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By Drew Grant 5/15 9:20am

Purple Prince Promotes Ploom

Liam McMullan was standing outside of the West Village Bistro Highlands on Thursday night, wearing what appeared to be a homemade Bart Simpson t-shirt. As the new brand ambassador for Ploom “Pax,” which proudly boasts itself as being the “premium loose leaf vaporizer,” the son of famed New York photographer Patrick McMullan was doing his best to earn his Purple Prince title. When the Transom asked the young party scion how he had become involved with promoting the San Francisco-based company, he told us:

“I went to Wonderland and met Alice, and we went to a tea party with the Mad Hatter!”

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By Drew Grant 10/20/11 12:14pm

socialites

Andrew W.K., Russell Simmons, and James Franco (via Getty)

Return to Sender! These Celebs Might Want to Change Their Email Accounts

Last March, we did a socialite-laden post about the dangers of accidentally CC’ing everyone on an invite list instead of using BCC. In most circumstances, you chalk the mistake up to a faux-pas and feel a momentary twinge of embarrassment. Of course, if you are a photographer to the stars, this might lead to more sticky situations. Read More

By Nate Freeman 6/14/11 7:37pm

Nightlife Art

The Modern McMullans: Young Liam and Artsy Aesha Hitch a Ride to Rockaway Beach

“LET ME TAKE YOUR PICTURE,” Liam McMullan said. It was late May at the Southampton Social Club, and the lanky 23-year-old stood in front of me with a camera covering his face. He was there on assignment for his father, Patrick McMullan, the house photographer to the city’s social set.

The camera shutter clicked.

“Oh, Read More

By Irina Aleksander 5/26/09 1:08pm

Lights! Camera! Act Younger! ‘Believable’ Teens Zoe, Chace, Liam Cast in Twelve

For the past couple of weeks, director Joel Schumacher has been shooting scenes for his upcoming film Twelve on the Upper East Side.

The movie is based on Nick McDonnell’s 2002 novel of the same title about a Manhattan teen who deals drugs at his private school. (Mr. McDonnell, son of Sports Illustrated editor Terry Read More

By Irina Aleksander 3/30/09 12:57am

XOXO! Photographer Patrick McMullan Stars on Gossip Girl Tonight

Party photographer Patrick McMullan plays himself in an episode of Gossip Girl airing Monday night, March 30.

“I’m probably getting more attention from the coming attraction than on the show itself,” Mr. McMullan told the Daily Transom, referring to the brief half-second during which his mug appeared in a preview that Read More

By Sheila McClear 11/21/08 5:31pm

Liam McMullan on Page Six Mag: ‘They Dilute My Snark … But That’s Okay’

A downtown mix of artists and fashion-world people gathered at the Bowery Hotel Thursday night. Their excuse? ART ROCKS, a benefit for the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center. It was said that Rolling Stone Keith Richards would be "toasting" his daughter Alexandra, an artist-model who had a piece in in the silent auction, but he never Read More

By Irina Aleksander 11/12/08 4:18pm

Patrick McMullan’s ‘Iconic’ Images, Altered by Son Liam, Are For Sale

The last time we checked in with Jeff Goldstein, the sometimes testy, but always charming former club promoter who parlayed throwing parties while still in high school with friends like Shoshanna Lonstein (who went to the all-girls school Nightingale-Bamford) and Claire Bernard (who went to Riverdale) into a hip clothing store for the Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 11/03/08 8:17pm

Page Six Magazine’s Liam McMullan On New Column: ‘It’s Going to Be More About What I See Than What I Do’

As we learned from the Village Voice‘s Michael Musto, Liam McMullan, whom The Observer‘s Spencer Morgan profiled in June, will be replacing Lydia Hearst as a columnist for Page Six Magazine. We gave Mr. McMullan, son of nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan, a call to find out what we could expect from the weekly Read More

By Caroline Bankoff 10/10/08 10:28pm

Transom Week In Review: Gay Talese, Michael Musto, and ‘Dee-ahhn’ von Eff

We talked mob money with writer Gay Talese at the screening of Gomorrah.

After months of speculation, we got to the bottom of Marquee’s temporary summer shutdown.

We tallied gifts, drank absinthe, and chatted with godfather Michael Musto at nightlife heir Liam McMullan‘s 21st birthday party.

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By Doree Shafrir 10/08/08 1:54pm

The Transom in Print, Oct. 8, 2008: Marquee’s Claims All Wet?; Liam McMullan Turns 21; Annie Churchill Has a New Business

Spencer Morgan did a little digging and found out that when Marquee shut down over the summer because of a water main break, there were also some shady dealings going on there. Is Marquee owner Noah Tepperberg in a whole lot of legal hot water?

Irina Aleksander sweet-talked her way into Liam McMullan‘s Read More

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Purple Prince Promotes Ploom

Return to Sender! These Celebs Might Want to Change Their Email Accounts

The Modern McMullans: Young Liam and Artsy Aesha Hitch a Ride to Rockaway Beach

Lights! Camera! Act Younger! ‘Believable’ Teens Zoe, Chace, Liam Cast in Twelve

XOXO! Photographer Patrick McMullan Stars on Gossip Girl Tonight

Liam McMullan on Page Six Mag: ‘They Dilute My Snark … But That’s Okay’

Patrick McMullan’s ‘Iconic’ Images, Altered by Son Liam, Are For Sale

Page Six Magazine’s Liam McMullan On New Column: ‘It’s Going to Be More About What I See Than What I Do’

Transom Week In Review: Gay Talese, Michael Musto, and ‘Dee-ahhn’ von Eff

The Transom in Print, Oct. 8, 2008: Marquee’s Claims All Wet?; Liam McMullan Turns 21; Annie Churchill Has a New Business

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