<![CDATA[Gawker: kristian laliberte]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: kristian laliberte]]> http://gawker.com/tag/kristian laliberte http://gawker.com/tag/kristian laliberte <![CDATA[ Partying Like It's Paris 1940 ]]> Socialgay and soon-to-be reality show victim Kristian Laliberte isn't too worried about the financial crisis, even though he works in PR. He told the Observer that the parties might be a little less lavish, but will basically be fine. (Isn't that what clueless Parisian socialites were saying on the eve of the German invasion?)

“I think that people are being more conservative… There’s a dichotomy: On one side, people are skimping on certain things and then, on the other side, you see these fabulous clubs again. There are extremes on both sides. From being in the PR industry, maybe deciding not to serve hors d’oeuvres. Or, instead of a big name DJ, let’s get an unknown. Instead of paying an appearance fee for an actor, maybe go with a socialite.”

We might direct him to the film Bon Voyage, set in France in 1940. As the NYT said, it "juggles myriad characters in various states of panicked self-absorption at a turning point in history."

[Photo: Nikola Tamindzic for Home of the Vain]

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Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:51:37 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5055261&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ More (Circumstantial) Evidence that Socialgay Kristian Laliberte Rats Out His Friends ]]> "Ugly and Dirty... that's all..." someone named "Nahant" wrote on the CityFile profile for a one Peter Davis, the "social queen," fashion writer, and Tinsley Mortimer friend. We think that "Nahant" might be our favorite socialgay Kristian Laliberte (surprise!), who used to date Davis and grew up in the "magical" resort town of Nahant, Massachusetts.

"Nahant Laliberte" is also his Facebook name, and he described his hometown in an interview on Guest of a Guest as "one of the smallest towns in New England, surrounded by beaches, and water, and a tight knit group of close friends."

Huh. Maybe those "close friends" are lucky they're not on Cityfile, because Laliberte—ever the consummate PR professional—has a long and colorful history of calling his dear chums out!

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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:53:06 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5023791&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Someone Get Kristian Laliberte a Spin Doctor! ]]> Socialgay PR flack Kristian Laliberte (rhymes with oh-kay) is surprisingly bad at managing his own public relations. His identity has already been stolen over the Internet and he thinks Page Six magazine's Joshua Stein is writing an article about him! (He isn't, though.) How to spin the situation in his favor? Write a long, rambling email, with allegations ranging from dubious to untrue. Among the most important rumors he'd like to debunk? "Suggestions of me air kissing those who hate me are so off base it's laughable. I'm a germophobic and notoriously shy." Also, "I know for a fact that the people behind this sinister prank will be revealed in as little as two weeks time."

The email, excerpted for time and sanity (full thing can be read here):

I'm sure your story is based on emails sent from someone who hacked into my gmail and forwarded emails (mostly doctored) to an anonymous yahoo account (gaydavidvid@yahoo.com), and also hacked into my facebook and wrote a string of graphic, disgusting, and damaging emails to specific individuals. The self-same person had interactions via my gmail with people who assumed it was me writing. I am not perfect—I've made mistakes, but the extent and depth of the perpertrator's obsession with discrediting me has led him or her to severely alter the truth.

There is no story or article forthcoming about Kristian. Unfortunately!

I know for a fact that the people behind this sinister prank will be revealed in as little as two weeks time. They made a lot of stupid mistakes—logging in from a private computer, sending information to people that I never knew, talking about events that I was out of the country for, etc. I really don't want you to be involved with hindering a criminal and legal investigation—which I think your baseless article will be doing. I'm sure you have some fantastic pull quotes from unscrupulous editors or people that I have never been friends with—-but again, they mean nothing in the face of the fact that someone HACKED into my gmail and facebook and manipulated and twisted information.

I readily admit I've made mistakes. I was naive to trust people like you when I moved to New York. I didn't understand the toxic nature that defines the very insulated social world that I work in. At this point and time however, I know who my real friends are, I love my job and my family and I have very little time for anything other than those three major components of my life. Your suggestions of me air kissing those who hate me are so off base it's laughable. I'm a germophobic and notoriously shy. I rarely approach someone unless I'm introduced to them—although I'd probably make an exception for David Beckham :).

Oh, come on. David Beckham aside, anyone who's met Laliberte will tell you that he's quite touchy-kissy. Even if they haven't been disinfected first!

If you knew me even a little, you know that I've kept my friends I've had since day one in this city except for two people, one of whom has written an expose betraying all those he/she used to work with (and is writing a follow up about the very "socials" she/he befriended) and the other who's severe drug problems, thievery, rampant stds, and bulemia forced me to cut off the friendship.

BLIND ITEM ALERT!! Which one of Laliberte's ex-friends has bulimia, "rampant" STDs, and a "thievery" problem? And who mentions that kind of detail in an email to a frenemy?

I am not sure about writing freelance, but starting a clothing and a pr firm takes so much time that by the time I'm out I'm just there to spend time with my friends, not gossip about them. I know personal information that about people. If I had been a "rat" that information would have long been known. The fact that I still have the same friends that I had when I graduated Columbia in 2005 says alot.

That is three whole years, people.

Please just leave me alone . I don't know if your homophobic or what—but its starting to creep me out.

Hah! They usually accuse him of being gay, actually.

Your investigative campaign is hurtful in the extreme. Stop emailing my friends about me. Stop writing about me. Stop thinking about me. Just leave. me. alone.

Thanks so much for your time,

I hope this email may have somewhat illuminated your clarity of what you are attempting to write about.

Best,

Kristian

Oh, Kristian. You really gotta outsource your own personal PR instead of handling it yourself. This is not helping!



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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:28:01 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5018092&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte: Liar ]]> Why lie? It makes things so much more complicated. And a PR flack—like absurd socialgay Kristian Laliberte—should know by now how to twist the truth instead of changing it outright. Laliberte's email and Facebook were recently hacked into. "My PR efforts are focused on getting positive press for my clients—-my friends are only mentioned (in a positive light) to news outlets if and when they are involved with events I am working on," he wrote us today, in response to allegations that he leaks information on his frenemies. But Laliberte does leak info—not all positive—about people he knows. And we can tell you that for a fact!

Remember this? The drama surrounding to the run-up to the reality-show announcement, a Hamptons affair that Laliberte is now involved in? After socialite Emily Brill wrote about her "heart to heart" convo with Laliberte, he emailed us:

"I know Emily socially, I have never spent any one on one time with her. Half the time I am not sure what she is saying, she speaks very quietly...I have no idea what Emily is referring to, nor am I involved in any project with her. I would suggest that she employs a fact checker in the future."
One says they had a heart-to-heart, the other says he can't even hear her. Huh.

