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Just A Chip Off The Old Block

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘JUSTICE IS THE PUBLIC FACE OF LOVE’  Cornell West

 

No one who has attempted to publish the Bible in a new way has been free from serious, life threatening, persecution.  We are blessed to have thousands, even millions, of friends, throughout the world, many of whom have been praying for us. Groups of thousands of intercessors have convened at different times over the past four years and asked God to intervene on our behalf, to foil and expose all wickedness, and pray for those who have so spitefully used and abused us.

 

It was Mr. Hall that directed Nova Spivack to use my investment for other than what it was agreed upon, we have the e-mails. It was Mr. Hall that boasted in his deposition that you have never said ‘no’ to him.

 

Mr. Hall and Mr. Levinsohn, you make Nova Spivack seem positively angelic compared to you both.

Mr. Levinsohn, if you are going to play politics, you’re never going to win playing with third string players, you knew that, right?

It’s because I’m a woman, isn’t it? It’s an automatic reflex to put women in their ‘place’.  And that I was born into such an enviable position?  I’m a chip off the old block fellas.

 

 

 

 

TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC: Paul Allen, billionaire showoff, Ross Levinsohn, still pounding us unrelentingly~ the 1% of the 1%

 

 

 

 

Despite the efforts of Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital and Ross Levinsohn, most recently of Yahoo’s, efforts to enforce a bankruptcy of a company they own, Radar Networks, and have absorbed into another company, Evri, which they also own, it seems their efforts have only delayed the inevitable. We are awaiting the new trial date. Despite all the defendants considerable attempts to pressure the trustee of the bankruptcy they claim, and their efforts to assert they have the larger claim on the bankruptcy even though they own the company and are far from bankrupt, yet again their schemes are becoming clearer and clearer to all who have been involved in this case.

 

The years they have stolen, their insistence in accomplishing their fraud despite all evidence exposing their machinations of self serving greed, dishonesty, bullying, and oppression with malice, these men consider themselves a law unto themselves. They have mocked Kate Paley, and her company Worddiamonds LLC, taken hostage her website, ripped it apart to destroy all functionality ‘so [she] would throw more money at it’ [Nova Spivack], unapologetically and unrelentingly. But the scorn they express towards the law and our legal system is growing into its own monument of their attitudes towards the rights of others. Its men like this that erode the common good, that disdain the common man, that destroy the fabric of trust necessary for economic growth and health.

 

The United States has plenty of enemies around the world. These men, and others like them, are the enemy within.

 

 

As of March 2012, Paul Allen’s net worth was approximately 14 billion dollars. The 1% of the 1%. Here you have a problem.

Paul Allen’s yachts Octopus and Tatoosh and his private island and one of many homes, this on Mercer Island- the biggest hoarder in America? How much is enough? Yeah we know, just a little bit more. Shame on you. Call off your dogs Mr. Allen, and face the music.

God loves you. We forgive you. Turn from your sins, and live. In the name of Jesus Christ, be healed! Amen.

 

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at the core of Radar Networks

 

NO ETHICS

 

While Steve Hall is orchestrating fraud, he feigns ignorance in correspondence with us

There are more exhibits still under seal in which Steve Hall takes us

to task for implying he is not a man of his word, which we never

implied. However, it turns out otherwise. The fraudulent conveyance

was completed September 15 we later found out, just before this

correspondence was taking place.

All financials that as an investor we of course are entitled to see, were kept from us until after the trial was scheduled to begin, five months ago, when Mr. Hall and Mr. Levinsohn declared bankruptcy for the company they themselves own in order to stop the trial from going forward.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve Hall of Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital Objects- Says Judge’s Ruling Is ‘Procedurally Flawed’

Mr. Hall, whose jujitsu legal tactics continue to manufacture, out of whole cloth, scenarios to obscure his fraudulent scheme to defraud Kate Paley and Worddiamonds, now wants to teach us how to proceed- not in truth, but in tactics?

According to the perverse logic he employed in declaring Radar Networks bankrupt the day before a trial that was scheduled for 2 years to begin? Mr. Hall do you think this is a chess game? You own Radar Networks, and, you are not bankrupt, nor is Vulcan Capital or your boss Paul Allen. Don’t you have any shame?

