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What's That Smell? 'Rosy' Paris Hilton, 'Edible' Queen Latifah Reek Up the Fragrant 'FiFi' Awards

Thu, 28 May 2009 10:26:36 -0400

Manhattan's Downtown Armory normally reeks of sweaty atheletes.

On Wednesday, May 27, the place smelled of "Fairy Dust"—that is, Paris Hilton's signature perfume—and a mix of myriad other scents at the Fragrance Foundation's 37th annual "FiFi" awards ceremony, where designer Marc Jacobs was awarded Hall of Fame honors.

Among the many luminaries strolling the red carpet, Argentinean polo player Nacho Figueras, the face of Ralph Lauren’s new ad campaign, “World Of...

Know Your Poppy! The Fauxcialite Poppy Lifton

Mon, 11 May 2009 08:05:58 -0400

Over the past year or so, several young, attractive Brits that go by the lovely name Poppy have surfaced in New York society. Herewith, our weekly guide to keeping all the Poppys straight.

Tamara Feldman is not a real Poppy. She just plays one on TV.

Ms. Feldman portrays the uptown socialite—or “fauxcialite,” if you saw last week's episode—Poppy Lifton on the teen drama Gossip Girl.

Ms. Feldman, who is 31 but presumably...

Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel Was Paris and Nicky Hilton's Babysitter

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:03:17 -0500

Audience members at Jill Stuart's show on Monday included a number of starlets—Michelle Trachtenberg, Amanda Bynes, Kristen Bell—who were all anxiously ushered by what appeared to be a SWAT-team of bodyguards. Real excitement ensued, however, when sisters Paris and Nicky Hilton, both wearing leather jackets, took their seats in the front row. And apparently we have Bethenny Frankel, one of the cast members of Real Housewives of New York City, to thank for that....

Release: Russell Simmons Tapped to Edit Hip-Hop Huffington Post

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:32:36 -0500

A week after he toasted the inauguration of President Barack Obama at the Heineken- and Hennessey-sponsored Hip Hop Inaugural Ball (see Ta-Nehisi Coates' Green Carpet in this week's New Yorker), hip-hop oligarch Russell Simmons has a new gig: Editor-in-chief of Global Grind, a Web site that touts itself as presenting, "The World According to Hip-Hop."

According to press release sent out by the site's PR people, Global Grind will feature blogs written by...

Morning Memo: Jeffrey Epstein on the Loose; Socialista Shut Down; It's Oprah's Party

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:08:15 -0500

After watching surveillance videos, Paris Hilton said that she believes the burglar who stole $2 million in jewelry from her was someone familiar with her house. [Us Weekly]

Jennifer Lopez used to send her assistant on tour with husband Marc Anthony to make sure he didn't cheat on her. Unsurprisingly, the couple seems to be having problems. [P6]

Socialista, which is located on the bottom floor of the apparently rat- and asbestos-infested Jane Street...

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton Single Again; Bill Clinton and David Paterson Get Comfortable; Nobu is Recession-Proof

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:58:24 -0500

Paris Hilton broke up with Benji Madden so she could return to pursuing attention full time. [US Weekly]

Bill Clinton and David Paterson bonded over a back massage at yesterday's Triborough Bridge renaming ceremony. [P6]

Jessica Biel will not be overseeing a handbag line for boyfriend Justin Timberlake's William Rast label which, given the quality of most celebrity handbag designs, is probably for the best. [The Cut]

James Franco is perfectly comfortable doing two gay roles...

Morning Memo: Anna Wintour to Retire?; The Ballad of Jay-Z and Kanye West; Chris Matthews Screams About Hillary Clinton

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:38:15 -0500

Sources say Anna Wintour, whose contract with Vogue will expire soon, is "thinking of retiring. She feels she's done it all and had enough." [P6]

Damon Dash is claiming that a feud between rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West was caused by Jay-Z's refusal to "knight" Mr. West onstage with a "gleaming chain." [R&M]

At a party in Miami, Paris Hilton and Stavros Niachros were "all over each other," just for old time's sake. [Star]

Apparently, MSNBC's...

