Spencer Morgan

Let it snow! For the next few days, Observer snow bunnies Spencer Morgan and Sara Vilkomerson will be reporting from Sundance—and sending pictures! Look for the coded message in the picture below ...

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In today’s Observer, Spencer Morgan profiles publishing heiress Lydia Hearst.

“I always keep my legs together and wear underwear,” she tells Spencer. “I’m a lot more conservative than the Hollywood counterparts are. I’m an East Coast girl.”

Follow the link below for Lydia on clothes, food, sleep, and what it's like to be a Hearst.

Lydia Unleashed [NYO]

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Spencer Morgan has arrived in Park City, Utah. Look out, hot tubs of Sundance!

Our trusty Transom reporter took the glam low-rent flight, of course, with a lay-over in Las Vegas. Some seriously lame situation at JFK caused him to miss his connecting flight. Naturally, he made the most of his six hours in Vegas, taking in 400 bucks or so at the blackjack table, playing alongside a friendly choreographer for Mary J. Blige. (It's always so much like Showgirls!) We here back at corporate pray his lucky streak continues on the crowded, gloppy streets of Park City.

Our new besties over at SocialiteRank were kind enough to give The Transom's Spencer Morgan an e-mail interview, even after the piece in today's Observer. In it, the super-secretive, nameless SR Team spread open their Chanel blogging robe(s) a few inches. What lies beneath is at once tender and beastly, insightful and well-groomed. Also, they have housekeepers!

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The New York Times now requires freelancers to answer a questionnaire designed to suss out conflicts of interest and improprieties. So while Spencer Morgan was off in Iceland with hockey-playing, hard-drinking hedge funders and bankers, just for kicks The Transom took the Times' little quiz. Everyone else is doing it! The Transom hopes it is being graded pass/fail. And all answers are, of course, utterly true.  read more »