We camped out on the 90210 set during pilot production, and cheered on our favorite new cast members - Cory Kennedy and Mark Hunter, aka The Cobrasnake, who both appear in the show's first revival episode.

Will Cory teach new starlet AnnaLynne McCord how to pose for internet paparazzi? Will Mark find a new muse in returning diva Shannen Doherty?

Sorry, we can't reveal everything, at least not all at once. The first episode airs on September 2 on the CW. Tune in and see why our whole office is calling it NYL0210...

If you're unfamiliar with these two staples of Hollywood nightlife, The Cobrasnake is LA's best-known party photographer, and Cory Kennedy is his hipster muse. While some may quibble about their inclusion, we can't wait for the inevitable, Cinespace-set scene where Cobrasnake's lens captures Shannen Doherty and Jennie Garth engaging in a Red Bull-fueled smackdown (as DJ Steve Aoki hastily programs a calming mash-up from his 3G iPhone).

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• AND STARRING MARK AND CORY, AS THEMSELVES [Nylon]

As we were walking in, we saw 16-year-old MisShapes muse Jackson Pollis heading out. "You're not sticking around?" we asked. "Naw," he said, "Geordan's being a bitch," Heh! Fame will do that to you. Pollis headed into the night.

To the credit of Rock and Republic, the label that cosponsored the party, it was rather fashionable and rocking. LCD Soundsystem was playing later in the night (around 1:30) and a couple members of the Roots were deejaying in a corner. In the upstairs VIP section, DJ Steve Aoki (AKA the son of Rocky Aoki of Benihana and half-brother of Devon Aoki of supermodeldom) was embracing Mark the Cobrasnake, who was wearing a large gold Chai necklace and tie-dye.

Another DJ, Tommie Sunshine, showed up looking like a cheap Chris Robinson (or so said a disappointed paparazzo). His girlfriend, Daniela M., who is one of the "Top 20 Most Creative Italians on Myspace," was wearing a full-facial motorcycle helmet and refused to take it off all night. Actorboy Danny Masterson was somewhere too. Allegedly.

On the stage, James Friedman and LCD Soundsystem began performing. Radar robot Neel Shah was hanging out with Daily Candy's NYC editor Jeralyn Gerba. Agyness Deyn was with a truly strange looking Smeagol-like gentlemen in a fedora; they danced a saltarello. With the lasers and the smoke, it all felt very Pink Floyd Light Show at the Franklin Institute Planetarium circa 1998. There's a lot worse things to be than that.

[Correction: We just found out via the PR company, the party technically didn't have an affiliation with Condé Nast Fashion Rocks. Such is the chaotic shitshow of Fashion Week.]

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Cory Kennedy and Cobrasnake Talk to Mr. Mickey [Papermag]

Earlier: Live Footage of Cory Kennedy, Internet It Girl

There is no evidence that The Cobra Snake is itself a notable website, or that the parties she attends are notable, so all the more there cannot be evidence that she is notable for being on The Cobra Snake or for attending parties.

If she's an internet phenomenon, the internet doesn't really seem to be aware of that.

If the girl actually sticks around, there'll be media, and you can rewrite the article about her then. Does it really hurt that much if the interweb's flavor of the month doesn't automatically get a Wikipedia article? There's something to be said for standards.

Earlier: Live Footage of Cory Kennedy, Internet It Girl

...helped convince regular people they are amazing enough to get their photo taken. (Merlin Bronques of lastnightsparty.com and Mark Hunter of thecobrasnake.com, I'm looking at you.) Coupled with the digital-photography boom and the prevalence of photobloggers, a paparazzi-type feel has erupted at every nightclub — places where not too long ago, anyone, famous or not, could let loose anonymously. Now people don't just want you to take their photos, they expect it.

All the regular douchebags (or whatever we're calling them now) make an appearance (as does Gawker shutterbug Nikola Tamindzic, who is most assuredly not a member of that fraternity), including our good friends the Misshapes, who star in this absolutely priceless anecdote:

This summer, MTV Books will publish a MisShapes photo book. The party's posed portraits have become so iconic that Scott Meriam, who shoots the images, says that during Madonna's famous visit last year, she seemed to know precisely how to look for her "quote-unquote 'MisShapes photo.' She knew exactly what the photo was." Indeed, on Saturday night I was standing next to a wall so unremarkable that I was stunned when an obvious newbie shrieked, "Oh my God! Is that the famous white wall?"

While you're rubbing your eyes at that one, Romano hits you with one more:

Sometimes clubbers simply take matters in their own hands and insert themselves in the frame. Or they do what one drag-queen did to me at Rated X Saturday night — after assessing the result on my camera, she made me take another shot. Snap. "(MisShapes DJ) Geordon and I have a saying," Meriam says. "'Just shoot everyone.'"

If only.

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We don't know what it means, but no good can come of this.

[Image: Cobrasnake]

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Separate conversations with Cory Kennedy, Cory's mom and Cory's best friend Maggy led the reporter to believe that Cory Kennedy has never actually had sexual relations with Mark "Cobrasnake" Hunter, which would, as Cory's mom Jinx pointed out, "be a felony." Further, though this may come as a surprise to many bloggers, according to Cory's mom, Cory is also drug-tested once a week at UCLA, and has never tested positive for any illegal drugs. And yes, that includes blow.

Gawker is glad to clear the air on this matter. It's a relief to know that no felonious underaged fucking went on. Just like Jeffrey Epstein. Allegedly.

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They may also fuck you!

And though age and gender differences may conjure up unsavory images of sexual dalliances, the people involved in these arrangements say the relationships don't typically cross over into romantic territory. One exception is 16-year-old Cory Kennedy, who since last fall has been working as an unpaid intern for the Los Angeles party photographer Mark Hunter, 21. Since her job began, she has become both his girlfriend and something of an Internet phenomenon thanks to Mr. Hunter's Web site, www.thecobrasnake.com, which is dominated by pictures of her with her signature unbrushed hair and improbable outfits.

Great stuff. Maybe next week they'll do a trend piece on the age of consent.

Interns, the Founts of Youth [NYT]

FOR THE RECORD: All Gawker interns are 18 years of age or older, and we wouldn't fuck them anyway. Well, maybe Neel. There's just something about him.