"It’s not every birthday where Takashi Murakami designs the party invitation, Louis Vuitton lends its East 57th Street flagship store, John Legend performs at the stroke of midnight, and the guest list includes Ed Lover, Jay-Z, Mariah Carey, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Gabrielle Union, Rihanna, and Liya Kebede. But when you’re Kanye West and turning 30, there’s apparently very little that elicits a reply of 'no.' ... As the birthday boy, clad in a Tom Ford tuxedo jacket, dress shirt, bow tie, jeans, and Hermès shoes walked about the expansive four-story retail mecca, he remained coy over how he got the French fashion house to shut its doors for one night (Bulgari did the honors last year). 'It was a little conversation that sparked, ya know?' he said with a grin. 'And I’m just keepin’ it real.'" (Fashionweekdaily)
"Shep Smith is really enjoying this afternoon's news of Paris Hilton's new jail sentence. He dramatically read the highlights ('It's not right,' she shouted. The weeping Hilton.') and laughed out loud." (TVNewser)
"Decked out in one of his grandfather's bespoke suits and a white silk scarf, Lapo Elkann worked his charm on the crowd at the Gramercy Park Hotel's Private Roof Club on Wednesday night. 'I was born here, and this city has always been extremely important in my private and professional life,' said the Fiat heir turned entrepreneur. Diane von Furstenberg, whose children are cousins of Elkann's through their shared Agnelli heritage, and Anna Wintour, who featured the young dandy in a ten-page spread in this month's Vogue, co-hosted the airy affair to toast the U.S. launch of Elkann's design company Italia Independent." (Style)
"This morning, Bernstein's at 35 on Amazon. Gerth/Van Natta are at 137. And in some sort of publishing-industry justice, a book by Bernstein's ex-wife Nora Ephron, whom he rather famously left while she was pregnant in 1980, is at 19." (BenSmith)
"Howard (Stern) took another call from a guy who asked Robin (Givens) if Howard banged her good. Robin said Howard was blushing when he heard that. Benjy asked Howard and Robin if they were exclusive 'friends' when they were together back then. Howard said that he thinks they were. Robin said she thought this was going to be easy this morning. She was having a tough time. Benjy wanted to know how they got started dating but Robin said they didn't really date. She met him on the show when she did it." (Marksfriggin)
"Last night the Venetian Heritage guests were invited by Francois Pinault, the French retailing tycoon (Gucci/Converse sneakers/Vail ski resort, etc.) for a private guided visit of Palazzo Grassi to see a special exhibition for the Biennale from M. Pinault’s private collection .. We missed last night’s dinner, instead making the rounds (or the Venetian version of that) as guests of Janna Bullock, the Russian art collector and real estate entrepreneur who recently joined the board of the Peggy Guggenheim .. Photographing completed, the entire Bullock party which included her public relations consultant Couri Hay, photographer Patrick McMullan, Liliana Cavendish, nine or ten in all, boarded her hired boat (which she kept around the clock) and began an odyssey of party-going which included a visit to an island for a 'Prada' party which was over by the time we arrived, then on to another party in a restaurant located in a restored warehouse in a boatyard where there were quite a few Americans dining including collector Peter Brant and his wife Stephanie Seymour, Adam Lindemann and his fiancee Amalia Dayan." (NewYorkSocialDiary)
Is Bush a Lame Duck? The Test, Monday: "Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has led the investigation into the firing of several U.S. attorneys, announced Friday that a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will be taken in the Senate Monday. 'If all senators who have actually lost confidence in Attorney General Gonzales voted their conscience, this vote would be unanimous,' the senator said. However, Schumer added that he expects the president to pressure members of his party to vote against the measure. 'We will soon see where people’s loyalties lie,' he said." (TheHill)
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