Do recessions contribute to spikes in drug use? That was the question on the lips of the philanthropists and media big wigs at the Waldorf-Astoria ballroom last night; where the Partnership for a Drug Free America’s sixth annual gala was honoring Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer. Retired ad man Richard Bonette, the co-chairman emeritus of Read More
Last night at Citrine on West 21st Street, the former boy-band idol and Dancing With the Stars contestant Lance Bass (sporting a cargo jacket, gelled hair and faded loose-fit jeans), was surrounded by a small crowd of tan and buff partygoers who were there to toast him on the occasion of his third-place finish in Read More
The reviews of the opening of David Mamet‘s American Buffalo at the Belasco have been unenthusiastic. The critics almost unanimously describe poorly cast stars—John Leguizamo, Cedric the Entertainer, and Haley Joel Osment—going through the motions with wooden dialogue. ("Ssssssssst. That whooshing noise coming from the Belasco Theater is the sound of the air being let Read More
Last night, at the futuristic William Bennett Gallery in Soho, models draped in Depression-style garments trotted down a makeshift runway for an "Aspen Night" sponsored by the ski area company Aspen Snowmass and private concierge service Quintessentially. Serial party attendees in fur vests (the party was hosted by furrier J. Mendel) looked on as they Read More
Kenny’s Castaways–a rock dive on Bleecker Street between Thompson and Sullivan –has been a daytime hangout for low-lifes since time immemorial. (Or at least the mid-1970s, when it opened; Bruce Springsteen played his first gig here.) Early this afternoon, Jerry the Methadonian came by to rally the flock. "Is everyone voting? You’re all getting out Read More
For her "Hulaween" party this year, which benefits her New York Restoration Project, Bette Midler wore a white chef’s costume (complete with toque) splayed with fake blood, and carried a cleaver. "If factory food doesn’t start changing its ways, people are going to start dying in the streets. Amputations and blindness isn’t any fun," Ms. Read More
Last night, gossip columnist Liz Smith was toasted at the Pierre Hotel by the New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children for her work with children’s causes. When the Daily Transom caught up with the octogenarian columnist, who was wearing a light yellow pantsuit, she was chatting with a deeply tanned Deborah Norville, Read More
Monday evening, at the release party for Q-Tip‘s new album Renaissance at the Bowery Hotel, the guest of honor brought along his friends Nas and RZA to recreate an old-school freestyle session. "Y’all don’t have stare, turn those lights down," the former Tribe Called Quest member said, squinting into the crowd. "Big up to my Read More
Wednesday evening, at the launch of the Plaza’s brand new, high-end underground shopping pavilion, Anthony Nicola was putting on a brave face. Mr. Nicola is the general manager of the Plaza’s retail operation, and with the Dow having taken another big hit Wednesday and the whole city consumed by financial jitters, the timing seemed a Read More
