Media-Whore D'Oevres



"Courtney Love's wild ways have seen her left out in the cold when it comes to getting a room at Claridges. After damaging a ($3,340)-per-night suite on her last visit, management of the five-star hotel in London's Mayfair seem to have decided she's not welcome back. The 43-year-old rocker started a fire in her luxury room after smoking a cigarette." (3AMGirls)

"One day in 2002, Michael Hirschorn of VH1 was thumbing through an obscure music magazine when he happened upon an article about a BBC TV show. At the time, Mr. Hirschorn was on a frantic search for creative new programming ideas that might give the struggling cable channel a shot in the arm, and something about the British show’s concept—in which commentators mocked music and fashion trends from the 80’s—appealed to him. Mr. Hirschorn had a hunch that while baby boomers liked their nostalgia straight up, younger audiences preferred to revisit their cultural pasts under the cover of irony and humor." (Observer)

"Whether it’s the Bush administration’s controversial surveillance tactics, interrogation techniques, the Blackwater security scandal or the stalemate in Iraq, Democrats have an easy message to sell voters: 'We’re not them.' For the first time since Sept. 11, 2001, polls show that Republicans have lost their historic advantage on which party Americans trust on national security." (Politico)

"Sexy serial killer Anthony Hopkins premiered his dream within a dream called Slipstream at MOMA and said, 'You'll see it's a little strange, deliberately so. It may irritate you . . . but thank you very much.' The dreamlike state continued at the after-dinner, where Charlene Rose—the film's Dolly Parton look-alike—told me she recently performed with Rilo Kiley, the band whose guitarist Winona Ryder is hot for. Backstage, Winona told Charlene to give Hopkins her regards. 'Sure, what's your last name?' asked Charlene, innocently. 'Ryder,' said Ryder. 'Oh, I hope you don't steal like that other Winona Ryder,' cracked Charlene, not realizing." (musto)