 after being
photographed at the U.S. Mint holding a fresh sheet of currency while
wearing opera gloves — just wrapped production on Me, You, Madness,
a low-budget serial killer comedy that she wrote, produced, directed
and stars in. “I took the opportunity to play on my reputation — which
is completely off-base — by making my character a self-absorbed,
narcissistic, homicidal sociopath,” Linton, 38, tells THR during a visit
to the film’s L.A. set. If that weren’t enough to raise eyebrows, Linton
wrote a menage a trois for herself and co-star Ed Westwick, the Gossip
Girl actor who was caught up in 2017 sexual misconduct allegations.
“But it’s very tastefully done,” she promises. “You know, no nudity.”

Power

Dining

Angler

The Quick Pitch

Josh Skenes gained

fame for his Michelin-

starred Saison in San

Francisco, which is

built primarily around

hyper-local seafood

cooked on a rustic

hearth fire. Now a sec-

ond restaurant, in the

Beverly Center, reca-

librates the approach

through the prism of

whatever’s caught

fresh from Southern

California’s waters.

The Inside Dish

Don’t sleep on the

vegetable offerings,

also flame-licked,

including a Hasselback

potato with Taleggio

cheese sauce.

8500 Beverly Blvd.

— GARY BAUM

“She’s completely and utterly uninhibited,” says Louise Linton of her character in Me, You, Madness.

Greg Berlanti hung

out at San Vicente

Bungalows. ... Chelsea

Handler and Juliette

Lewis were at Superba

Food + Bread,

separately. ... Sherry

Lansing held court

at The Palm Beverly

Hills. ... Mariah Carey

popped in to Beauty &

Essex Los Angeles. ...

Kevin Hart celebrated

his birthday at TAO Los

Angeles with friends

Gabrielle Union,

Tiffany Haddish,

Tr a c e e E l l i s R o s s and

LeBron James, among

others. ... Ray Liotta

had dinner at BOA

Santa Monica. ... Over

at Craft, ICM Partners’

Toni Howard, attorney

Marty Singer and man-

ager Rick Yorn shared

the room.

Ari Emanuel’s new $35 million home.

What Does $35 Million Get in
Bel Air? Ask Ari Emanuel
Ari Emanuel isn’t waiting for the
Endeavor IPO to spend his
expected windfall. Sources say
the 58-year-old CEO is buying the
Fredericks residence on Chalon
Road that was listed for
$35 million. Built in 1927 by
Gordon Kaufmann (the g uy who
did the Hoover Dam), the seven-
bedroom, five-bathroom
property was once the home of
billionaire David Murdock and,

conviction (Polanski’s French

citizenship keeps him protected

while in France) — the director

will be Skyping his remarks to

the audience. “If he puts his toe

one inch over the line, he’ll be in

jeopardy,” says extradition attor-

ney Joshua Dratel. It’s happened

before: In 2009, during the Zurich

Film Festival, Swiss officials

detained Polanski at the behest

of the U.S., prompting Harvey

Weinstein to spearhead a petition

for his release signed by Alfonso

Cuarón and Natalie Portman,

among others. — TAT I A N A S I EG E L

Paul Schrader’s

‘Thoroughly Unprincipled’

Pal Peggy Siegal

Peggy Siegal’s been getting

the cold shoulder since it was

revealed July 10 in THR that she

used to accept money from and

pal around with accused sex

trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Netflix,

FX and Annapurna cut ties with

the longtime New York publi-

cist, and HBO has followed suit,

with a source telling Rambling

Reporter that the network has

“no projects lined up with her nor

do we plan to.” But Siegal, 72, has

at least one friend in the indus-

try: 71-year-old writer-director

Paul Schrader. “I’ve known Peggy

since American Gigolo in 1979,”

he posted July 22 on Facebook. “I

have great affection for her and

have always found her to be thor-

oughly unprincipled. That’s the

job description.” Siegal politely

declined to comment.

before that, Mossimo Giannulli

and wife Lori Loughlin (who may

be downsizing even more,

depending on how her college-

admissions trial goes in 2020).

According to sources, Emanuel

has been kicking the tires on a

variety of houses, even making a

“lowball” offer on a place in

Pacific Palisades. In March, the

recently single Emanuel sold his

5,700-square-foot pad in

Mandeville Canyon for

$19.3 million. — PETER KIEFER

Roman Polanski Won’t Be

Getting Arrested in Venice

For the screening of his latest

movie, An Officer and a Spy, at

the Venice Film Festival, Roman

Polanski will indeed be mak-

ing an appearance, just not in

person. Thanks to an extradition

treaty between Italy and the U.S.

— which still has an outstand-

ing arrest warrant for Polanski,

85, for a 1978 statutory rape

Berlanti

Haddish

HOT NEW

RESTAURANT

Rambling Reporter

By Chris Gardner

Peggy

Siegal