• Columbia professor punches fellow faculty member in the face. Weeeeell that was stupid. [NYP]

• Ungaro calls Lindsay Lohan's line a "disaster." Oh, we called it. [Independent]

• Speaking of LiLo, rumors that she was in a relationship with Heath Ledger when he died continue. [Radar]

• Burberry's Gemma Ward to quit modeling over weight gain. Another one bites the dust. [ONTD]

• Tom Ford: Yves Saint Laurent "evil." [TheCut]

• Jacques Chirac to go to trial. [NYT]

• Adrian Grenier discusses his work shifts at the Park Slope Food Coop. [GrubSt]

• The Chocolate Show is here! [ChocolateShow]

• Christian Siriano for Starbucks! [FWD]

• Heath Ledger's final work and directorial debut released. [EOnline]

• Not. Safe. For. Work. Gossip Girl's Rufus. All of him. [OMGBlog]

• Modest Mouse released 'King Rat' today - a music video directed by Heath Ledger. [E!Online]

• Donald Trump and Ivanka Trump are investing $100 million "to make this company great again" and "make Atlantic City hot once more." Unfortunately, no amount of money could ever accomplish this goal. [NYTimes]

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• Go brunch, brunch, brunch [NYObserver]
• Bye bye to Bari and suppliers on the Bowery [Eater]
• We are losing jobs, but not as many as they did [DailyIntel]
• Celebrate the anniversary of alcohol! [Gothamist]
• No one wants to live in Heath's apartment [HuffingtonPost]

Heath Ledgers' Bar "Five Leaves" has just opened up in Brooklyn.  Urbandaddy has the scoop:

First, the designer is the man behind such barroom favorites as Moto, Smith and Mills and Tailor, so you'll notice the same attention to detail, handcrafted look and hint of cool about the place. The end effect is a bar that Thomas Edison might have built for his buddies.

It's all meant to be a super casual California- and Australia-tinged cafe, coffeehouse and oyster bar, with greenmarket snacks like Sliced Radishes on Toast with Evans Farmhouse Butter. And starting with tonight's friends and family opening party, you'll probably see a few famous faces amongst the Billyburg faithful.

[Heath Ledger Rolled His Cigarettes In Swan Papers?]
[The Meaning Behind The Five Leaves]

There's a new bar on the watch list. The corner of Lorimer and Bedford, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is set to be home of "The Five Leaves", a bar that will be opened by one of Heath Ledger's good friends. In fact, Ledger was a "key backer of the project and was going to be a full partner." (From "Heath Ledger's Final Act."):

[Photo via DBTH]

His untimely death put the project in jeopardy, but his father became executor of the estate, and because he knew how much the project meant to Heath, he released the funds to finish construction. The name Five Leaves is a working name, and comes from Swan cigarette papers that tell you when there are just five left in a package. [DBTH]

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