Monday, October 15, 2007

Media-Whore D'Oevres



(image via dinapengar.se)

"She recently accused Mick Jagger of being 'tight' leaving her to pay for the upkeep of their marital home in west London and for their four children.
Now it seems 51-year-old former model Jerry Hall has found a way to make her past with Jagger pay the bills. Miss Hall is to be paid some £1 million by publishers HarperCollins to write her autobiography, making particular reference to her tumultuous nine-year marriage to 64-year-old Sir Mick. According to the publisher, the book "takes a candid look at Hall's experiences as a young model from Gonzalez, Texas, her marriage to Mick Jagger and her life in the rock 'n' roll fast lane," and promises to be an 'explosive' read." (Telegraph via HuffingtonPost)

"Sensing weakness, Sen. John McCain and Rudy Giuliani have formed an unspoken alliance to try to torpedo Mitt Romney just as many voters are tuning in to the Republican presidential race." (politoco)

"Today (Christian Slater) says he has huge sympathy for self-destructive young stars such as Lindsay Lohan (who he met on the set of his last film, Bobby). 'There are a lot of vipers out there. I'm sure it's hard for these young girls to find people they can really trust. There is an element of use you up and spit you out. My heart certainly goes out to Lindsay. She is a very talented girl, everyone loves her, but you know she's a young girl. Who are we to judge or condemn?' We all make mistakes, he says, that's how we learn." (Thisislondon)

"Former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards (D) on Monday will receive the endorsement of Iowa’s Service Employees International Union, giving his presidential campaign a boost in the key state. The national SEIU said earlier this month that it would not endorse a candidate in the Democratic primary, however, the Edwards campaign declared that the candidate would receive the support of 'a number of SEIU State Councils,' including Iowa’s, on Monday. Edwards has been courting organized labor in the hope that becoming the top union-backed candidate would allow him to make up for what he lacks in fundraising prowess." (TheHill)

"Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegedly socked a man twice in the face after they'd jawed at each other at a SoHo afterparty early yesterday, police sources said. His Diddyness was holding court with pals and bodyguards at Kiosk, on Spring Street, at around 3:30 a.m. when he got into an argument with an acquaintance, Steven Acevedo, over a woman, the sources told The Post's Larry Celona. Acevedo told cops that the two stepped away from each other, but resumed exchanging heated insults minutes later and that an irate Combs then threw a classic syncopated one-two combo - hitting him in the face twice while screaming, 'I'll kill you, punk!'" (PageSix)

"BusinessWeek didn't let a downpour rain on its parade Thursday night as the magazine celebrated its relaunch with a party at Guastavino's in Midtown. BusinessWeek's president Keith Fox and editor in chief Stephen Adler greeted a slew of leaders and innovators in various industries and businesses including Henry Kissinger, Michael Eisner, Jonathan Tisch, Atoosa Rubenstein, and Liz Lange. The theme of the evening, executed by event designer Matthew David, was 'What's next?,' a question Gavin DeGraw took quite literally. 'I'm hoping cheesecake is next and if they don't have that I would like some key lime pie," laughed the recording artist, who described his style as "a mix of Middle America chic and Nascar runway.'" (FashionWeekDaily)

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