Media-Whore D'Oevres



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"The Lower East Side may be one of the grittiest neighborhoods in Manhattan, but you wouldn't know it from the inside of the new Thompson LES. Last night's Cinema Society after party for Filth and Wisdom, the directorial debut of Madonna herself, was as slick as the bevy of sexy A-listers in Dolce & Gabbana. 'Please get the shoes!' exclaimed the Queen of Pop to Patrick McMullan photographer Billy Farrell about her Chanel gun heels. 'I didn't suffer in these beauties just for them to be ignored' ... A bevy of supporters came out for the fete including Jessica Alba and Cash Warren, Jeremy Piven, Malin Akerman, Elizabeth Banks, Erika Christensen, Lake Bell, Max Minghella, Padma Lakshmi, Terry Richardson, and Joe Zee. Lindsay Lohan, Marc Jacobs, and Lindsay Price all caught the pop diva's Sticky & Sweet show at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. 'Last night at her show, she got down on one knee and blew me a kiss. I'm her biggest fan,' said Lohan who styled her locks to match Madonna's." (Fashionweekdaily)

"MADONNA and GUY RITCHIE are to divorce, The Sun can exclusively reveal. A statement confirming their marriage is over has been prepared and is set to be released imminently. The couple are going public with their split because they 'can’t bear to live with the pretence any longer.'" (TheSun)

"'Hey guys, Madonna's here!' Jason Biggs, of all people, sounded the alarm just before the Queen of Pop strolled into last night's Cinema Society premiere of her directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema. The star of the evening paused to note, approvingly, that she was back in the East Village, 'where my struggle began.'" (Style)

"AL Smith IV and other organizers of tomorrow's Al Smith Dinner - named for his great-grandfather, the former senator and first Catholic candidate for president - were faced with something new yesterday when John McCain requested a teleprompter for his 15-minute speech at the Waldorf before a white-tie crowd including Sen. Hillary Clinton, Rupert Murdoch, Mayor Bloomberg, Christy Turlington, Katie Couric and Henry Kissinger. 'It's never been done before,' said one source." (PageSix)

"Practically every other sentence uttered by Viacom President/CEO Philippe Dauman in a Q&A at the day two of the Dow Jones/Nielsen Media and Money Conference featured the words 'operating efficiently and prudently' —a fair indication of how dark the media economy is looking right now ..Dauman disputed the feeling that some Viacom cable properties are underperforming. He asserted that Nickelodeon ratings remained strong, but conceded that MTV and BET have seen ratings fall-off. 'I’m sure they will recover. Ratings are something we can address, as opposed to directing the wider economy. We have great ratings successes that we can build on. The Hills is one of the top performing series on TV. The MTV Video Music Awards increased in ratings by 23 percent. And last year, it was up too. However, there are certain dayparts which are softening and we are addressing that.'" (Paidcontent)

"NOW, about this Peter Cook TV interview. Let it be known Christie Brinkley's ex was hot for this sit-down. Barbara Walters did not seek him out. Three months ago he petitioned her. A mutual friend made the connection. He wanted it secret so his lawyer Norman Sheresky, who'd told him, 'Don't,' wouldn't know. Revisiting the fact on television that while watching Internet porn he'd pleasure himself was sort of a dumb move for a father with custody issues. But he was determined. Seems his new girlfriend wanted absolution." (CindyAdams)

"The day was completed with a gala dinner with 'Remarks' by Mayor Bloomberg and Douglas A Melton, PhD, Co-Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. There was also the Presentation of the New York Stem Cell Foundation Leadership Award to New York Governor David Paterson. The gala co-chairs were Marlene Hess and Jim Zirin, Leslie and Chuck Close, Fiona and Stan Druckenmiller, and Noelle and Dick Wolf. The Druckenmillers and the Wolfs also underwrote the evening." (NYSocialDiary)