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nightlife
Saving The Beatrice Inn Is NYC's Most Pressing Issue
"Nightlife Preservation": The political cause you can support by sniffing coke in the Beatrice Inn bathroom! Is it possible to support a cause in theory while wishing its supporters would shut up, in practice? In this case, yes. More »
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Comment by kneetoe: I love that she was there to save her brother's club. Maybe she should run for office. Having worked on the... 8 Responses | Other threads
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collect calls
Is Amy Sacco Broke?
Even if you're lucky enough to have work, you may not be lucky enough to actually collect a check. If public shame is your only option, tell us about it and we'll post your story. Today: Amy Sacco's Bungalow 8. More »
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Comment by if_i_only_had_a_heart: so it's easier to get in now? omg, i'm sorry 2 Responses | Other threads
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wtf
Cokeheads No Longer Allowed in Clubs
For reasons that we cannot fathom, bouncers and cops in the UK are now using a device to ensure that people who sniff coke don't get into nightclubs. What? More »
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Comment by iplaudius: So booty bump it. (That means "put it in your butt.") Problem solved. You’re welcome! 10 Responses | Other threads
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end times
Tonight Is the Nerd Reckoning
Run for your lives, Silicon Valley's terrifying nightlife is upon us! Any minute now, Twitter plans to start the party by assigning an extra-large numeric ID to a tweet, thus breaking various Twitter programs. Then Facebook makes its move. More » -
internet week
Rooftop Gotham Orgy Interbreeds Old and New Media
Didn't make the "Founders Club" mogulfest last night in New York? Just as well; the likes of Rupert Murdoch, Barry Diller and Nick Denton are best "enjoyed" from a safe distance, the next morning, via the Internet. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by depardoo: "Lockhart Steele" - still the waspiest name on earth. 1 Responses | Other threads
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Underage Boozing
Pete Wentz's Bar Busted By NYPD For Saucing Up The Young'uns
Whoops! An eagle-eyed tipster spotted this today on the front door of Pete Wentz's East Village bar, Angels and Kings, which got smacked down with an NYPD closure. Looks like they were serving to minors. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by sparklylegwarmers: How closely do most celebrities who own bars/restaurants actually monitor the day-to-day business? Does anyone know? 2 Responses | Other threads
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parties
Time 100 Gala: Boozy Enemies Get Intimate at Twitter-ized Party
The press corps shrank at this year's Time 100: We heard the Observer, Mediabistro and Daily Beast weren't there; Folio was reportedly turned away. The media truncation was just one way the party was Twitter-ized. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: To get back to the educational exchange we were having about height in Europe -- Renee Zellweger is descended from... 4 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
The Beatrice Inn returns next week, supposedly. A slow death, then.
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nightlife
Marquee's Secret: All Those Free-Spending Bankers
Some wacky Harvard Business School kids decided to write up a case study on undead Chelsea celebuclub Marquee, probably so they could get past the doorman. They found out Marquee's profit: More »
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Comment by Solomon Grundy: Yeah right, $2.4 million -- I can't imagine why a primarily cash business that takes in $10,000 a table a... 5 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Sean Avery to Be Owner of Club, Not Bouncer or Interior Designer
Vogue-interning hockey star Sean Avery is opening a Tribeca "sports bar meets country club" with the proprietor of drug-free downtown nightspot the Beatrice Inn. A joke about Avery, Josh Hartnett, and coke goes here. [NYO]
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Comment by Lizawithazee: "Sports bar meets country club." In other words, HELL ON EARTH. 8 Responses | Other threads
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scandals
Cokey Coeds Corralled by Creepy Club Cops
A few months ago two Fashion Institute of Technology students were arrested for dealing coke, and they laughed about it, and were subsequently crucified in the tabloids. Now they're blaming hardworking, cock-referencing undercover police! More »
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Comment by Kari's Favorite Mark: A month-long sting to bust two college girls? You're tax dollars at work. 4 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Soho House has posted a sign specifically forbidding "Pairs in the toilet." Romance is dead.
