Firecrotch Revived! Annabel Vartanian, Dizzy Diamond Heiress, Rebounds From Bra-Bash Blackout

This article was published in the January 14, 2008, edition of The New York Observer.

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On Dec. 16, Page Six reported that Annabel Vartanian, a socialite, aspiring actress and daughter of Paul Vartanian, one of New York’s most prominent diamond dealers, had fainted at a party celebrating La Perla lingerie.

On Sunday, Jan. 6, the flame-haired Ms. Vartanian, 28, joined the Transom for a hearty brunch at Freeman’s on the Lower East Side. She had spent Christmas at her “father’s baby,” a vacation home in Costa Rica, and New Year’s in St. Barth’s. Before leaving town, she and her manager-publicist, Suzanne “Africa” Engo, spent a day feeding meals to people afflicted with H.I.V. “It sounds cheesy but it made your heart grow a little bit,” she said.

Some have suggested that Ms. Vartanian has been perhaps a little too eager in flinging herself before the cameras of Patrick McMullan et al. “They don’t know what they’re talking about,” she said. “I think it’s a way to help promote yourself and get your face out there. It certainly has helped.” But “it’s not like I go out just to get photographed.”

How has she been keeping busy? “We’ve been filming this movie Discontent,” directed by James Tully, about an Upper East Side socialite. “It will take half a day to do a tiny little scene.” Ms. Vartanian said she sometimes goes to four events in a week, sometimes three in a night! Also, she sometimes helps out with a friend’s real estate brokerage.

Anything else? “There’s a big project I’ll be working on that I can’t say anything about, but it’s acting. Then there’s a movie script being written for me”—by Ms. Engo, she allowed—“and I can’t tell you much about it, because I’m not allowed to.” Ms. Engo added, “I can just hint, it’s about a famous redhead, not herself but generations later. No guessing! That should be exciting. It’s not Lucy, that I can say.” Her resolution for 2008? “To keep focused. And really be healthy.”

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The Blue Dossier (not verified) says:

We're not certain about the subject of Annabel's new film 'Discontent'... but we did find this recent item from the New York Post's Page Six column on James Tully's latest screenplay, which he plans to direct himself for actor Crispin Glover. It involves a young Swiss dancer who ends up as dinner for a bearded cannibal:

H'WOOD'S CANNIBALS, COYOTES

ARTIST and filmmaker James Tully witnessed a grisly scene last week in L.A., where he was pitching his screenplay "Prey," about Daniel Rakowitz, who killed a woman, turned her into soup and served her to homeless beggars in Tompkins Square Park. Tully, who wants his friend Crispin Glover to star, told us. "One night at around 2 a.m., I was hanging at Echo Park with my producer, Brian Butler. As we were discussing the gruesome details of the Rakowitz soup-cannibalism incident, a really cute blond coyote came bounding down the lawn and snatched a duck from the lake where the paddle boats are docked. The coyote then climbed back up, duck in mouth. The park was totally silent except for the crickets. Brian started laughing, saying he had 'conjured' the incident! My flight back to New York rescued me from the weird delirium on the West Coast. The next day on the Internet, I read that the L.A. County sheriff estimates the thriving L.A. coyote population has swelled to over 10,000. They subsist on rats and house cats."

Chosengirl (not verified) says:

So why is she firecrotch revived ? I'm confused. Doesn't everyone fling themselves infront of those cameras, good for her for admitting it.What famous red head could she play I wonder hmmm she kinda could be sarah ferguson.

Maycohen (not verified) says:

Firecrotch like Lindsay Lohan LOL so does this one do coke and drive down the west side highway... That brandon davis is meeean... at least this one seems to hang out with people who take time to give back to the community right on to the Suzanne Africa chick for taking firecrotch somewhere besides drinking and firecrotchin..but hahahah fire crotch lives on babbbbbbbbbbby

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