This week: New York's most celebrated tart succumbs to the siren song of Los Angeles. Who will take her place? Does she know the indignities brunettes face out west?

L.A.: Pursuing her dream of reality television stardom, Spitzer courtesan and Waverly Inn regular Ashley Dupré takes leave for the West Coast. Farewell, gently lady.
NYC: Cynthia Rodriguez, estranged wife of Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, also skipped town, staying, for a moment, holed up in Paris with rocker—and friend to jilted ladies everywhere—Lenny Kravitz.
Advantage: NYC

L.A.: In an effort to cut costs, the Los Angeles Times cuts 150 newsrooom jobs
NYC: The New York Times is distracted from the death of print by yet another fearless climber.
Advantage: NYC

L.A.: Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa—formerly an ardent Hillary Clinton supporter—steps up to stump for Barack Obama
NYC: Representative Charlie Rangel has four rent-controlled apartments, the Times reports. Which—you'll have to take their word for it—is shady. It's also not nearly as interesting as when Villaraigosa stepped out with that hot Telemundo anchor.
Advantage: L.A.

L.A.: Happy photo-oppers Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt pack heat at their local shooting range. This all done not for publicity, but in memory of Heidi's late step-brother.
NYC: A psychologist is brought in to provide expert testimony in the divorce trial of Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook. Conclusion: Cook is a narcissist, and Brinkley needs to work on "her choice of male figures." Spencer and Heidi, is any of this sounding familiar?
Advantage: NYC

FINAL SCORE:
L.A.: 1
NYC: 3

We win. Free slurpees for everyone!