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fashion
Hud Morgan's Fruity Trousers
We're guessing Hud Morgan was not among the lucky few to survive the collapse of Men's Vogue; as questionable as his fashion choices have historically been, they have somehow deteriorated further. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by CaptainFantastic: I find it more offensive that they're wrinkled. And if they are linen and therefore a little wrinkling is acceptable,... 6 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
Inaugural Balls: 20 Moments
The inaugural celebrations came in waves last night — Commander-in-Chief's Ball, Youth Ball, Neighborhood Ball, Southern States Ball, Western States, and on — but the new president stayed in high spirits. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Private Hangnail: Is anyone else alarmed by Kanye's creep towards becoming black Karl Lagerfeld? 8 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Inauguration Ball: Media Types Claw For Respect, Get Drunk
MSNBC's Chris Matthews was forced to wait in line with the commoners. A blogger was mistaken for a prostitute. And everyone seemed to be Twittering or liveblogging. Inauguration eve was boisterous! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ThatMother-Chucker: I'm not sure "Har!" would be my reaction if someone thought I was a hooker. 3 Responses | Other threads
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celebrity science
Let Rachel Maddow Bully You About Cocktails
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow once said that if she wasn't a broadcast host she'd "try to find a way to professionally bully people about what they drink." She'd be good at it! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ian spiegelman: I think she's hot and smart. BUT, if you vigorously shake or stir many drink components, like vermouth, you bruise... 61 Responses | Other threads
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Men of the cloth
Party Priest Hits Palm Beach, Continues to Party
Party priest and American hero Gregory Malia was defrocked for being too cool for church, but his partying don't stop yall! He's made his way to Palm Beach, where champagne supplies are in danger: More »
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Comment by Almostbanned: Where can you get Dom Perignon for $400 a bottle and a magnum of PJ Rose for $1500? Because that... 5 Responses | Other threads
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parochial news
Party Priest Paid $1,000 To Hear Rihanna Song — In Pennsylvania
Hard-partying Episcopal Priest Gregory Malia was popular in New York nightclubs, what with his $17,000 tips and all. In Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — they have a nightclub! — he was just weird. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Almostbanned: Do they serve deep-fried cheeseburgers at Evolution? Because that is the official food of Wilkes-Barre. And I wish I was... 3 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Mr. Big's SNL Hangout Closing
So much for watching soused Saturday Night Live cast members play Bon Jovi songs Saturday nights at "The Cutting Room," because Chris Noth is shutting his Flatiron district club.
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By Ryan TateComment by FarleyPapus: "According to one Chicago Sun-Times gossip item, Noth even culled one of his girlfriends from the ranks of the Cutting... 3 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Partying Priest Answers New York Nightlife Prayers
New York nightlife is in an incredibly bad place if the biggest spender on the scene is an Episcopal priest who drives in from Wilkes Barre, Pa., to drop tens of thousands of dollars on bottle service. The New York Daily News tries to figure out where Gregory Malia, the youngish fellow second from the right in the photo, gets enough cash to drop $52,000 in one night. He was ordained as a priest in 2002 and otherwise runs a pharmaceutical business that specializes in supplies for hemophiliacs. "I work hard. I make good money. How I spend it - that is my business," he tells the News. "I haven't done anything inappropriate."
