Naomi Whines and Dines
Naomi Campbell has apparently taken time out from her busy schedule of (allegedly) bullying her hapless assistants to bully some hapless waiters.
The London Mirror reports the volatile supermodel had a mini-meltdown recently at the swanky London eatery Cipriani after she was -- horrors! -- presented with a bill.
The paper says Naomi was "in good spirits" as she feasted on pricey dishes and downed champagne and wine with boyfriend Usher and a pair of pals.
But then the inconceivable happened -- a sacrificial lamb, er, waiter brought the cantankerous catwalker the nearly $4,000 check.
Bad idea. Seems Campbell expected the meal to be comped because the restaurant is co-owned by her ex-boyfriend, Flavio Briatore.
"When Naomi was handed the bill she looked furious," an insider tells the paper. "People could tell there was a kerfuffle going on. Then she said the service wasn't up to the levels she was used to. In the end, Flavio was called and he told [the] staff to waive the bill."
Campbell's overworked mouthpiece offered his client's side of the story to the Mirror: "There wasn't an argument. When the bill came Naomi said Flavio was taking care of it, as agreed."
No word on whether the waiters received a generous tip (we'll go out on a limb and say probably not), although a music industry source tells the New York Daily News that the leggy looker "is always on her best behavior around [Usher]."
Good idea, as his career just keeps getting hotter and hotter. Variety reports the chart-topping crooner will take on his first dramatic starring role in the moniker-challenged flick, "Dying for Dolly" (another strike against it: The director is Ron Underwood, the guy who helmed the epic disaster that was "Pluto Nash").
Usher will play the loyal soldier of a mafia don whose life gets complicated when he's ordered to protect the boss's hottie daughter. Chazz Palmintieri and Emmanuelle Chriqui co-star.
The trade says Usher may also take the lead in the oh-so-punny "Step in the Name of Love," which is described as an urban "Saturday Night Fever."
Naomi Campbell has apparently taken time out from her busy schedule of (allegedly) bullying her hapless assistants to bully some hapless waiters.
The London Mirror reports the volatile supermodel had a mini-meltdown recently at the swanky London eatery Cipriani after she was -- horrors! -- presented with a bill.
The paper says Naomi was "in good spirits" as she feasted on pricey dishes and downed champagne and wine with boyfriend Usher and a pair of pals.
But then the inconceivable happened -- a sacrificial lamb, er, waiter brought the cantankerous catwalker the nearly $4,000 check.
Bad idea. Seems Campbell expected the meal to be comped because the restaurant is co-owned by her ex-boyfriend, Flavio Briatore.
"When Naomi was handed the bill she looked furious," an insider tells the paper. "People could tell there was a kerfuffle going on. Then she said the service wasn't up to the levels she was used to. In the end, Flavio was called and he told [the] staff to waive the bill."
Campbell's overworked mouthpiece offered his client's side of the story to the Mirror: "There wasn't an argument. When the bill came Naomi said Flavio was taking care of it, as agreed."
No word on whether the waiters received a generous tip (we'll go out on a limb and say probably not), although a music industry source tells the New York Daily News that the leggy looker "is always on her best behavior around [Usher]."
Good idea, as his career just keeps getting hotter and hotter. Variety reports the chart-topping crooner will take on his first dramatic starring role in the moniker-challenged flick, "Dying for Dolly" (another strike against it: The director is Ron Underwood, the guy who helmed the epic disaster that was "Pluto Nash").
Usher will play the loyal soldier of a mafia don whose life gets complicated when he's ordered to protect the boss's hottie daughter. Chazz Palmintieri and Emmanuelle Chriqui co-star.
The trade says Usher may also take the lead in the oh-so-punny "Step in the Name of Love," which is described as an urban "Saturday Night Fever."
I believe so - baby steps Naomi, baby steps 