Dan Strone, Seven Figure Lit Agent for Seinfeld and Silverman: 'I Don’t Make People Spend the Money'

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:42:49 -0500

Trident Media Group C.E.O. and literary agent Daniel Strone oversaw two of the season's most high-stakes book auctions last week, fielding eye-popping offers from publishers across the city without giving them so much as a proposal for either project. Sarah Silverman's book, which Mr. Strone sold to HarperCollins on Thursday, went for about $2.5 million dollars. Jerry Seinfeld's, which publishers found out about last Monday, is said to have attracted bids over $7 million....

Who Is Martin Eisenstadt And Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About the G.O.P.?

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:56:54 -0500

Martin Eisenstadt, principal of the Eisenstadt Group and Senior Fellow at The Harding Institute for Freedom and Democracy is on a the mind of a lot of bloggers and cable news talent bookers lately. Apparently Mr. Eisenstadt, as an adviser to Senator John McCain, leaked the story that former G.O.P. Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin didn't know that Africa is a continent and not a single country. That bit of news was picked up...

Morning Memo: Shannen Doherty Does Manhattan; Paris Hilton's British BFF; Tom Brady's Housing Woes

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:31:59 -0500

While visiting New York, Shannen Doherty likes "[carousing] with hipsters and chain-[smoking]," but not The Eldridge or other girls. Also, she does not care about the death of print. [P6]

Tom Brady has been forced to take his Time Warner Center apartment off the market because his tenant, an apparently uptight new mother, will not let brokers inside the place. [P6]

Jade Jagger is Paris Hilton's newest best friend. [Page Six Magazine]

Sarah Jessica Parker,...

In New Video, Paris Hilton Gets Advice from Martin Sheen on Being President

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:19:17 -0400

Let it never be said that Paris Hilton does not know how to turn PR lemons into lemonade. Back in August, the enterprising Ms. Hilton seized upon John McCain's use of her image in his now infamous "Celeb" ad in which he negatively compared Barack Obama's popularity to hers. While her mom (and McCain donor) Kathy Hilton got mad, calling the clip "frivolous" and "a waste of the country's time and attention," her daughter...

Morning Memo: Jude Law's Love Nest; Paris Hilton Plans a Family; Is Chloe the New Beatrice?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:39:02 -0400

Jude Law spent three days last week holed up in the Gramercy Park Hotel with a dancer he met at The Box. [P6]

The Lower East Side's Chloe may be the new Beatrice Inn--plus, they're considering serving a full menu until 2 a.m. [Grub Street]

At the New Yorker Festival, Clint Eastwood compared Angelina Jolie's talent to Meryl Streep's but added that she is "hampered by her gorgeous face." Meanwhile, Ms. Jolie told reporters that...

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton's Chihuahuas May or May Not Be Dead; War of the High School Soaps; Jean-Georges Settles

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:31:07 -0400

Paris Hilton's flack is denying reports that the heiress left two of her many dogs outside to be mauled by coyotes, insisting that the Chihuahuas are "healthy and happy" in their "doggie mansion." [People]

Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley said that Jessica Stroup and Shenae Grime of rival high school soap opera Beverly Hills 90210 should "eat a double cheeseburger or something" and praised his female co-stars for not being "bone-thin." [US Weekly]

Reportedly, a...

Morning Memo: Meghan McCain Waiting On the Ink; Model Denies Affair With Jose Reyes; Paris Hilton is Never Going Away

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:45:01 -0400

Meghan McCain was overheard discussing new tattoo options with the editor of her new children's book, Mark Mcveigh, though she wants to wait until "after the election in November." [P6]

Paris Hilton has said, "Some celebrities become famous and they forget who they are or where they came from and they hide out like some recluse. I'm not going to do that." It's true, Hilton would really have to lose touch with her...

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton Defends the Jonas Brothers; The Eldridge on Facebook; Paris Hilton Thinks Virginity is 'Cool'

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:36:53 -0400

Paris Hilton is defending the Jonas Brothers' decision to wear promise rings, saying virginity is "a cool thing for a kid to keep." [US Weekly]

Lil' Wayne cancelled his performance at Fashion Rocks rather than endure a mandatory security check. [P6]

The Eldridge is now adding people to its semi-exclusive guest list via Facebook. [Down By The Hipster]

The drama at MSNBC continues, with sources saying that Jeff Immelt, the head of parent-company GE, was...

