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Gay Man: I Make Out with Girls for Attention

Maureen O'Connor — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:44:28 EDT

Gay liberation and women's liberation come full circle today: In "The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name," gay Elle writer Seth Plattner announces that he likes to make out with women sometimes, not because he is bisexual, but because he really likes sexual attention. He's like a drunk sorority girl at a frat party, but gay and at a cool bar in New York. Here is his confession: More »

James Franco Only Likes Girls Who Look Like Boys

Brian Moylan — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:53:39 EDT

James Franco found some time in his packed schedule for his most recent snobby art project: a photo exhibit at the Venice Biennial. It features pictures of models Agyness Deyn, Natalia Bonifacci, and Imogen Poots dressed up to look like James Dean. More »

Masshole Radio Host Brags About Screwing Interns, Gets Fired

Hamilton Nolan — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:00:00 EDT

In your serene Wednesday media column: Jay Severin gets canned, a blogger sues over working conditions, Pinch defends his paywall, Hearst is full of catty status-seekers, and Rachel Maddow will make you a martyr. More »

Hearst Buys 102 Magazines (And the World?)

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 10:11:06 EST

Hearst's long-awaited purchase of French media conglomerate Lagardere's international magazine business is finally official. The purchase price: $887 million. The upshot: Hearst may now be the most powerful decider of the future of the magazine industry. More »

The Best and Worst Celebrities for Magazine Covers

Brian Moylan — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:01:22 EST

2010 was a great year for Lady Gaga, and a great year for magazines that put her on the cover, with L.G. issues selling higher than usual. But which celebs can't move a mag to save their lives? More »

Hearst to Buy Hachette Filipacchi?

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:44:29 EST

Hearst is reportedly close to a deal to buy Hachette Filipacchi Media, publisher of Elle and Woman's Day, in a deal that would make Hearst easily the dominant publisher of American female-centric media. More »

Gwyneth Paltrow Will Not Give You a Blow Job

Richard Lawson — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:29:36 EDT

Well, who knows about now, but back at the beginning of her career she certainly wouldn't have. In an interview with Elle, the wispy actress talks about an uncomfortable casting couch situation early in her acting days. She said no! More »

Lindsay Lohan May Be Going Back to Jail

Adrian Chen — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 10:55:00 EDT

Lindsay Lohan admits she failed a drug test; now she faces jail! Russell Brand placed under citizen's arrest for paparazzi beatdown. Did Elle whiten Gabourey Sidibe's face? Paris Hilton's plea deal. Saturday Gossip Roundup is not eating brunch. More »

Bedbugs Overrun the Elle Offices

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:23:46 EDT

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In your fearmongering Monday media column: vicious rumors of bedbugs at Elle, a mass exodus from the New York Observer, Sidney Harman has some ideas for Newsweek, media job moves afoot, and Philly wants to tax bloggers. More »

Bill O'Reilly Does Not Want Justin Bieber to Have Sex with Kim Kardashian

Matt Cherette — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:21:04 EDT

Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian did a Graduate-themed photo shoot for ELLE's September issue. This really bothers Bill O'Reilly, and he let it be known tonight in a weird segment full of concern, confusion, and sexual references galore. Video inside. More »

Newsweek: And Then There Were Four

Hamilton Nolan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:42:34 EDT

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In your sweltering (but not sizzling) Wednesday media column: four bidders left for Newsweek, rumors of a Hachette- Hearst joint venture, Time magazine flirts with a paywall, and city hall reporters now work in a trailer, where they belong. More »

The City: Welcome to Miami

Brian Moylan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:23:09 EDT

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We were too busy eating Mexican food last night to watch The City. Luckily fictional freelancer Betsey Morgenstern is around to give us all the dirt, and eat our left-over chimichanga. More »

The City: A Field Guide to Your Ex's Exes

Brian Moylan — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:29:08 EDT

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We were too busy eating gelato last night to actually watch The City. However our fictional freelancer Betsey Morgenstern was on the prowl and will bring you all the dirt on her newest nemesis Louise Roe. More »

The City: 10 Things We Hate About You

Brian Moylan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:59:09 EDT

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Fictional freelancer Betsey Morgenstern called this morning and said she couldn't write about The City. Something to do with prostitution charges and Tom Arnold. Anyway, you're stuck with me, and I actually had to watch the show. More »