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Comment by VoxPopuli: Also, I rather enjoyed this graf: "He hangs out with waitresses, and sometimes comes back after a big night and takes... 3 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Some Idiot (and Recession Hero) Spent $20,000 on Champagne
What's this? Someone partying at Marquee bought a $20,000 bottle of Armand de Brignac champagne? Guest of a Guest doesn't know who it was—the bottle-buyer wanted to stay anonymous, for obvious reasons—but let's investigate. The way in which the clubgoer is brandishing the bottle in this photo—with the fizz spewing out of the top—is clearly phallic. Freud would have much to analyze. As obnoxious and appalling as this is, we're still glad (if only for the club's staff) that these morons still exist. Let's salute the overspending assholes of the world—who, unlike the tightwad assholes of the world—are at least keeping people employed. More »
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By SheilaComment by badasscat: One of my friends who will remain nameless received for Christmas one year a Nebuchadnezzar of Champagne. See this... 2 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Leno In Stats-Lie Shame
Jay Leno has been saying his 10pm show will be hot, because going to bed early is suddenly hot, among the kids. Someone finally checked, and of course Leno is totally wrong. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Bring It On: one of my relatives dragged me to a taping of the letterman show in new york....haven't watched it in years....i... 8 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Fox Newser Illustrates How Not To Get Laid In A Bar
"Dude, I just talked to Karl Rove on my fucking phone. You think I’m fucking with you? Mike Huckabee called me, like, three hours ago." [Observer]
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By Ryan TateComment by llamalash★: Speaking of Mike Huckabee, did anyone see Jon Stewart's debate with him last night re: gay marriage? "People choose to... 1 Responses | Other threads
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ron burkle
Burkle's Filthy World Now Obama's Problem
It's kind of comforting that, amid economic collapse and a new political order, Ron Burkle is still a dirty old billionaire luring teenagers onto his jet and caressing distracted girls in clubs. Why, just this weekend he was out with Leonardo DiCaprio again, at Cipriani. Close personal friend Bill Clinton was not in attendance this time, but there's been no public sign of a split. Which, actually, is kind of a problem for president elect Barack Obama, particularly now that another of Burkle's sketchy business ventures has spectacularly exploded in scandal, this one involving large amounts of cocaine. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Iceland Spar: For a self-made millionaire, Burkle doesn't seem too good with the money. 2 Responses | Other threads
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crime
Actor Hot-Cop's Nasty Club Fight
Eric Burns, NOT pictured, plays dreamy police officers on soap operas like All My Children and As The World Turns. To unwind, he sometimes likes to spend some time relaxing at a club — say, after a few cognacs and four shots of vodka, as was apparently the case one night in August at Club Mansion. Then, around 4:50 am (!), some real cops came along and things took a decidedly unsexy turn, police told the Times: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Trixie from Toronto: Sodomy on a Brooklyn subway platform? Is that a common practice for the NYPD? To sodomize subway patrons? 8 Responses | Other threads
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the box
Burlesque Club Drowning In Nastiness
You'll recall that The Box owner Simon Hammerstein was accused of pressuring burlesque performers into three-ways, stashing them in dog-feces-strewn dressing rooms, pushing drugs on them and leaving welts on their assess. He denied most of the charges, and denies them again in this week's New York, backed up this time by some employees. But the magazine also dug up fresh information on the boozing, degenerate performances and sexual favor-trading that allegedly goes on at the nightspot: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by CaptainFantastic: Do not read the last paragraph of the linked article. I repeat: do not read the last paragraph of the... 5 Responses | Other threads
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1oak
Who Still Gets Laid At Posh Nightclubs
Economic meltdown or not, certain nightclubs still seem to be blessed with celebrities who will show up for free drinks, supermodels who will show up for the celebrities, and billionaires who will show up for the supermodels, black Amex cards at the ready. We know this thanks to writer and costume-lover Hud Morgan, who bravely traded his fruitinis for passionfruit shots and infiltrated 1OAK on behalf of Men's Vogue (a scan is after the jump). Illustrating how magazine publishers, too, are defying the recession and financing the posher forms of writerly hobnobbing. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Pope John Peeps II: It's EMINENTLY tolerable. Which is to say OUTSTANDINGLY ordinary. Or even AMAZINGLY regular. It is CONSPICUOUSLY normal. Jesus Hud, learn how... 4 Responses | Other threads
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freakoutnomics
A Guide to Your Recession-Weekend Oblivion
The weekend looms, but hard times are already upon us. We made a handy guide on how to have fun and fight for your rights to party (and survive!) during the financial freakout. Ready for a rent party?
