Media-Whore D'Oevres



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"Vanity Fair editor Alex Shoumatoff got himself arrested for trying to crash Bohemian Grove, a private men's club in northern California for the upper echelon of the rich and powerful. He was thereto spy on the three-week camp they hold every July, where said rich and powerful relax while living in tents in their private woods. (Nixon was a member, but called it 'most faggy goddamn thing that you would ever imagine.')" (Gawker)

"Before he was mentioned as a possible Senate successor to Barack Obama, before he helped lead the Democrats back to power in the House, before he was even elected to his first term as the congressman from the North Side of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel was telling friends that he had one goal in life: to become the first Jewish speaker of the House. But the No. 4 man in the House Democratic leadership has become a victim of his own success. As chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, Emanuel helped lead the Democrats back to the majority in 2006. That victory put the speaker’s gavel in the hands of Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and she’s not likely to give it up any time soon. Emanuel — who is both ambitious and impatient — may not be able to wait. In early June, conservative columnist Robert Novak wrote that Pelosi was 'reported to be privately talking' about Emanuel as a possible successor for Barack Obama if Illinois’ junior senator is elected president. Emanuel and Pelosi flatly denied the rumor, but it has sparked a new round in one of Washington’s favorite parlor games: What does Rahm want now?" (Politico)

"By the way, Christopher Ciccone battled Christie Brinkley last week for the title of 'best public exploiter of one's private victimization,' and I feel it's a draw. Christie's 'gotcha' campaign grew tiresome, as if she was the only one who'd ever realized that men are pigs, while Christopher similarly acted as if only he had ever had the sneaking suspicion that Madonna's a tiny bit self-centered. Besides, his revelations (she kissed Gwyneth; Warren went through her trash; etc.) basically help bolster the unbesmirchable image of just one person: Madonna." (Musto)



(Paul Sevigny, George Wayne and Kelly Cutrone via Caroline Torem Craig/Papermag)

"The thing about last night was that it was summer madness in NY, and PAPERMAG was hungry for it all! From the totally plush Longchamp 60-year anniversary party which blended 'Gossip Girls' with Lipstick Jungle babes to the Dark Knight premiere, which the ever popular Lauren Conrad attended, to the celebration of the Michael Jordan Brand at Marquee to the MLB All-Star party sponsored by Vitamin Water at the Hudson Terrace which brought out the always congenial Lady of Gossip Blake Lively... It was madness, people!" (Papermag)

"Confession time: ever since she rescued Alfie: The Version Jude Law Wrecked from racking up Razzies with her sparkly hair and oddly transfixing 'good naked' scenes, we’ve been a Sienna Miller fan .. But our girl is in quite the pickle these days. With a loony ex-boyfriend sobbing over her in sappy love songs and telling her to “fuck off” in tabs, and a new set of her trademark topless pics featuring concrete evidence that she’s screwing former heroin addict, richer-than-God oil heir, and married father of four Balthazar Getty, Sienna isn’t exactly having the best month ever. However, it has been an NSFW one .." (Defamer)

"Highlights of Ideas Festival sessions included: Alice Waters in conversation with The Atlantic’s Corby Kummer, with dessert served from her cookbook; a conversation with former President Bill Clinton; a presentation by Douglas Schoen of an exclusive poll looking inside the 2008 Presidential campaigns; US Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff in conversation with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg; an evening of discussion and performance with singer and songwriter Steve Earle and Studio 360’s Kurt Andersen; Intel CEO Craig Barrett discussing The Human Impact; Richard Thompson Ford, Shelby Steele and Ta-Nehisi Coates discussing Race in America; The New York Times’ Thomas Friedman and Aspen Institute’s Walter Isaacson discussing a green revolution .." (NYSocialDiary)