celebrities
At the 40/40 Club, waiting for Jay-Z to arrive, V.I.P.s celebrate a pair of his shows at Carnegie Hall
It was 11:30, and nothing was happening yet at the after party for Jay-Z's second and final night performing at Carnegie Hall. Thirty blocks uptown, Jay-Z was finishing up his set, a team-up with United Way and the Shawn Carter Foundation, filmed for eventual DVD release. It was a repeat of the night before, where he'd become the first rapper to headline the space, and – with it—the first rapper to sell out the place. When you're done collecting all of the hip-hop Pokemon, you have to move into other worlds, break glass ceilings in other houses. More
(2)The big Russian life of Anna Chapman, ex-spy
I joined Chapman at the Soho Rooms, a Moscow nightclub that is terribly difficult to enter, the doormen protecting the many beautiful women inside from the men who cannot afford them. Chapman handed me a white T-shirt silk-screened with a version of the iconic image of Che Guevara in a beret, with Chapman’s face in the place of Guevara's. The bottom of the shirt read, “Cha.” It was a gift for me. Chapman was enjoying her fame. At one point in the evening she leaned in close against the blaring music and asked me if I knew who I was. I nodded and said that I did.
“I’m still trying to figure it out,” she said, flashing her green eyes. More
(9)A dead-end for LiLo, a 'little death' for Cameron, and an ecumenical response to Pete Kingism
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
