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We couldn't make this shit up if we tried: "Anna Wintour partied with the Shirley-Masticians Saturday night, when she opened her Long Island country home to the local townspeople to host a benefit to save the nearby Forge River from the ill effects of all the duck feces .." (Fashionweekdaily)
Terry Semel Out at Yahoo! "John Shinal, MKTW: 'The beginning of the end for Semel came last summer, when he announced that Yahoo would delay the implementation of new technology that he had promised would boost profit margins on search into the same league as Google’s. Between then and last week, when many shareholders voiced their anger over Semel’s pay package, the calls for his ouster rose to a fever pitch. On Monday, the Yahoo board finally heard it. They decided that to compete with a rival run by two Stanford computer geeks, Yahoo needed to put its own Stanford computer geek in charge.'" (Paidcontent via Marketwatch)
"Anne Hearst and Jay McInerney are throwing Gillian Hearst-Shaw an engagement party tonight at the Doubles Club on Fifth Ave" (Fashionweekdaily)
Reason #7,035 Why Senators Don't Win The Presidency: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) efforts to complete work on the immigration bill might again disrupt the weekend travel schedules of those senators running for president. Reid’s warning on the Senate floor yesterday that 'if they’re going to be gone from the Senate, they’re likely going to miss votes,' prompted an aide to one of the presidential campaigns to respond simply, 'Yuck.'" (TheHill)
"And this week's straight-to-Netflix award goes to—no drum roll necessary, as it's painfully obvious—Nancy Drew. Julia Roberts' niece, Emma Roberts, couldn't buoy this doomed project, as it barely cracked the top 10 in New York City, despite playing in 9 theaters in its first weekend. Don't hold your breath for a Hardy Boys movie." (Observer)
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