superbad

Does Judd Apatow Really Have This Man to Thank For 'Superbad'?

You're nobody in this town until you've been ripped off, and even then you're just a little more bitter nobody until an actual, attributable success comes along. According to a profile today in indieWIRE, director Alex Holdridge can finally lay claim to both stages in his accelerating career arc: His funny, lyrical LA romance In Search of a Midnight Kiss opens theatrically tomorrow in New York (Aug. 22 in Los Angeles), several years after a less-auspicious development left him burned at the Sony gates. More »

07/31/08

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We Meet The Real Housewives Of New York In Real Life

Last night there was a screening party for the premiere episode of The Real Housewives of New York City at Touch, a club in Midtown Manhattan which I'd otherwise not have visited were it not for the fact that all the housewives, their husbands, and (some of ) their kids were in attendance. The show airs on Bravo tonight, but I became obsessed with it after watching a 30-minute preview episode last week featuring Alex McCord and her metrosexual husband Simon van Kempen, the couple who live in Brooklyn and shop for clothes together. I dragged videographer Alex Goldberg with me to see if we could get one of them to talk to us about their love of fashion — and we totally did! Clip above, and more on the party after the jump. [Jezebel]

03/04/08

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'Sons And Other Flammable Objects' Book Party

29-year-old debut novelist Porochista Khakpour had her book party last night at her friend Sarma Melngailis's raw food restaurant, Pure Food and Wine. It was also Sarma's 35th birthday, so the party contained an oddly wonderful mix of raw food-loving celebs—Carol Alt! Ann ... Curry?—and literary types. Laurel Ptak took the glamourshots. More »

09/11/07

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Comment by Bug a Martini: Hey, who invited Borat? more » | Other threads

fashion week

The Unruly Heir Spring '08 Show And Afterparty

Socialgay Kristian Laliberte, who does the PR for fledgling label Unruly Heir, had promised us "more of a presentation than a show, with models walking down the runway to inhabit tableaus vivant, or living painting." What this meant: models, dressed in preppie clothes but carrying props such as a croquet mallet, or a ghetto blaster boombox, or a hobo's hankie-on-stick thing, walked down the runway, posed at the end of it it, and then walked over to the side and pretended to "tag" a painting that was pretending to be a fancy painting by spritzing it lightly with pastel spraypaint. One of them threw a tennis ball into the audience! Another walked with an unlit cigarette in his mouth. It was all very badass, very Port Authority meets Palm Beach. Or: very Dalton meets Once I Saw 'Paris Is Burning.' The inimitable Laurel Ptak documented it for posterity. More »

09/10/07

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Comment by ambitious: @hamburgerhotdog: Damn. You win. But yeah - that's def the voice that was the subject of that Observer article about... more » | Other threads

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'Blood Is The New Black' Book Party At Death And Co.

Former Travel & Leisure and CondéNet employee Valerie Stivers' first novel takes place a magazine named Tasty, the flagship of a big publishing empire called Oldham, Inc. At Tasty, editors stay up all night and keep the lights off in their offices until midmorning, and they're almost never spotted eating. Also, there's no garlic allowed in the cafeteria! It takes heroine Kate McGraw a while to clue into the fact that they're all literal bloodsucking vampires, but you know what? Who can blame her. Last night, Emily and photographer Laurel Ptak found themselves in the gothy confines of Death and Co., where a group of sallow-skinned yet not undead magazine types had gathered to fete the book. More »

09/05/07

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Comment by raincoaster: @sexbot: not news, though. more » | Other threads

the gays

Famous Author Celebrates Birthday With Live Nude Boys @ Home Sweet Home

On Friday night, we sent young gay writer-hottie Bennett Madison to cover a party thrown in honor of the birthday of gay eminence Bruce Benderson. We didn't know who that was either, but it turns out that he's very important to the gays! "Bruce Benderson is like Gore Vidal but a little bit [Ed: Um, 21 years!] younger and more downtown. He wrote a bunch of books which no one at the party had read (I asked). Also he went to high school with Camille Paglia. He's an outrageous gay elder statesment. I mean statesman. I'm still drunk," Bennett IM'd us this morning. The detailed accounting of his fun times are after the jump, accompanied by photos by perpetual lone heterosexual in the room Nikola Tamindzic. More more more can be found here. More »

08/27/07

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Comment by gaycurmudgeon: "if I'm not getting a BJ, why am I here?" I ask myself that question every time I go to the... more » | Other threads

the jews and the blacks

Is 'Duck Duck Wally' L.A.'s 'Devil Wears Prada'?