Morning Memo: Jessica Alba's DNC Musings; Harsh, Anne Hathaway!; G Spa Closes

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:09:49 -0400

Jessica Alba did not approve of all the stars-and-stripes themed outfits at the Democratic National Convention, but still felt "fortunate" to be there. [Celebrity Myspace]

Bristol Palin and putative fiance Levi Johnston were sporting tattoos of each other's names at the Republican National Convention last night.[US Weekly]

Paris Hilton has canceled two screenings of Adrian Petty's film "Paris, Not France" at the Toronto International Film Festival "in an attempt to gain more publicity for [the] new documentary about herself."...

Morning Memo: "John Edwards in a Onesie"; Jay-Z Raises Cash; Paris Hilton Gets Sued

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:15:26 -0400

Nineteen-year-old British socialite Peaches Geldof (daughter of Live Aid impresario Bob Geldof) announced that she married 23-year-old Chester French frontman Max Drummey in Las Vegas last weekend. [P6]

In other Vegas news, Jay-Z is in talks to sell 50 percent of the Nevada branch of his 40/40 club for $44 million. [P6]

Sources are saying that Rielle Hunter's child looks like "John Edwards in a onesie." [NYDN]

Worldwide Entertainment Group is suing Paris Hilton for $74,000...

Watch Out, Ladies! Your World is Crawling With Frenemies

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:30:24 -0400

According to authors Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler, women's friendships have deteriorated to the point where they can no longer recognize the difference between a friend and an enemy. They're the authors of Friend or Frenemy?: A Guide to the Friends You Need and the Ones You Don't, whose launch was celebrated Wednesday evening with a party at the Christano Cora Salon, sponsored by a sickly sweet pink cocktail undoubtedly chosen to drive home...

Schumer Remembers the Lesson of Kerry '04

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:30:23 -0400

Appearing on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show (hosted today by Amy Eddings), Chuck Schumer praised Barack Obama and said he isn't worried about Obama's lack of progress in the general election polls because he's still an unknown figure to voters.

Schumer said the polls will swing to the Democat "as people get to know Obama--and particularly if he campaigns on issues. " Then he added, "With one caveat: they do have to hit back."

The...

Morning Memo: Paris Hilton's McCain Video; Gossip Girl Conflicts With Chace Crawford's Morals; Tommy Hilfiger's Breakup

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:20:42 -0400

Paris Hilton has filmed a mock campaign ad responding to John McCain's references to her in his latest campaign ad. In it, she calls the Republican candidate "the oldest celebrity in the world. [NY Daily News]

Writer Jay McInerney says John Edwards's reported mistress, Rielle Hunter, is "a nice girl"; she was the inspiration for the character of Alison Poole in Mr. McInerney's 1988 novel Story of My Life. [P6]

Gossip Girl's...

Plouffe on McCain's Turn to the 'Gutter'

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:14:21 -0400

On a conference call just now, the Obama campaign introduced a new Web site called mccainslowroadexpress.com, a preview of which it provided to reporters, to document attacks by the McCain campaign.

According to campaign manager David Plouffe, the site will include video, news stories and factual information so that voters "can go there and keep track of the last turn into the gutter from the McCain campaign."

"John McCain seems to have made a very...

A Look Back: Miley Cyrus Joins Lohan, Hilton, Wolfowitz in Denouncing Mean Magazine

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:26:47 -0400

As you may have already read, Miley Cyrus is totally embarrassed by the semi-topless (back view) photos printed of her in this month's Vanity Fair. In a statement put out by her publicist, Ms. Cyrus, age 15, said, "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed... I never intended for any of this to happen and...

