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Vincent Gallo Terrorizes Genevieve Jones

Choire — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:40:11 EDT

This weekend at the "Warhol Factory X Levi's By Damien Hirst" party at Gagosian Gallery, auteur and crazyman Vincent Gallo swooped in for a snuggle with slightly-former It Girl Genevieve Jones. Can you smell her fear? Can you smell his body? [Photo: Splash]

"Internet It Girl" Cory Kennedy And "Socialite" Genevieve Jones Are Friends?

Emily Gould — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:20:29 EDT

From the mailbag comes a sighting of slightly dubious veracity but indubitable awesomeness:

i was sitting outside at la esquina, and i saw cory kennedy and genevieve jones. they were all dressed up with no place to go apparently because they circled the block a couple of times and then cory kennedy said, "well, we can wake up early and go to the gym! LOL!" i only overheard it because they were standing next to our table when it was said. ugh. genevieve jones is really unfortunate looking, by the way.

Did she... really... say "LOL"? Like, IRL? Guess that's just how Internet It Girls talk.

The Socialite And The Blow Job

Doree Shafrir — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:06:41 EDT

Today's Page Six asks a very interesting question: "WHICH 'socialite' who's suffering photo withdrawal since socialiterank.com closed got down on her knees for a party paparazzo? He accepted her favors and then snapped away." Isn't that generous of her! We decided to consider the most obvious candidates; you, of course, will select the one you think is most guilty of giving out party favors. (Separately, you may also consider: Which party paparazzo? Bill Cunningham? (KIDDING.) Patrick McMullan? Urgh.) You might also speculate on who might plant such an item about someone! Also: We have considered that putting the word "socialite" in quotation marks was some sort of code, and have adjusted our guesses accordingly.

Just Asking [Page Six]

Who Attends A Party For A Condo?

Joshua Stein — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:40:54 EDT

Last night, photographer Mark Seliger nominally "hosted" a "gallery opening" at the new gimmicky Shvo condo in Chelsea, which heinously refers to itself as White Space: A Global Address. There's a gallery in the lobby, or rather the lobby is a gallery. Last night that lobby-gallery (lobbery?) was rather full with socialites and rich men. Derek Blasberg showed up in blue seersucker pants. BFF's Genevieve Jones and Bonnie Morrison both made v. brief appearances. Justine D was deejaying (the Misshapes really started a trend when they deejayed the Starck Yoo building opening.) Probs everyone thought "white space" was code for coke. Nikola Tamindzic was there to capture the confusion.

Gawker's Personalities of the Year

Doree Shafrir — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:40:33 EST

As 2006 huffs toward its inexorable end, we decided to take a moment to recognize those personalities that made our job that much more tolerable this year. These are the people who gave us endless fodder for our douchebag mill, who were attracted to the spotlight like moths to a flame, whose stated disdain for our coverage of them was contradicted by their almost pathetic attempts to court it. The adage that there's no such thing as bad publicity has never felt more apt.

If you've been paying attention to Gawker this year, you should recognize most of the names on this list. (We've given you a little preview at right. We'd never leave the Tinz off our list!) They're the people who've distracted you, intrigued you, and sickened you (often all at the same time!) in 2006. If you've fallen behind, consider this our New Year's gift to you. We're feeling magnanimous.

Without further ado, the list of Gawker's Personalities of the Year, in no particular order, after the jump.

