Who can say no to a “Skype introduction” by mogul of all things Richard Branson and a host committee that includes Lauren Bush Lauren, Martha Stewart and Tommy Hilfiger? And did we mention that Sting, his wife Trudie Styler and photographer Bruce Weber (hopefully with shirtless male models in tow) are the honorary hosts? It’s Read More
Paradigm shift alert! Richard Branson has upped the iPad app ante with a video cover for the debut issue of Virgin Digital Publishing’s Project magazine. It launches tomorrow, reports Mediabistro, but a preview of the Jeff Bridges cover video went live today.
Project will be run by veteran magazine editor Anthony Noguera and Read More
“It’s kind of American Psycho meets Eyes Wide Shut,” mused the DJ at Natirar, the sprawling New Jersey estate currently owned by Sir Richard Branson, when The Observer asked him to describe his musical strategy for the masquerade ball held there on Saturday night. The evening’s festivities–a high-black-tie masked gala benefiting the Susan G. Komen Read More
The big news from the Clinton Global Initiative conference today was that Richard Branson, the eccentric founder of Virgin group, joined the billionaire philanthropist club with a pledge to donate $3 billion over the next 10 years to anti-global warming initiatives. The money accounts for all of the profits from his transportation and airline businesses, Read More
Lewis (Scooter) Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, had an order for New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.
“Maureen Dowd,” Mr. Libby said, holding a shot of tequila, “drink this.”
Ms. Dowd declined. But a few feet away, Jill Abramson-the Washington bureau chief for The Times -explained that the shots were because Read More
About halfway through songwriter Denise Rich’s annual Angel Ball on Nov. 30, a black-tie-clad civilian looked out at the crowd that had gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel. “I can’t believe Keith Hernandez is in the same room with Queen Noor,” he said.
The night was like that, an assemblage Read More
