Today's NYT Boldface Names column, free from its player-hating former writer Joyce Wadler, is far less virulent than it's been in recent months. But a couple of oddities: who actually believes that funkmaster George Clinton says "urinated" instead of "pissed on"? And also:

In the ballroom, JANN WENNER, editor and owner of Rolling Stone, sat with his boyfriend, the designer MATT NYE, both wearing black and silver striped ties. At a nearby table, his estranged wife, JANE WENNER, sat with their three sons.

Uh, considering "estranged" means to keep away from, or cut off from a community, or alienate, well — if she's so damn estranged why's she seated next to him, or there at all? Maybe the word the Times is searching for is "separated" "divorced" or whatever applies?
Braids and Beards, Genius and Jam Sessions [NYT]