It seems you are all so accustomed to such a cesspool of murkiness and half truths you really don’t see that Worddiamonds itself is based on the Bible, and the American legal system is also based on the  Bible, and that the full light of day and truth is shining on us.

The anger of the defendants attorneys is a wonder to behold- they are furious not to be getting away with legally twisting the truth, tactics that are second nature to them it seems.

 

 

Law360-  Calif. Judge OKs Deal Lifting Stay On Radar Fraud Suit 

 

A California federal judge on Friday agreed to approve a deal reached by the trustee overseeing Radar Networks Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings that will allow a Radar investor’s fraud suit against former Yahoo Inc. CEO Ross Levinsohn and Vulcan Capital managing partner Steve Hall to go forward.

Attorneys for Kate Paley, a Radar investor who had been engaged in litigation with the company over the alleged fraudulent $3 million transfer before its bankruptcy, said Friday that U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Carlson accepted from the bench their motion to approve a deal that calls for Paley to fund the suit and turn over any money she makes to the trustee with the possibility of reimbursement.

The decision will allow the San Mateo Superior Court to lift its stay on Paley’s trial with Levinsohn, a Radar director who was Yahoo’s interim CEO until his replacement in July, and other Radar insiders who allegedly diverted money she lent to the company to another entity.

“Defendants invoked the bankruptcy stay as a delay tactic the night before trial was originally to begin, and today’s ruling ends more than five months of continued obstruction of the judicial process,” Doug Colt, an attorney for Paley, told Law360 Friday. “Ms. Paley looks forward to her day in court and is eager to resume trial of her fraud claims.”

Paley, the daughter of late CBS Corp. CEO William Paley, filed a complaint against Levinsohn, Hall, Radar founder Nova Spivack and third party company Evri Inc. in May 2010, alleging fraud, fraudulent conveyance, breach of contract and unfair competition.

The Radar “insiders” allegedly took a $3 million loan Paley had made to the company and improperly transferred it without authorization to Evri, a Vulcan Capital affiliate, which eventually bought Radar. Trial was scheduled to begin Feb. 27, but on that day the defendants stayed the action in state court pending Radar’s bankruptcy petition.

Paley argued in a motion to dismiss the Chapter 7 case that it was essentially a two-party dispute between her and the insiders, and that the bankruptcy was being used to thwart her prosecution of the state court action because the trustee did not have the funds to prosecute the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act claims.

The trustee reached an agreement with Paley in July, under which Paley would fund prosecution of the UFTA claims, choose the attorneys that prosecute the case, turn over any recovery to the trustee and subject any proposed settlement to the bankruptcy court.

Vulcan Capital’s Steve Hall objected to the agreement as “procedurally flawed” and argued that it would not be beneficial to the fair resolution of Radar’s bankruptcy proceedings.

He also claimed it would result in a conflict of interest for her counsel for ostensibly proposing to represent the debtor’s estate on the UFTA claims while simultaneously suing the debtor, but Judge Carlson deemed the stipulation appropriate.

Counsel for the defendants did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.

Paley is represented by Colt Wallerstin LLP and Goldberg Stinnett Davis & Linchey PC.

The trustee is represented by Michael A. Issacs of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP.

Levinsohn is represented by O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Spivack is represented by Jonathan M. Reymann. Radar is represented by Murray & Murray PC. Evri is represented by Savitt Bruce & Willey LLP.

Paley’s fraud action is Paley v. Radar Networks Inc. et al., case number CIV-494701, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Mateo.

The case is In re: Radar Networks Inc., case number 11-bk-33990, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

–Additional reporting by Richard Vanderford. Editing by Richard McVay.

God Wins! -today’s court ruling

Paley v. Radar Networks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Bankruptcy Court issues order permitting California fraud trial to resume against Ross Levinsohn, Steve Hall, and Nova Spivack. 

On August 10, 2012, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California issued an order permitting plaintiff Kate Paley, daughter of CBS founder William Paley, to pursue causes of action for fraudulent transfer against defendants Ross Levinsohn, Steve Hall, and Nova Spivack, who have been sued in California state court.

This ruling ends a five-month delay that was orchestrated by defendants to avoid a public trial.  On May 3, 2010, Ms. Paley filed a complaint in San Mateo Superior Court, alleging causes of action for fraud, fraudulent conveyance, breach of contract, unfair competition, and related claims.

