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This past weekend saw a record breaking movie opening with the apocalyptic
“2012“. Despite negative reviews, the movie raked in well over $225 million and
regaled many who flocked to see a movie with not so famous actors. This tells us
that we are in for a winter of malcontents, but let’s keep our eyes on the more
famous people of Fame Game as we do our own countdown to December 21, 2012!

• Derek Jeter tries to go incognito with a blonde wig, while A Rod is thinking of proposing to Kate Hudson.
• Paul Johnson Calderon was caught breaking sconces in the hallway of a friend’s
  apartment building.
• Have you seen them yet? The Mark Ronson designed Gucci shoes.
• Designer Devi Kroell moves uptown.
• Be an apartment voyeur with Sue Hostetler’s new book “Majestic Metropolitan Living“. And just in case you’ve been under a rock, Sarah Palin released her new book
  “Going Rogue” with a flurry of lightweight appearances on TV talk shows.
• Levi Johnston was in town and attended the Fleshbot Awards, where he was photographed with Tinsley Mortimer?
• Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel passed away. He was the father of Real Housewife of New York Bethenny Frankel.
• Megan Fox was featured on the cover of the New York Times Sunday magazine.
• The Flying Scissors NYC Premiere went off swimmingly! Even local party boy Justin Ross Lee made an appearance.
• 4 celeb magazine covers for Angelina Jolie this past week. Check them out here. And Angelina and Brad are designing jewelry with Asprey.
• Victoria’s Secret is beset by pregnant models. But the show must go on.
• Alec Baldwin will be co-hosting the Academy Awards in March with Steve Martin.
• The current number-one song on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart is “Did You See Me Coming?” by the Pet Shop Boys. Hail to the 80s and 90s!
• Rod Stewart’s new album “Storyteller: The Complete Anthology” includes 3 new
  songs never before released.
• Twitter item of the week: Twitter is in the running as Time Magazine’s person of the year.
• Upcoming events: Looking for an excuse to head south? Don’t miss the 13th Annual Best Buddies Gala in Miami on Friday night. And next week mark your calendars for the New York City Ballet Opening Night Benefit on the 24th. Visit our home page for information on other events.

We are feeling good about New York. Bloomberg won, the Yankees won, Gossip Girl raked in top hype ratings with its threesome, what else can one ask for? How about some juicy New York gossip for your Wednesday? Check it out in this week’s round up!

• Sarah Jessica Parker has been appointed to President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. (Vogue editor Anna Wintour is also installed on the
  committee.)
• Hedge funder Julie Macklowe loves that she doesn’t have to follow society etiquette or fashion guidelines.
• Madonna is the new face for Dolce & Gabbana. And we had heard that she was trying to get her boy toy Jesus Luz that gig… Meanwhile, Britney Spears is still lip synching.
• How to be queen of New York Society according to Gossip Girl includes having “Derek Blas blog about you.”
• Gawker has long been an admirer of juicy video clips, but it made its devotion official with the launch of Gawker TV.
• Julia Allison is now doing TV ads for Sony. Check out one of the ads here.
• Stephanie Seymour posed for some hot photos for Vanity Fair. See the photos and read about the ongoing divorce details between her and Peter Brant in this month’s Vanity Fair.
• Cornell grad Adam Lippes is taking the design world by storm with his casual chic easy tank dresses.
• Jho Low, the other celebrity J Lo? Maybe not, but he is taking the nightlife world by storm and spending lots of moola on Cristal champagne.
• Isaac Mizrahi is hiring! Here are details re open internships to work on his QVC line as well as his high end line.
• Ken Auletta has released his book, “Googled: The End of the World as We Know It” - which chronicles how Google considered buying The New York Times. And in the meantime, Google co-founder Larry Page and his wife Lucy Southworth
  welcomed a baby boy.
• Twitter item of the week: Ivanka Trump reached a quarter of a million followers on Twitter in less
  than three months during a promotion for her latest venture: Trump SoHo.
• Upcoming events: TONIGHT: Majestic Metropolitan Living Book Launch Party for Sue Hostetler at the New Museum, and the WITNESS Focus for Change Benefit co-hosted by Peter Gabriel and Christiane Amanpour. Next Monday is the Annual Hope luncheon benefiting the Hope for Depression Research Foundation founded by Audrey Gruss, and that night is the Museum of the City of New York Cabaret Gala honoring Sheldon Harnick. Visit our home page for information on other events.

