A Little of the Old In and Out

In: The new tell all Vogue editrix's Anna Wintour bio. Page Six says of the bio: "'The book will deal with how viciously Anna went after Grace Mirabella when Grace was editor of American Vogue and Anna was creative director,' tattles our source. 'Anna was gunning for Grace's job, and eventually got it when S.I. Newhouse fired Grace and replaced her with Anna.'" Hot damn, this is better than Dynasty.

Another Wintour's Tale, Fashionweekdaily reports on Plum Sykes' Bergdorf Blondes Book Party (you know, the party where Amy Fine Collins fainted):

"At the end of the night, crowds of 15+ filled descending elevators. But when Anna, (her son) Charlie and Shelby (Bryan) departed for the evening, not a soul stepped into their elevator, and everyone opted to take the next one down. 'She had what you could call the VIP elevator of the night,' quipped one of the waiting guests."

And: "Anna�s assistants refused to let Patrick McMullan upstairs to shoot, but when a bevy of beauties walked out of an elevator and proceeded to air-kiss Patrick, he was waved through." You can't stop The Patrick.

Out: Lil Kim's Court Date. Lil Kim isn't looking her best. She looks likr the type of person who travels via the Ricky Lake limo service. Ah, the blush is off the rose, Lil Kim. As Millie Vanilli lip synched, poignantly, touchingly, "It's a tragedy for me to see, the dream is over."

In: Dick Morris. Once again, Morris, the brandy swilling Francofile former "John" makes an acute political observation. According to Page Six. A political expert told the Sixers "'If Kerry names (Hillary Clinton) his running mate, the book's release will suddenly be delayed until after the election,' ... Dick Morris - whose own book, 'Rewriting History' (a play on Hillary's "Living History"), is due out May 4 (said): 'I think that is very possible. I think that it is also a bit of a threat . . . that if [Kerry] does not choose Hillary, Bill will dominate the environment during the campaign and distract attention from the ticket. If Bill, who has trouble finishing anything and procrastinates constantly, actually finishes the book, there is a reason. Likely she was nagging him to do it so he could raise the pressure for her.'"

Out: James Carville. Accroding to Lloyd Grove, "That was James Carville being refused seating at the '21' Club Tuesday night because he was wearing his usual starched and pressed (but verboten at '21') jeans. The Ragin' Cajun had arrived to help his wife, Mary Matalin, celebrate the publication of her book 'Letters to My Daughters' at a dinner hosted by Simon & Schuster honcho David Rosenthal. But the maitre d' vetoed the jeans, so Carville rushed around the corner to Brooks Brothers and bought an $80 pair of khakis."

In: Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis. Ananova reports, "Johnny Depp says he would never ask his Vanessa Paradis to marry him as it would ruin her 'perfect name'. He said he often thought about proposing to the mother of his two children, but the name issue had held him back. 'It's so perfect and so beautiful,' Johnny said. 'It would be a drag to stick her with Paradis-Depp. It's like a flat note.'

"But he said he would not hesitate if she was to propose to him: 'She's the woman of my life. I would do it in a second.'"

Spoken like true Gemini.

Out: The Democratic Leadership Council. Bob Shrum, the Karl Rove of the Kerry campaign is an unreformed old fashioned liberal. Any pandering to the center Bill Clinton style will not be tolerated. Shrum comes from the Robert Kennedy tradition of the Democratic Party. So, buh bye to the DLC types, buh bye Paul Begala.

In: George Hickenlooper's new indie documentary "Mayor of the Sunset Strip" about the very odd but interesting DJ Bingenheimer, who is famous for knowing famous people, Indiewire's Wendy Mitchell writes: " ... Hickenlooper's documentary isn't all a rock-and-roll party; it also looks at Bingenheimer's disturbing obsession with celebrity and his troubled real-life relationships."

Out: Jenny Garner. Alias ... the daughter of the beast. "And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his MARK, and over the number of (her) name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God." (Revelations 15:2)
We must stop Jennifer Garner from dominating the world. We must. In about two weeks her new film 13 Going on 30 comes out. We have a cordon sanitaire. Please help me stop the daughter of the beast.

In: Awww, Courtney. Why is it that the thought of Courtney makes us all feel all warm and protective about her? The Scoop has a down and out Courtney Love bemoaning her fate. "'I�m covered with loser dust,' Kurt Cobain�s widow griped to Blender magazine. Love and her daughter, Frances Bean, did the interview for the mag, according to a source who saw the issue that hits newsstands next week. 'I can�t even get an autographed Charmed poster for my daughter.'� Awww, Courtney. We still love you.

Out: JLo. According to Ananova, who got some advance on JLo's Inside the Actors Studio appearance (I know, I know, I'm wondering what she's doing there as well), Ms. Lopez regrets the nickname.

In: A very strange thing happened last week on TMLTMF. The usual no holes barred pop culture banter was replaced, if only briefly, by the most fucking intelligent debate on the nature of Art. That shit was outrageous. Who knew? Crazy.

Out: Scott Thorsen's alleged affair with Michael Jackson come out this week. Isn't he a little bit old for Michael?

In: Sarah Weinman is a very sexy blogger who blogs about the sexy subject of mystery and crime writing. Check her out.