Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Media-Whore D'Oevres



"With three weddings under her belt, Pamela Anderson looked every inch a seasoned professional as she walked down the aisle while filming a new music video in Moscow. The 41-year-old slipped into yet another white gown to star in a film clip for the band Piligrim's track Rave of Motors ..The former Baywatch star flew to Russia last week for the shoot, where she reportedly picked up a $200,000 paycheck for the brief appearance .. Pamela recently dismissed rumors that she was dating the King of Pop Michael Jackson, telling Ellen DeGeneres earlier this month: 'He just wants me to be in a video. My life is so interesting. My life is a blur.'" (Thisislondon)

"BENICIO Del Toro and Steven Soderbergh party harder than Lindsay Lohan does lately. The actor/director duo of 'Che,' which screened at the Toronto Film Festival, were up until 4:30 a.m. partying with lap dancers and cocktails in the VIP room of Greenhouse in that city. 'Dinner started at 9 p.m., and by 12:30 Benicio and Steven had 12 girls [visit] the VIP room,' said our spy. "The dancers were pouring 360 Vodka shots in their mouths while giving them the lap dances.'" (PageSix)

"Barack Obama is definitely taking the be-more-aggressive directive to heart. Picking up where he left off hours earlier, Obama told a 13,000-person crowd in Pueblo (Colorado) that the party of John McCain had failed to prevent the crisis roiling Wall Street. After again forcibly characterizing McCain as out of touch with regular Americans and the difficulties that face them – especially when it comes to securing fundamental economic needs such as jobs that pay the bills, savings for retirement and housing – Obama went after McCain’s remarks today that the economy remained fundamentally sound despite the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch." (Observer)

"The dominant look at the David LaChapelle opening on Friday night at Tony Shafrazi Gallery was wilted (it was rainy and gross out) yet fabulous." (Papermag)

"It was a warm and beautiful day in New York yesterday. Traffic was light when I took a cab to midtown and Michael’s restaurant where I was having lunch with Judy Price. The topic on everyone’s mind was the news about Lehman and Merrill Lynch, two historic Wall Street investment banks that will disappear because of the financial upheaval that is rolling through the Wall Street community and over hill and dale. The forecasts are dire. If you read Nouriel Roubini, the NYU Stern School of Business professor of economics who has been forecasting all of this for several years now, you will see an analysis that is alarming." (NYSocialDiary)

"Vivienne Westwood celebrated London Fashion Week with the launch of her compilation CD, Catwalk Breakdown, at elfridges Monday evening. Archival pieces from Westwood's Gold Label collections (including the infamous towering platforms that Naomi Campbell stumbled in on the catwalk) provided the decor as guests including Roisin Murphy, Alexa Chung and Peaches Geldof listened to tunes. Westwood's new album includes a selection of her runway music--everything from the New York Dolls to a Mae West rendition of 'Great Balls of Fire.'" (Fashionweekdaily)

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