Donatella's Excess, Excessively Expensive Items
cityfile · 06/04/09 07:09PM
• Versace CEO Giancarlo di Risio is expected to hand in his resignation tomorrow. He's leaving after reportedly clashing with Donatella Versace "over her lavish lifestyle," not surprisingly. [NYT]
• The second season of The City has started filming inside Elle's offices. [WWD]
• Rosa Cha has launched a line of bathing suits that sell for as much as $3,200 apiece. And you can't even get them wet. But that isn't stopping women from buying them, supposedly. [NYP]
• If that bathing suit sounds appealing, you're probably the sort of person who'd also be interested in buying these $340 Hermès cotton boxer shorts for your husband. [FWD]
• Karl Lagerfeld is hitting the big screen. Or his voice is, at least. He'll be playing a villain in an animated French movie. [Fashionista]
Geeky Obama Intrigued by Pyramid-Building Aliens
Ryan Tate · 06/04/09 06:26PMEating & Drinking: Thursday Edition
cityfile · 06/04/09 05:26PM• The bistro inside Andre Balazs's Standard Hotel will be called the Standard Grill and will probably open its doors "in the next couple of weeks." [Eater]
• A Q&A with Michael Psilakis of Anthos and Kefi fame. [RG]
• Frank Bruni checks in on Sue Torres's Mexican spot Sueños. [NYT]
• Eight bars that provide free food along with the drinks. [TONY]
• For $105, Morimoto will provide you with sushi and sake "while cruising New York Harbor on an 80-foot schooner." Sounds like a blast. [GS]
• Everything you were told about eating healthy was probably wrong. [NYDN]
• Don't forget that tomorrow is National Donut Day! Both Dunkin' Donuts and Krispy Kreme have specials in honor of the grand occasion, naturally. [ML]
Inside 'Buffalo' Bill Gates' New Ranch
Ryan Tate · 06/04/09 05:15PMThe Holed World In His Hands
Richard Lawson · 06/04/09 04:18PMReporter Will Not Just Stand There and Let Some Preacher Tell Him What a 'Grocery' Is
Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 04:16PMJoe Scarborough Once Defended the Murderer of an Abortion Doctor
John Cook · 06/04/09 03:44PMNYC Prep Continues to Make Us Hope for a Better Tomorrow
Richard Lawson · 06/04/09 03:29PMLydia Hearst Denied
cityfile · 06/04/09 03:27PM
Have you seen those bus posters featuring a scantily clad Lydia Hearst? The ads are promoting an indie movie called The Last International Playboy and while the stick-thin socialite only has a minor role in the movie—she strips and gets hot and heavy with a guy and a girl in the opening scene—she's front and center in the press campaign, not surprisingly. Tragically, though, the oft-nude publishing heiress reports she's been the victim of censorship! Although the ads appear on NYC buses, they've been banned in Seattle, Chicago and Dallas, she says. Guess we have a different tolerance level when it comes to these things! [NYO]
Bars Too Cool For You
Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 03:15PMThe Fabulous Fulds May Settle for Less
Richard Lawson · 06/04/09 02:36PMLet's Talk About That Harvard Murder and Race
Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 02:31PMEmail Details Secret Google-Apple Deal on Employees
Ryan Tate · 06/04/09 02:03PMMozilo Charged
cityfile · 06/04/09 02:02PM
The SEC filed filed civil charges this afternoon against former Countrywide chief Angelo Mozilo and two other former executives at the company. The three stand accused of committing fraud by misleading investors; Mozilo also faces insider trading charges for selling Countrywide stock based on nonpublic information and collecting around $140 million in the process. His status as the most overly tanned CEO in American corporate history? That remains undisputed. [WSJ, NYT]
Tonight at 10/9c, USA's rolling out the newness:
Chrissie Lamond · 06/04/09 01:59PMSorry Ladies, Party-Boy Prince Liam McMullan Is Betrothed
Richard Lawson · 06/04/09 01:52PMThe Salvia Meme Is Back!
Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 01:29PMToday In Michael Wolff
John Cook · 06/04/09 01:12PMBob's Back: Madoff Fundraiser Emerges From His Cave
cityfile · 06/04/09 01:10PM
Robert Jaffe was one of Bernie Madoff's most prominent fundraisers. Shuttling between Boston and Palm Beach, the well-coiffed, car-collecting financier with a weakness for $5,000 suits was responsible for raising countless millions over the years, funds he funneled into Madoff's $65 billion scheme. Jaffe is currently facing multiple lawsuits, and investigations by multiple state and federal agencies are still pending. He's also been almost entirely rejected by the people he once called his friends and clients: Back in December, for example, he nearly took a beating when he turned up at a party and came face to face with Nine West founder Jerome Fisher, who lost $150 million to Madoff's scheme. But while Jaffe faded from sight soon after and retreated to his $17 million mansion—and even had to sacrifice his weekly manicures because he was reportedly "too embarrassed to show his face"—he's back!