McQueen Preens; Galliano Goes Gypsy; And Paris Makes Crazy Romantics Of Me and Kiefer Sutherland

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:36:26 -0500

PARIS...AS IN FRANCE! YOU KNOW: GAY PAREE! HOLY COW AND BONJOUR SAILOR!—On Friday, Feb. 29, at Bercy Stadium in the 12th Arrondissement, a model in a beautiful gray gown with a two-foot-tall silver tree on her head was walking the runway in Alexander McQueen’s fashion show.

The designer apparently has a bird fetish; there had been lots of scary squawking sounds piped into the auditorium before the music started. In the middle...

Paris the Thought: Hilton’s Acting Career Definitively D.O.A.

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:39:23 -0500

THE HOTTIE AND THE NOTTIE
Running Time 91 minutes
Written by Heidi Ferrer
Directed by Tom Putnam
Starring Paris Hilton, Kathryn Fiore, and Christine Lakin

If Paris Hilton has a talent for anything besides inheriting the name of a hotel chain and posing for ugly photographs, there is no evidence of it in the abysmal load of trash called The Hottie and the Nottie. I...

Paris Hilton: Britney Spears Will Be OK

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:05:53 -0500

Just as things were starting to look really bleak for Britney Spears (even the AP was drawing up her obit), a savior came down from on high to put the world’s fears at rest—once and for all.

“I think everything's going to be OK,” Paris Hilton said of Ms. Spears.

Ms. Hilton, who spent last weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, sent the singer some saving graces...

And More!

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:59:11 -0500

On Friday, Jan. 18, Paris Hilton hosted a private dinner party for her film The Hottie and the Nottie at the Turning Leaf Lounge, one of many venues along Main Street that had been rented and revamped by Hollywood party planners. Across the street, a quaint sports bar called Doolan’s bore a temporary new maroon awning emblazoned with the word Stereo, after the New York nightclub.

Inside the party, where a...

Paris Hilton Does Sundance

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:44:15 -0500

Last night I had my one night out experiencing the craziness that is Main Street in Park City. The entire slushy street was filled with people -- think Times Square at rush hour -- lining up outside of various parties. As my group approached the after-party sponsored by Hypnotiq for Be Kind Rewind, directed by Michel Gondry and starring Jack Black, a mob scene broke out on the sidewalk a few doors down. Who...

Paris Hilton Was Wrong, Says New Social Study

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 17:00:27 -0500

Paris Hilton once said: “All you have to do in life is go out with your friends, party hard and look twice as good [as the woman next to you.]” But according to an article in today’s Times, it’s now far more complicated. A new social era has dawned, one in which first impressions are often made in a digital context.

Facebook, anyone?

For most members...

How 2007 Separates Celebrity Wheat from Chaff

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:50:53 -0500

Whoa! It seems the Style staff at the Times are wholly unimpressed with the way things turned out in 2007—a year they already deemed a disaster in fashion. Yesterday’s paper featured an article proclaiming 2007 the year when an overwhelming number of celebrity careers hit the skids.

To be sure, over the last 12 months we witnessed—mouth often agape, eyes yet wider—some doozeys coming out of Celebrityville. Specifically, the Times...

The Expert: Top Ten Celebrity Meltdowns of 2007!

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:57:38 -0500

What better way to lighten your Monday load than with a little celebrity lifestyle coaching from Patrick Wanis, PhD? He's just miraculously survived an invasion of legion New Yorkers in town for Art Basel Miami. Despite all that distraction, he offered up a gargantuan platter of super-chewy goss. It's The Top Ten Celebrity Meltdowns of 2007!

We've included his list, which Mr. Wanis released only to The Daily...

Paris Hilton Acts Peculiarly at Art Basel Party

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:16:32 -0500

As it happens, Paris Hilton’s presence at Art Basel last weekend really did boggle more than a few minds. One guest at a party held on Saturday night at Casa Casuarina, the former Versace Mansion on Miami Beach’s Ocean Drive, told The Daily Transom that she was acting rather strangely at the affair.

“The interesting thing is just how insecure and socially inept she is,” the eyewitness told us after...

