Media-Whore D'Oevres



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"Vintage hip-hop and youthful indiscretions were the nostalgia trips of choice at Wednesday night's Cinema Society screening of The Wackness, the buzzed-about coming-of-age tale set in the early days of Rudy Giuliani's New York. The likes of Rob Thomas, Maggie Rizer, and Ann Dexter-Jones joined director Jonathan Levine and actors Sir Ben Kingsley and Mary-Kate Olsen for a sneak preview, followed by an after-party on the rooftop of the Gramercy Park Hotel." (Style)

"Few occasions could conceivably unite Graydon Carter, Jann Wenner and Terry McDonell — not to mention Tom Wolfe and Jimmy Buffett — or entice them to share top billing as hosts, but remembrance of Hunter S. Thompson did it. A cocktail party Wednesday evening at The Waverly Inn, hosted by the gentlemen, preceded a screening of 'Gonzo,' the well-reviewed documentary on Thompson directed by Oscar winner Alex Gibney and co-produced by Carter." (WWD via Observer)



"While the fashion set seems to fancy the latest and greatest--both in runway trends and party venues--Kai Kühne opted for a classic on Wednesday night, hosting an intimate alfresco dinner for friends at the Central Park Boathouse ... The slightly muggy climate did little to deter the likes of Horacio Silva, Patrick Li, Genevieve Jones, Haidee Findlay-Levine, Victoria Bartlett, Lee Swillingham and Christina Kruse, many of whom had never been to the restaurant. 'Skinny bitches, time to eat!' Kühne roared as certain guests substituted the cocktail portions for a prolonged cigarette break. Keegan Singh made a cameo." (Fashionweekdaily)



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"THOSE who own a boxed set of Ted Koppel's programs might prefer death to 'The Real Housewives of New York City,' but for average ordinary everyday mortals Bravo's Tuesday night reality thing is necessary to life. Comes now my newsy transfusion: They'll be back. Re-signed for Season 2. Ten episodes. Shooting starts Saturday. For a minute it looked shaky. Not that the series would return, but iffy if the ladies everyone's grown to know would be with it. The issue was - surprise, surprise - money. As Jill Zarin, the original signed housewife, put it to me: "The first season I could about buy myself a Birkin bag. Now I can buy the bag, get my hair done and go on vacation. 'Our first season I got $8,000, which ended up less than $1,000 per episode. We did six, but they then cut them into 9 1/2. Unfortunately, I can't tell you exactly how much we're getting now because there's a confidentiality.'"(CindyAdams)

"When we were last in Rome, we made daily pilgrimages to Sant' Eustachio, the coffee bar between Pantheon and the Piazza Navona. We never got lost. We just followed that signature coffee aroma." (NYSocialDiary)

"Students studying computing in the UK and US are outsourcing their university coursework to graduates in India and Romania. Work is being contracted out for as little as £5 on contract coding websites usually used by businesses. Students are outsourcing everything from simple coursework to full blown final year dissertations. It's causing a major headache for lecturers who say it is almost impossible to detect." (Slashdot via ForeignPolicy)