Who knew the Top Chef host was such a fan of Vanity Fair‘s late columnist? Padma Lakshmi dropped in on a VF-hosted tribute to Christopher Hitchens on Friday at the Cooper Union–as did her former husband, author Salman Rushdie. Though the pair were not photographed together, perhaps out of the loss of Hitchens may come a rekindling of the Rushdie-Lakshmi romance? Read More
This weekend saw a series of big premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival–including Michelle Williams’s new movie and a faux-documentary mindbender sort-of-starring and directed by James Franco. Here’s what you missed downtown! Read More
Amy Sacco may never again be queen of nightlife, but she’s still going out! She and ultrastylist Mary Alice Stephenson are among the cochairs of an event for Free Arts NYC, put on by Whitewall magazine. (You know what? Don’t tell us what it is. We’re already feeling old enough.) It’s a silent auction and Read More
Has Zac Efron ever wondered if there was more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking? His resume doesn’t lend much insight: Men’s Health cover boy, professional chick-boner inducer, potential cyborg sent here to destroy us—the guy has it all. We found ourselves within point blank range of the Zef at last night’s Cinema Society screening for The Lucky One, a fact we relayed to a female friend later in the evening: Read More
Devastating news for fans of America’s Next Top Model today: The New York Post reports that three of Tyra Banks‘ most loyal co-stars– runway trainer J. Alexander, creative director Jay Manuel, and judge/photographer Nigel Barker–were given the axe by the diva herself. Read More
The Shen Yun Festival returns to the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center (what did you think Mr. Koch’s namesake theater would host, last night’s Green Festival?). The performances have been going on since Wednesday, and today’s the last one, in fact. However, weekends are a good opportunity to scope out the nostalgia- or Read More
Last night, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts held its 2012 Gala, the theme being Ordinary Miraculous. Big name stars like Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee dropped in to congratulate Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell on her 20th year at the school, but of course all anyone was paying attention to was the size of Alec Baldwin‘s fiancee Hilaria Thomas‘ wedding ring. Read More
Dust off your Birkenstocks, it’s the New York City Green Festival! New York’s highest-minded citizens are to join in a celebration of their shared contempt for anyone who dares drive a nonhybrid—indeed, it’s free admission for anyone who arrives on a bike! (Ford is one of the sponsors, naturally, along with Clif Bars and The New York Times.) Read More
Meryl Streep was a last-minute absentee from the Tribeca Film Festival celebrating 100 years of Universal Pictures—and perhaps she’d have bridged the gap between her frequent costar Robert De Niro and funnyman Judd Apatow. The two men sat next to one another onstage but were each asked questions individually by the moderator, Mike Fleming of Read More
Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris has dodged the negative buzz that attaches itself to anyone who works with our mayor-king, it seems. She’s being honored by ArtTable for all she’s done for the city’s artsy set. (And we thought art ists were supposed to subvert systems of power!) ArtTable, a nonprofit honoring women leaders in the Read More
