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Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
"I'VE had this idea of doing the life of Christian Dior as a sort of metaphor for Paris trying to reposition itself as the center of civilized Europe after the Second World War. It's a hugely romantic and tragic idea" - Malcolm McLaren, former Sex... (original story)
SIGHTINGS
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
DEBBIE Harry dancing through the Belvedere vodka party in 5-inch stilettos at Liv nightclub in Miami . . . CARSON Kressley and Rosie O'Donnell and gratefully accepting eatwhatever breath mints from mint- maker Jacqui Rosshandler at the "Milk"... (original story)
NOSTALGIC FOR DAYS OF SLEAZE
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
ERIC Bogosian misses the dangerous and dirty old Times Square. In the monologist's upcoming novel, "Perforated Heart," his hero describes walking along the new "Deuce" between Seventh and Eighth avenues and being "jostled by tourists munching... (original story)
WE HEAR . . .
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
THAT Julie Macklowe, wife of real-estate mogul Billy Macklowe, has been laid off at the SAC Capital hedge fund, which could affect her spending habits, that have rankled even her husband . . . THAT long before Lawrence Summers was appointed senior... (original story)
EASILY SCARED
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
IT'S a wonder that jazz critic Gary Giddins stayed in journalism after the jolt he got the day he joined the New York Post as a copy boy under publisher Dorothy Schiff in the 1960s. "The copy boy boss gave me the tour and pointed at the long city... (original story)
AT LEO'S SERVICE
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
KEVIN Connolly has taken his role as "E" on "Entourage" a bit too far. He took it upon himself to be manager/bodyguard/entourage member to his pal Leonardo DiCaprio last week at the Lucky Strike Lanes & Lounge LA Live opening. A source relates... (original story)
ELLE OF A PARTY
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
NOW that uber-publicist Paul Wilmot has opened his Miami Shores home to Elle Décor, he'll also open his doors to the swanky Art Basel crowd on Dec. 6. Andre Balazs, Bob Colacello, Estée Lauder honcho John Demsey, and Halcyon CEOs Derek Anderson... (original story)
SEAN PENN'S COZY TO CASTRO
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
SEAN Penn, who never met a Marxist dictator he didn't like, is encouraging a normalization of relations between the US and Cuba. In an article for The Nation, the "Milk" man (and pal of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez) asks Cuban president Raul... (original story)
NAKED DEFENSE
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
ANNIE Leibovitz isn't backing down. The Vanity Fair photographer caught major flak for posing Miley Cyrus topless and looking over her naked shoulder, even though the "Hannah Montana" star was only 15 at the time. "The Miley picture was a... (original story)
LIBET LOSES ADOPTION CASE
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
BAD news for baby-powder heiress Elizabeth "Libet" Johnson. A state appeals court says her ex-boyfriend, celebrity diet guru Lionel Bissoon, is still the legal, adoptive father of the Cambodian orphan the former couple has been fighting over for... (original story)
ZIPPER FAILURE AT BALLET
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
MODEL Veronica Webb is lucky she had help on hand at the opening night of the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center. Webb, who in September was dumped as the co-host of "Tim Gunn's Guide to Style" and replaced by Gretta Monahan, suffered a... (original story)
A LOT OF POP
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
SOME lucky champagne connoisseurs are about to get an early Christmas present, courtesy of a gaffe from Veuve Clicquot. Last year, the French champagne house released a limited number of $2,000 "Yellowboams" - 3-liter bottles of bubbly that were... (original story)
ON-SITE RESEARCH
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
BEYONCÉ spent some time in a drug rehab facility last year - but not for an addiction of her own. The squeaky-clean singer wanted to research her role as drug-ravaged R&B legend Etta James in the upcoming movie, "Cadillac Records," and spent lots... (original story)
NOT FOR KIDS
Posted from NY Post: Page Six 4 days ago
NOT even the people who live in The Bronx think "Bronx" is a nice name for a baby. The upper borough's News 12 conducted an online survey after Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz named their newborn boy Bronx Mowgli last week. Our sources north of the... (original story)
Obama Sets Press Briefing Record
Posted from mediabistro.com: FishBowlDC 4 days ago
From The Washington Times: In the 22 days since winning the White House, President-elect Barack Obama has taken 22 questions from reporters and has done two sit-down television interviews. The Democrat held his fourth press conference since Nov. 4 in Chicago Wednesday morning -- his third in a... (original story)
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