Laliberte told Blackbook today, regarding Joshua Stein of Page Six Mag saying that he leaked info on his frenemies:

"Believe me, if I wanted to rat my friends out, I know secrets that could destroy their careers, and they know my secrets. All of my friends are people I love and trust. I've had fake friends who I now realize did throw me under the bus, but I have exorcised them from my life. As for Olivia Palermo, I never received the letter in the first place. And I certainly am not going to supply information to a website that caused me to receive death threats. Josh Stein thrives on gossip. Anyone who spends their life writing negatively on other people is not someone whose opinion I value."
They're mutually unimpressed, then. Laliberte also adds that the messages in question could have been "doctored." Sounds familiar—he's accused emails of being "doctored" before, as you'll see here. Email doctoring—it's the new identity theft!
But Laliberte also thrives on gossip: remember the shoving match between him and style.com reporter Derek Blasberg? That was because of this item here, in response to an unbylined style.com article on NYC cliques that a tipster told us Blasberg had written:
"you know that whole style.com piece was written by derek blasberg. and he name drops himself in there too. ugh. why does he never take the heat. its so annoying."
The tip turned out to be completely untrue; the tipster's name was redacted at the time. We're only breaching confidentiality here because he lied to us so boldly: it was, of course, Laliberte.
In Laliberte's own words, from today's email: "As someone very recently told me—there's no such thing as a protected source."

[Blackbook]

[Photo: Emily Brill]

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Wed, 28 May 2008 14:35:11 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=393688&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Did Socialgay Kristian Laliberte Rat Out His Friends? ]]> kristianokok.jpgSocialgay Kristian Laliberte (rhymes with ohkaaay), who works in PR and will soon be a Hamptons reality star, had his identity stolen on the internet. Someone hacked into his Facebook and Gmail and sent mean messages to all his frenemies. But there's a twist, as Page Six Magazine's Joshua David Stein reports on his blog: the person who hacked Laliberte's accounts may have found evidence of what we've always suspected: he leaks stuff on all his "friends"!

Writes Stein:

Kristian Laliberte has been selling his friends up river from day one. He sent the Olivia Palermo email to Socialite Rank that caused no small amount of pain for that woman. He's sent items to nearly every single gossip columnist reporting on the relationship-breaking contretemps of nearly every single friend he's had. Anyway, someone—-who I could not find out—-hacked into his Gmail account and sent those tipster letters to another anonymous account. They plan on revealing all Laliberte's perfidy in a few weeks time.
It looks like Laliberte done pissed off the wrong person. We'll be waiting for further revelations with bated breath.


[These Are My Memoirs]


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Tue, 27 May 2008 16:05:17 EDT Sheila http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=393483&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte's Identity Stolen! How Will He Know Who He Is? ]]> Transom-Kristianlaliberte1V 0Oh noes! Publicist/stylist/funboy-about-town Kristian Laliberte's Facebook page was hacked and someone's been sending his friends the most horrible messages! "Dear All," he writes. "This is Kristian and this message is real. Sometime between midnight and nine am, my facebook account was hacked into. A similar experience happened with my gmail two weeks ago-where fake emails were forwarded to an unknown address. The perpetrator sent slews of disgusting fake messages to many of my contacts, but I do not know who all received these. I am categorically letting everyone know that this happened and I'm so sorry if you were upset for one moment and caught up in this mess." Clues as to the perp's ID and a sample of the offending emails below.

"If anyone has any clues to who would do this, some of the messages were quite personal, and therefore seems to narrow the prankster down to someone who knows me. If you weren't effected please disregard this message."

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Sun, 25 May 2008 16:42:58 EDT ian spiegelman http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5010935&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Gayfights ]]> Somebody must have snatched a photo of last night's shoving match between Kristian Laliberte, Gawker's favorite benefit-hopping gay, and Derek Blasberg, self-appointed arbiter of socialite status. Of course, it wasn't much of a match. Laliberte—accused by Blasberg of bad-mouthing the Style.com reporter—was reduced to tears, poor dear. Photos to tips@gawker.com.

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Wed, 07 May 2008 12:51:54 EDT Nick Denton http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5008127&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ A Nightmare Becomes Real ]]> Hey, check this out for a concept. What if the characters from your nightmares came back as reality show stars, and you were forced to watch, and blog, and watch yourself blogging, forever? As we reported this morning, two sets of Gawker characters are working on their own reality shows. We just got hold of Page Six magazine, which claims NBC begins filming Star magazine talking head Julia Allison and her fellow Gawker "angels" in April. Allison's It Girls production may run into the crew filming Kristian Laliberte, and assorted fellow socialites, who are scheduled to begin shooting The 10021 for ABC around the same time. Here, from the New York Post's Sunday insert, is a scan of the spread. ENLARGE»

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Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:39:46 EDT Nick Denton http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5004489&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Let's Blog! ]]> Dsc00487It was cringeworthy enough when pundit-turned-blogger Arianna Huffington began talking about her cronies submitting a "blog" as if the word referred to an individual post, rather than an entire site. Now another web newbie, Steven Brill's socialite daughter, is mangling the lingo. Emily Brill ran into absurd socialgay Kristian Laliberte at Bloomingdale's menswear department last night. She summoned the fashion publicist over for a photo. “Okay Kristian, get over here. Let’s blog.” (Laliberte's desire to promote his label, Unruly Heir, must have trumped the embarrassment of such a hanger-on.)

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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:41:32 EDT Nick Denton http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5004118&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ The Greatest Reality Show That Never Was ]]> It's so disappointing that Emily Brill and Kristian Laliberte (second from right and second from left, respectively) won't be appearing together after all in the planned Manhattan version of The Hills: the two empty socialites are already stabbing each other in the back like reality television pros. Brill, the publishing heiress, says she dropped out of Stick Figure Production's show because she wanted respect. "My writing is my priority. Not fame, not parties, not glamour. No short cuts. I'm going to earn respect through good, err, excellent writing." That's an option unavailable to her supposed friend, language-mangling fashion publicist Laliberte, who remains involved with the horrific reality show, according to Brill. But that's not the end of the story.

Brill began hanging out with shallow socialites like Laliberte, as well as Devorah Rose and Annabel Vartanian, when she launched her newly svelte body onto Facebook and the Manhattan social scene. The Brill family misfit, daughter of the founder of American Lawyer and Brill's Content, wrote on her new blog about the "substance" of her new friends, and catalogued the parties and fashion shows at which she met them. "Kristian and I were having a pretty good heart-to-heart, not to mention the fact that he was giving me pretty good business advice and even contacts (for all of that non-existent work I do during the day)," she wrote on her site, Essentially Emily.

