Kirsten Dunst
The Beatrice Inn has never been easy to penetrate. And so BlackBook decided to check in with two anonymous twenty-something Beatrice Inn patrons about the perpetually impossible door policy. When asked about possible strategies for getting in, the male Beatrice Inn-goer confidently declared that being Kirsten Dunst is one way to ensure entry. Meanwhile, the female patron said, "There is no strategy. Just be confident. The doormen can smell fear." We also learned that... READ MORE»
"The first thing is, we don't all live here," director Andrew Jarecki explained while introducing a short talk by his brother Eugene to the small crowd gathered in his mother Gloria's Upper East Side apartment on Wednesday night. The celebration was in honor of Eugene's recently released The American Way of War, a book about the American military-industrial complex (he also directed a documentary, 2005's Why We Fight, on the subject). In addition to... READ MORE»
In September, Kirsten Dunst told Harper's Bazaar that she was working on a film about election day called Why Tuesday? as the first project for her new company Wooden Spoon Productions, which she formed over the summer. Our understanding was that the film would be something packaged for an election week or day release. But according to the Associated Press, Ms. Dunst is in fact in North Dakota right this minute working on the documentary... READ MORE»
Beatrice Inn co-owner Andre Saraiva has come out with a clothing line called Andrewear. [NY Times via The Cut] Having grown tired of pegged boyfriend jeans, Katie Holmes is now experimenting with head scarves. [Just Jared] Kate Winslet will reportedly play Vivienne Westwood in the upcoming biopic about the designer. [Vogue UK] Jessica Stam is learning how to fly planes. [WWD] ... READ MORE»
Wednesday evening, Gawker Media hosted a party at Soho House in honor of the soon-to-be-released film version of How To Lose Friends and Alienate People, Toby Young’s memoir of his misadventures as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair in the late '90s. Half of the crowd kept referring to the celebration as a book party, despite the fact that the book in question had been released over six years ago. Indeed, the film did... READ MORE»
We have long been fascinated by the new Kirsten Dunst—the rehabilitated Downtown girl whose dinners at Freeman's and late night outings have grabbed New Yorkers' attention—but until now, we have not heard Ms. Dunst discuss her reinvented self. It seems she has grown and evolved since spending time at Cirque Lodge in Utah earlier this year (she checked out in late March), which was the final step to leaving her child actress self behind... READ MORE»
On Sunday, September 7, the Moeller Snow gallery space on Bond street played host to a group of young, playfully disheveled, downtown types who had gathered there to hear the Swedish indie singer, Lykke Li perform, an event that was thrown together by Justin Kern of the Los Angeles-based boutique and event space, Not To Be Reproduced. While guests like designer Erin Wasson and stylist Anastasia Barbieri awaited Ms. Li's performance, actress Kirsten Dunst arrived... READ MORE»
Also on Saturday, Sept. 6: the scene in the lobby of the building at Scott Sternberg's Band of Outsiders show at Milk Studios in the Meatpacking District was, in a word, miserable. Since the elevators were only allowing 15 people in at a time, a near riot was forming as security asked the damp crowds to "step back, step back, step back." Upstairs, instead of using models to present his Spring '09 collection for women and... READ MORE»
Lindsay Lohan turned down an offer of $700,000 to do an eight-page spread in Playboy's 55th anniversary issue. [P6] Comedian and host Russell Brand isn't giving details on Britney Spears's plans for opening the 25th MTV VIdeo Music Awards, saying only that she will not be "serving canapés or doing a bizarre haircut on herself." [US Weekly] Ms. Spears's mother Lynne is being less discreet—her tell-all book, Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame... READ MORE»
Martha Stewart has been the victim of natural disasters this summer. First, Ms. Stewart's farm in Bedford, N.Y. was struck by lightning earlier this summer, and now her East Hampton home on Lily Pond Lane was also struck with a bolt, which fried her stereo system and her electronic driveway gate. [P6] Kirsten Dunst was spotted making out with Drew Barrymore's ex Justin Long at Sunset Junction in LA, where she seems to have returned... READ MORE»
By | August 15, 2008 | 5:05 pm
The Jonas Brothers failed to impress Ali Lohan with their East Hampton invasion. We attempted to measure Kirsten Dunst’s hipster street-cred. Howard Street’s Opening Ceremony celebrated Beijing’s opening ceremony for 72 hours. Gwyneth Paltrow, Devorah Rose, Arden Wohl and others showed up for a benefit at Steven Klein’s Bridgehampton estate. We discussed publishing and finance with the attendees of Vibe’s fifteenth birthday party.... READ MORE»
Irina Aleksander goes on the trail of Kirsten Dunst, who took up residence in her $3 million Tribeca penthouse in March and has since been spotted all over (down)town--hanging out near the DJ booth at the Beatrice Inn, wandering the West Village in her trademark Ray Bans, dancing at Bowery Electric. Is New York courting her, or is she courting New York? And Spencer Morgan finds out that New York artist Brice Marden is trying... READ MORE»
A few weeks ago, at a party for the second Chelsea location of 303 Gallery, a crowd of downtown creative types milled around, outfitted in ’80s Ray Bans and indie rock T-shirts. Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore was the guest DJ, and the Virgins, a New York band of perfectly disheveled young men whose songs have been featured on Gossip Girl, performed onstage next to a pile of rubble. (The gallery was still under... READ MORE»
The riveting tale of one-time real estate baron Robert Durst – estranged older brother of developer Douglas Durst – has been made into a feature film starring Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling. Called All Good Things, the film will debut in 2009. Its release will mark yet another painful episode for the otherwise upstanding Durst family, which is known in New York City for its impressive property holdings (including the new One Bryant Park... READ MORE»
On a recent balmy Saturday on the Ladies Mile of lower Fifth Avenue, the windows of Intermix, Anthropologie and H&M were just beginning to transition into displaying fall collections, but many of the shoppers shlepping around in 90-degree heat were curiously dressed in what could be mistaken for winter wear: Frye boots! Knit scarves! And woven beanie hats! “You know you might get some looks if you wear boots and a scarf down the street... READ MORE»
