Media-Whore D'Oevres



"Former President Bill Clinton's decision to reconsider a business relationship with California billionaire Ron Burkle reflects concern those financial dealings may embarrass his wife's presidential candidacy. Securities and Exchange Commission documents and financial- disclosure forms filed by Hillary Clinton show that Bill Clinton, 61, has a financial stake in three investment entities registered in the Cayman Islands by Burkle's Yucaipa Cos. LLC." (Bloomberg)

"Peggy Siegal and Andrew Saffir are familiar faces to NYSD readers. For years now their faces have graced our Party Picture pages frequently, measuring, in fact, the velocity of their social engagement in Little Ole New York. Both are Out There in a big way. Collectively they probably know thousands of people between them ... Last summer, in the Hamptons, the Cinema Society seemed to have come into its own as a social barometer when Donna Karan opened her beach house to the screening guests for the dinner afterwards. Soon there was a buzz that Andrew Saffir was not only competing with Peggy Siegal but beating her at her own game. Last Friday in the Wall Street Journal, there was a report making the same claim and implying that he was winning, pointing out also that while Mr. Saffir was 40, Ms. Siegal was 60 – nudge-nudge." (NYSD)

"Filmmaker Michel Gondry will participate in a discussion and show scenes from his latest film, 'Be Kind Rewind,' which stars Jack Black and Mos Def, at Apple Store SoHo on Friday, January 11th, 7:00pm-8:00pm. When a man whose body accidentally becomes magnetized unintentionally erases every tape in his friend's video store, the pair set out to remake the lost films, including 'Back To The Future' and 'The Lion King'. New Line Cinema will release the film in theaters in January 2008." (Indiewire)

"Who needs a New Year's celebration when they've attended Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman's wedding?

That was the sentiment expressed by many of the A-list guests invited to the evening nuptials of the 55-year-old movie mogul and his 31-year-old British design darling, one half of the Marchesa label. The ceremony took place overlooking the Long Island Sound at the Weinstein Co. executive's manse in tony Westport, Connecticut, where guests, all of whom were sworn to secrecy, were escorted via shuttles to the estate after a fleet of black SUVs deposited them at a nearby school. Following ample portions of truffled risotto, baked tagliolini, and bite-size potatoes with caviar and crème fraîche (catered by Cipriani and Nobu) served during the cocktail hour, the well-represented fashion crowd, which included Anna Wintour, Graydon Carter, Glenda Bailey, Natalia Vodianova, Helena Christensen, Margherita Missoni, Jacquetta Wheeler, Rachel Zoe, and Karolina Kurkova, supped on Cipriani-prepared Dover sole and veal osso buco before hitting the dance floor to a live performance by the Gipsy Kings." (Fashionweekdaily)

"Key endorsements from the crucial state of Iowa are coming fast and furious with the first-in-the-nation caucuses just more than two weeks away. Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) scored a big name Monday, when conservative Iowan Rep. Steve King (R) announced he is backing the ex-senator on the same day Thompson launched an Iowa bus tour. Meanwhile, Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) campaign announced that freshman Iowa Rep. David Loebsack (D) is supporting his bid. That follows the weekend news of The Des Moines Register’s endorsement of his chief rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.)." (TheHill)