By exposing Laliberte's participation in a project that she's too good for, Brill may have their budding friendship. Laliberte responds to Brill's post in a chilly email to Gawker: "I know Emily socially, I have never spent any one on one time with her. Half the time I am not sure what she is saying, she speaks very quietly... I am not involved in a reality TV project in ANY capacity with Emily Brill. I have no idea what Emily is referring to, nor am I involved in any project with her. I would suggest that she employs a fact checker in the future."

So, whom to believe? Well, Emily Brill wrote us, when we ran an item on the reality show: "I don't know what you're hearing. I'm not part of any show." So she's not a reliable witness. But nor, on past performance, is Laliberte. Our working hypothesis: they were both involved in the show; they're both panicking; they're both lying; and they're both equally awful. This would have made fabulous television. (Oh, and by the way, does anybody still maintain that Emily Brill is a private individual off-limits for this website?)

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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:54:29 EDT Nick Denton http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5003821&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte Doesn't Actually Know Big Words ]]>

  • Unruly Heir Kristian Laliberte may have plagiarized an article in one of his press releases. Also, he "is clearly a monkey." [NYO]
  • Cops are investigating a break-in at Charlize Theron's house. [Us Weekly]
  • Quarterback Michael Vick was sentenced to almost two years in prison for his inhumane dogfighting activities. [NYDN]
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Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:00:04 EST Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=332355&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Readers suggest some words of wisdom for ... ]]> Readers suggest some words of wisdom for Starbucks coffee cups: "Ham sandwich gramophone black people."—Kristian Laliberte. [LOLCait]

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Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:45:39 EST Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=320370&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Inside The Befuddled Mind Of Kristian Laliberte ]]> laliberteIt's only a matter of time before socialgay Kristian Laliberte writes his memoir, Give Me Laliberte or Give Me Girth. Until then, we'll have to make do with what scraps of Lalibertian reverie we can find. Now, someone at Guestofaguest took it upon themselves to talk to Laliberte for entirely too long. He does say some fascinating things; still, the ratio of things he says to the words he uses to say them is seriously off. So we've abridged!

What was your childhood like and what did you want to be when you "grew up"? My childhood was the most amazing and idyllic experience...I lived in this magical town, Nahant, one of the smallest towns in New England. I spent my summers building forts in the rocky cliffs along the shore, sailing in the inlets of the peninsula, and attending art classes at the ramshackle, laid back club that all of my parent's friends belonged too....As an only child, my parents always treated me like adults...By the time I was ten, I had been around the world and back-always exploring different cities. ...I always had ten or twelve books I was reading....I went through a million stages of the age-old what do you want to be query. I think I oscillated between ambassador, U.N. Secretary General, architect, hotelier, and artist constantly.

What were your years at Milton Academy (boarding school) like?
Milton really opened my eyes to writing and charity.

You went from a double major in European History and International Politics at Columbia, studying in Paris, and working at a Pokhara refugee camp to a career in fashion and PR...How did you make that decision?
I drink in history books before I go to bed-right now I have an affinity for Imperial Vienna.

Do you like the term "socialite"?
It's a moniker that gets bandied about a lot. I looked it up in the dictionary the first time I saw it used in conjunction with my name and I still don't get what it means!

Therein lies the contradictory genius of Kristian Laliberte. By age ten he had traveled the world and back, he drinks history books before he goes to bed—and yet can't grasp the essential concept of what it is he is so slavishly trying to become.

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Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:47:13 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=316920&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Tinsley Mortimer Dispenses Excellent Advice On Love ]]> "This party is so 'Buffy.' I don't mean like the T.V. show Buffy, I mean like these people might all be named Buffy. I'm surprised they didn't bring their tennis rackets," a rumpled cigarette-smoker was saying just outside the party for the second book in "The Upper Class" young adult series at Tailor last night. Well, sure: The party partly was a reunion of sorts for kids who went to Hotchkiss, the posh Connecticut boarding school the books' three authors attended. But party cohost and Heatherette designer Richie Rich had also brought with him a strong contingent of people who work in fashion or at the very least have been on a reality show about working in fashion. And holding court in a corner was the party's other cohost: The most popular boarding school girl of all time, Tinsley Mortimer. The exhilarating ripple of her voice was like a wild tonic in the rain. But Tinsley herself was less like a tonic and more like one of the bubblegum vodka martinis ("bazookas") being dispensed by the open bar: Totally sweet and not at all horrible like maybe you'd expect! Nikola Tamindzic captured the moments.

Appearances can be deceiving. The book we were celebrating, 'Miss Education', isn't about tennis lessons at all. It's much more Francesca Lia Block than 'Gossip Girl,' full of sentences like "Parker in black and white Adidas high tops with the gold tongue and a raccoon coat she found in her basement. Blue with no jacket and no hat, just I Ching cards stuck into the spokes of his wheel. They ride, speeding and skittering on the icy shoulder of the highway, occasionally letting out a full-moon howl for the hell of it. Dangerous, and alive."

Likewise, you'd expect Soapnet's "Fashionista Diaries" starlet Bridget Helene to be shoving herself in front of the cameras all the time and reticent in front of someone who writes for a website, but: No. She stood at the corner of the bar, away from the flashbulbs, and expressed relief that the show was over. Now, she can live wherever she wants. "During the show, we had to live on Canal Street, and that was horrible. I mean, it was up high, so you couldn't smell or hear anything. But as soon as you'd come out onto the street, there would be, like, 1000 Chinamen— 'Prada!' 'Gucci!' Hey, is that Russian Navy by O.P.I. nailpolish? That is my absolute favorite," she said.

It was.

Publicist Kristian Laliberte came late to the party in a designer bomber jacket bearing the legend "John Lennon Loves On" and eyeliner. He's not eating carbs right now. I asked him to introduce me to his friend Tinsley Mortimer but he demurred. "Things are a little dicey with Tinsley right now, because of Peter [Davis]," he whispered.

So I went over to Tinsley's rarefied corner of the room alone, feeling as if I was bringing my lunch tray to the popular kids' table uninvited.

Her blonde ringlets shone in the bar's semidarkness, and her eyes registered nothing more than mild confusion when I told her why I'd come. Her tiny nostrils and her long black lashes fluttered as she spoke, and her voice was deliciously husky and just the tiniest bit Southern-accented.

