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To the Max: Azria Takes Anja, Solange Knowles Mans the Turntables

The Observer had a mix-up… just a hiccup, if you will. Somehow in the chaos of Prabal, meeting deadline, and chatting with Wes Gordon, we completely neglected our front-row seat at Hervé Léger. Now say what you will! No, we haven’t the foggiest idea who Harley Viera Newton is—or care to be seated even remotely Read More

Cinema Society Hosts Premiere of Straw Dogs

Last night, the Cinema Society hosted the premiere of Straw Dogs, a remake of the classic 1971 flick starring Dustin Hoffman. This time around, however, the film stars James Marsden, Kate Bosworth and Alexander Skarsgard, all of whom attended the premiere last night at the Tribeca Grand. Other guests included Carrie Preston, Celine Rappray, Nicole Read More

A Fur-Clad Tinsley Mortimer Talks on the Ethics of Dennis Basso, PETA’s Worst Nightmare

Last Saturday, PETA hauled out their homemade signs and hard-fought idealism to protest Donna Karan, one of the biggest fashion designers to not yet sign the petition pledging to excise all furs from her Fall 2011 collection. In order to drive the argument home, PETA supporters played the sound of screaming rabbits outside Karan's Read More

The Recession is Officially Over: Tinsley Is Back in the Front Row

Tinsley Mortimer has made her first front row appearance at Fashion Week this morning amidst the cocktail crowd at Carolina Herrera. It was our first sighting of the Mrs. Mortimer at Fashion Week, leaving us to wonder if this is the beginning of her return to the public eye. Watch this space!
Another front row star Read More

In Other News…: Courtney Love Is the New Tinsley Mortimer! Be Very Afraid

- The MTA wants to ruin our lives and take all our money. Tell me something I don't know. But the fact that they're predictable doesn't make the $104 Metrocard any less painful.
- Jerry Garcia's house is for sale. The listing photos. Are. Hilarious. Trust us. Sneak preview above.
- Paterson talks Read More

At G-Star Raw’s Runway Show, Tinsley Mortimer Can’t Keep Her Hands Off Her Beau

In the front row at the G-Star Raw runway show yesterday, Tinsley Mortimer clearly enjoyed herself -- though whether she was happier with the clothes or with a chance to show off her boyfriend, Brian Mazza, is unclear. Ms. Mortimer and Mr. Mazza, who has been variously described as a "hospitality executive," "gatekeeper," and "nightlife Read More

Does Tinsley Mortimer Eat Street Meat?

High Society, Tinsley Mortimer's much-awaited reality show, finally premiered on the CW last night. And? Well, it's pretty much what we expected. Paul Johnson-Calderon called Jules Kirby a "beak-nosed bitch"; Ms. Kirby called him a "an AIDS victim" (he's not); and the Tinz spun around in pretty dresses, expertly avoiding the drama, except Read More

Are Light-Fingered Socialites Stealing Tinsley’s Thunder?

The most loathsome characters-and, therefore, inevitable stars-of High Society, Tinsley Mortimer's forthcoming reality show, will not include the socialite herself, but two peripheral characters, a network source recently told the Transom.
"We realized early on there was a story being told with Tinsley leaving her husband, filing for divorce and dating this German prince," said a Read More

Tinsley Is Too Busy to be Fake, Says CW

The Post continues to report on Tinsley Mortimer's reality show shenanigans--this time, though, they play it straighter. An account of her fight with "wannabe socialite Devorah Rose" (which New York magazine says has been in the works for a while) is followed directly by reassurance from the producers:
Says CW Read More

City Opera’s Big Night: They Seem to be Adopting Wainwright

Opening night at New York City Opera felt like New York City Opera can sometimes feel: like the Metropolitan Opera, but scrunched up. Rather than unfolding majestically along Lincoln Center like the Met's, City Opera’s red carpet was crammed into the lobby. Then, when the gala ended, those who hadn’t been invited to the post-concert Read More

Tinsley’s Reality

With bitter dismay, the Post reveals this morning that Tinsley Mortimer's impending reality show will be "as fake as her platinum blond mane."
One incident of fakery recounted by a Post source:
"Tinsley and her friends were being filmed watching [owner] Albert Trummer do his regular fire show [where he sets absinthe aflame] Read More

Tinz to Take TV

We have just learned that socialite Tinsley Mortimer will be getting her long-rumored reality show. Dreams really DO come true, especially for the rich and famous.
The CW--where she guested last season on Gossip Girl--has ordered eight half-hour-long episodes, none of which seem likely to address Read More

Golden Girls Heather Graham and Tinsley Mortimer Lend Natural-History Museum Spider-Silk Opening Some Glitz

The last human being to wear Spider Silk, a textile stronger than steel and made from the silk of the golden orb spider, native to Madagascar, was one of Napoleon’s wives. She sported Spider Silk gloves. Two hundred years later, on the evening of September 23 at the American Museum of Natural History, socialite Tinsley Read More

Tinsley Mortimer’s Hamptons Plans Include ‘A Lot of Meat’

At Tinsley Mortimer and Elizabeth Meigher’s pre-4th of July party at the Samantha Thavasa boutique on Wednesday, July 2, socialites admired Ms. Mortimer’s handbag designs while discussing weekend plans for the forthcoming mass exodus out of the city.

“I’m either going to to Bridgehampton or my place in the Adirondacks,” Ms. Meigher said. “We Read More

Report: Tinsley and Topper Mortimer Will Stay Together and ‘Start a Family’

Despite the numerous Page Six reports about their rumored divorce, New York socialite Tinsley Mortimer and her hedge-funder husband, Topper Mortimer, are not separated and are, in fact, working things out.
That’s according to Ms. Mortimer’s recent interview with Avenue magazine, titled “Tinsley Talks,” in which she tells Read More