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David Letterman, or Someone He Knows, Likes Trains

Over at Gatecrasher this morning, a source who “knows his model trains” claims to have spotted David Letterman at the Lionel Train popup store in midtown last week, and the late-night host reportedly spent more than $3,500 there.

The piece even features a nice little zinger at the end: “Letterman’s love affair with Read More

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Chuck Close’s Game Is Just Terrific

Gatecrasher today has an item about Chuck Close at Tuesday’s Whitney gala and, boy, is it fun. The 70-year-old, wheelchair-bound artist crashed the more casual party downstairs, complete with dance floor, and was apparently mobbed by women.

“It was so boring upstairs, I couldn’t wait to get down here with you kids,” he Read More

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Man Booker Winner Wasn’t Submitted by Publisher

Author and professor Francis Wilson writes in The Telegraph today about her experience judging the Man Booker prize this year and mentions off-hand that the winner, Howard Jacobson’s The Finkler Question, wasn’t even submitted for consideration by his publisher Bloomsbury.

This doesn’t seem out of the ordinary, as she mentions another book, Emma Read More