Tinsley was happy to hear that someone had enjoyed the recent Styles profile of her relationship with her husband Topper, who she first married when she was 18. That bond was annulled, and the two were later remarried at a in a more socially acceptable way at a more socially acceptable age. Still: Romantic!

"Well, I feel like I might be really cheesy to say this, but you have to fight for love. You have to do whatever is necessary! I feel like people are too scared to say, 'I'm crazy about you! I'm obsessed with you! But when you feel that way, you should go for it, absolutely,' Tinsley said, widening her already-wide eyes.

It must be hard, though, to have been with the same person for so long, from such a young age. Seriously: Eighteen!

"Well, yeah," she said, "I mean, Topper was my first sexual experience! Sorry! Too much information?"

No, Tinsley. That is the exact perfect amount of information.

"But he'd been with other girls... I mean, he'd gotten it out of his system." She smiled. "I'm so glad I've never had to be single in this city. My sister-in-law is single, and it sounds awful!"

Oh, it is. But being in a long relationship with someone with whom one no longer has anything in common is worse.

"But I feel like it's actually really important to have separate lives, and that's what keeps your relationship strong in the long run," Tinsely said. "Most of all, you have to believe in love."

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Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:45:02 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=315592&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte And Paul Johnson-Calderone Have Taken The 'Fre' Out Of "Frenemy" ]]> calderonlaliberte.JPGYesterday, Vogue editor Lauren Davis' assistant and socialgay Peter Davis' boyfriend Paul Johnson-Calderone told the Observer that he had been prevented from participating in a "The Hills"-esque reality show called "Frenemies" with Unruly Heir flak, heir Kristian Laliberte, by Conde Nast rules. The same piece implied that Paul and Kristian "were at one time quarreling over the hot pash" of Peter. We wondered what Kristian had to say about all this. Turns out: A lot!

"I didn't know that Paul was an official employee at Vogue—I thought he worked in a personal capacity for Lauren Davis. If Vogue had an issue with the show, it was never brought to my attention. The show was pitched to me and I brought on Paul. When I terminated our agreement with the development company, it was because of various other offers that I decided to pursue."

"I didn't know who Peter Davis was until I was accused of dating him and I read about it in the newspaper. The instant I learned he was in a relationship with Paul, which wasn't immediatly brought to my attention by Mr. Davis, I tried to make it clear that I had never harbored what you call a 'hot pash' for Pete. I wish them both the best in their relationship."

Hissssss.

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Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:57:38 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=312596&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ When Patrick McMullan Created Kristian Laliberte ]]> kristianagain"Mr. Laliberte said he first met [celeb shutterbug Patrick] McMullan at the former man's first benefit. 'He took my picture and I ended up talking to him. He was really sweet! He was like, "Don't take this too seriously, just have fun. Go out with your friends. Don't let the scene become you."'" No worries there, fashion publicist and socialgay Kristian Laliberte! The only thing that becomes you less than the scene are those white pants.

Musto Lets Loose! Tells of the Night Tinsley Tried to Queer-Block Him! [NYO]

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Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:30:38 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=306515&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Do Not Feed Or Photograph Kristian Laliberte ]]> Jory Stiefel, a general in the army of our supergay IT warriors, reports the following altercation with New York's favorite LOLgaypublicist Kristian Laliberte this weekend.

I went to a very small birthday party for my friend Cory Saturday evening at an apartment in Hell's Kitchen.

Social-fat Kristian Laliberte shows up (wearing a ski cap for some reason even though it was 75 degrees?) with some girl (both with severe coke face), which I felt I had to capture on my cell phone camera for Gawker. Unfortunately, his 6'5", 120-pound French boyfriend caught me and proceeded to chase me around the apartment asking "Why are you taking pictures? You are lying to me. You are being a bitch." Like, he would leave me alone for 15 minutes, and then come back again, "Can I just delete those pictures?"

The French guy was so rabid I had to ask him "Are you we going to have a problem here?" in my best threatening-physical-violence voice. [If you know Jory, this is kind of hysterical. In short, although tall and gym-obsessed, he is not frightening. —Ed.] Then the girl came up to me, "Can I see your phone?" Kristian was overheard in the kitchen saying "I really want to delete those pictures, I heard he works for Gawker."

It became the talk of the entire evening, until the three stormed out, the French guy adding "You have some very interesting friends" as he pranced off.

It was so ridiculously dramatic, it was awesome.

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Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:10:12 EDT abalk http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302959&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Dear Kristian, Dear Moby, Dear Braden Keil ]]> yomEach year (or really, every 11 months and two weeks or so, kinda), the Jews observe Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, during which leather shoes and doing it are totally forbidden. Then there are many apologies. Let it begin with us! Josh is up first because he's the Jewiest.

Tonight is Kol Nidre; tomorrow, the Jews of the world apologize to anyone who will listen about all their conniving heeb behavior during the previous lunar year. On Saturday, city and state machers (and anyone who shelled out $150 for the honor of dovening next to Gov. Spitzer) can be found self-flagellating at Temple Emanu-El. Observant lesbians will be found beating their hoary bosoms at the prestigious Park Slope Jewish Center. Hipster Jews in pink tights will like pray or whatever at The Shul of New York, the Mr. Black of synagogues. So in the spirit of atonement and definitely wanting to end up in the Book of Life , here's a list of individuals to whom I'd like to apologize.

  • Publicist LOLgay Kristian Laliberte: You may be a vapid husk of a man, but you are helping out the UN so at least you're a vapid husk of a mensch too. Credit where credit is due. We wish you luck in your ongoing battle against Micah Jesse and the limitations of your soul.
  • Moby: When we saw you last night at Tropical, that crazy woods-themed bar in Chinatown, you seemed like a nice enough guy, buying Red Bull for your friends and drinks too. Maybe you aren't a semicolon but an inverted exclamation point, after all.
  • Fred Kibbler III: You were the wasted journalist at the Ivy Cup but apparently you weren't wasted, so you told that to our lawyer. Our bad. You are totally not an alcoholic.
  • NY Post real estate guy Braden Kiel: Sorry for never, not once, spelling your name correctly. Oh shit. I did it again. Sorry!
  • Brenda: When we stayed with you in the Hamptons you were nothing but kind and a little bit crazy. You even took us to one of the superlative parties of our lives. Did you deserve to be mocked for your cameltoe and quirkiness? Probably. But also, probably not.
  • Rachel Sklar: Sorry for focusing on your rack to the exclusion of everything else you've accomplished in your life. That said, it is your most valuable asset.
  • Julia Allison: Ditto but sub lack of all dignity for rack.