Judith Regan: The publisher of her eponymous imprint ReganBooks continued her reign of provocation most of the year, but almost no one could've anticipated her swift, sudden, unceremonious fall from grace. We thank her for injecting a possibly unprecedented degree of insanity and unpredictability into the normally staid publishing industry, and hope that she resurfaces soon, anti-Semitism and all.
Tinsley Mortimer: Ah, the Tinz. What do you say about a 31-year-old socialite known for a "handbag line" and her seemingly endless proclivities for partying? Oh, and giving one of the more retarded interviews to the Post in recent memory. For 2007, we hope she and Topper finally call it quits, if only because seeing her officially single would be amazing.
Derek Blasberg: Total fashion fag and socialite hanger-on (we refuse to use the word "walker"), and one of our more recent obsessions, male socialite Blasberg, joined at the hip with black socialite Genevieve Jones (see below), has managed to parlay a stint at Vogue and some freelance writing into Page Six mentions and having Lindsay Lohan at his birthday parties.
Genevieve Jones: There's something different about Genevieve Jones, don'tcha know? The Baton Rouge native, who has no job and no discernible source of income, has insinuated her way into the upper echelons of New York society, and might be behind Socialite Rank. Then again, she might not. Then again again, does anyone really care?
Alex Kuczynski: After the publication of her memoir-slash-cautionary plastic surgery tale Beauty Junkies, Alex K. was everywhere—ev-er-y-where—waxing poetic about her own beauty and everyone else's comparative ugliness. We continue to be amazed that the Times allows her off-leash in their pages. Then again, it's Thursgay Styles, and they'll publish anything.
Julia Allison: The latest in a long line of women who've landed in New York determined to Make a Splash, Allison has flirted and blogged her way to ... what, exactly? Well, she goes to a lot of parties, and she gets photographed a lot. Also, we hear she reportedly writes a dating column for one of those free papers. Anyone heard anything about that?
Aleksey Vayner: The enterprising Yale senior with the ridiculously inflated (some might say pathological) sense of self, whose resume-video was the resume-video heard 'round the world. Also known for being the charter member of the Douchebag Hall of Fame.
Jared Kushner: What do you do when you're 25, your father's just been let out of jail, and you've got a spare couple billion lying around? First, you buy the New York Observer in what some have called a fire sale. Then you buy the most expensive building in the history of the United States. Then you give interviews to various press outlets that imply that you can't wait to be the next Mort Zuckerman. A fine goal, indeed.
Jared Paul Stern: The gossipmonger got busted by Ron Burkle and his wiretap, but nary a peep about the lawsuit has been heard in quite some time. In the meantime, Stern sold his book, Stern Measures, for somewhere in the six-figure range. Oh, and also, we let him take over the site for a weekend. Oops.
Marisha Pessl: Marisha! Book hot, stage hot, TV hot, blog hot—who cares? All we know is that as long as the Special Topics in Calamity Physics author continues her reign of unfiltered bon mots, we'll have lots of fodder.
Lloyd Grove: We continue to be amazed that someone so bland was ever taken seriously as a gossiper. Now that his "multimedia" opportunity appears to have fizzled, we fully expect him to have a column in Thursgay Styles.
MisShapes: Where would we be without Leigh, Greg, and Geordon to make us feel fat and unstylish every day of our lives? We'd probably be doing a lot more drugs, that's where.
Kaavya Viswanathan: Harvard's poster child for plagiarism has picked herself up and dusted herself off, surfacing at various Harvard parties and in a women-in-business networking and philanthropic group. We foresee law and/or business school in her future. Maybe she and Aleksey will cross paths someday.
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Figuring Out the Socialite Rank Mystery Just Got a Whole Lot More Scientific

Doree Shafrir — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:00:00 EST

We've been sort of idly consumed by the question of who's behind Socialite Rank, though, quite frankly, the question of who's behind the anonymous site seems like a bit of a red herring to us. But we're still willing to entertain guesses, especially convoluted, pseudo-scientific ones. Take this theory that landed in our inbox today, involving a group of six people who've been tracking the site for the last six weeks. They each posted negative comments about various socialite who've been rumored to be behind the site who "could have been using the website for their own benefit." Then they kept track of which comments were deleted. The possibly incriminating results after the jump. (Not that the photo at right has anything to do with the results. Well, okay, maybe it does.)

None of the negative comments -amazingly- about Tinsley were deleted
None of the negative comments -amazingly- about Fabiola were deleted

None of the negative comments about any of the Hearst were deleted

Some of the negative comments about Lauren were deleted

Some of the negative comments about Olivia P were deleted

ALL the negative comments about Genevieve Jones were deleted AND EVERY IP that engaged in negative comment about la Jones was BANNED from commenting IT did not happen to any other IP even those that engaged in racial slurs against hispanics.

Conclusions are all yours.

One more thing : we were also told that G Jones is quite skilled with Adobe Photoshop and that not having
the pedigree she and her friends latched to the image of Tinsley to make it look as if she was the one
behind the socialiterank while giving credibility to Jones - who came from nowhere to socialite stardom by bedding Francesco Clemente and others.

That about settles that, then. Well, not really, but it's lettuce for thought. (Also for thought—Jones is BFF with "writer" Derek Blasberg, who has denied up and down that he's affiliated with SR. Maybe, maybe not!)

Earlier: Socialite Rank, Revealed—Sort Of
Earlier: There's Something Different About Genevieve Jones

Blind Item Guessing Game: Socialite Ho Edition

Emily Gould — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:50:00 EST

As promised, we're giving you the opportunity to select the "socialite" rumored by Page Six to have gotten her start as a hooker. The most frequently tipped contestant was Genevieve Jones (pictured), which makes us feel sort of vindicated, and also sort of racist. Another top contender was "arent they all hookers? lol" and variants thereof. We also got some other guesses, though, so here you go.

Earlier: Blind Item Guessing Game: High Class Call Girl

Genevieve Jones Is Legion, Contains Multitudes

Chris Mohney — Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:30:27 EDT

You may recall our discussion of model-socialite Genevieve Jones, who is black. Socialite Rank helpfully provides a glimpse into Jones's social/sartorial evolution over time. Witness the Genevieveverse, where all are Genevieve Jones without end, amen.

Genevieve's Evolution [Socialite Rank]

Earlier: There's Something Different About Genevieve Jones