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more about #nightlife more comments → Brad Brown: What are those circular, white stains just above her zipper? more » sweetpickles: Like Letterman, this is another public figure that made no claims to being a moral saint. Just because corporations gave him buckets full of money for... more » Spirit Fingers: Okay, so I read that as Education: Bachelors (men). And not Education: Bachelors (degree). Is this wrong? (Probably.) Accurate? (Probably.) more » BookishLookish: Also: more » BookishLookish: Nice rack. more » shostakobitch: Playboy spread posing with the latest Ping Zings. A business card that says "More celebrity dicks than 'Bewitched'." more » DahlELama: I'm having a hard time getting past "Rachel Uchitel is a mess. Her reputation, that is! Her hair's fine." because I love it so much. Also, I love that... more » Airvault: "You're no Ashley Dupre." Ouch! Cold-blooded. more » resipsaloquacious: Don't worry, Rachel, Gloria Allred will make sure that this all blows over. She only has your best interests at heart. more » BookishLookish: Slimelight always sucked eggs. Overpriced drinks, asshole poseur druggies everywhere. Good riddance! more » Urbania: I'm an architect whose done a lot of high-end and medium-end retail design, and I look at these renderings and see a whole lot of fail. I'd want to d... more » ms_priestypants: Now you know how Anglicans felt when The Church of the Holy Communion was deconsecrated and made into a nightclub (I'm thinking of it's later more B&T... more » Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): This really represents not change. You could always buy a cornucopia if stuff inside. more » Thatcornellguy: I had an afterprom at this place when it was called "Avalon". That night it was filled with high school students and creepy 30-year old men. These r... more » Baroness: Oh sad sad sad. I'm officially an Old, so I remember Limelight. -16 in 1986, got into the VIP Library with a party that included Rupert Everett. Wh... more » -
#advice
Rachel Uchitel, This Is Your Future
Rachel Uchitel is a mess. Her reputation, that is! Her hair's fine. But the Tiger Woods Affair allegations are everywhere. As are other salacious rumors. And pictures. You're not handling it well, Rachel. We're here to help you take control.
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#steppinout
Civetta Is Not the New Beatrice
Approximately every five minutes someone leaks that Beatrice Inn owner Paul Sevigny has taken over a new place in New York that is like his old place. Except it's not really true. More » -
#sadthings
The New Limelight Shopping Mall Makes Former Club Kids Weep
In case you didn't hear, developers are turning '80s and '90s Chelsea superclub Limelight into a shopping mall during the worst economic downturn in recent history. There will be brownies and a sneaker gallery! It's even worse than we imagined. More » -
#dictatorstyle
The Lifestyle of the Rich Son of an Oil-Rich Dictator
The New York Times reported on the politics that allow Teodoro Nguema Obiang, the son of Equatorial Guinean dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo into America. Here's what they didn't tell you about his lifestyle (and celebrity girlfriends). More » -
#exclusive
Is Jho Low Just a Front for the Real Money?
Taek Jho Low, a 20-something Wharton grad has been making headlines as big-spender who drops hundreds of thousands at New York's clubs and flies starlets to Vegas. But sources now say he is a surrogate for someone more secretive.
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#therich
A Short History of Rich Guys Flying Starlets Around for Nefarious Purposes
The Post reported that a mysterious Malaysian man spent $160k in nightclub Avenue in one night and, among other ridiculous debauchery, flew Megan Fox to Vegas for his birthday. He's not the first super-rich guy to have such an idea. More » -
#nightlife
Meet Olivier Zahm: Either the Best or Worst Human Being in New York
You have probably slept with this man. He's French! He founded Purple magazine! He hangs out with famous people! He accidentally mentioned that Beatrice Inn is reopening! He wears the same clothes every day! He takes pictures of naked ladies!
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#nightlife
The Smell of Death Lingers Over New York Hipster Clubs
Since Beatrice Inn and the Jane Hotel Ballroom closed down hipsters have been in a state of non-ironic panic. Earlier this week both were rumored to be reopening soon. The hipsters were happy! But then bad things and death struck.
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#nightlife
A Nightlife Hell Where No Fixed Place Has Been Assigned Us
Simon Hammerstein and Randy Weiner's Purgatorio, a two-week haunted house nightlife experience is the most beautiful venue in New York right now. It's scary all right: witness the horror of New York's nightlife elite rubbing elbows with the public. More » -
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Sasstasstic Amy Sacco Shoots Shuttering Rumors Down: Bungalow 8's Coming Back
According to gossips, Amy Sacco's always been broke, and her legendary New York club Bungalow 8, which hasn't been open for a month, is dead. Wednesday night, the (heart)beat supposedly stopped. Now, Sacco's hitting back with excuses. They are? More » -
#nightlife
A Brief History of New York Hot Spots
Remember when Bungalow 8 was the hottest place in town? Yeah, memories of those days can be a bit foggy. With the news that it's closing we're looking back on the glory days of the greats. More » -
#bungalow8
It's the end of an unnecessarily protracted era: Amy Sacco's Bungalow 8 has closed.
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#thatwasquick
The Jane Hotel's Death at the Hands of City Officials Begins Apace
Just as we predicted now that the neighbors have taken up the cause against downtown hotspot the Jane Hotel, it's going to die the death of a thousand licensing violations. Now they've closed the ballroom to meet compliance.
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#nightlife
The Jane Hotel Story the NY Times Doesn't Want You to See
The Jane Hotel's crotchety neighbors were about to get a big ol' story about just how noisy downtown's latest celebrity hangout is, but then the Jane Hotel's owners stepped in and killed it. At least that's what the writer says. More » -
#nightlife
The Jane Hotel's Neighbors Take Their "Get Off My Lawn" to the Internet
Yes, the Jane Hotel's annoyed neighbors will eventually get Manhattan's current hotspot closed down. Until then, they've taken the war to their fancy Twitter page and blog. Know what? Their complaints are pretty funny! More » -
#nightlife
The Jane Hotel Is Well on Its Way to Being Shut Down
Manhattan's newest hotspot is in grave danger. Just as it's reaching critical mass of cool, its death is on the horizon. How can we tell? The neighbors are starting to whine about the noise. More » -
#couturecrash
Confessions of a Fashion Week Party Monster
Fashion Week just OD'd. But I'm comforted by the fact that its sexy corpse will rise again to do another skeleton dance on the catwalk, seduce the style-obsessed among us, and throw up at an after-party at Indochine. More » -
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Rock Rules, Fashion Drools on Perry Farrell's Party Bus
Once upon a time the John Varvatos store reeked of rat poison, sweaty skinheads and Iggy Pop's low-hanging balls. But last night, the scent was decidedly sweeter for me, because I totally partied on a tour bus with Perry Farrell.
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#couturecrash
Marc Jacobs Dashed My Fashion Week Dreams
I couldn't get into the big Marc Jacobs party at Hiro Ballroom last night. I didn't get to see Lady Ga Ga play a white piano, nor did I witness her violate a completely-shaved centaur backstage with a strap-on. More » -
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MisShapes' Leigh Lezark: The Gawker Interview
Superstar MisShapes DJ and lovably icy ingénue Leigh Lezark may be the Anna Wintour of the downtown scenester set. Does that mean we can't be friends? More »