The City: Here's to the Ladies Who Lunch

Brian Moylan — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:27:21 EDT

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We were too busy looking for a cute new umbrella on the internet to bother with The City. Luckily fictional freelancer Betsey Morgenstern was there to fill us in on a very important fashion summit. More »

Olivia Palermo Is Bad at College

Brian Moylan — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:24:48 EDT

MTV reality star and socialite Olivia Palermo is 24 and still a sophomore at The New School. We hear she doesn't pay much attention in class. Maybe that's why she's still in school! Oh, and she hates us. More »

Fun Plagiarism Scandal Becoming Funner Lawsuit and Conspiracy Scandal

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:51:41 EDT

In your uproarious Thursday media column: Gerald Posner lawyers up, your favorite comic strip goes dark, a reporter's ready to run against John McCain, the internet gets more ad money, and something wacky is going on at Elle. More »

The City: The Civil War Years

Brian Moylan — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:54:12 EDT

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We were so busy trying to promote our birthday party that we didn't have time to watch The City last night. Luckily fictional freelancer Betsey Morgenstern was there for all the bitch-on-bitch fighting action. More »

Elle's Publisher Wants You To Know She Had Anna Wintour's Hair First

Brian Moylan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:57:11 EST

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It's bad enough that Elle's business is booming while Vogue is in the toilet, but now Carol Smith is on the cover of the Daily Frontrow taking credit for having Anna's bob first. And it's a lie!
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• Condé Nast Publications exists...

cityfile — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:30:00 EST

• Condé Nast Publications exists no more. The company will now be known simply as "Condé Nast," since the powers that be there have finally realized that people like to read stuff on the Internet every once in a while. [NYP] More »

• Rupert Murdoch is hoping to give...

cityfile — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:35:00 EST

• Rupert Murdoch is hoping to give the Times a run for its money. The mogul plans to put $15 million into the NYC edition of the Wall Street Journal. [NYO] More »

The City: Stop Being So Sketchy

Brian Moylan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:38:48 EDT

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Due to an unfortunate TiVo glitch, we couldn't watch The City last night, but thankfully there are plenty of budding social reporters out there who can fill in for us. Here is one promising dispatch. More »

Is the Worst Over?

cityfile — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:20:00 EDT

• Some luxury fashion companies think (or are hoping, at least) that the recession has "bottomed out," and the tide is "slowly turning." Let's hope so! [WWD] More »

A Jackson Reality TV Show, Elle Combats Homelessness

cityfile — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:47:00 EDT

• Just when you think members of the Jackson family can't possibly stoop any lower comes confirmation they've agreed to do a reality TV show for A&E. It's going to be "genuine," says the show's producer. Clearly. [THR] More »

Homelessness Now an Edge in Elle Internships

Hamilton Nolan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:54:24 EDT

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A homeless woman has landed a (coveted?) four-month internship with Elle magazine, proving that unemployed journalists need only fall a *little* farther to get "back in the game." More »

The Return of Imus, Hachette To Sell Elle?

cityfile — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:49:00 EDT

• Two years after he was booted from MSNBC and CBS Radio for making racist comments, Fox Business is now in talks to team up with Don Imus. [LAT] More »

September's Harper's Bazaar, Rodarte For Target

cityfile — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:26:00 EDT

• The September issue of Harper's Bazaar features Susan Boyle in her first-ever fashion shoot. More importantly, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester, who appears on the cover of the issue, shoots down the recent rumors that she took part in a sex tape. [Harper's Bazaar, Us] More »

Elle Probably Not Changing Hands, Probably Not Infected With Swine Flu

cityfile — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:07:00 EDT

The Post's Keith Kelly reported today that Elle's parent company has been in discussions to turn over a stake in the magazine to Hearst. Could to be true? For what it's worth, a Hachette spokeswoman tells the Observer there's "no truth" to the report. And while we were hoping that Joe Zee might be able to shed some light on the situation, he seems to be preoccupied with whether or not he has swine flu. Only time will tell if a deal for Elle is in the works. In the meantime, though, feel free to a little prayer for Zee. Catching swine flu five weeks before Fashion Week? That could be tragic. [NYP, NYO] More »