Barbara Walters: No More 'Tabloid Stuff'

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:51:31 -0500

Barbara Walters is sick and tired of tabloid journalism. Even though the venerable co-host of The View has been criticized, especially over the last few years, for conducting “soft” interviews with people like Michael Jackson and Monica Lewinsky, she wants to put an end to it here and now. Acknowledging that her stint on 20/20 may have actually spawned the current, frenzied climate of paparazzi-driven celebrity journalism, Ms. Walters said: “We...

Paris Hilton Releases a Big Smell

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:27:31 -0500

What’s that sweet odor, you ask? It’s the smell of Paris Hilton’s new fragrance, called “Can Can Paris Hilton,” which she unleashed yesterday at Macy’s in Garden City, New York. Wearing a bubblegum pink dress and a Mikimoto store worth of pearls, Ms. Hilton stood in front of a massive poster depicting a somewhat eerie likeness of the 26-year-old heiress. And apparently Ms. Hilton can’t can’t stick to the trail-mix-and-water lifestyle she touted, new-age...

Senior Moment in Malibu! Paris Hilton Accosted by Hoary Harasser

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:01:48 -0400

On July 6, wrap-dress scion Alex Von Furstenberg hosted a dinner party at the Polaroid Beach House in Malibu, California. Among those nibbling on lamb and lobster were Band-Aid heiress Casey Johnson, British “it-girl” Lady Victoria Hervey (can one be an “it-girl” if one is also a Lady?), some actors, including Entourage’s Jeremy Piven, and those crazy chicks Nicky Hilton and her older sister Paris.

Fresh off her stretch...

The Transom

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500

Going Dutch: Basic Instinct Director Plumbs His Homeland’s Past “We didn’t sleep one hour—not one hour,” said German actor Sebastian Koch, describing the Oscar-night fêting of his last film, The Lives of Others, a surprise win for Best Foreign-Language Film this year. “We had an invitation at the Governor’s Ball. And then, after, the Germans made a big, big party, and they were so sweet and so nice, we couldn’t leave.” But...

The Transom

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:00:00 -0500

I Am Charlotte Bocly

Sun, 22 Oct 2006 20:00:00 -0400

On a recent Sunday night, Charlotte Bocly, who is a 19-year-old sophomore at Marymount Manhattan College and lives on Park Avenue, swept into the bar at the Carlyle Hotel. Petite and winsome, with thick, long blond hair and pale blue eyes, she was wearing a brown Tory Burch jacket over a navy Valentino dress, accessorized by a vintage Gucci belt, a Bulgari necklace, a Patek Philippe man’s watch and a Fendi bag. She laughed,...

The Transom

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:00:00 -0400

Closing the Open A willowy girl in a billowy purple dress put down her bucket of chicken wings and waffle fries to dial a girlfriend. It was early on the evening of Sept. 10, courtside at the U.S. Open. “Hey, did you see it?” she asked. “Yeah, the baby! I know! It’s got be here.” She stood up to survey the crowd. She could see Heidi Klum and Seal, but their baby was nowhere...

The Transom

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:00:00 -0400

Bank On Has anyone thought to ask how some of the youngest bankers in New York have enjoyed their summer? “Basically, I—banking has a reputation for being a glamorous career, but I don’t think it is,” said a young fellow at J.P. Morgan. Oh, pshaw! One interning analyst with Lehman Bros. had quite a time. “On my floor, there were two interns,” he said. “So the V.P. proposed a hot-dog-eating contest. So the challenge...

My Dress Has Arrived, Weight Loss Pressure Kicks In To Overdrive

Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:54:38 -0400

ERICA: I spoke with my lovely contact at Carolina Herrera the other day and apparently my dress is in. This is normally exciting news for a bride-to-be, but for me, it kicks the weight loss pressure into super duper high gear. "OOOOH, your dress!" squealed my friend Liz. "Let's go see it." she said to me after I revealed this damning information to her on the phone. No thanks. My dress and I are...

Thursday: Stavros III's Grandpa, Today's Ann Curry, Hammarskjold's Milkshakes

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:30:00 -0400

Neighbor from hell. [Trent] Why should Brooklyn get all the gargantuan $1 billion developments? The City Council has approved plans for Long Island City's Silvercup Studios. The name says it all: 2.7 million square feet of television and film fun, 665,000 square feet for commercial space, plus 1,000 units of housing. And a roof terrace for the grateful Queens public. (Crain's) Cute little Ann Curry is being sued by her neighbors on West 71st--though technically...

