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Dateline Hollywood! Celebrities Go Deep for Dems

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:15:53 -0500

LOS ANGELES—After last week’s Democratic debate, Big Love actor Bill Paxton went to a private fund-raiser for Barack Obama at the Avalon, a club on Vine Street in Hollywood.

In a VIP room, Mr. Paxton was relating a story to Mr. Obama’s California campaign manager, Mitchell Schwartz, about an awkward encounter he had with real-life Mormon Mitt Romney.

“He gave me what I call the heave-ho handshake,” said Mr. Paxton,...

Move-In Day for Brooklyn's Tallest Tower! Condo Owners Get One Hanson Place Keys Jan. 16

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:43:51 -0500

Move-ins will start Jan. 16 at One Hanson Place, the 189-unit former Williamsburgh Bank Tower that has been undergoing a conversion to luxury condos, a spokeswoman for developer Dermot Company, Barbara Wagner, told The Observer.

Dermot (and for that matter, basketball legend Magic Johnson, who is a partner in the development) just closed its first deal at the building, Brooklyn’s tallest, which is 70 percent sold.

Even with...

In Iowa With Magic and Bill, Hillary Explains Her Decision to Share

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:28:16 -0500

One way to cause pandemonium in a Hy-Vee supermarket in Des Moines is to send Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Magic Johnson there at the same time. The trio entered, in size order, this morning and greeted a group of high school students in the market’s coffee shop, (Hillary said, “Hello!” Bill said, “Good Morning” and Magic said,“What’s up baby.”) Magic caused the biggest stir, literally overshadowing the politicians. The three signed t-shirts and...

Rangel's Party [CORRECTED]

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:15:31 -0400

Charlie Rangel's 77th birthday event at Tavern on the Green last night raised more than $1 million, making it one of the largest individual congressional fund-raisers in recent memory. Attendees included Michael Bloomberg, who left right before Hillary Clinton took the stage ( and long before Chuck Schumer arrived), Chevy Chase, Magic Johnson and dozens of other local elected officials.

Bloomberg told attendees that those who think Rangel is...

Brooklyn Magic!

Sun, 18 Jun 2006 20:00:00 -0400

Early on the evening of June 13, basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson was standing before a group of about 40 cocktail-sipping real-estate brokers and house-hunters gathered in a 10th-floor office in the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building in downtown Brooklyn.

A stack of Brooklyn Dodgers hats, next to shirts bearing the legend “One Hanson Place” and tied with gold ribbon, were on hand for the guests. “One Hanson Place” is the new name for...

He Loves It When You Humiliate Him

Sun, 22 Feb 1998 19:00:00 -0500

What was he up to? Well, contrary to what seems to be every man jack on the street's opinion, Bill Clinton wasn't just slicing himself off a piece of strange, as Magic Johnson might say. Even back in the beginning, when Betty Currie first buzzed the lock on Willy's West Wing zipper, l'affaire Lewinsky wasn't about getting laid. It was about getting laid and then being made to feel bad about it afterward.

Very bad....