By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 2/19 6:59pm

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Clebrate the March Issue of Cosmo with Cover Girl Miley Cyrus

Hoedown Throwdown: Cover Girl Miley Cyrus and Cosmopolitan Celebrate New Issue

An army of Miley Cyrus faithful—or “Smilers,” as they call themselves (adorable, we know)—gathered outside of Acme last Wednesday night, waiting to catch a glimpse of their mohawked idol on the red carpet.

When Ms. Cyrus, wearing a black leather biker jacket over a flowing white dress, arrived at the Soho restaurant to celebrate Cosmopolitan’s March issue, even those who were on the list acted the part of fangirl, rushing to grab cellphone pictures of the issue’s cover girl as she sprinted through the crowd and into the waiting arms of new editrix Joanna Coles. Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 11/15/12 2:02pm

Magazines

Joanna Coles (Getty Images)

Cosmopolitan Editor Joanna Coles Starts Cleaning House

On Wednesday, Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles fired six staffers in the features department and two in the photo department. That is a significant portion of the features team–there are only one senior editor, one associate editor and two editorial assistants left, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.

“New incoming editors in chief often want to form their own teams,”said a Cosmopolitan spokesperson. “We will be announcing more new hires shortly.”

Yesterday afternoon, after the staffers were let go, they returned to their desks to pack.  Read More

By Ralph Gardner Jr. 4/06/98 12:00am

Billy’s Topless Needs Your Support

Fearing that Billy’s Topless, the gemütlich strip joint on 24th Street and Sixth Avenue, was about to go out of business as a result of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s campaign to make New York a kinder, friendlier place for Southern primary voters, I rushed down there on a recent Monday evening to see how their talented Read More