At last night's book party for "Duck Duck Wally" at G Spa, groups of short white Jewish dudes sat on banquettes bathed in a red light. Whirlpools of nonpotable water glowed eerily from the Jacuzzis. At one point, I ill-advisedly put my hand in one and soon developed a rash. Simon and Schuster, who published the novel, handed out fake gold chains. That the book tells the story of a short white Jewish dude who ghostwrites rhymes on the DL for a rap artist named Oral B only somewhat excused the charged racial implications. Like the novel's protagonist, its author Gabe Rotter is a short Jewish guy himself. Yesterday we got a "tip"—probably just deep cover publicist shill—that though the book was sold as a novel, "The rapper in the book is based on a few of the MAJOR rap stars, who really do have some fat white Jewish dude writing most if not ALL of their rhymes." More »

08/16/07

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By Joshua Stein

Comment by Aughie: Matisyahu blows his shofar while sharing the stories of the wandering Jews. A brilliant lyricist, a prophet AND instrumentally inclined?... more » | Other threads

lunch with tina

Tina Brown Is The People's Publisher

This afternoon, as Book Expo America begins, Tina Brown and Doubleday hosted a luncheon at MoMA's The Modern to celebrate the release of The Diana Chronicles. In the back room, like dwarves, each of the seven tables came with an adorable author of note. Ian McEwan, Kate Christensen, Jeffrey Toobin, Sebastian Faulks, Valerie Martin and Dan Wallace were the literary set pieces and their books, except Brown's (it's still unpublished, though excerpts will be in next week's Vanity Fair), were liberally distributed throughout. We counted two seersucker suits and more than one pair of Converse. The group could choose between sea bass with coco beans and spring vegetables "au pistou" or beef strip loin with morels, wilted lettuce and yukon gold salad. Tina Brown was fashionably late. More »

06/01/07

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By Joshua Stein

Comment by SarahHeartburn: Please, now, T-shirt nomination. "I'm the only woman who eats at parties." more » | Other threads

the avant garde

The Wooster Group Benefit: Art By Terrorists

The Wooster Group has always been described as avant garde. This means that either the theatrical garde hasn't changed in 30 years, or the Wooster Group has. Last night at The Box for their annual benefit, Michael Stipe sat on a low sofa and watched Moby, a smaller, uglier him, massacre the 12-bar blues. Mikhail Baryshnikov turned out even cooler in person than we thought, and, as always, John Waters provided some of the only words of wisdom: "Avant garde is a dirty dirty word. I'd never call anything I liked avant garde." Nikola Tamindzic (his own gallery is here) and our own Joshua David Stein got all avant on the rest of them. More »

05/01/07

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Comment by meh!: I went to the College of Wooster and apparently there is no relation. Meh. more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: 'Culture + Travel' Launch

^{LTB Media honcho James Truman, his billionairess boss Louise MacBain, Culture + Travel EIC Michael Boodro, and LTB marketing mandarin Lawrence Kaplan.} More »

09/27/06

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Comment by Lucia Toledo: Neither can it buy decent architecture. Poor Meier's building wants to trade on sublimity, but crummy details and clumsy... more » | Other threads

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Team Party Crash: Rated X at Luke & Leroy

Ever since the MisShapes party vamoosed, downtown hellmouth Luke & Leroy has been strugglin' a little. Its Saturday-night MisShapes party replacement, Rated X, goes straight for the gonads with enthusiastic amateur nudity. The hipsters are still drawn in droves, MisShapes or no; many probably haven't even noticed the change in party management. Except that they take their clothes off a lot. For money. Unfortunate Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley recorded the hoopla surrounding their most recent (and highly debatable) "Best Body" contest. Top prize went to a twee young male carrying neither body fat nor shame, while the gal Richard brought to the gala went to his roommate after one drink. Drama! Oh yes, did we mention the boobies? They're there. The clip's NSFW, if you haven't figured that out yet.

