Media-Whore D'Oevres



"'I wanted a white building you could see out of,' Mr. Diller told The Observer by phone the other day. The man who created the Fox network twenty-one years ago and who was head of Paramount Pictures for a decade before that, was driving himself through Manhattan, on his way to a lunch appointment, and was stuck in traffic. 'It was something of a contradiction in terms until Frank [Gehry] figured it out.' Mr. Diller, whom Forbes magazine estimates is worth $1.5 billion, is a man who is used to getting what he wants." (Observer)

"In all honesty, who cares about Vogue’s holiday bash at Socialista on the 18th when there is a private dinner hosted by Anna Wintour to be concerned about? The magazine’s beautiful editor-in-chief will host an intimate seasonal gathering in her downtown townhouse along with her children Charlie and Bee on December 13." (Fashionweekdaily)

"I just could not bring myself to start writing about Art Basel Miami this time around. It was all so insane. Overloaded circuits on art, parties, branding, hustling, selling, buying, schmoozing. We pitched a tent at The Raleigh and I commissioned the artists of Creative Growth Art Center (a program for mentally and physically handicapped adults in Oakland California) to reinterpret hot artworks by trendy artists." (Kim Hastreiter/Papermag)

"The interaction of religion and politics is helping to roil the Republican presidential race, with Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney gaining ground, while support for Rudy Giuliani, down especially among conservatives and highly engaged voters, has slipped to its lowest level of the year ... The upheaval reshapes the possibilities in the Republican contest, reflecting an electorate whose core groups have been uneasy with Giuliani and McCain, and uninspired by Thompson." (ABCNews)