Named as defendants were Ross Levinsohn (who most recently served as interim CEO of Yahoo!, Inc.), Steve Hall (managing partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Vulcan Capital), and Nova Spivack.  Plaintiff Paley was the primary investor in Radar Networks, Inc., a Silicon Valley startup managed by defendants.   Plaintiff contends that defendants mismanaged the company, resulting in its failure and the eventual fraudulent transfer of the company’s assets to another company controlled by Evri, Inc., another company controlled by defendant Hall.

Discovery in the case revealed that Levinsohn had an actual intent to defraud Ms. Paley.  In September 2009, for example, Levinsohn voted in favor of a transaction that converted Ms. Paley, without her consent, from a creditor who was owed over $3 million by Radar to an equity holder .  Levinsohn was told numerous times that converting Ms. Paley’s loan to equity was improper, but this conversion was a first and necessary step to making sure that Ms. Paley could not share any of the proceeds from the fraudulent sale of Radar’s assets to Evri.  Thereafter, in February 2010, as the sole member of Radar’s “Acquisition Committee,” Levinsohn rejected an offer from Intellectual Ventures for more than twice the amount offered by Evri.  Radar’s assets were then sold to Evri, giving defendants control over the assets, proceeds from the assets, and all the while leaving Ms. Paley with nothing from her investment.  This carefully orchestrated scheme forms the basis for the California lawsuit.

In an attempt to avoid trial, defendants filed motions for summary judgment in the California suit, which were denied in February 2012.  The case was set for trial to begin on February 27, 2012; that very day, defendants filed a notice of stay after orchestrating a bankruptcy filing on behalf of Radar Networks.   For months in the bankruptcy suit, defendants attempted to delay the proceedings in order to avoid a public trial.

Following this order by the Bankruptcy Court, Ms. Paley will immediately move the Superior Court to lift its stay and allow trial to resume.  The case is Paley et al v. Radar Networks, Inc. et al, Case No. CIV-494701, currently pending in San Mateo Superior Court in Redwood City, California.

Exhibit O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Note: to trigger a conversion, $4m of new capital was needed- however here, Steve Hall is testifying that he

and Ross Levinsohn “to the nickel” put up equal parts of only one million dollars.   This in fact is not enough

to trigger a conversion, which the judge has ruled was not ambiguous. Only a new $4million dollars could trigger

a conversion.The judge has ruled that the conversion at $1 million dollars  that Mr. Levinsohn and Mr. Hall

orchestrated was improper, and at the root of the fraud perpetrated. Because of the judge’s ruling, the defendants

filed a bogus bankruptcy of Radar, literally on the eve before the trial that had been scheduled for over 2 years was

to begin to stop the trial from going forward. This same kind of bogus legal maneuvering is of a piece with the

improper, faudulent conveyance].

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More to follow…

unsealed-the briefs filed objecting to Ross Levinsohn of Yahoo and Steve Hall of Vulcan Capital’s attempts to declare they themselves are victims of their own fraud and are therefore owed money

 

“There is no real development without integrity, that is- a love of truth.” Frank Lloyd Wright

RADAR NETWORKS, INC., Debtor. Case No. 11-33990 Chapter 7 Date: Time: Place: Judge: June 8, 2012 9:30 a.m. Courtroom 23 235 Pine Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA Hon. Thomas E. Carlson DECLARATION OF EVAN MANDEL IN SUPPORT OF REPLY TO OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISMISS I, Evan Mandel, declare:

1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of New York, and am a principal of the law firm of Mandel Bhandari LLP, counsel for Kate Paley (“Paley”), a creditor herein, in connection with her lawsuit pending in the San Mateo County Superior Court, San Mateo County Superior Court, Case N. CIV 494701 (the “State Court Action”) against Radar Networks, the debtor herein (“Radar” or the “Debtor”), its directors, Ross Levinsohn, Steve Hall, and Noah Spivack (“Insiders” or “Defendants”), and Evri, Inc. (“Evri”) for fraud, fraudulent conveyance, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, declaratory judgment, conversion and constructive trust. In such capacity, I am personally familiar with each of the facts stated herein, to which I could competently testify if called upon to do so in a court of law.

