During that long, lonely summer between high school and college, I was completely devastated after getting dumped by my high-school sweetheart. (It turned out there was nothing sweet about him.) My older, wiser sister told me to get over him by fantasizing about my ideal guy. So I spent the summer eating and serving fro-yo …
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No one inspires picking up your trash or rockin’ a sexy neckline quite like Bette Midler. From the earliest stages of her career in the ’60s and ’70s, the Divine Ms. M was worshiped on Broadway (and in the gay bathhouses) for letting it all hang out. There’s a strength and purpose to her showgirl …
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Monday night, Air America CEO Bennett Zier led a panel with two media bigwigs and polar opposites: Craig Newmark, the laid-back founder of Craigslist, a self-proclaimed nerd who launched CL, “without a plan,” in San Francisco, and Michael Wolff, an officer in the sorority of New York media lust, columnist for Vanity Fair, and founder …
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Yoga. I’ve tried this yoga. And I always end up the one in the class who the patient instructor has to hover over to make sure one of my flailing legs doesn’t knock somebody out of their zen. Donna Karan, at her two day Urban Zen retreat on nutrition last week, assured me that yoga …
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Forget the Hamptons! (No, seriously, forget the Hamptons.) The hottest parties of the summer have been the increasingly crazy health care rallies. They started off innocently enough–anti-reform protesters carrying loaded guns and Nazi signs–but now, like all good parties, things have gotten weird. Wednesday night, at a pro-health care vigil in Thousand Oaks, California, a …
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After seeing Barack and Michelle dance to At Last at the Obama Home State Ball featuring the fine people of Illinois and Hawaii, I came home to soak my feet and look up the designer for Michelle’s fresh white ball gown. Meet 26 year old Jason Wu, a former intern of Narciso Rodriguez. Is that …
While it may seem like a frivolous time to ask anyone for money to make a film, Jeff Dowd, the real life inspiration for the beloved chronically laid-back character “The Dude” in The Big Lebowski, assures aspiring Coen Brothers that even in a plummeting economy independent filmmakers can secure funding. I caught up with Dowd …
It’s funny, because with the apocalyptic news stories ushering us into the new year, I’m reminded of a quote from the film version of Chuck Palahniuk‘s Fight Club: “We’re the middle children of history…. no purpose or place. We have no Great War, no Great Depression. Our great war is a spiritual war. Our great …
Recently laid off? Looking to make a career change in this economy? You’re in luck, because the nation is getting a new C.E.O. and he’s hiring. But first you need to get in line. Over the last six months, the Obama campaign was a hiring machine (500 paid staffers in Florida alone), employing thousands of …
Recently laid off? Looking to make a career change in this economy? You’re in luck, because the nation is getting a new C.E.O. and he’s hiring. But first you need to get in line. Over the last six months, the Obama campaign was a hiring machine (500 paid staffers in Florida alone), employing thousands of …