We’ve turned another page in the calendar, it’s now November!  Hope by now you’ve adjusted all your clocks to daylight savings - not sure we like how it gets dark so early now, but bring on the crisp weather!  Let’s hear it for new jobs, million-dollar bonuses, and more, in this week’s round-up!

• Anna Wintour’s daughter Bee Shaffer is going to work for Notional, a new spinoff multimedia production company out of IAC-owned CollegeHumor.com. Notional is headed by Ricky Van Veen. Read more about the venture here.
• J Crew gives its Creative Director Jenna Lyons a healthy $1 million dollar bonus. Wow. Guess those trendy necklaces for fall are really paying off.
• Peter Brant ordered to pay Stephanie Seymour $27,000 per month in alimony while their divorce proceedings are underway.
• Louis Vuitton has hired Gabriel Aubry for the latest ad campaign. Gabriel is Halle Berry’s beau and the father of her child, and is rumored to be paid $30,000 per day as a model.
• The New York Times ran a profile of Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire hedge fund manager charged with trading on inside information. (Raj has been a Top Most Visited Profile on Fame Game for several weeks now.)
• Alex Rodriguez is thinking of becoming a Buddhist for Kate Hudson.
• Author Anisha Lakhani writes about the Museum of Art and Design Paperball for Pink Memo.
• See award-winning journalist and author Harry Hurt interview Taos pueblo women in his videos on www.harryworldofhurt.com.
• Rebecca Minkoff will be making personal appearances at Henri Bendel on November 6th and 7th to showcase her newest accessories collection. Also check out Kara Ross’s window display at Henri Bendel this week!
• Coralie Charriol Paul and Eva Jeanbart Lorenzotti are in Dubai speaking at the Leaders in Luxury 2009 Summit.
• Downtown socialite Allison Sarofim’s halloween party did not disappoint. This year’s theme was “Eighties downtown New York” and Marc Jacobs, Carlos Souza,
  Theodora Richards, Valentino, Nicole Miller, Yvonne Force Villareal, Cynthia Rowley all attended in costume.
• Check out Wisk-It: an application to help scrub those regrettable Halloween photos from Facebook.
• Upcoming events: TONIGHT: Jimmy Choo and Vogue host the launch of Project PEP to benefit the Elton John AIDS Foundation.  And the Fete d’Hiver sponsored by Chanel to benefit the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Tomorrow, don’t miss the book launch party for “The Kingdom of New York”, a collection of the New York Observer’s best moments over the past 20 years, and Esquire Soho’s VH1 Save the Music Benefit. And as always, visit our home page for information on other events.

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There’s nothing like fall in the city as the leaves start to turn colors and pumpkins abound! We have fall fever and can’t get enough of our pumpkin spice lattes!  So check out the new movies, more new books, and stalking ex’es in our round-up this week… And be safe for Halloween!

• Tom Ford is now a bona fide movie director and producer. “A Single Man” debuted at London’s Film Festival.
• Vogue’s Hamish Bowles, Vanity Fair’s Amy Fine Collins, and Peggy Siegal, will all appear in Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street II”.
• Scarlett Johansson and Liev Schreiber to appear on Broadway together in”A View From the Bridge”, previewing on December 28th.
• More new books!  Assouline has released its new “The American Fashion Cookbook“. “The World in Vogue: People, Parties, Places” is also now on bookshelves; it was co-edited by Alexandra Kotur and Hamish Bowles. And Malcolm Gladwell, of “Tipping Point” and “Blink” fame, has a new book out called “What the Dog Saw“.
• Dana Delany is one smart cookie.
• Salman Rushdie has moved on from his ex, Pia Glenn - he attended an event with stunning author Min Lieskovsky.
• Alex von Furstenberg is stalking NBA legend Reggie Miller, talk about crazy ex’es.
• Marisa Acocella Marchetto was among the honorees at the benefit for the Cancer Vixen Fund at St Vincent’s.
• Hunt Slonem is auctioning off items from his Hudson mansion.
• Twitter item of the week: Michael’s restaurant is now tweeting about who’s coming to lunch.
• Upcoming events: Tomorrow night is the Tomorrow is Tonight event to benefit Project ALS. HALLOWEEN NIGHT, get out there and don’t miss the Social Life Magazine Halloween Bash at Skyline Studios!  Also, mark your calendars for November 2nd: the KiptonART Rising 2010 Finalists Party.

