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Happy Birthday

cityfile · 01/27/10 06:46AM

Two on-air personalities at MSNBC are celebrating birthdays today: Keith Olbermann is turning 51; and Ed Schultz, the host of The Ed Show, is 56. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts turns 55 today. Fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez is celebrating his 49th birthday. Model Lily Donaldson is 22. Alan Cumming is turning 45. Hedge funder Dan Och is 49. Bridget Fonda is turning 46. Retired ballet great Mikhail Baryshnikov is 62. Oscar-nominated actor James Cromwell is turning 70. Comedian Patton Oswalt turns 41. And actress Mimi Rogers, who may be best known for being the first wife of Tom Cruise, is 54 today.

Ex-Amex Chief Unloads

cityfile · 09/18/09 07:15AM

• Former American Express CEO James Robinson and his wife, Linda, have sold their estate in Warren, Conn. The buyer is famed architect Santiago Calatrava, who paid $5.5 million (or 25 percent less than the original asking price) for the 5,500-square-foot home set on 35 acres. [WSJ]
• Real estate developer Andrew Heiberger has cut even more off the price of his townhouse at 161 East 63rd Street. Heiberger bought the six-story manse in 2004 for $8.15 million and put it up for sale for $16.85 million in February 2009. He dropped the price to $14.85 million in June. Now it's listed for $13.75 million. [Cityfile, Sotheby's]

The Tuesday Party Report

cityfile · 02/24/09 02:49PM

Chelsea's Lehmann Maupin Gallery played host to Glamour's "Glamour Project" last night, an art exhibit designed to celebrate the magazine's 70th anniversary. Glamour editor Cindi Leive and publisher Bill Wackermann welcomed the likes of Cynthia Rowley and Bill Powers (left), Iman, Lyor Cohen and Tory Burch, Kyle MacLachlan and Desiree Gruber, Yvonne Force Villareal, Thelma Golden, Nicole Miller, Thakoon Panichgul, Gilles Bensimon, Marcus Samuelsson, Alanna Heiss, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Evelyn Lauder, Rory Tahari, Diane Kruger, Amanda Peet, Olivia Chantecaille, Roopal Patel, Jane Lauder, Peter Som, Erin Fetherston and Hedi Ferjani, Gilles Mendel, Michael Stipe, Oscar Blandi, Lisa Airan, Charlotte Sarkozy, Alison Brod, Lela Rose, Patrick McMullan, Kai Kuhne, Waris Ahluwalia, Amy Fine Collins, and Jason Wu, who admired works by Kara Walker, Rachel Feinstein, and Marilyn Minter (among others), pieces that will be featured in the magazine's April issue. [PMc, VF, FWD, GOAG]

Happy Birthday

cityfile · 01/27/09 07:13AM

Keith Olbermann turns 50 today. Designer Narciso Rodriguez is celebrating his 48th. Actor Alan Cumming is turning 44. Mikhail Baryshnikov is 61. Hedge fund mogul Dan Och turns 48. Model Lily Donaldson is turning 21. Tom Cruise's first wife, actress Mimi Rogers, turns 53. Actor James Cromwell turns 69. Tricky is 41. The rapper Lil Jon is 38. Bridget Fonda is 45. And Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who so spectacularly mangled Barack Obama's oath of office a week ago, turns 54 today.

Mikhail Baryshnikov

cityfile · 01/25/08 11:29PM

Mikhail Baryshnikov—or Misha, as he's known—is arguably the most famous male dancer alive today, thanks to his exceptional talent, his TV and movie roles, and some very public affairs. Baryshnikov was born and raised in Riga. Enrolling at age 12 in ballet school, by his late teens, he had emerged as one of the Soviet Union's brightest dancers. In June of 1974, while on tour in Canada, he disappeared for several days before reappearing in New York, effectively defecting from the U.S.S.R. After being granted political asylum, he joined the American Ballet Theatre, where he stayed intermittently for over a decade, undertaking numerous side projects in the meantime. Although he rarely gets on stage these days, Baryshnikov continues his involvement with dance by overseeing the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York. Baryshnikov has also displayed a keen fondness for the spotlight. He was a notable Studio 54 fixture in the 70s. He has appeared in three films, receiving an Oscar nomination for his first 1977's The Turning Point. More recently, he had a memorable role as Carrie Bradshaw's aloof Russian boyfriend Aleksandr Petrovsky on Sex and the City. A legendary ladies man, Baryshnikov reportedly bedded Liza Minnelli, Ursula Andress and Isabella Rossellini back in the day, and had a daughter with actress Jessica Lange in 1981. He's since settled down with former ballerina Lisa Rinehart, although they've never married. They have three kids (Sofia, Anna, and Peter).