Law enforcement officers are investigating after Andrew Rork Getty, an heir to the Getty Oil fortune, was reported dead Tuesday by a former girlfriend against whom he had recently obtained a restraining order.
Sante Kimes, a con artist and murderer who teamed up with her son to kill at least two wealthy socialites in one of the most lurid true crime stories of the 1990's, died in prison this week.
A Chilean nanny is accusing an aristocratic family of forcing her into slave-like conditions in their Upper East Side home.
Today we were exposed to some excellent literature—literature in the form of Muffie Potter Aston's diary. Tres chic! While we learned all about the various Birkin bags dear Muffykins owns, we were not told what the good lady keeps inside her leather year-of-tuition-at-a-good-college-with-straps. One commenter has the…
For this week's "What I Wore" personal style column, the New York Times features Park Avenue socialite Muffie Potter Aston, whose life is exactly as you'd guess it would be, based on her name.
Remember Kevin Michael Barba, the "openly gay, up and coming New York socialite" who materialized in our inbox last week after his parents' secretary emailed us looking for a publicist referral? Well, he's back. So what's the teenager with "millions of dollars at his disposal" up to this week? He's doing amateur…
Manhattan socialite Beata Boman, a self-described self-described "former model and fashion designer" was arrested Tuesday afternoon for stealing a scarf that's possibly worth more than that clunker you're currently driving around.
Theodora Richards, one of Keith Richards's perpetually nude model/socialite daughters, was arrested in New York last night for tagging "T♥A" on a Soho building with a paint marker. She was taken into custody, and when searched by the cops, weed and Xanax was discovered.
Now that The City is canceled, socialite and scourge Olivia Palermo says she's working on her "own show". What could it be about? Certainly not having a real job or finishing college. God, that's so pedestrian! [via NYMag]
Typically, if you're a hob-knobbing Washington bigwig, you get to actively mingle with the President and First Lady at fancy parties. But not so with the Obamas! They are far more guarded, which has enraged the swells of the capital.
Incredibly narrow, self-centered Washington socialite Sally Quinn still has access to the Washington Post publishing system, apparently, and has tricked an editor into running her latest stupid, hilarious column: why Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton should (and will) switch jobs.
Want to read more stories about socialite Olivia Palermo's classroom incompetence? Try this and this. And if you have more information you'd like to share, send it along. We're collecting this to help the poor child. Really. [Image via Getty]
MTV reality star and socialite Olivia Palermo is 24 and still a sophomore at The New School. We hear she doesn't pay much attention in class. Maybe that's why she's still in school! Oh, and she hates us.
Ali Wise, the ex-Dolce & Gabbana publicist charged last year with computer trespass and eavesdropping, will plead guilty in Manhattan Supreme Court today. The New York Post reports Wise will probably get community service and probation. [NYP]
Politico caught up with Tareq and Michaele Salahi, the self-promoting fameballs who gatecrashed a White House state dinner back in November, at some DC party. They're working on a book, they say, but they hate 'the media'.
Tinsley Mortimer's bargain-basement CW reality show premiered last night! Boy was it an ugly mess. It's gotten to the point where I can't really tell if shows like this are actually entertaining or not. I just watch them and gurgle.
Gigi Jordan, a multi-million pharmaceutical executive, was found in her $2,300/night suite "babbling incoherently" after trying to commit suicide, while her eight year-old son lay dead next to her. She's being charged with feeding him an overdose of pills.
A new season of Real Housewives of New York City is coming soon. And so Kelly Bensimon has unveiled a brand new website which features not only a blog, but there's also an "online shop" where you'll find Kelly selling underwear that depicts Kelly posing in her underwear. How meta!
John and Elizabeth Edwards. Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren. Brad and Angelina. Jon Gosselin and about half a dozen women in their 20s. In this day and age when the news is filled with stories and rumors about failed relationships, it's always heartwarming to come across a couple that shares a love that only grows…