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    Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:13:54 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=302306&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ The Unruly Heir Spring '08 Show And Afterparty ]]> kristianiconSocialgay 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.

    The afterparty was even more badass. We spent a lot of time talking to the models, who were all around twenty. The most voluble model was Dale Kim, who said he preferred to be described as "an entrepreneur of life" rather than a model. Later, we overheard him asking one of the other models who he was with (meaning: representationwise) and what his next big project was.

    None of the models got paid except in clothes, but they did get to take home goodie bags full of men's products, such as Mensgroom brand male grooming paste. There was also a little packet of samples from a brand called John Allan's. They were accompanied by a brochure with the John Allan's tagline: "Reality. Commitment. Balance." As if you are going to marry them or something.

    The only drinks at the show were Budweiser Select and Fiji water, and the only eats were platterfuls of edamame and mini Rice Krispie treats being passed in pizza boxes. The free things situation was slightly better at the afterparty at Bar Martignetti. Downstairs, the hoi polloi (models included!) were treated to an open bar. Well, the vodka was free. Everything else, you had to pay for.

    Upstairs, though, Kristian held court with his inner circle, and the food was free if you ate it off the rich people's plates. Lesser Known Better Connected blogger Gregory Littley was there, as was Social Life magazine EIC Devorah Rose. Socialite reporter Peter Davis's insanely hot boyfriend Paul Johnson-Calderone—but we thought he hated Kristian?—ate frites alongside teen soap star Leven Rambin, who took a sip of a champagne and ginger cocktail ("Her first sip of alcohol ever!" Paul claimed) and pronounced it nasty.

    Kristian ordered steak frites. As I left, he offered me a bite of his steak. I ate it, so I guess this means we are friends now. The steak was pretty tasty.

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    Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:10:38 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=298270&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ The Tommy Hilfiger Party At MoMA ]]> Last night at MoMA, Tommy Hilfiger celebrated the publication of, somehow, his fifth book, co-written with legitimate design icon George Lois. It's a visual survey of pop culture and called Iconic America: A Roller-Coaster Ride through the Eye-Popping Panorama of American Pop Culture. Fittingly the massive MoMA lobby was filled with rounded Eero Aarnio chairs, a couple of Marcel Breuer's iconic Model B3 chairs and even a Lips Sofa. White shag carpeting took the place of the more traditional red carpet. Then appeared Arden Wohl.

    This was the first time I had met Ms. Wohl, though we all certainly feel like we know her a bit. She was wearing her signature headband. Her black eyes are deeply set; they sparkled with an almost feral intensity. "

    What's your name?" I asked.

    "Mount Helix," she said.

    "Come on," I said.

    "Mount Dessert," she said.

    "Fuck this," I said, and began to walk away.

    An older gentleman approached Mt. Dessert. "Arden," he said, "how are your parents?

    "Great, Marty. They're great," she said.

    Ms. Wohl changed tactics. Turning to our photographer, she said, "Ooo, you're sexy. You have red hair and so you're sexy." She grabbed the camera from around her neck and tried to take some photographs.

    In another corner we happened upon Kristian Laliberte and Devora Rose, nestled near the bar. (Later we would happen upon them again in more inebriated form.)

    "Joshua!" said Kristian. "You haaaaaave to be nice! I'm soooo terrified that Emily is coming to the Unruly Heir show! She's going to be soooo mean."

    "K-dog," I said, "you're not going to be the center of the story."

    "Can you please just add a sidenote? Say that I'm skinny. You can even say that I'm anorexic. I don't care," he said.

    Kristian Laliberte is skinny and perhaps even anorexic.

    Social Life editor Devora Rose scowled.

    "Let me give you my card," she said, and handed over her glass of red wine. It was Coke.

    "Diet?"

    "Touch my waist," she said. "Does it look like I need to be on a diet?"

    "I meant the Coke," I said, and left.

    Soon Tommy Hilfiger got on stage. "Are you excited to hear Debbie Harry from Blondie and her band?" he asked the crowd in his strangely robotic way.

    "Yes," murmured the crowd. And then she was on, singing "Call Me."

    We took the opportunity to page through his book. The "Lolita Taboo" of which they write makes no mention of the fact that "Lolita" was ever a book.

    Then Debbie Harry pointed to the Balzac sculpture. She said, "Look, it's our special guest, James Brown! Can we get a spotlight on him?"

    Her request went ignored. The tech guy probably really confused, as it clearly was Auguste Rodin's 1898 bronze Monument to Balzac. Ms. Harry became more and more peevish about the joke. We left the book behind, on an Egg Chair.

    [Photo: Danielle Ezzo]

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    Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:02:42 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297226&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Pete Wentz's Fashion Week Party at Tenjune ]]> petewentz2.jpgRound midnight at 21st and 10th, the Conde Nast Rock and Republic pre-party was ending. Great hives of inebriated party-people heaved out, wobbly on margaritas and spike heels, into the waiting Conde Nast town cars. Then we saw Nicole Brydson, the Observer's gal on the fashion streets. She and her Nat Sherman cigarettes were with Observer media reporter Michael Calderone and Brooklyn Paper's Adam Rathe. Page Six's Corynne Steindler was talking urgently into her phone. They were going to Pete Wentz's party at Tenjune.

    The scrum outside Tenjune on Little West 12th Street was dense and fragrant; sweat, trash, desire. Ladies in high heels pushed up against the velvet rope like pieces in a game of human Tetris. Were they just pushing to get in because a large black man was pushing to keep them out?

    Pete Wentz being paraded across the red carpet like a lemur in heavy eye makeup. Behind him trailed NBA baller Jason Kidd, who is very tall and who wore little or no eyeliner.

    On the main dance floor, ex-Top Chef beefcake Sam Talbot was dancing with another Season 2-er, Josie Smith Malave. Celebrities! Of sorts. Nearby ex-Project Runway gay Malan Breton was standing with a guy with a faux-hawk and a cougar tattoo. Though they did time on the same network, these reality folks did not greet each other.

    Other than them, the place was completely packed with that kind of striped-shirt-collared men and tarted-up women that you'd expect in the Meatpacking but not necessarily at a party nominally thrown by a singer in an emo band; a man that once wrote, "What meant the world imploded, inflated then demoted all my oxygen to product gas and suffocated my last chance..."

    A man in a "The Hamptons Are For Suckers" t-shirt angled for entrance into the VIP lounge. He has a house in Water Mill. A man in close-cropped gray hair tried to kiss, rather violently, a young girl of Indian descent. She firmly placed her hand over his mouth and said no. He moved on to her friend.

