Media-Whore's D'oevres



"Photo booths, basketball hoops, air hockey, HD golf, and pool tables greeted guests at Roseland Ballroom on Thursday night after a packed Zeigfeld Theater screening of the first two episodes from the new season of 'Entourage.' HBO celebrated the fourth season of the show with the cast, their extended families and friends, and industry-types. Debuting this Sunday, the season opens with the guys struggling to finish their $30 million indie feature, 'Medellin.' Fans in Cannes last month spotted Vince, Eric, Drama, Turtle and Ari at the Festival, a sign that their new film will somehow make it to France. But last night, we had to wonder... in the Festival or in the Market? At the party, lead actor Adrian Grenier posed for photos near his table, while at the nearby virtual golf, executive producer Mark Wahlberg got in some swings at courses in Pebble Beach and Banff, in between posing for digital pictures with fans and fellow golfers. Kevin Dillon was joined by his brother Matt on Thursday night and the rest of the cast made the rounds as well. Also quite popular at the party, 'Sopranos' co-star Robert Iler who greeted numerous guests and received many pats on the back just days after the HBO series came to a close." (Indiewire)

"After his failed presidential run, a bearded and embattled (Al) Gore signed on as an adviser with a then-obscure Internet company called Google. He went on to join the board of Apple, then he started his own profitable cable company and an asset management firm. Now, according to a new article in Fast Company magazine, the former U.S. vice president is worth at least $100 million." (ABCNews)

"It's official: NBC's Campbell Brown is moving to CNN. Once considered Katie Couric's heir apparent on Today, Brown has been an NBC utility player for a while now, taking the anchor chair at Weekend Today, filing news reports on NBC Nightly News and anchoring on MSNBC, and doing some critically-acclaimed reporting in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Last month, Page Six predicted the ouster of Paula Zahn, with Brown as the leading candidate to replace; today, TVNewser reports from an 'unimpeachable' source that Zahn is indeed on the outs." (HuffPo)

"Ms. Peterson is the daughter of Peter G. Peterson, a Commerce secretary during the Nixon administration, who is projected to get $1.9 billion when the equity firm he helped establish two decades ago, the Blackstone Group, makes its initial public offering this month. 'The Manny' started as an article that Ms. Peterson wrote for The New York Times in 2002. It chronicled the popularity of male nannies among an Upper East Side set eager to expose their sons to the sort of informal knowledge about sports and girls that nannies and workaholic fathers were not delivering. Ms. Peterson wrote a draft of a novel based on the article and hired an agent. A highly contested auction ensued, with Dial Press making the highest bid." (SundayStyles)

"We have a housekeeper and we prefer to have dinner by the fire. I don't ever take part in the Hamptons social scene. In the last two summers I've probably been out two or three times. The thing about Quogue is, it's just a bit too far. I go to Lally Weymouth's thrash in July, which is fun--it's the only place you can see Eliot Spitzer on the dance floor if you know what I mean." (Tina Brown in HamptonsStyle)

"Tony Blair, the British prime minister, could end up swapping Downing Street for a job as the first full-time European Union president, under a plan being actively touted by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president.Mr Sarkozy is understood to have discussed the idea with other EU leaders ahead of next week’s European summit, Mr Blair’s last major international event as prime minister.His support for Mr Blair taking on a big European job is a remarkable sign of Anglo-French rapprochement since Mr Sarkozy replaced Jacques Chirac as president last month." (FT via Drudge)