Media-Whore D'Oevres



"That Kate Moss doesn't care who she stands up. The model, still 33, was supposed to meet Sir Paul McCartney and his daughter Stella in the O2's VIP bar - but she disappeared to a better party. Fashion designer Stella, 36, was overheard shouting into her mobile: 'Kate where are you? What do you mean you're in the cool bar - this is the cool bar!'" (3AMGirls)

"Liquor heir Matthew Bronfman paid $3 million in 1994 for his old townhouse on East 67th Street, and sold the place this year for $33 million ... And on the bright side, it's massively bigger than the 'pod' condos Mr. Bronfman has developed with Rolling Stone daughter Jade Jagger on West 19th Street." (Observer)

"In her inauguration speech (Argentina's first woman President) Fernandez de Kirchner vowed to continue the broad economic policies of her husband's administration, policies that have fuelled a high rate of inflation and exacerbated potentially destabilising economic distortions, according to many independent analysts ... If the government continues to maintain inflation figures wildly at odds with independent estimates, however, then the risk of labour unrest in the first half of 2008 will increase." (Janes)

"Golden Globe noms will be announced Thursday, but this year there's double the suspense: not only who will be nominated, but who will attend.
The Globes, to be telecast Jan. 13 on NBC, has asked for a waiver from the Writers Guild of America in order to allow guild scribes to pen the kudocast's script, but few expect it will be granted.So will the stars -- both presenters and nominees -- be willing to cross the picket line?" (Variety)

"Dammit, this is what Christmas is all about: pushing and shoving and standing in line with a gift for a sweet little tot in one hand and a vodka in the other! The legendary party queen that is Susanne Bartsch and her absolutely adorable cuddly stud David Barton welcomed 'regulars' and just about everyone else in New York for their annual Toys for Tots party. Seriously, at one point the stampede to the door was maniacal." (Papermag)