    Devorah Rose, editor of Social Life magazine and socialgay Kristian Laliberte came in from the Hilfiger party at MoMA. Laliberte was in a good mood and drunk. He tried unbuttoning my shirt with one hand and taking a picture with the other. "Promise you'll be nice," he said. Devorah Rose snaked an arm around my waist. Seriously. This was supposed to be a good party?

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    Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:02:18 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=297018&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte Is The New U.N. Ambassador From Doucheland ]]> kristianagain.jpgFrom the e-desk of noted socialolgay Kristian Laliberte comes a missive with an opening that gave us pause:
    Dear Friends,
    Some of you are already helping with this amazing event, but I wanted to invite those who are not the chance to buy tickets. I am the Vice-Chair for the Junior Committee, and tickets at the Junior level are $250.00.

    I am writing on behalf of The United Nations.

    We paused here, as you no doubt just did, to clean the gobs of spat-out beverage off our monitor. And as we paused, we wondered whether the world was really as topsy turvy as it had seemed there for a second, or whether Kristian was perhaps exaggerating the importance of his role a tad? Well, you be the judge.

    The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Equality Now, would like to invite you to the Gala Dinner and Premiere of the Hollywood film Trade starring Kevin Kline, at the United Nations Headquarters. The film powerfully depicts the problem of international sex trafficking of women and children. Although the movie's narrative is fiction, it was inspired by "The Girls Next Door," an article by Peter Landesman published in The New York Times Magazine in January 2004.

    This is the first time any major motion picture has held a world premiere at the UN. The premiere will take place at 7 p.m. on the 19th of September, 2007, in the historic Trusteeship Council Chamber at UN Headquarters in New York. The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will open the Premiere. The screening will be followed by a gala dinner in the magnificent UN Delegates Dining Room, from 9:00pm until 11:00pm. So far the host committee includes Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Hillary Swank, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Waterston, Stanley Tucci, Candice Bergen, Gloria Steinem, Phoebe Cates, Marisa Tomei, Eve Ensler, Ivanka Trump, Bianca Jagger, Jack McCollough, Lazaro Hernandez, Bijou Phillips, Zani Guggelman, Rachel Roy, Jessica Stam, Lucy Sykes, Eleonora Kennedy, Trade producer Roland Emmerich (director/producer/writer of "The Day After Tomorrow", "The Patriot", "Godzilla", and "Independence Day"), and Terry George (director/producer/writer of "Hotel Rwanda" and director of "In the Name of the Father"). Additional confirmed supporters that will be in attendance include Ted Turner and her holiness Sai Maa. Music will be provided by Mark Ronson.

    To view a trailer of Trade, please log onto www.tradethemovie.com. All proceeds of the event will benefit victims of human trafficking.

    I would like to ask for your support in the form of a ticket or table purchase for this amazing event. Individual tickets are $250. Tables are $5000 and seat ten.

    As the UN is reaching out to the next generation of influential young people, we think he would make a great addition to the attendance. [Ed. Note: HUH?] I would be grateful if you could let me know at your earliest convenience so that we make all necessary arrangements.

    If you have any questions, or would like more information, please contact me.
    I hope you can join us.

    Kind regards,
    Kristian

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    Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:40:19 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=296072&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Socialolgay and fashionpreneur Kristian Laliberte ... ]]> lalibSocialolgay and fashionpreneur Kristian Laliberte claims the email we posted earlier about the Unruly Heir fashion show is part-phony. "Whoever wrote that email obviously doctored it. I never said anything about socials that were confirmed. Everything else was true. But i have no idea of who the confirmed socials will be. I know who I sent that email to, they are so sneaky." Quake, socials!

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    Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:20:54 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=294305&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ 10 Secrets Of Kristian Laliberte's Fashion Show Revealed! ]]> kristianbday "We are having more of a presentation than a show, with models walking down the runway to inhabit tableaus vivant, or living painting," wrote socialolgay Kristian Laliberte to a company from which he's trying to get free stuff for his fashion week goodie bags. Heh. What other fabuleus things are in store for those lucky enough to be invited to Unruly Heir's Spring/Summer '08 Fashion Event at the Soho Grand?

  • "Our hosts include Ian Somerhalder, star of Lost, Evan Ross, who has 5 movies in post-production, and is also the son of Diana Ross, and Penn Badgely, star of the highly anticipated new show Gossip Girls."
  • "We have also asked our unofficial brand ambassadors here in New York to host the show—Euan Rellie, British socialite and entrepenuer, Peter Davis, fashion writer and man about town, and Luigi Tadini, Brazilian Model and international bon vivant." I love that Brazilian Model is capitalized. It makes this sentence read even more like poetry. Like, "The Soul selects her own Society —/Then — shuts the Door —/Peter Davis, fashion writer and man about town/and Luigi Tadini, Brazilian Model and international bon vivant."
  • "Confirmed attendees include: Byrdie Bell, Derek Blasberg, Genevieve Jones, Tinsley Mortimer, Olivia Palermo, Lyle Maltz, Padma Lakshmi, Leven Rambin, Q-Tip, Josh Hartnett, James Macavoy, Petra Nemcova, Helena Houdouva,Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover, Kipton Cronkite, and Dabney Mercer. *This list
    is still in formation." Still in formation, eh? We hear some of these "confirmed attendees" don't even remember, uh, being invited!
  • "Our DJS are EB Sollis III and Alexandra Richards (daughter of Keith)."
  • "This event's attendees include New York's top socials, hot up and comers in Hollywood, and numerous editors from the top fashion magazines. Unruly Heir is a mixture of prep and streetwear—a fusing of sensibility. This year's collection is entitled "Port Authority meets Palm Beach" and reperesents a synthesis of the founders aesthetics."
  • "Let me know if I am missing anything." Oh no, Kristian, I think you've got it covered.

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    Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:10:27 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=294140&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte Knows Reverse Psychology ]]> Oh my gosh, but we must be allowed in to cover this momentous, unorthodox fashion event! They have expanded their line to ... something!

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    Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:20:01 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=293241&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Socialgay Micah Jesse Turns 21 ]]> Last night dippy PR socialite Micah Jesse, most famous for being dippy PR socialite Kristian Laliberte's sworn archnemesis, celebrated his 21st birthday at Home, one of the grande dame agée nightclubs on W. 27th street. "There'll be celebrity guests I don't even know about," he boasted earlier in the day. Perhaps that's true but when our forebearing photographer Nikola Tamindzic and I went, we didn't see them.

