Media-Whore's D'oevres



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Presumably, Chris Rock won't be asked to dress as a Clown: "It's going to take more than one coffee table to carry July's Vanity Fair, since there will be 20 editions of the Condé Nast monthly for consumers to collect. The Bono guest-edited Africa issue will hit newsstands today .. Annie Leibovitz shot all the covers to capture what looks like a game of telephone among international icons discussing the crisis in Africa. The list of subjects read like a who's who of Africa awareness: Warren Buffett, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Desmond Tutu, Oprah Winfrey, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Rock, Muhammad Ali, Jay-Z, Bill and Melinda Gates, and Iman, to name a few." (WWD via Jossip)

"Hilton skipped a humiliating cavity search routinely done on all incoming prisoners, sources said. 'Paris didn't have to go through the cavity search. When bent over, she didn't have to cough,' said Saul Reyes, who does maintenance at the women's jail as part of a work-release program. 'She didn't have to spread 'em.'" For the officers, at least; the "romance" comes later, over some fruic cocktail sterno in the Gen Pop Rec room. (NYPost)

"Howard (Stern) said that Eli (Roth) was always kind of fascinating to him back when he first met him. he didn't know that he was going to end up like this though. Eli's new movie 'Hostel Part 2' opens this Friday. Howard asked him who the biggest prick he's ever worked with was. Eli said that Raquel Welch was probably one of the worst. He said he had to run around and find her some apple juice one time and it was a nightmare. He told that story and also said that he got fired from 'Meet Joe Black' for not being a good stand-in. He said that he was fired by the director when he said that he was an untalented stand-in. He ended up getting hired back as a production assistant and got stuck turning air on and off during the filming .. Artie told Eli that he had a worse job than he ever did. He said that he was an actor in 'Mystery Men.'" (Marksfriggin)

"CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg brought her glamour and panache to the table Monday night, when she presided over the council’s 25th anniversary fashion awards at The New York Public Library .. And let’s not forget the parting of the publicists, assistants, and security guards as she stepped onto the red carpet, which had some comparing the queen of daytime television to Moses as photographers chanted 'Oprah! Oprah! Oprah!' But in the end it was worth it; upon spotting Lauren waiting for her at the top of the steps, in a true Cinderella moment, she darted up, heels and all, shouting, 'Oh, there’s Ralph!' as her knight in shining armor embraced her in nothing less than Oscar-caliber style (not to mention the ultimate photo op)." (Fashionweekdaily)

"Two weeks ago, House debate over the war in Iraq pricked the Boehner dam. Back in February, talk of the war did it again. And when Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) said his goodbyes on the House floor a year ago, Boehner also choked up .. The Bush family men alone give Boehner a run for his tears. They have reportedly wept over dogs, the Oak Ridge Boys and the National Anthem -- not to mention George H.W. Bush's breakdown last December, as his son Jeb was stepping down as governor of Florida." (Politico)

"When Dave Chappelle spotted a couple of photogs waiting for him outside Swingers coffee shop in Los Angeles late last night, he asked if they were spies from Comedy Central .. Intrigued by photog's uncanny ability to sniff out a star from a mile away, the comedian asked, 'How do you guys know people are going to be places?'" (TMZ)

"Last night’s debate didn’t match the hype, especially with all the pre-fight back-n-forth between Romney and McCain. But if there was any news, it was McCain. It felt as if he owned the first 45 minutes of the debate -- from Iraq to immigration, the candidates essentially were point-counterpointing with McCain. They even followed his lead in walking up to the audience during the sitdown part of the debate." (FirstRead via TVNewser)

"Washington, D.C.-based style arbiter Sally Quinn was poised to present Washington Post fashion editor Robin Givhan with the Eugenia Shepherd Award. 'There should be combat pay for covering the collections,' Quinn cracked, while Givhan admitted, 'I can’t say the fashion world embraced me; they tolerated me.'" (Fashionweekdaily)