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By SheilaComment by Richard Lawson: I suggest doing what I'm doing this weekend: Run home to your parents' house that's in a different state and have... 12 Responses | Other threads
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In Brief
Mr. Black Back
Despite the alarm yesterday over the closing of gay institution Mr. Black, Michael Musto hears it's not shut down permanently. So there is somewhere dark and anonymous left for us to ride out—heh—the recession. [Village Voice]
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By SheilaComment by AndIAmTellingYou: YAY! It's my birthday and I would luv, luv, luv some Mr. Black makeout! 2 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Where Will The Laid-Off Gays Go Dance?
Yet another club closing: Mr. Black—a New York gay institution—is to shut down for the second time. First it was for drugs, this time it's something about "non-payment of taxes," reports Michael Musto. The club was notable for being a democratic place where the A-gays and club kids would all drink and dance as one. It's not just Mr. Black: the Box and the Beatrice recently got yanked around by the State Liquor Authority, and Marquee's little shutdown was actually drug dealing problems disguised as a mysterious"water main break," says the Observer. “[Mr. Black] is so dark and anonymous," the New York Times once quoted a patron as saying. Dude, we're in a depression—can't you just leave us somewhere dark and anonymous?
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By SheilaComment by MattGaymon: I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be doing on Saturday nights anymore. I guess drinking in front of Manhunt... 9 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
College Kids Horrified by Dorks at New Yorker's Dance Party
The New Yorker festival culminated in a rockin' dance party. (Our publisher offered us his spare tickets, which we sniffily rejected. "The New Yorker dance party?" snorted a friend.) IvyGate went, though, and they were scared for their future social life. "This could be you in eleven years," warned the headline. "It was mostly professionals in their late 20s to early 30s talking and grinding." Oh, no, not that! Yep, that's how us post-collegiate Olds party. And then we stumbled home, drifting off to sleep imagining what type of hit our Roth IRA took with the latest crash. [IvyGate]
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By SheilaComment by Unfun: Oh,what I wouldn't give to be post-collegiate again, broke, in a shitty apartment with a roommate I can't stand, awkward... 8 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Sexy Debauched Party Photos: "Unchivalrous" and Illegal
The entire business model behind Girls Gone Wild, as well as party photosites like the CobraSnake and LastNightsParty, is now illegal in Scotland, reports the BBC. "A man who took a photograph of an ill woman outside an Edinburgh bar has been fined £100 after being branded "unchivalrous" by a sheriff... The woman had been drinking with friends in [a bar] when she felt unwell and went outside for air." Photos of drunk half-dressed girls is unchivalrous? Hey, nobody forced them to drink three Long Island Iced Teas. [Photo: Home of the Vain]
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By SheilaComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I was once fined $100 for "conduct unbecoming of a bemonacled gentleman". 5 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
What Are This Con Artist Gatecrasher's Fake Movie Projects?
So what are you working on? If you're tax-cheating media-gatecrasher Priyantha Silva—known more for your sweaty drinking exploits than your fictional producing career—it's where things might go wrong. That's probably why he's chatting up aspiring actresses and sending them these upcoming "film projects." "Legend of Black Tom isn't a real [politically correct] title, but I believe some studio would throw it out," snarks the gal who sent them to us. We've also been deluged with memories from others: "He's had it in for me ever since this," said Star's Ben Widdicombe. "I saw him trying to get into the Calvin Klein 40th anniversary party during Fashion Week, and more recently at a Vanity Fair party for St John. He was trying to chat up Lauren Bush before the alert event organizer separated them. He has been in and out of prison and is more dangerous than just a harmless party crasher." Oh, great! More »
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By SheilaComment by British Benzene: $25 million might pay for Denzel and Daniel Craig, but what about the rest of the talent and the rest... 3 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
During Troubled Times, an Entire Nation Prefers Mac n' Cheese
Back from 2001 downturn, it's the "comfort food during a recession" trend piece! Hey, writers, if you're assigned this topic, here's a peg: an "exclusive all night diner" is to open in dazed, freakoutnomic Manhattan: "Socialista mastermind Armin Amiri has decided to open an all-night diner—with a guest list from 11 p.m. to 4 a.m.," reports the Observer. Filling the hole left by the democratic late-night Florent with "upscale diner food"? Irritating, but it might be perfect for the market right now: based on the sheer number of trend pieces, it is evident that people love (or can only afford) mac and cheese during hard times. Don't believe us? More »
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By SheilaComment by Spirit Fingers: As a true southerner and a certified Mac & Cheese connoisseur, as is a prerequisite, I take offense to bread... 13 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
The Parties Are the Same; It's You That's Different.