09/20/06

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Comment by Flashman: What a nice gesture. more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Virgin Mobile VMA-holes After-Party

r u hving fun? me nthr More »

09/01/06

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Comment by BK_KT: And by J.Lo wore that scandalous green dress to the VMAs, you must mean the dress she wore to the... more » | Other threads

new york times

Gawker Now Claiming Credit For Photos, Captions

Shockingly, these gentlemen work in the financial industry. More »

08/16/06

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Comment by Fawn Liebowitz: How comforting to know that children are playing with our hard earned money--this is enough to bring day trading back... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: 'Fabulous Nobodies' Republication Event

Last night News gossip Ben Widdicombe and T (the NYT Style book) bigwig Horacio Silva threw a little party at Silva's charming apartment. The soiree was in honor of Lee Tulloch, whose Fabulous Nobodies is being republished on its twentieth anniversary. We dispatched Intern Neel, whose coverage follows, along with the fine work of Gawker lensman Nikola Tamindzic. More »

08/11/06

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Comment by jopiazza: I wasn't going to tell anyone until at least the fourth month. more » | Other threads

team party crash

Team Party Crash: Toby Young's Book Party

So this photo may show Ian Spiegelman trying to maul Doug Dechert, but who's the chick on the left? And what the hell is she on? More »

07/14/06

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Comment by of_clem: Whit Stillman for Dockers. Now imagine him shoeless in that photograph. more » | Other threads

krucoff

Krucoff Throws Kegger When Denton Isn't Home

Glutton for punishment that Gawker may be, our offices were loaned out last night to mascot Andrew Krucoff, who used our HQ to host a book party for King Dork author Frank Portman (at right with — gasp — chastity slut Dawn Eden). No ridiculous journalists engaged in bitch-slappery, making things a little less pseudo-exciting, but Krucoff still has his own party crash for your perusal. We're just hoping that no shitfaced bloggers enjoyed a fumbling hookup atop our servers. More »

07/14/06

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Comment by monkey: it's more like team krucoff and his friends. boring. more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Dealbreaker.com Launch Party

Elizabeth Spiers stiffens as lit agent Kate Lee goes straight for her wallet. More »

06/13/06

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Team Party Crash: Motherfucker Memorial Day

Whenever there's a holiday, there's a Motherfucker party — wherein all the hip kids and their tranny friends join together in sweaty, squalid bliss. This Sunday night was no exception, and Gawker staff shutterbug Nikola Tamindzic was proudly in attendance, catching all the good vice he could. His images are below in our nifty, new gallery; click on each thumbnail to enlarge. Not necessarily safe for work, mind you. More »

05/30/06

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Comment by George Clooney: This is no longer fun. Tiny thumbnails hiding the garish details of a clubland everyparty, with no sex appeal or... more » | Other threads

bridget harrison

Team Party Crash: 'Tabloid Love' Book Party

Paula Froelich looks to Bridget Harrison for her daily dose of calcium. More »

05/25/06

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Comment by ambitious heckler: Yes, that is Robert George... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: 'Time' 100 Party

John McCain is a huge fan of Ralph Lauren's Rugby line. More »

05/09/06

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Comment by colinsmith: Was Lauren Bush trying to get in all the f'ing pics? Fifty-Bucks says she stands behind Channel... more » | Other threads

party crash

Mr. Gawker Goes to Washington: In Which We Hang Out With the Same Old NYC Media Kids, Break News About George Pataki, and — Finally! — Stalk George Clooney

We knew we'd get you eventually, Clooney. More »

05/01/06

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Comment by ambitious heckler: of course, your second picture is the exact location where John Hinckley punctured the Teflon. more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Daily Candy's Book Party

Daily Candy editor-at-large Dannielle Romano grabs hold of DC founder Dany Levy. We fear we have pictures of Dannielle displaying similar enthusiasm for us. More »

04/27/06

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Comment by Bernard Goetz: A.J. is sporting a Dirty Sanchez to show his support for Mexican immigration. more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Nerve.com Video Launch

