At least from the News' Jo Piazza: "Someone needs to let Dina McGreevey (oh sorry, Matos) know that no one feels sorry for her. Instead of gaining her some sympathy, her whining has only made her more loathsome. Cry us a river, Dina. New Jersey's scorned beard whined on the stand that since her marriage dissolved she has had to go from shopping for clothes at Neiman Marcus to Marshalls. The discount chain must have been having a fire sale on the bright-red skirt suits she's been wearing the past two days. She doesn't get to live in the big pretty governor's mansion any more. She has even had to start footing the bill for her daughter's private education. She may soon have to pay for her own health insurance. Enough already." [NYDN]

Because a Google search for Daily News gossip Jo Piazza returns a Jossip page as the first result, we're guessing an email from Sopranos actor Vince Curatola, pictured here on the left, that arrived in our inbox but was addressed to Jo, got sent to us by mistake.

Bummer. For him.

The note is a response to Jo's Full Disclosure column on Sunday, where she was talking about the possibility of a Sopranos movie. At the launch for Lorraine Bracco's new wine label (which didn't even get a mention!), Jo namedrops cast veterans like Michael Imperioli (Christopher Moltisanti), Steve Schirripa (Bobby 'Bacala' Baccalieri), and Dominic Chianese (Uncle Junior).

But no love for Curatola, who played Johnny 'Sack' Sacramoni, or Tony Sirico, who played Paulie 'Walnuts' Gualtieri.

And Sack is sorta upset.

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Jo Piazza's Sunday column, "Full Disclosure," debuted yesterday in the Daily News.

Piazza, who got her big start as a stringer for Rush & Molloy, marks year No. 3 with New York's hometown paper. And while she's working her own gossip sources, she also finds herself in the same circumstances as Ben Widdicombe used to, when he had a weekend-only column: By the time Sunday roles around, most of the decent scoops have been picked up. And speaking from experience, it takes a trustworthy source to keep her mouth quiet and not spill to the competition — even at the same rag.

And what not-good-enough-for-the-weekdays items did we have to look forward to? A Fashion Week party face off between Marc Jacobs and Diddy, with nice plugs for Cadillac and Ciroc vodka (which Diddy endorses). Oh, and the first eyewitness report of Jacobs, Jason Preston, and porn star Erik Rhodes making their threeway relationship public.

Elsewhere, Mary-Kate Olsen, despite her day-after partying, still feels terrible about the death of Heath Ledger, who she'd been dating "casually." And an obvious blind-item.

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We always knew Jo Piazza was destined for bigger things. When those "bigger things" stopped involving Cocktail Weekly, however, we wondered if she'd be forever relegated to writing up "Britney Spears throws a tantrum" stories. Not so!

New York mag's blog, which happens to be spearheaded by Piazza's former Rush & Molloy co-stringer Chris Rovzar, reports Jo is getting her own Sunday column in the News, "Full Disclosure With Jo Piazza," padding the pages alongside R&M and Ben Widdicombe's Gatecrasher.

Exclusive:

After a year-long stint at Gatecrasher, gossip girl Laura Schreffler (right) is ditching the Daily Snooze in favor of a new gig as senior writer for OK! magazine, leaving the features managing editor (and intimidating Irishwoman) Orla Healy behind in favor of buxom Brit Sarah Ivens.

And with Schreffler originally slated to take a features position in the Daily News' Los Angeles bureau, some PR insiders are already whispering that some last minute "drama" and/or internal conflict was the cause for the split.

Schreffler is quick to dispel those rumors, however, insisting she left Orla and the Daily News on "great terms," and explaining "I just didn't feel that being a hard news reporter was the right move for me." (In which case, OK! magazine was definitely the way to go!)

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Okay, we take back what we said about the Daily News's Fashion Dish blog: "Perfect for gossipy tidbits that everyone else is reading about on other sites." This post makes it clear that Jo Piazza and Laura Schreffler aren't simply phoning it in. They're Twittring it in. And them girls are cat-ty.

This little gem was just forwarded to us by a friend of a friend of a sister of a cousin of a friend or acquaintance of new Rush & Molloy stringer Cristina Kinon. And from what we can make out, she's helping out a dear friend Jo (of the Piazza clan possibly?) with a book review of sorts.

From: Kinon, Cristina
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:52 PM
Subject: Be in the Daily News!

Hey Ladies: My good friend Jo is looking for a few good women to help her out with a story she's doing on this new book, Been There, Done That, Kept the Jewelry which basically categorizes men and why dating certain types sucks but also points out the things you can learn about yourself from the relationships …so she needs you hot chicas to share your stories about the guys you've dated. You'd be photographed and asked to share how your last 3 boyfriends have made you a better person (whether by hooking up with your best friend or promising to call you back in five minutes and it's been about five years now). But she needs to do it ASAP, so you'd have to speak to her/be photographed today, tomorrow, or at the latest Wednesday (as it's for Thursday's paper).

Let me know if you're interested (be interested!!!).

Thanks!

Cristina

So … did you learn anything the last time a douchebag hit on your sister in front of you at bar? Are you cute enough to be in a newspaper? Let Cristina or Jo know immediately. Thanks a mil chicas!!!

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