A Little of the Old In and Out



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In: Mr. Mickey. Cheers to The Corsair's former colleague Mr. Mickey of Paper Magazine, who just celebrated ten years there as a columnist (Mickey has been at Paper for 13). The Corsair met Mr. Mickey years ago, back when we were the "virtual bouncer" for Papermag.com's chat room, and we occasionally wrote for the magazine. Paper's cluttered offices were above a Soho tanning salon which played the cheesiest 80s music throughout the day.

Before we hosted the chats -- with, among others, Todd Oldham and Betsy Johnson -- Mickey and The Corsair would meet in the seedy bathrooms of Paper Magazine, as Flock of Seagulls or, more often than not, Dexy's Midnight Runners would play from the tanning parlor, and plot out our chat questioning strategy.

It all sounds so sordid now, as The Corsair writes it out, but it was anything but. It is a running joke between us that we "used to meet up in the bathrooms at Paper Magazine." Those were good times, even though Rudy Giuliani did his best to fuck up the mellow downtown vibe. Congrats on 10 years, Mr. Mickey, my friend. According to our favorite social chronicler in NYSocialDiary:

"The night before last they held a tenth anniversary party at Jeffrey Chodorow's 'Garden of Ono' in the Gansevoort Hotel in the heart of the Meatpacking District for Mickey Boardman and his column 'Ask Mr. Mickey' in Paper. It was a nice steamy night in Manhattan and for those who think that everyone needs air conditioning to chill, this group begged to differ. First of all, I love the Meatpacking district, especially on a quiet summer night in New York when the Upper East and the Upper West Sides are so quiet they practically roll up the sidewalks after 7:30. The Meatpacking District is happening; the joint was jumpin. Kim Hastreiter and David Hershkovits, editors/publishers of the magazine of Noo Yawk fashion hipdom hosted the bash for their boy, along with Johnny Knoxville, Helen Lee Schifter, Jake Shears of the band, Scissor Sisters, and the New York's glam girl of the moment Tinsley Mortimer. Mrs. Schifter was unable to attend but her husband, SportSac creator Tim Schifter was in attendance."



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Out: Mike Tyson, Porn Star. The Corsair's inaugural Razor Magazine column called for Mike Tyson to quit the sport of kings, and, soonafter -- god bless him -- he did. Now, our favorite superhero gossip duo, Rush and Molloy, report that Tyson may take up ... smut movies? Oh, dear lord, please -- no:

"Mike Tyson might be turning from his fists to another body part to make a living.
The former champ says he's been approached by reps for porn star Jenna Jameson to co-star in a X-rated movie.

"The free-spending pugilist, who was pummeled recently by the tax man, says he told Jameson's people, 'I need the money up front.'

"Boxing writer Pedro Fernandez recalled in Zoo magazine that, 'according to court documentation from Tyson's rape trial, his member is at least 14 inches long. If Tyson brings out some of the ferocity that made him a champion, he could definitely become a successful porn star.'"

14 inches?! (Low, astonished whistle) Looks like Tyson doesn't need anything more "upfront," if you know what The Corsair means: God gave him plenty more than enough. And, while we're on the subject, isn't the termsuccessfulful porn star" sort of oxymoronic?



Paul Provenza and Penn accruing buzz at Sundance. (image via hollywoodreporter)

In: The Aristocrats. Comedians know how to get publicity. All last week, on every talk show and gossip column and web site were items and segments involving what must be the most publicized indie movie of all time (Ed Note: The Aristocrats advertised on The Corsair blog). According to Indiewire:

"Foul-mouthed doc 'The Aristocrats' attained an orgy of box office returns last weekend, becoming the second highest per screen winner this year, and one of the biggest since this column began in indieWIRE. The feature easily took the prime position on the chart, ranked on a per screen basis, after opening at several locations.

" ... THINKFilm's 'The Aristocrats' by Paul Provenza trashed the weekend specialty box office with a stunning $60,949 per screen average, grossing $243,796 from four screens. The film became the second highest specialty grosser this year, behind Woody Allen's 'Melinda and Melinda,' which opened one New York theater in mid-March with a $74,238 gross."



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Out: David Scwimmer, Cheat. Jude Lawlessness is catching! Boys will be boys. The 3AM Girls drop a dime on David Shwimmer's cheating, greezy ass:

"HE'S a long way from home so you can't blame David Schwimmer for trying to make new Friends.

"But we don't think current squeeze Rochelle Ovitt will be too thrilled to learn the actor has been playing tonsil tennis with another woman.

"Just last month the 25-year-old actress and model confirmed she and David were dating.

"And David, who played Ross in Friends, then attended the London premiere of his latest film Madagascar with the Hawaiian actress."

The Corsair plays some dramatic plinkety-plonkety notes on the Playel harpsichord to change the mood.

"But our spies tell us that David, 38, was getting very friendly with a mystery brunette at London's Boujis nightclub on Tuesday night.

" ... Our well-placed spy said: 'David seemed like he wanted to be as discreet as possible, but wearing a baseball cap pulled very low over your face is guaranteed to get you noticed.

"It wasn't long before girls were dancing provocatively in front of him trying to catch his eye.

"At one point even glamour model Alicia Duvall tried to talk to him but he wasn't having any of it.

"He had a private booth and was dancing away with an army of admirers all trying desperately to catch his eye.

"'Only one girl took his fancy, though, a very attractive mixed-race woman. They got chatting and it wasn't long before they were sitting in a corner getting to know each other better.'

"And he's obviously got his pulling technique down to a fine art because we're told the pair soon shared a lingering kiss.

The full story here.