Tom Hoving, the former head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, died this morning, reports Michael Gross, the author of Rogues' Gallery, the tell-all about the museum that was published this past spring. A "scholar, curator, commissioner of parks in New York City, bestselling author, magazine editor, raconteur, and…
It's really a shame there haven't been cameras at the trial of Anthony Marshall, the son of Brooke Astor who now stands accused on plundering his mother's fortune. Hundred (thousands?) of Upper East Siders would have been glued to their TV sets the past few weeks. Sketch artist Jane Rosenberg has been in attendance…
Jamie-Lynn Sigler is 28 today. Fox News chief Roger Ailes is turning 69. Chazz Palminteri is 57. Jasper Johns is 79. Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright is turning 72. Current Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is turning 61. The founder of Essence Communications, Ed Lewis, is 69.…
Wondering what Paula Zahn has been up to since she was dumped by CNN in 2007 and replaced with Campbell Brown? Well, there was her messy divorce from real estate developer Richard Cohen, but that isn't a subject Zahn has any interest in discussing. ("I don't want to talk about that. I want to talk about what I'm…
The decision to name a relative unknown, Thomas P. Campbell, to succeed Philippe de Montebello as director of the Metropolitan Museum has led some of his frenemies to make comparisons to Sarah Palin. Campbell's response at a press conference today? "I don't hunt and, to the best of my knowledge, I don't have a…
Thomas P. Campbell has been selected to replace Philippe de Montebello as the Metropolitan Museum's new director. [Met Museum via Unbeige]
Philippe de Montebello, the highest-paid museum director in the US, is leaving New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, according to Michael Gross.
