Media-Whore's D'Oevres



"It's men's Fashion Week in Milan, and we're hearing there was something of an exodus at Versace, when several key buyers actually left the presentation in the middle. Outside the lobby, our spy heard the words "boring" uttered in several languages." (Fashionista)



"In the wake of the embarrassing debacle of NBC's now-you-see-it, now-you-don't $1 million deal for Paris Hilton's first post-penitentiary interview, Matt Lauer said during a conference call to promote next Sunday's 'Concert for Diana' telecast that there was "no quid pro quo" involved in his exclusive interview with Princes William and Harry — despite the fact that the network paid $2.5 million for the rights to broadcast the tribute." (FishbowlNY)

"'My first memory of Hermès is the orange boxes my dad brought home for my mom when I was a kid,' said Chloë Sevigny at the opening of the French house's Wall Street outpost on Thursday night. 'They used to make her so happy.' Rachel Weisz, Leelee Sobieski, Kevin Bacon, and Kyra Sedgwick were among the other A-list guests who ventured downtown—way downtown—to ogle the luxe wares at the new store." (Style)

"Despite caveats from Yahoo and AOL that they weren’t directly challenging the dominance of the broadcast and cable upfront market with their respective ad industry presentations over the past few months, it was clear the intent was to siphon off at least some of the $9 billion going towards the fall TV season. But Mediaweek reports that those attempts hardly achieved the meager objectives of getting advertisers’ attention. " (Paidcontent)