Patricia Clarkson, A.M. Homes, and some other chick we don't recognize. Not a bad crowd for just another downtown party.

Jossip has news this morning that BlackBook editor Aaron Hicklin is leaving the glossy arbiter of downtown hip to take over Out, the glossy arbiter of what straight actors are playing a gay role and willing to be on the cover. No word yet on succession plans at BlackBook — we hear the mag's staff only learned of Hicklin's impending departure over the weekend — nor on what plans Hicklin has for Out. But at the very least, we hope he'll be able to find himself a perhaps-apocryphal closeted baseball star to call his own.

In its latest issue, the masters of timing at Blackbook have published an article by Fake Writer JT Leroy, who proclaims that "snark is the new crack" (brilliant — and for this he was once heralded as a literary talent?):

From the masthead of the new BlackBook:

Perhaps not the best tag for a film based on the work of JT Leroy.

Imagine our surprise when, one peaceful, pickle-scented Sunday morning, we found ourselves mentioned, yet again, in Page Six's venerable copy. (Bless their hearts, too, for taking a quote we gave to BlackBook mag out of context.)