A Little of the Old In and Out

In: Happy Birthday to two of our favorite bloggers, OldHag and Uncle Grambo, Leo's both. May they keep going on informing and amusing us for as long as "this thing of ours" drives us.

Out: Dale Peck, the man we love to hate. The man who survived a brutal bitchslap attack from Stanley Crouch is interviewed in Gothamist. So best.

In: Croatia, but, you probably already knew that. According to Fashionweekdaily:

"Jessica Shaw, in her 'Shaw Report' for this week�s Entertainment Weekly, declared vacationing in Croatia as 'in.' What a coincidence, as Lauren Davis, the J. Mendel public relations director, sent The Daily a postcard this week from her trip abroad:

'Dear Daily,

'I am in Croatia! It sounds like a bad joke but it�s true! I am here for some good ol� fashion Eastern-European fun�they say it is the new St. Tropez, you know! In all seriousness, it is a marvelous place. [My boyfriend] and I came here on a boat last summer and are doing the same trip again. We�re starting in Dubrovnick and ending in Venice.'"

Out: Theft. Sticky fingered vulgarians robbed both Al Gore, our former Vice President, and Paris Hilton this week. One imagines Dominick Dunne is in hot pursuit, Mont Blanc at the ready, Jermyn Street tailored shirt rustling.

According to the Page Sixers, re: Gore:

"Al Gore � for the first time since he was elected v.p. in 1992 � decided to do without security on a vacation in Italy. Bad move. 'The Gores were robbed while staying in a luxurious villa in Castellina,' a Tuscan source told the London Spy column in the Daily Telegraph. 'One of the neighbors went in to sympathize, and Al told him that the thieves had taken about $35,000 worth of valuables.' Gore purportedly was kicking himself for leaving his bodyguards behind."

The AP, like via Defamer, said this re: Paris:

"Police confirmed Friday they were investigating a burglary at the Hollywood Hills home of Paris and Nicky Hilton.

"Someone broke into the house Wednesday night, but detectives haven't identified a suspect, Officer Esther Reyes said. She wouldn't comment on what was stolen, citing the ongoing investigation.

"Us Weekly magazine quoted an unnamed Hilton family member, who said the burglar took off with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, jewelry and personal items.

"Another unnamed source told the magazine that a laptop computer, several designer purses, video tapes and photographs of Paris Hilton ... with ex-boyfriend Nick Carter were also taken.

"Paris Hilton's publicist, Gina Hoffman, confirmed the burglary but had no further comment."

In: Rick James. (This Rick James Dead Link via the most excellent Tom from The Media Drop). In Memoriam, Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood Story (Corsair blog link)

While Rick James is probably asking Saint Peter --as we "speak" -- questions, like: What did the two angel wings say to the face? Or, Does Heaven, by virtue of being Heaven, contain the "Stickiest" of the "Ickiest, " or saying, upon watching someone being denied entry into Heaven -- "Cold Blooded"! We will miss the original superfreak, as a source of fun and the fragility of life (okay, that was a bit pretentious, forgive me). Rick James, RIP

Out: Caroline McAteer, the publicist for embattled celebs Posh Spice and David "Bend It Like" Bekham, and her former clients, out: all. According to the 3AM Girls, the Beckham Titanic is sinking:

"VICTORIA Beckham has jettisoned a major cog in the First Family's 'truth' machine - their publicist Caroline McAteer.

"After years of 'spinning' to protect their image, it is all over for the ruthless, bubble-haired flunky who has been given the boot by the increasingly desperate duo."

And in a surprising brutal Op Ed in the New York Times today.

As you can see, very slow news week. I gave it my all, though.