    We arrived just as Trump Vodka's open bar was closing but it was clear that it had been well-utilized. Micah Jesse's family had flown from Atlanta, his friends had taken the LIRR in from Hofstra—and a few relatively good looking and quite inebriated women in fedoras had stumbled out of their boudoirs in wifebeaters and eyeshadow. The man of the hour himself flounced about in red suspenders and glitter. It was like he was reliving his bar mitzvah but this time around, so much gayer.

    Though it didn't surpass Levin Rambin's Julia Allison-hosted Sweet 17, there were more than a few underage drunk girls doing ridiculous things. Also, most impressively, Micah Jesse Koffler had assembled a slideshow of himself that he was projecting onto the wall. Micah Jesse with Minnie Driver. Micah Jesse with a Jewfro and a shit-eating grin with Bobby Bacala. Micah Jesse in high school.

    The real question, however, is this: how will it all stack up to Kristian Laliberte's Paris Match party tonight. Oh, you didn't get the invite? HERE!
    kristiansparty

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    Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:35:01 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=280155&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Happy Birthday, Kristian Laliberte! ]]> kristianbday.jpgPictured is our by-default favorite socialolgay Kristian Laliberte at the "rowdy" and "private, sit-down dinner" he threw to celebrate his birthgay, accompanied by Social Life magazine "editor" and alleged sometime poledancer Devorah "Rexy" Rose and some other ho. More pix can be found at Lesser Known, Better Connected, a blog so gay that it totally went down on our manly computer.

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    Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:31:46 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=272495&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Heatherette Attacks Old People ]]> Clubkid fashion label Heatherette was given some award last night by the stuffy National Arts Club on Gramercy Park—clearly this was a crazy attempt to draw the youth into the ranks of its members. The oak-paneled, floral-carpeted lobby was filled with flamboyant gays, aging relics from the Tunnel days and a few older club members whose senescence was only outshone by their befuddlement. Heatherette's co-founder Traver Rains wore his signature cowboy hat, a Swarovski crystal necklace and flared alligator print jeans. He spoke to us about the intricacies of jerking off a horse. (He's been doing it since he was 6, back on the farm in Montana.) Nikola Tamindzic was there to document the... stuff.

    As we circled the room, we ran into professional muse and Look Book victim Andre J, who called Gawker fierce before his friend told us Andre himself is the epitome of fierce. "Fierce," we replied, fiercely. Under a beautifully carved threshold, we met Kristian Laliberte's nemesis, Micah Jesse.

    A red blazered and clearly tipsy Aldon James, the National Arts Club president, seemed happy as a clam to be surrounded by young guylinered gays. Some other members huddled in the back of the room, or attached like barnacles to the settees, seemed a little more timid in their embrace. Hadn't they ever seen the Dark Crystal? They were the Skekis and they needed these Gelflings to survive.

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    Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:10:52 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=271333&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Micah Jesse Wants To See Kristian Laliberte Ruined ]]> You don't gain the stature of apartment-hunting fur-loving socialgay Kristian Laliberte without making enemies along the way. Last night, we finally met the Draco Malfoy to Laliberte's Harry Potter. His name is Micah Jesse. He's a socialgay who works in PR. He wears subtle eyeliner and foundation just like Kristian. He even has the same roundness of features that makes Kristian look blandly wholesome. We ran in to him last night, and he told us, "I've known Kristian for years. People got us confused. We're both gay. We both were at the same parties. We both work in PR. But people are starting to turn on him. They're seeing that he's playing the manipulative socialite game."

    Apparently there was some kerfuffle with Leven Rambin, who Micah is better friends with than Kristian, but who Kristian put on the invite to the Unruly Heir launch (a disaster, says Micah.) But our favorite thing Micah told us is this:

    Now when I see him at the Rose Bar, he acts a fool. He's running around dancing and being loud. We can't even make eye contact. He wants to be photographed. I want to be in PR. I'm studying the art of PR. I want press for other people but we all want to see the end of Kristian.
    I guess there's only one way to settle this feud: with a sassy fashion walk-off! ]]>
    Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:40:44 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=271410&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte Is A High Class Call Girl ]]> Julia This week, Time Out dating columnist Julia Allison asks, 'Is it okay to kind of whore yourself out in order to have a place to crash in the Hamptons on the weekends?' But that lady is as full of surprises as she is full of sparkly photogenic poses and zingy bon mots: Her own personal answer is, 'Maybe not!' See, she's been burned: "Right now [the Hamptons] is "just a place" where the last three men I dated all have houses. Houses to which I am definitely not invited. And, let me assure you, summer is not as much fun when other women are swimming in your ex's pool." But socialgay Kristian Laliberte thinks that sleeping your way into a primo summershare is a-ok, as long as some basic conditions are met: "How nice is the place? Gin Lane address—probably. Hampton Bays—no way."

    Share-ing Is Caring [TONY]

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    Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:20:27 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=270975&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ A Privileged Life: Celebrating WASP Style ]]> Last night at the J. Crew store, under glaringly bright lights that seemed to turn the racks of salmon colored slacks lambent and day-glo, WASPs gathered to toast themselves. The occasion was the publication of the new Assouline book "A Privileged Life: Celebrating WASP Style" which does what its subtitle suggests. Assouline owner Prosper Assouline said, "It is sociologique these WASPS. It is so Americaine!" Socialgay Kristian Laliberte and his erstwhile reality TV co-star Paul Johnson-Calderon both wore sunglasses. Upon learning Radar's reporter Sarah Horne went to Exeter, socialite Emma Snowdon-Jones asked whether she swallowed. Horne replied, "Only when I'm forced to." Our Serbian photographer Nikola Tamindzic captured these WASPs in their natural habitat.

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    Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:00:20 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=268859&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Is Dalton Tutor Anisha Lakhani Ratting Out Rich Kids? ]]> anishaPosh private school tell-alls are so hot right now! That Hotchkiss School roman a clef has been getting improbably lauded and Academy X author Andrew Trees has been getting ousted from Horace Mann—and now another insider peek at that rarefied world has sold. TABOO: A Manhattan Tutor Talks is to be an "autobiographical novel," written by an anonymous author writing under the name "Anna Taggart," whose real identity will be revealed "upon publication." Or maybe sooner. Hey, how's now?

    We hear that Anna Taggart is none other than that noted hag of Kristian Laliberte, the socialite Anisha Lakhani (pictured, far right). "She's a very talented writer," an acquaintance of hers tells us. There are also rumors that she's written young adult novels under a pseudonym in the past.