2. In connection with the State Court Action, the following facts and evidence were obtained in the course of discovery: a. Paley’s $3 million loan, plus interest, was payable on demand by Paley any time on or after September 30, 2009, unless new funding of $4 million was received by the Debtor, in which case the note would be automatically converted. See, Exhibit C to Declaration of Noah Spivack filed in support of the Debtor’s Opposition (“Spivack Decl.”).

As of September 30, 2009, Radar had at least $1,002,557 cash on hand and an estimated value of $20,000,000. See Exhibit A (Financial Statement Compilation for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009). b. On June 25, 2009, Spivack wrote to Levinsohn explaining that “we need a minimum of 4M of new money,” which would result in “$3M from Kate [and] $4M+ from others.” See Exhibit B (June 25, 2009 email). The next day, Spivack explained further: “One wrinkle is that Kate’s note is due on 9/30/09. On that date, if she has not converted yet, she can request repayment. That would of course be bad. So we actually should convert her.” See Exhibit C (June 26, 2009 email). c. For several weeks, Hall tried to convince Paley to voluntarily relinquish her right to get repaid on September 30, however, she refused. Radar sent Paley a document purporting to be a release and an extension of the maturity date of her loan, however, Paley did not sign it.

d. On September 15, 2009, Levinsohn’s company, Fuse, and Hall’s company, Vulcan,[each investing exactly half of] $842,192.42 and the Directors purported to convert Paley’s $3 million loan to equity. The State Court found that the conversion was improper.

e. On September 15, 2009, before she knew about the conversion, Paley wrote to Hall, whom she thought she could trust. She implored him to help her work things out with her investment and Word Diamonds. Paley asked Hall to help her communicate with Radar because “I do need to see [Radar’s Financials] as an investor and also regarding the handling of my second 3m investment as regards the Twine [] agreement.” Insidiously, the next day, Hall replied, “I am sure it is an oversight and something the company can rectify immediately.” See Exhibit D (September 15, 2009 email).

Hall did not tell Paley that he had just implemented the scheme to convert Paley’s $3 million loan to equity. See Exhibit E (September 17, 2009 response from Hall).

f. In March 2010, all of the Debtor’s assets were sold to Evri for approximately $1,125,000 in cash, plus shares in Evri representing a 3% – 5% stake in Evri. The sale to Evri was made despite a February 2010 offer by Intellectual Ventures to pay $2.75 million for Radar’s patents alone, plus a non-exclusive license to Radar to use the patents. g. On July 26, 2009, Hall introduced Radar’s CEO Spivack to Evri CEO Hunsinger, and Spivack immediately recognized the introduction for what it was: “I bet Steve Hall is plotting to acquire our assets at firesale price into Evri.” See Exhibit F. And that is precisely what Hall was plotting, and it is exactly what he did.

Hall used confidential information about Radar’s business that he acquired as director and fiduciary of Radar to assist Evri in acquiring Radar’s assets at a price that was far below their fair market value. Spivack valued Radar’s assets as being “worth more than $20 million” in November 2009. See Exhibit G. h. In March 2010, Radar’s assets were sold to Evri for $1,125,000 in cash and 1,746,016 in Evri restricted shares. Depending on the valuation of Evri’s restricted shares, Evri was able to purchase substantially all of Radar’s assets for approximately $1,125,000.1

i. In seeking approval from the Evri Board of Directors to enter into negotiations to purchase Radar’s assets, Hunsinger explained that Hall had provided his insider’s perspective: Working closely with Steve H to come to this conclusion, I strongly believe that Evri has an opportunity to acquire valuable assets and talent from Radar Networks on very attractive terms. . . . Given the target companies[‘] situation, Evri has significant leverage and we are uniquely positioned to execute a clean, pure equity deal obtaining significant option value on assets for a relatively low price.”

1 Defendant Levinsohn claims that his investment fund is “carrying [the Evri shares] at zero” but “to this day, it’s unclear what the total amount of consideration [Levinsohn’s investment fund] received as part of the purchase agreement for Radar’s assets is.” Exhibit Y (Levinsohn Deposition Transcript, 259:2-17.) .