Nerve co-founder Rufus Griscom succumbs to the throes of conjugal bliss. More »

04/27/06

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Comment by Ben Popken: Don't worry Nick, I was there and it really wasn't that all interesting. I even entered the 'video confession booth'... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: A.M. Homes' Book Party

Patricia Clarkson, A.M. Homes, and some other chick we don't recognize. Not a bad crowd for just another downtown party. More »

04/26/06

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Comment by Miss Jessica Pilot: Leave it to me to ruin a perfectly high brow book party to share my love of doughnuts. fatty. more » | Other threads

bonnie fuller

Gawker Reading Crash: Bonnie Fuller on the Upper West Side

Bonnie Fuller — she's just like us! She has a kid! More »

04/12/06

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Comment by the earl grey: InTouch is doing a kickier job than STAR. when Bonnie switched astrologers on 1/1/06 she officially turned me into an... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Flavorpill's Mudbath

Flavorpill communications director Lynnel Herrera and Kendah El-Ali of Soma discuss the underlying philosophy behind new media. More »

03/13/06

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Comment by Worker #3116: Yeah, I was wondering about that. In the article Thrillist are talking about how they have no money, but then... more » | Other threads

party crash

Jim Kelly's Party Pad Hosts Andrew Sullivan

When you re invited to get drunk at Time magazine managing editor Jim Kelly s home, you really have no choice but to go. The crowd is sure to be good and, if one is lucky, the gossip will be stellar (at his last mega-fete, Katie Couric was overhead loudly bitching about the CBS rumors). If you can handle it, we fully endorse trekking to the Upper West Side as we did last night for Kelly s party in honor of Time.com s latest acquisition, heterodox blogstar Andrew Sullivan. More »

03/09/06

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yale

Sorta Party Crash: 'Blazers & Bling' at the Yale Club

Perhaps a bit Lilly Pulitzer for February in town. But it seems that was sort of the point. More »

02/28/06

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Comment by the earl grey: almost as off-putting as blackface jesus. almost more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Motherfucking Presidents Day

Bruises are the new necklaces. More »

02/21/06

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Comment by Future Present: >it's not exactly Disco 2000 is it? Avalon reeks of vomit & its >bathroom is more disgusting than Coney Island... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Opening Night at Boudoir

This is Nia, the twin sister of Top Model winner Naima Mora. They're both equally "famous." More »

02/10/06

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Comment by the earl grey: on pure aesthetic terms nikola's pictures have a gloss and depth that the other party sites lack. however the mis-shapes pictures... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Floria Sigismondi Book Party

Floria Sigismondi always accessorizes with an Interpol member. More »

02/10/06

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Comment by Simpatia: I love Crazy Ass Lisa from ANTM! Did she pee herself again just for the thrill of it all?... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Bruce Benderson's Book Party

Bruce Benderson, Erica Jong and Naomi Wolf resist the urge to start an orgy. More »

02/03/06

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Comment by jazzyadams: My mom is cute!!! more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: 'Love Monkey' Screening

The cast of Love Monkey: Just like you and your friends, except for that black guy. More »

01/19/06

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Comment by Rina: yeah it was all over for this show when they decided to host the party in murray hill. and i... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: 'Vice' Holiday Soiree

An Amber Alert waiting to happen. More »

12/13/05

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Comment by the earl grey: I don't want to spoil the party but VICE is oh so...2003-04. Will VICE ever move to newstand at whatever... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Playboy's Holiday Party

The feeling's mutual, buddy. More »

12/08/05

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Comment by Zulkey: I'm not saying this lightly but I think Constantine is a bigger tool than Clay. At least Clay is... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Rated X

Blackface Jesus ain't never gonna let you down. More »

12/05/05

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Comment by the earl grey: Dance like no one's watching/seizure is serious about the nascent hospital chic look. I think I spot a protective cup... more » | Other threads

party crash

Team Party Crash: Nouveau! at Fat Baby

DJ Jess prefers to think of his brand of sex appeal as "painful." More »

12/02/05

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Comment by the earl grey: Mike Nouveau looks a lot like that guy with the round-ish face in the Bravery, is it the guitarist? Would... more » | Other threads

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