SEAN “P.Diddy ” Combs has been a busy man this week,making sure he ‘s seen in all the right spots by

flying back and forth across the globe on a private jet to hit the best parties in Boston and St.Tropez.

He kicked off the week by hosting a party in St.Tropez on Monday night.

Shortly after that all-nighter ended,the rap impresario hopped a jet and flew into Boston to promote his non-profit voter outreach group,Citizen Change.

The next day – Wednesday – Combs flew down to Washington,and Thursday night jetted back to St.Tropez to host a

party with Lotus owners Mark Baker and Jeffrey Jah at the VIP Club,where he joined Prince Albert of Monaco ,Ivana

Trump and a bevy of supermodels.

Combs arrived after midnight,and it seemed all the hustling finally caught up to him.The normally indefatigable rapper

sat quietly in a private booth looking exhausted.He left Friday,at 4 a.m.,before the party was over.

PHOTO FINISH

Adrien Brody had better get his girlfriend under control.Michele Dupont ,the Oscar winner ‘s longtime blonde companion,stormed out of the private after-after party for M.Night Shyamalan ‘s “The Village ” on Monday night,when a photographer asked to take her picture.The couple were partying at new West Village eatery Figa with Sylvia

Plachy (Brody ‘s mom),Sigourney Weaver ,Julia Stiles and actor Michael Pitt ,when an unlucky photographer

approached the duo,asking to take a shot.

Dupont,who couldn ‘t handle paparazzi at the red carpet either,growled “No,” immediately storming out of the

restaurant and down Bleecker Street.Poor Brody was left to trail after her,followed by his mother.The two pursued the feisty Dupont until they finally caught up with her at Sixth Avenue.

CATE CLOTHED

Attention,fashionistas:Cate Edwards is up for grabs as the next presidential fashion plate.The daughter of vice

presidential candidate John Edwards is joining clotheshorses Barbara Bush and Alexandra Kerry as the girls folks are

clamoring to dress.She ‘s already been dressed by designer Zac Posen (who also dresses Bush,his close friend,and

Edwards ‘ rival))and now she ‘s being pursued by Theory.Sources report that the fashion company will outfit the 21-

year-old Princeton grad for the campaign trail.

INSTANT MESSAGES

Martha Stewart had a powwow over dinner at Blue Ribbon Sushi Monday night with daughter Alexis and lawyer

John Cuti – who ‘s also Alexis ‘ ex-husband.Stewart,wearing an oversized white top,looked “tired and stressed,”

reported fellow diners.The threesome spent two hours enjoying sushi and talking in serious tones.Enjoy it now,

Martha – they don ‘t serve sushi in jail.

The Ford Modeling Agency is apparently up for sale -and you ‘ll never guess who ‘s buying.George Soros ‘

company,the Quantum Fund,is looking into investing in the lovely ladies.Sources say owner Katie Ford wants to take a break from running the family business.

Vanity Fair staffers might be the only Conde Nast-ys who can ‘t accept freebies. Ever since editor-in-chief Graydon

Carter and writer George Wayne got some bad ink over overly generous gifts, assistants are expected to trot out any graft worth more than $20 to their managing editor for approval.

Rod Stewart apparently didn ‘t want to look old next to his 34-year-old girlfriend,model Penny Lancaster .The

59-year-old rocker,who ‘s been hanging out in the Hamptons this summer, reportedly had a face-lift done recently by

Renato Calabria ,the same plastic surgeon rumored to be responsible for Sharon Stone ‘s newfound youth.

Heidi Klum obviously can ‘t go back to her old hairdresser – he ‘s her ex-husband,Ric Pipino .These days,the model blonde gets her locks lightened at the Fifth Avenue Frederick Fekkai salon, where she was overheard last Wednesday raving about her baby girl,Leni .

Josh Hartnett is in town this week, apparently with a new girlfriend in tow. The “Pearl Harbor ” hottie – who ‘d dated

a civilian,brunette Ellen Fenster ,for several years – has finally succumbed to the charms of a model-skinny blonde.The unidentified cutie has been at spotted at the actor ‘s side several times this week.