Exhibit H. Hall also provided Hunsinger with Radar’s confidential information as to whether Evri could poach Radar engineers. Exhibit I. j. Obtaining Radar’s assets at a firesale price was not Hall’s only motive for wanting to drive Radar out of business. The Vulcan entity that had invested in Radar, Vulcan II, had realized a significant amount of taxable income, and Radar’s bankruptcy would permit Vulcan II to realize a total tax loss of its Radar investment. See Exhibit J (“[F]or months [Hall] has been saying Vulcan could use the write off, and now he’s happy to have the company shut down and take the write-off.”)) k. Indeed, in numerous private communications, Spivack and his COO accused Hall of (1) “letting [Radar] fall apart” so that Vulcan (or Evri) could “tak[e] over the assets” (Exhibit K); (2) having a plan to facilitate Evri’s acquisition of Radar at a “firesale price” (Exhibit L); (3) wanting to “drive [Radar] into bankruptcy and take our assets” (Exhibit M); (4) intentionally “starv[ing] [Radar], forc[ing] layoffs, and then corner[ing] us and forc[ing] a sale to Evri” (Exhibit M); and (5) Hall “wants us to fails so that Evri can get us in a wind down” (Exhibit N).

l. The sale to Evri enabled Hall to increase his ownership interest in Radar’s assets, obtain a tax advantage and reputational benefits.

In 2006, Vulcan made its first investment in Radar. Hall holds a carried interest in the Vulcan investment fund that owned an equity position in Radar and a contractual right to receive profits generated by the fund. At the time of the transfer of Radar’s assets to Evri, Evri was, and still is, in effect a subsidiary of Vulcan. Vulcan has invested at least $36 million in Evri. Vulcan owns more than 90% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Evri and Paul Allen controls Vulcan.

In deposition, Hall freely acknowledged that Vulcan controlled Evri. Hall has personally invested in the Vulcan entity that manages Evri. (Exhibit O) (Vulcan Capital Venture Capital II LLC (“Venture II”) owns Evri; Venture II is managed by Vulcan Capital Venture Capital Management II LLC (“Management II”)). Hall has invested money in Management II. m. Hall received substantial benefits from Radar’s sale of its assets to Evri. As a director and indirect owner of Evri, as a result of the asset sale, Hall obtained control of all of  Radar’s assets and a greater ownership interest in such assets through his interest in Evri.

Hall also received a major tax advantage from the asset sale: the Vulcan fund that owned Radar had realized approximately $85 million in taxable income as a result of at least one extremely successful investment; the dissolution of Radar that followed the asset sale allowed Vulcan to realize the tax loss that it suffered in its Radar investment; and that loss became a valuable deduction for the owners of the Vulcan fund that owned Radar. (Exhibit O) (Hall Dep. at 258:2-259:25.)

In fact, Hall repeatedly told Spivack and other Radar personnel that he wanted Radar to go bankrupt so that he and Vulcan could obtain the associated tax benefits. (Exhibit J). n. Radar’s assets were worth significantly more than $1.125 million, based on the February 2010 offer from Intellectual Ventures to pay $2.75 million for Radar’s patents, Spivack’s valuation of Radar at approximately $45 million to $50 million as of the fall of 2009 (Exhibit P); and Exhibit Q (“45M+ is reasonable”), and Vulcan’s willingness to pay more for Radar’s assets

(Exhibit R) (Hall email to Paul Allen, the head of Vulcan that, at the time of the Intellectual Ventures offer, Vulcan was willing to pay more: “So we are in the middle of playing some hardball maneuvering to get this over the goal line without having to pay any more money for it.”); and Radar’s potential claim against Evri for violating Radar’s patents (Exhibit S (“[T]here is a potential lawsuit here. A big one, I think.”), (“They are violating many of our patents.”).)

o. Levinsohn’s sworn testimony in the State Court litigation is that anything that benefited Fuse’s ComVentures VI fund also benefited him personally. Also, Levinson’s “personal money” was at stake “in our fund,” i.e. ComVentures VI. p. ComVentures loaned Radar $271,000 on November 30, 2009 and was one of Radar’s unsecured creditors. The Levinsohn Fund was also promised additional shares in Evri several months after the transaction for Radar’s assets closed.

Indeed, The Levinsohn Fund received 381,595 “excess shares” of Evri’s common stock from the Asset Sale in June 2010, and 571,770 shares of Evri common stock in June 2011. Exhibit T (Corrected Levinsohn Decl. ¶31.)

This additional payment to Levinsohn’s investment fund was not disclosed in the March 2010 Asset Purchase Agreement.