Lacroix's Possible Savior, The Bleak Month of September

cityfile — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:35:00 EDT

• Christian Lacroix saved? Possibly! Although Lacroix is keeping mum, a bidder for the struggling fashion house may have emerged. [WWD, Reuters] More »

Haute Couture, Christian Lacroix & JCPenney, Too

cityfile — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:31:00 EDT

J.Lo's Defeat, Bar's New Gig

cityfile — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:29:00 EDT

• Another celebrity clothing line bites the dust: Jennifer Lopez's Sweetface is going on "hiatus" after this season. It's the third Lopez label to disappear in recent years, although in the case of Sweetface, there's always a chance it could return, so at least J.Lo has a glimmer of hope to hold on to. [WWD, Cut] More »

Lauren Models, Jesus Poses, Roberto Chats

cityfile — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:25:00 EDT

• Voguette and social fixture Lauren Santo Domingo is branching out into modeling, apparently. [FashionCopious via Pipeline] More »

Did Lindsay Lohan Steal $500K Worth of Jewels?

The Cajun Boy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:59:44 EDT

TMZ is reporting tonight that noted garment thief Lindsay Lohan is wanted for questioning by Scotland Yard in regards to $500,000 worth of jewels that disappeared from a recent magazine photo shoot in the UK. More »

Donatella's Excess, Excessively Expensive Items

cityfile — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:09:00 EDT

• Versace CEO Giancarlo di Risio is expected to hand in his resignation tomorrow. He's leaving after reportedly clashing with Donatella Versace "over her lavish lifestyle," not surprisingly. [NYT] More »

Britney, Brown, & The Arrival of Prince Harry

cityfile — Thu, 28 May 2009 07:47:00 EDT

• A recent Elle photoshoot with Britney Spears turned out to be a bit messier than expected. [P6] More »

Elle Prepares For Olivia's Arrival

cityfile — Fri, 22 May 2009 10:23:00 EDT

Olivia Palermo starts her new "job" in Elle's publicity department next week. But she isn't coming alone: Since the gig will be incorporated into the next season of The City, she'll be followed around the entire time by a MTV camera crew. This probably explains why Elle staffers have been sprucing up the office ahead of her arrival and even repainted the reception area. Or perhaps this is how the magazine welcomes all new entry-level staffers these days? [WWD] More »

Nobody Wants to See Tom Hanks Naked

The Cajun Boy — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:38:47 EDT

Tom Hanks' sex scenes were cut from Angels & Demons, Olivia Palermo joins Elle, and John Mayer tries to get girls to sleep with him by text messaging "I want to tuck you in." More »

Olivia New Gig, Jay's Modest Demands

cityfile — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:13:00 EDT

• Olivia Palermo's imaginary career is on fire. The City star is reportedly leaving her "job" at DVF to "work" in the publicity department at Elle. So if you see anything in Elle that seems to have been ripped from another magazine, now you know who to blame. [P6] More »

Anne Slowey's Vital Decrees

cityfile — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:21:00 EST

While Stylista failed to thrill viewers or indeed expose anything about real life at Elle—we'll see if Marie Claire's soon-to-debut effort in the same vein, Running in Heels, does any better—the show did make a minor celebrity out of the mag's fashion news director, pretend Ice Queen Anne Slowey. Anne, along with her new puppy, Edie (after Sedgwick, like Leigh Lezark's dachshund, or Beale?), shares her fashion week opinions with Elle.com, the most important one being the answer to that perennial dilemma: Should one wear a designer to his/her own show? "As a rule, no. Certainly, never a full look. Maybe a piece if it's not too obvious. But never change from one show to the next. That looks old-school and ridiculous, and you run the risk of looking like you work there." Advice to take to heart unless, of course, you actually want to give the impression that you work for a designer. More »

Star Turns

cityfile — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:45:00 EST

Did you know that Elle editor-in-chef Robbie Myers had a tiny part in Caddyshack when she was 18? It's true. ("The director, Harold Ramis, picked me out of the crowd. I had a very small role, but it was a huge hit at college parties," she says.) Were you aware that Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter appeared in Alfie? Or that Richie Rich made a cameo in Zoolander? Fashion Week Daily went digging for some little-known (and occasionally embarrassing) performances by members of the fashion/media elite. You can see the full collection by clicking on the photo above. [FWD] More »