    We haven't asked Anisha about this—stay tuned for forthcoming denials or affirmations. But the most convincing evidence that Anisha's behind Taboo is that she used to be the chair of the middle school English department at Dalton, and still tutors. A friend tells us that Anisha has regaled her with tales of girls "getting high while she's helping them write their term papers." If that's the kind of shocking revelation that will be found in Taboo, we can't wait to read it!

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    Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:45:45 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=268455&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte Has A Penchant For Stoles ]]> From our mailbag: "Kristian Laliberte added 'anything british or historical' to his favorite tv shows. 8:02pm." God, you people!

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    Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:40:57 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=268071&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte Is The Next Lauren Conrad ]]> kristian
  • Kristian Laliberte and his "frenemy" Paul Johnson-Calderon are "in talks with several networks" to do a reality show that will be "a combination of The Hills and The Simple Life." [NYO]
  • Paris Hilton's brother was mugged at knifepoint, but escaped physically and fiscally unscathed. [Page 6]
  • Socialiteish designer Stacy Bendet will be "highest-paid designer Payless has ever had." [Page 6]
  • Cuba Gooding Jr. saved a gunshot victim's life. [Gatecrasher]
  • Paris is having trouble sleeping and eating in prison. All together now: Awww! [TMZ]

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    Wed, 06 Jun 2007 09:21:16 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=266371&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte To End Suicide Via Color Coordination ]]> kristian.jpgSocialolgay Kristian Laliberte is teaming up with fellow social-things Annabel Vartanian and Anisha Lakhani to "raise awareness for our new chapter of the American Federation of Suicide Prevention." How noble! So how are these charitable-minded souls going about trying to make us want to kill ourselves less? A: All wrong, as Kristian's email attests.

    The theme of the party is white, from the attire (white hot!), including the hosts dressed in Celine, to the drinks and the food. All photographs taken at the event will be released in Black and White. We seek to bring light to the plight of depression affecting so many at risk teenagers—hence the donning of white not only to expose this dark afflicition, but to celebrate the promising summer.
    Well, Kristian's got a point: depression does have it pretty rough these days, what with Effexor and Wellbutrin and all. ]]>
    Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:25:54 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=266131&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte Is Looking To Rent Or Buy ]]> kristianNever let it be said that this website is not a force for the public good. Why, sometimes it is basically Craigslist! Today we're going to help social-thing, heir to whatnot and fashion publicist of some nature Kristian Laliberte find a new apartment (remember, his old one was too uptown and burgle-prone). The email he sent out describing his shockingly meager specifications is after the jump.

    From: Kristian Laliberte Subject: Need Studio To:

    I am looking to rent or buy a studio downtown in the Grammercy, Soho, Nolita, or the Village.

    LEt me know if anyone has any leads.

    Thanks,
    Kristian

    I want to live by myself.

    Seriously: if lil' LOLgay Kristian can't swing a one-bedroom, what hope is there for humanity?

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    Tue, 29 May 2007 11:24:09 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=264040&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Diamonds Are A Publicity-Loving Teen Actress's Best Friend ]]> leven.jpgWhen you hear the name "Leven Rambin," you think of so many things. You might think about how Leven was styled by Kristian Laliberte! Or about how she is the 'adopted little sister' of Julia Allison! And then there's her career as an award-nominated soap opera actress! Well, you'll have to add yet another achievement to that litany: Leven has been selected to be the new face and spokeswoman for Caressa jewelry. It's about time. She shared the happy news in a mass email to her friends and fans.

    Hey everyone- I am extremely excited and proud to announce that I am the new spokeswoman for CARESSA jewelry. The jewelry is brilliant, high-end, beautiful pave' diamonds and I am honored to be the embodiment of the brand. It would be an overwhelming joy if you would join me for this event, following my 17th birthday and before my trip to the Daytime Emmys in June. I have attached the invite and a sneak-peek of the campaign, which is to debut in W, Vogue, on buses, billboards, and phonebooths starting in August. I wish to see you all there! All my love, Leven Rambin xoxo
    Imagine! Phonebooths! ]]>
    Tue, 22 May 2007 14:15:06 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=262554&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Banksy Revealed ]]> banksyUntil now, Brad Pitt's favorite graffiti artist Banksy was known only through his tongue-in-cheek stunts and his vaguely anti-establishment stencils. Thanks to some legal gymnastics, Banksy is finally revealed. And surprise! He looks just like an Average Dude. Now this is either good news or bad news. If you like your artists quirky, say like Dali or Kristian Laliberte, that such works as a painted elephant emanated from such a jejune fellow is bound to be disappointing. However, if you're a fan of Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter and other boring-looking artists, you might find it uplifting that such work flows from such a bland container.

    BANKSY's Camp Tells Us To Cease and Desist Unveiling BANKSY [Complex]

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    Mon, 21 May 2007 12:40:58 EDT Joshua Stein http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=261790&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte's Novel Stolen! ]]> sausage pantsSo why is socialgay and clothing publicist Kristian Laliberte moving apartments, as he mentioned in yesterday's bulletin? Turns out, he wuz robbed! That's what he gets for living at 96th and 2nd. "Along with a Patek Philippe watch that had belonged to his grandfather, Mr. Laliberte's laptop also disappeared. 'I'm writing a book, and my book was on it!'" he told the Observer. If only Kristian had backed up his work! Who knows what kind of literary masterpiece has been lost to posterity? Anyway now his parents will buy him a new apartment.

    Laliberte's Lodgings Looted [NYO]
    [Photo: Patrick McMullan]

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    Wed, 16 May 2007 11:29:08 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=260874&view=rss&microfeed=true
    <![CDATA[ Kristian Laliberte And His Little Dog Too ]]> kristian.jpg The city's "most fabulous men" will be strutting their stuff in a charity fashion show next Monday. They'll be accompanied down the runway by little dogs who are up for adoption. Hots. Obviously Kristian Laliberte will be in effect, and if you're his friend, you better be too! "Bring out your Spring party outfits and come see some cute boys and cute dogs," he emailed to some pals. "The perfect combination! The dog I am walking is the cutest Staffordshire 6 month old named Monica who is looking for a great home. I would love to adopt her myself if I wasn't moving apartments in July. We've been working on this charity for a while, and the ticket price is really good ($100.00!) so I am going to bug everyone until my friends have all bought tickets unless they have a legitmate [sic] excuse." How about 'totally not giving a fuck' as an excuse? Does that count?

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    Tue, 15 May 2007 14:00:17 EDT Emily Gould http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=260603&view=rss&microfeed=true