


US Guys: The True and Twisted Mind of the American Man by Charlie LeDuff, The Penguin Press, 242 pages, $25.95.
The other night, I watched a friend work her magic at a spot in the East Village. Her face imbued with the flush of three or 10 cocktails, she leaned in toward a guy and Read More

LOS ANGELES—“If this was New York, we’d say, ‘Get the fuck out of here’—but you can’t do that here,” said Jack Cabasso. “I’m flying out tonight, and I can’t wait to get home.”
It was the day before the Oscars, at the Beverly Hilton, and Mr. Cabasso, the executive V.P. of Mario Badescu, wasn’t taking Read More
LOS ANGELES—“If this was New York, we’d say, ‘Get the fuck out of here’—but you can’t do that here,” said Jack Cabasso. “I’m flying out tonight, and I can’t wait to get home.”
It was the day before the Oscars, at the Beverly Hilton, and Mr. Cabasso, the executive V.P. of Mario Badescu, wasn’t Read More
In The Transom: In the week before the Oscars, B-list actresses tell designers that, no, really, they’re in Crash too!; Charlie LeDuff gets crunk with Gene Loves Jezebel; Botox on demand! It’s seven days of beauty, chaos and Sasha Cohen in Los Angeles. Plus: Backstage at Jimmy Kimmel’s post-Oscar show, with Mr. Kimmel Read More
Former General Maxim- us and Details editor Mark Golin is returning to the magazine world-but it won’t be as the next editor of Rolling Stone. Starting in June, Mr. Golin will go to work at Time Inc., helping the staid publisher develop new titles.
Mr. Golin is already part of the Time Inc. family, sort Read More