Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Media-Whore D'Oevres



"The wheels might be coming off Paris Hilton's publicity trip to London. The heiress pitched up to the 30th anniversary party of fashion brand Diesel at the weekend - but there were no screaming fans to greet her. Fearing that this would look disastrous for her reality programme, Paris Hilton's My New BFF (yes, she'd brought along a camera crew with her), a member of her production team pulled some people from the nearby smoking area to come out and pretend to be interested." (Thisislondon)

"Amanpour: 'there is a real progress being made' in North Korea, Iran after the Bush 'administration decided to engage.'" (TVNewser)

"Art Review has issued its 'Power 100' list of the industry's most influential figures, and manages to make it semi-relevant in these troubled economic times: Erstwhile major art sponsors UBS and Deutsche Bank are conspicuous in their absence, and the list's compilers say that the murky economic climate has made established artists more desirable to big-name collectors. As a result, Damien Hirst is number one—the only other artist in the top ten, Jasper Johns, is number nine—followed by Larry Gagosian and the MOMA's new associate director Kathy Halbreich." (CityFile)

"Mazel tov Arena Homme+ on 15 years keeping the men-in-the-know, well, fashionably in-the-know! The 30th issue features the sought-after 'pensive prince' Luka styled by the genius Olivier Rizzo and photographed by Willy Vanderperre. Our favorite Arena Homme+ issue collaboration? Undoubtedly last summer's Juergen Teller-lensed cover starring Kelly Osbourne sweetie Luke Worrall with the always entertaining Cole Mohr romping it up in proper British tartan skirts." (Papermag)

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