Brave New Boutique: Baby Sex Selection Sold On East Side

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:00:00 -0400

Last week, Britain’s Health Minister Caroline Flint announced plans to ban the brave new reproductive practice known as elective gender selection. Raising the specter of a slippery ethical slope, she warned that it could usher in a new era of gender inequality and, newspapers reported, “designer babies”.

But while the Brits were digesting this sad news—alas, they’d have to make do with their unpredictable Clives and Pollys—the story made barely a ripple...

Hampered by His Own Irony, Bing Misses a Fat Target

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 20:00:00 -0400

“How long will it take for him to descend into self-parody?” Stanley Bing asks 10 pages into his epically meaningless 300-page meditation on the art of corporate bullshitting. The answer is: Not very long. If Mr. Bing could back off a bit from his hideous self-consciousness, or have more fun with such an easily fun subject, this disposable little work would be as smoothly readable as his back-page columns for Fortune. Instead, it’s riddled...

Baron Franchetti Gets Ready

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:00:00 -0500

At an appropriately sophisticated hour on a recent Tuesday evening, 29-year-old Cody Franchetti relaxed at his table at the four-star restaurant Le Bernardin, explaining what it means to be an Italian aristocrat in 21st-century New York. In honor of the occasion, but mostly because the restaurant required it, Baron Franchetti—whose family tree includes Twomblys, Millikens, Fondas and Rothschilds—donned a bespoke stone-colored velvet jacket. But the dress coat was his only bow to bourgeois convention....

Oscar de la Renta

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:00:00 -0500

SD: Let’s talk about aging. Personally speaking, as I get older, I try to think of myself as a fabulous wheel of Brie cheese, i.e., I’m getting better with age. How about you?

OdlR: Be careful! You might start melting. And Brie smells horrible when it gets old. For myself, I never think about my age. I don’t celebrate birthdays. SD: My knees got creaky when I turned 50: How are...

Time's (Doomed) Person of the Year

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:55:00 -0500

You know the drill. Every year it starts a little bit early: the press releases, the articles, the low level buzz—mostly amid the publicists who write the press releases and the reporters who dutifully recap them. Yes, it's Time's 'Person of Year' time again, and if the consensus mongers are to be believed, this year's 'winner' might be that bitch who's been ruining our lives since the new year. No, not Paris Hilton: 'Mother...

Is Paris Hilton Here To Stay? You've Come a Long Way, Baby

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400

Every decade or so, a young, very smart, often photogenic woman comes along and produces a book that identifies an ugly fact of female life in America. Susan Brownmiller, Naomi Wolf and Susan Faludi have all contributed to this canon. Now attempting to join them is Ariel Levy, who presents us with the problem of the moment: young women eagerly participating in their own degradation by dressing, acting and physically remaking themselves as though...

Is Paris Hilton Here To Stay? You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0400

Tragedy Strikes At Diane von Furstenberg; At Least Two Injured

Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:12:00 -0400

A very mild show at Diane von Furstenberg's studio this evening ended with a big bang when overhead lights fell from their supports, missing the model currently parading but smashing into the crowd. At least two people, preliminary reports indicate, were injured. No word yet on whether show attendee Paris Hilton was among the injured. The Transom ran into Ms. von Furstenberg at St. Vincent's hospital after the show. She expressed her shock and dismay at the...

Celebrities: They're Just Like Themselves!

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 05:24:00 -0400

New York magazine, July 25, 2005 CELEBRITY PSYCHOS Celebrity and Its Discontents: A Diagnosis By Vanessa Grigoriadis Telephone rage, impromptu African sabbaticals, a trial that could only have taken place in Neverland—this season, our neurotic star culture seems to be suffering a complete mental collapse. Are only the crazy drawn to fame, or does fame make the famous crazy? Sidebar: See Our Diagnostic Celebrity Manual New York magazine, December 8, 2003 STARS GONE WILD Exploding Stars By Simon Dumenco Michael Jackson. Paris...