Media-Whore's D'oevres



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We Think We Know This One (For further reference, see above): "Which male model, who was recently in the tabloids due to his love
life, had such bad paranoia due to his monster coke habit that on a weekend in the Hamptons a few years ago he slept with a kitchen knife because he was convinced people were out to get him?" (Gatecrasher)

We Really Have No idea: "WHICH newsman and TV legend has been able to keep his skeletons in the closet for decades? He has two children out of wedlock who are now adults living in New Jersey." (PageSix)

"Great-power competition isn't a historical artifact. The next President will spend countless hours managing China's rising influence in Asia, which threatens to marginalize the U.S. and our close ally, Japan. And he or she will have real problems with Russia, which although domestically weak throws its weight around overseas, jockeying for clout in the former Soviet Union and using its gas exports to bully Western Europe. Dealing with Moscow and Beijing will require strategic judgment, not humanitarian action. And if Democratic candidates avoid it, they risk confirming the stereotype that Democrats see foreign policy as social work and flinch at hard-nosed calculations of national interest. There's another problem. Even the best-laid U.S. plans to combat transnational threats won't succeed if rising powers like China and India aren't part of the solution. The U.S. doesn't have the power or credibility to design and enforce rules for how other nations should handle public health, weapons proliferation, the environment or almost anything else without other big countries on board. The U.S.'s efforts to help weak states will largely depend on how well we cooperate with strong ones. In the months to come, the Democratic front runners will make more foreign policy speeches. Let's hope they each devote a whole one to China and large chunks of others to India, Russia and Japan." (Time)

"In an interview with The Mirror, Justin (Timberlake) exposed his strategy for getting the women: 'I defy a girl not to fall in love with me if I'm on a surfboard or snowboarding. It's my secret weapon if a girl resists me.'" (TMZ)

He'll Be Bacanovic in the High Life Again: "From Chanel to Versace, a myriad of fashion parties have invaded Hollywood this spring, and while they’ve all been spectacular in their own unique ways, how many soirées can boast of synchronized swimmers performing a water ballet at The Beverly Hills Hotel pool? .. The sold-out event’s two hosts, Liane Weintraub and Peter Bacanovic, greeted the more than 350 guests like Maria Bell, Monique Lhuillier, Minnie Driver, Jenni Kayne, Alexandra von Furstenberg, Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin, Elizabeth Wiatt, and Rachel Leigh Cook, many of whom came clad in apropos YSL looks." (fashionweekdaily)

"Howard (Stern) came back from break and brought in movie reviewer Richard Roeper. He said that Richard has pretty much taken over the Ebert and Roeper show now that Roger has been out for a while. Howard said he's been in contact with Roger's wife lately and she gives him some updated on Roger's condition. Roger is unable to speak because of the problems he's had losing his salivary glands. Richard said that Roger hasn't been able to eat at all in the past 10 or 11 months so it's been very tough for him. Richard said that he's got more surgery coming up soon but he's still writing reviews for the Chicago Sun Times. Richard said that Roger really loves movies and it's sad that he can't talk about them on the show now. He said that Roger still has suggestions for the show but they communicate on paper. He said that Roger still interrupts him and tells him he's wrong, he's just doing it on paper though. Howard said it must be tough arguing with him when he's writing on paper ... Howard asked Richard if he thinks the show is jinxed and that anyone on the show is going to get sick. Richard said he didn't know that it was a rumor and he hadn't thought about it. (Marksfriggin)

"WOW I'm exhausted today. Wednesday was a wild one. First we hosted a luncheon at Indochine celebrating the tenth birthday of our fave shop in Paris, Colette. Sarah Lerfel and her mom (and shop namesake) Colette hopped over to New York for the occasion and it was SUCH a fun crowd .. he downtown power girls Daryl K, Victoria Bartlett and Maria Cornejo were at the next booth and next to them was a super-cool table with more power arty downtowners like Rita Ackerman, Agathe, and Claw Money. The Misshapes came and were gabbing with Vogue's Sally Singer nonstop, who was sitting next to the awesome vision in extreme fashion Iris Apfel .. scraped myself together and then ran uptown with my friends James Gager (MAC creative director) and Richard Feretti (Gourmet magazine creative director) to Carnegie Hall so we could dole out the tickets we had to a bunch of cuties I'd invited: Threeasfour, Citizens Band's Sarah Flicker and her hubby Jesse Peretz, Screaming Mimi's' Laura Wills and of course Paige Powell." Of course . (Papermag)