Everyone tortures themselves with this question: Did the parties used to be better? Probably not; It's just your mind playing tricks, pining for that magical time back when you and your friends were young and free and ready to take on the world—years before life and consequences trammeled your spirit. That said, New York magazine, as part of its 40th anniversary, has a slideshow of 40 years of parties. Here's one of precocious little brat Drew Barrymore chatting up party guest Moon Zappa... when she was ten. [New York]
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By SheilaComment by Fishnets and Cigarettes: From the greatest party evah! 5 Responses | Other threads
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the box
Beleaguered Burlesque Club Defends Itself
Simon Hammerstein, co-owner of downtown burlesque theater The Box—which pretty much everyone in the neighborhood wants shuttered—is sort of defending himself—mainly via proxy—against charges that he's a grunting hog who sexually harasses his female employees. And he's doing it in the pages of the Times' Sunday Styles, natch. First of all: he could never be untoward. Because he's engaged to a lady! More »
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Comment by 10001Live: I know more than a few artists and performers who have worked with SH at the Box and the consensus... 2 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
What's Really Going to Kill Nightlife?
It's not the economy, the stock market, or the cabaret laws anymore. It's the State Liquor Authority! Prominent clubs that have gotten their license pulled or failed to renew recently: the strip club Scores, the ultra-expensive cabaret the Box, and the ultra-exclusive celeb hangout the Beatrice Inn, and more.... More »
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By SheilaComment by Baroness: Agyness Deyn is killing nightlife. Just look at her in that pic, 'avin a larf while she wrecks nocturnal fun... 5 Responses | Other threads
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pmc
Patrick McMullan Sweats Out His iPhone Magazine
PMc is here! (Pause for applause). That, of course, is the name of the new iPhone-only magazine founded by nightlife photographer and long-aspiring celebrity Patrick McMullan. For only 99 cents on iTunes, you can now have a piece of this revolutionary bit of media progress. And McMullan himself is absolutely sweating to bring the latest in celebrity ruffle-wearing to his (dozens of?) readers: More » -
sex and the city
Why Was Nobody At the Million-Dollar Sex and the City Party?
Say what you will about dating columnist Julia Allison (I certainly have!), but she's basically the biggest Sex and the City fan ever. That's why even she was surprised to find a thin crowd at the extravagantly wrought DVD release party at the New York Public Library last night. "Okay, let's say that they just wanted it to be a big rope line," she told us. "Fine. Then why fly in roses from Colombia? Why have insane security when I didn't see a single boldface name—I'm not talking celebs, I'm just talking society people—or even press?" All very good questions—and what does this mean for the just-confirmed sequel? More »
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By SheilaComment by hamburgerhotdog: The irony of this is that it the person pointing it out recently threw a sparsely attended party full of... 4 Responses | Other threads
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nightlife
Ingenious Scamming Tips From Jailed Bungalow Thief
Remember Giovanni Luciano, the high-living Italian playboy who scammed credit cards at Bungalow 8 and partied at the most exclusive places in Manhattan? He's been in jail since last year for grand larceny. Ever-enterprising New York Observer reporter Spencer Morgan wrote him a letter, then took the prison bus up to Coxsackie to meet with him. And that, friends, is where he learned about a devious money-stealing trick involving an Etch-a-Sketch. More »
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By SheilaComment by Larry Fine: Get the fuck out of here. Does that really work? @Richard give me you ATM card! 2 Responses | Other threads
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