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Arianna Huffington's new book — Right Is Wrong — is as partisan a piece of political writing as any during this political season. The subtitle says it all: "How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe." At Friday night's book party at the Chambers hotel in Midtown however, the divide between the guests was anything but political. The Greek-born polemicist has herself made a mockery of political convictions by switching so effortlessly from conservative wife-of-convenience to liberal power woman. To be sure, the tycoons she had assembled — Mort Zuckerman of Boston Properties and the New York Daily News; Les Moonves of CBS; former Viacom boss Tom Freston; and Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone and US Weekly — were quintessential rich liberals. But any Marxist observer at the party would note that the guests true loyalty was less to a political ideology than to their class.
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Limo Liberals Worship Before Their Nemesis
Arianna Huffington's new book — Right Is Wrong — is as partisan a piece of political writing as any during this political season. The subtitle says it all: "How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe." At Friday night's book party at the Chambers hotel in Midtown however, the divide between the guests was anything but political. The Greek-born polemicist has herself made a mockery of political convictions by switching so effortlessly from conservative wife-of-convenience to liberal power woman. To be sure, the tycoons she had assembled — Mort Zuckerman of Boston Properties and the New York Daily News; Les Moonves of CBS; former Viacom boss Tom Freston; and Jann Wenner of Rolling Stone and US Weekly — were quintessential rich liberals. But any Marxist observer at the party would note that the guests true loyalty was less to a political ideology than to their class.
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The Style Wars finales are like Project Runway except funner, louder, and thankfully without Heidi Klum. Designers race to put outfits together on-stage—often using tape and string, but who wants to watch somebody hunched over a sewing machine for thirteen hours? Nikola Tamindzic of Home of the Vain took photographs. (Click for the gallery!) Backstage, I fumbled towards Mick Rock, famed British rock and roll photographer of the Rolling Stones, the Ramones, Iggy Pop, and everybody else. He was sitting alone backstage on a low riser, wearing sunglasses, and I knelt down beside him, approaching the way one might a wild animal...
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House of Diehl's Style Wars at the Stoli Hotel
The Style Wars finales are like Project Runway except funner, louder, and thankfully without Heidi Klum. Designers race to put outfits together on-stage—often using tape and string, but who wants to watch somebody hunched over a sewing machine for thirteen hours? Nikola Tamindzic of Home of the Vain took photographs. (Click for the gallery!) Backstage, I fumbled towards Mick Rock, famed British rock and roll photographer of the Rolling Stones, the Ramones, Iggy Pop, and everybody else. He was sitting alone backstage on a low riser, wearing sunglasses, and I knelt down beside him, approaching the way one might a wild animal...
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Hackers Get Nerd-tastic!
The "rent party" for hacker collective Resistor's downtown Brooklyn space was awesomely nerd-tastic. We woke up with a hangover from the Bar-bot, a robot programmed to make mixed drinks in beakers. Also a mystery: a diagram of a circuit drawn in permanent marker across our entire forearm that we're still trying to explain, as well as wash off. "It's basically just a device that would blink on and off. See the LED?" said one charming hacker. Naturally. Click to see the Bar-bot!More »
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Hud Morgan's "Champagne Easter" Bash: Now with Photos
We told you about Mens Vogue-r Hud Morgan's Champagne-drenched Easter party that rattled his neighbors in the West Village. A tipster described a scene of staggering privilege and hubris, accented by a certain sweater the host was wearing: "horizontally wide-striped, the stripes being in bright primary colors... what a closeted gay rower would wear to a Yale football game. But the best part is that he's wearing a white shirt under it with the collar popped." Now we've got photographic evidence: click to see the infamous sweater, and help us identify the blonde girl who looks like she's arguing with ol' Hud. More »
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