Levinsohn also received a reputational benefit by orchestrating a pay-out to his investment fund and achieving a “soft landing” for his investment. Levinsohn was responsible for the loan being made and, as a result, was “out on a limb with [his] firm.” Exhibit U.

q. As for Spivack, he knew that unless Radar commanded a sale price in excess of $63 million, he and his management team would not be able to cash in their shares at all. See Exhibit V (“The preferred shareholders have up to $63 mm of liquidation preferences from the A and B rounds in place.”) In that same email, Spivack explains that even if the sale price to Microsoft (rather than Evri) is somewhere in the range of $40 million, unless the deal comes with a “management carve out” he and the other common stock holders will “get[] nothing.”

Faced with the prospect of Radar’s investors making millions of dollars on their investments with Spivack “getting nothing” or Spivack making some money and the investors getting nothing, Spivack chose the latter option.

In negotiations with Evri, Spivack’s primary concern was not maximizing shareholder value – it was fluffing his own golden parachute. In a November 4, 2009 email, Spivack told Hall that the main financial goal for “other investors” is to offer them just enough value to “get their votes and avoid liability issues.” But for himself, he was very specific: (i) a salary of $250,000; (ii) a six month severance package; (iii) 10% of equity in Evri with “some of it already vested at signing”; (iv) if less equity, then a higher salary; (v) a seat on the Evri board; and (vi) “to be able to monetize some of my Radar equity now, at the time of sale, to cash.” When Evri closed the deal, it offered him a salary of approximately $250,000/year, Spivack served as a consultant for approximately six months, and he was given a substantial amount of equity in Evri. Spivack believed this was payment for “keeping my mouth shut about what they did to us.” Exhibit W. The deal also included a payment to Lucid Ventures, Inc., which is an investment vehicle owned and operated by Nova Spivack. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, and that this declaration was executed on June 1, 2012 at New York, New York. _________________________________ Evan Mandel -7- Case: 11-33990 Doc# 30-2 Filed: 06/01/12 Entered: 06/01/12 16:04:03 Page 7 of 10777/MANDEL AFF. V.5 7

 

newly unsealed documents regarding Levinsohn fraud

Discussing conversion, and the minimum needed, 4m, yet in court insisting only 1m was needed. More to follow-


 

 

 

 

Paul Allen holds his biggest bash in Cannes on his yacht while mocking the United States legal system

(@PageSix)
5/23/12 9:32 AM
Paul Allen’s Cannes bash rocks until 4 a.m. — even though his yacht had to be moved to avoid heavy sea swells

 

nyp.st/LBcQjI“ Allen’s Cannes bash until 4 a.m.”  

 

Paul Allen’s Cannes bash is being talked about as one of the most rocking Film Festival parties this year. Guests, including Antonio Banderas and Jeremy Irons, danced until the early hours to the Microsoft co-founder’s band (in which he plays guitar) at Monday’s party. One guest told us, ‘Paul has a new band, and they are actually really very good — people were dancing until 4 a.m.‘(Ha!) Also there were Cyndi LauperRay LiottaTom Freston and Sony Pictures Classics’ Michael Barker and Tom Bernard. All braved bad weather to get onboard Allen’s 303-foot yacht Tatoosh, which was moved to a new mooring for the bash because of heavy swells and ‘to stabilize the boat.’ The party-goer added, “Paul told the crowd, ‘I have got a funny song for you,’ then launched into ‘Purple Rain,’ poking fun at the bad weather.” Over at the Chopard bash, also on Monday,Sean “Diddy” Combs was walking around with a camera crew filming a documentary for his new network.” (PageSix)

Last month, it looked like Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen was getting kind of serious.

He released his memoir, “Idea Man,” and took some public digs at Bill Gates on “60 Minutes.” He also did a speaking tour for the book where he talked about the early days of Microsoft and why he’s suing a bunch of companies for patent infringement.

But now he’s back to his billionaire lifestyle: according to a report in the NY Post, he threw a Brazilian themed bash on his 483-foot yacht, the Octopus, to celebrate the kickoff of the Cannes Film Festival.

Guests included a bunch of big Hollywood stars like Jodie Foster and Jane Fonda, as well as Israeli model Bar Refaeli. Like usual, Allen held a rock and roll jam.

Now check out: The Pile Of Absolutely Amazing Toys Paul Allen Has Collected.

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