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Will You Be My "Friend"?

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 10.11.2011

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Shira Hirschman Weiss

Facebook has redefined the word "Friend." According to the site, I have 531 such individuals and that number keeps changing. Should I believe the site when I only speak to three people per week other than family?

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David Lachapelle On Childhood Inspiration, Loss & Hope

Eric Villency | Posted 08.11.2011

Read More: Andy Warhol, Eric Villency, Daphne Guinness, Arts, Socialite, David Lachapelle, Lever House, Amanda Lepore, New York, From Darkness to Light, Art Exhibitions, Arts News
Eric Villency

As a former Protégé of Andy Warhol, Photographer David LaChapelle has enjoyed enormous commercial success and regardless of what critics may say about his work -- everyone pays attention. 

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Japanese Holistic Healer in NYC to Build School for Tibetan Orphans in India

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Benihana, Tawang, Japan Tibet House, Hank Luce, Dharamsala, Socialite, Jim Luce, Bhutan, Rocky Aoki, Himalayas, Kazuko Tatsumura, Tibetan Orphans, Leila Luce, John Lee, Richard Gere, Tibet House, Dalai Lama, Office of the Dalai Lama Japan, Tibetan Buddhism, Dr. Robert Thurman, Tibetans, Sutra, Keiko Aoki, New York City, Oiww, Manjushree Orphanage, Colombia University, GaiaHolistic.Com, Kazuko Hillyer, Guwahati, Orphans International Worldwide, Japan, Lama Thupten Phuntsok, Impact News
Jim Luce

Manjushree Orphanage, she explained to us, is in the village of Tawang, located at the foot of the Himalayas where there has long been a border dispute between China and India.

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Performance Art

Georgia Jeffries | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper East Side, Mary Tyler Moore, Irene Zambelli Silverman, Socialite, Sante Kimes, Socialite Murder, Kenneth Kimes, New-York-Socialites, Chelsea Piers, New York News
Georgia Jeffries

My former landlady, Irene Zambelli Silverman, went missing on July 5, 1998. Perhaps you recall her name. Her disappearance made the news across the nation. Despicable crimes always do, don't they?

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The Peculiar Limits of Black Society in New York

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socialite, Journalist, Maggie Betts, Dale Dobson, Dr. Joyce Brown and Carl McCall, Emil Wilbekin, Cheryl Riley, Courtney Sloane, The E. T. Williamses, Ludget Delcy, Mr. And Mrs. Spike Lee, The Adairs, Michael Mccollom, Erana Stennett, Moises De La Renta, Willard Winter, Eula Johnson, Nancy Lane, Social Activist, Kirk Shannon Butts, Susan Taylor, The Governor and Mrs. Patterson, Kehinde Wiley, Photographer, David Patrick Columbia, David Levering Lewis, Evelyn Cunningham, Audrey Smaltz, Thelma Golden, Rachel Roy, Alma and Charlie Rangel, Michaela Angela Davis, Curtis Quentin Phelps, Mary Schmidt Campbell, Jason Campbell, Norma Darden, Kim Heirston, Ruth Ann Stewart, Sheila Bridges, New York Times, Joyce Mullins-Jackson, The Cosbys, Cordelle Cleare, Rene Cox, Ray Alexander Minter, Stanley Crouch, Back Designer, Bonnie Morrison, The Chenaults, Montgomery, President Obama, Tamara and Greg Tunie, Malcolm Harris, The Dinkinses, Gordon Chambers, Pam and Bill Perkins, Rainbow Room, Genève Jones, Aubrey Lynch, Society, G. Winston James, B. Michael, Lana Turner, Audrey J. Bernard, Harriet Cole, Henry Mitchell, Michelle Obama, Writers, Mr. And Mrs. Chris Rock, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Lowery Stokes Sims, Anthony Bryant, Famous, Clarence Haynes, Sherry Bronfman, The Redheads, Dancers, Nicola Vassell, Tyson Perez, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Marc Baptist, Kevin Bright, Phyllis Briley. Rocky Baron Boler, Tastemakers, Lou Willard, Town and Country, Susan Fales-Hill, Robin Bell Stevens, Artist, George Faison, The Alvin Ailey Dance Company, Gordon Davis, Hip Hop; Deitch Gallery, Reginald Van Lee, Stephen Burrows, New York News
Michael Henry Adams

Is there really such a thing as 'black society'? Many people certainly used to think so! Imagine, today we have one African American president and ...

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Party Girl: The Evolution Of Socialite Style

Refinery 29 | Kelley Hoffman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Babe Paley, Nyc, Edie Sedgwick, Style, Tinsley Mortimer, Socialite, Socialites, Fashion, Tina Chow, Style News

Socialite, social, society--the words may change, but New York has always had its crowd of well-heeled women who never fail to bring the wow factor to...

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