Sean Avery, Now on T-Shirts
March 17, 2010 01:01 PM
Blue & Cream, the hip downtown boutique with locations in the Hamptons, has a couple of new t-shirts on sale. There is one showing a skull and hockey sticks instead of bones with the name "Avery" (as in Sean)...
Does Graydon Mind That Wall Street 2 is Delayed? Not a Bit
March 17, 2010 12:47 PM
Sure, Vanit...
Mr. Muffie Potter Aston Works Hard for the Money
March 17, 2010 12:32 PM
It was a busy lunch hour at East Side Social Club on Thursday, March 11: One banquet-size table was booked by actress Fran Drescher, there with her Cancer Schmancer foundation; another seated socialites Gigi Mortimer and Courtney Moss, celebrating...
It's Free to Look: 257 West 17th Street
March 17, 2010 12:17 PM
How does 20 over-sized windows sound? And six bedrooms? And enough space to have an office that doesn't appear to be used much? Check out this condo in the heart of hipper......
Albany G.O.P. Not Cool With Possible Lanza Congressional Bid
March 17, 2010 11:31 AM
Republicans in Albany aren't too keen on the idea of State Senator Andrew Lanza giving up his seat to challenge Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, the possibility of which has been reported. "Don't believe everything you hear," Senate G.O.P. spokesman John...
David Paterson Is Feeling Run Over
March 17, 2010 11:31 AM
On the Don Imus radio show this morning, David Paterson responded to Kirsten Gillibrand's recent comments that the governor should resign if the allegations that he intervened in a domestic abuse case are found to be true. (Via Ben...
The Monserrate Election: Who Won? Who Lost?
March 17, 2010 11:16 AM
Before the polls closed on the Monserrate-Peralta race, a few brave people tossed out predicitons, which uniformly showed Peralta crushing the former state senator. The only question was the size of the victory. Since it was a special election,...
Patrick McCarthy is Done as Editor of W
March 17, 2010 11:16 AM
Big news out of Conde Nast: Longtime W editor and editorial director Patrick McCarthy's time as editor is about to come to a close. Gina Sanders, who was recently named CEO of Fairchild, now has something that her predecessor Richard Beckman...
Steve Jobs, Hollywood iMogul
March 17, 2010 11:02 AM
No, he wasn't wearing a black mock turtleneck, but yes, that was Steve Jobs in a tuxedo walking the red carpet at the Oscars. It was Mr. Jobs who claimed some kudos for Up, which won two gold statues,...
Bernhardt, Baby, Bernhardt: It was a GLAAD-urday Night
March 17, 2010 10:16 AM
Heavy rains and general transportation problems on Saturday, March 11, were not about to stop the annual GLAAD Media Awards on the seventh floor of the Marriott Marquis hotel. Hosted by a bubbly Alan Cumming, recently cast as Gutsy...
Geithner Month Rolls On, Tells Maddow 'This Is A Just War'
March 17, 2010 10:16 AM
Secretary of the Treasury and Vogue star Timothy Geithner continued his charm offensive last night in a relatively long sit-down with Rachel Maddow. Mr. Geithner talked a lot about the "innocent victims" of the crisis, how he felt a...
Elton Devours Cheese, Donna Wears Black, Liman Tells Plame Truth!
March 17, 2010 09:32 AM
The night before the opening of Geoffrey Nauftts' new play Next Fall, which premiered at the Helen Hayes Theatre on Wednesday, March 10, the cast gathered at a party hosted at the Royalton by Sir Elton John-who is, along...
Morning Read: Senor's Voice, Monserrate's Threat, Congressional Wafflers
March 17, 2010 09:32 AM
Jose Peralta won a State Senate seat with 65.41 percent, Hiram Monserrate had 27.34 percent, and the G.O.P. guy trailed at 7.25 percent. Vito Fossella learned his lesson. Sharpton, an Obama ally and D.N.C. tool. "Democratic National Committee Chairman...
Ooh La La! Socialite Susan Fales-Hill to Publish Novel of Adultery
March 17, 2010 09:17 AM
The Park Avenue Armory's sizable main hall was filled to the beams with Francorati on Saturday, March 13, when the Lycée Français de New York held its 11th annual fund-raising gala, honoring French finance minister Christine Lagarde-effortlessly elegant in...
Morning Ground-Up: 3.17.10
March 17, 2010 08:46 AM
Happy St. Patrick's Day. Here's to staying sober 'til noon. - The Observer's Eliot Brown puts the emotion and the politics aside, and tackles the nuts-and-bolts of rebulding at the World Trade Center site. Does anyone really want or need...
Eye Opener: The Conan Movie
March 17, 2010 08:46 AM
There could be a Conan documentary. [Deadline NY] Hiram Monserrate did not win. [NYT] The Post highlights the guy who broke open the big taxi scam. [Post] The president might put off his Asia trip again. [Politico] Is anyone...
The Repo Men's New Lehman Shrug
March 16, 2010 09:47 PM
There are two ways to react to the biblically proportioned report that Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy examiner released last Friday, which over its 2,209 pages (not counting appendices) has echoes of Grisham, Orwell and Ayn Rand. The first is to...
The Gay Terrorist
March 16, 2010 09:32 PM
It's been more than eight years since 9/11, but the fallout continues to reverberate throughout today's New York. The Obama administration's waffling over how to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the attack's mastermind, and the continuous, embarrassing delay in rebuilding...
Times' National Desk in 'Head-Snapping' Revamp
March 16, 2010 09:32 PM
In recent weeks, The New York Times' national desk has undergone quite a face-lift. There's a new editor, Rick Berke. There is a new deputy editor in Adam Bryant. And there will be a new Los Angeles bureau chief...
Lights Out at P.S. 1
March 16, 2010 09:17 PM
For a performer, having someone pull the plug on your show isn't usually a career-maker. Not so for Ann Liv Young, 29, who became an art-world celebrity two weeks ago when P.S.1 director Klaus Biesenbach ordered the electricity shut...