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Goings-on at Central Park West, the Boom Boom Room, and the Angel Ball. Lots of new books heading to bookstore shelves, and more video interviews: see Dana Levy talking about Daily Candy. And get ready for a big lineup of Halloween parties!

• Will Madonna be evicted from her apartment at Central Park West?
• Skinny girls and all, Ralph Lauren celebrated his 70th birthday in style at the Standard Hotel’s Boom Boom Room.
• Jennifer Hudson flew in to dazzle the crowd at Denise Rich’s Angel Ball honoring Thomas and Tricia Quick.
• A photograph of Brooke Shields was removed and replaced in the Richard Prince room at the Tate Modern Museum.
• Ivanka Trump is promoting her new book, The Trump Card. Check out coverage of the book party at Trump Plaza.
• Deepak Chopra has a new book out too. It’s called Reinventing the Body, Resurrecting the Soul: How to Create a New You. Using Deepak’s ten steps to wholeness, you can harness those basic elements to change the distorted energy patterns that are the root cause of aging, infirmity, and disease.
• And also in book news, Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City will be brought back to film. Look for Josh Schwartz of Gossip Girl fame to do his magic.
• See DailyCandy’s Dana Levy being interviewed on the Harvard Business Blog. And Bob Pittman gets interviewed by All Things Digital about his new tequila start-up.
• Harvey Weinstein sells his stake in aSmallWorld.
• Lady Gaga is working on a video with Beyonce.
• Bethenny Frankel to become a real housewife? Jason Hoppy popped the question…
• In our weekly twitter newsbyte: Will Meghan McCain’s cleavage cause her to leave twitter?
• Lots of parties going on: TONIGHT: The Fountain House Fall Fete at The Plaza, co-hosted by Byrdie Bell, Lil Phillips, and more - and sponsored by Milly. Next week, let the Halloween celebrations begin on Tuesday, October 27th, with the Central Park Conservancy’s 14th Annual Halloween Ball. That same night, the Waldorf Astoria will be imbued with glamour for the Alzheimer Association’s Rita Hayworth Gala.

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Launches, dinners, award shows, it is the Fall season! Check out the Glamourpuss fur funnel, and see who you think gives a better interview: Ivanka Trump or Mark Zuckerberg?

• There is a new housewife in town! It has been confirmed that Sonja Morgan is joining the cast of the Real Housewives of NYC on Bravo. (That would explain why she has been on top of the Most Visited Profiles list for the past 2 weeks - see list at bottom below!)
• Courtney Moss and Gigi Mortimer have launched GLAMOURPUSS NYC, a collection of fashion accessories. Check out the website and see none other than Kelly Bensimon modeling the “Fur Funnel“.
• Paper Magazine threw a dinner for Penelope Cruz and Pedro Almodovar at the newly reopened Casa Lever this past Saturday. Lots of New York regular scene-stealers were there: Cynthia Rowley, Hunter Hill, Stuart Parr, Allison Sarofim, Peter Davis, Patrick McMullan, Luigi Tadini, and… Madonna.
• Kim Kardashian, Amber Valletta, Pamela Anderson and more came out for the 6th Annual Hollywood Style Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
• Ivanka Trump appeared on Good Morning America and doled out advice about turning down a job offer from Anna Wintour. See the video here. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was interviewed by Silicon Alley Insider on why founders should run companies. See that video here. Clearly Ivanka is the more articulate of the two.
• Dad Billy Ray tweets to get his daughter Miley to tweet again, just a regular family.
• Heidi Klum gave birth to a baby girl.
• Lots of parties going on: TONIGHT: Don’t miss the launch of the Rosenthal Concept Store at the Plaza featuring the Karl Lagerfeld EGO Photography Exhibit. Tomorrow night, Gotham Magazine celebrates the Bachelor Issue at M2 Ultra Lounge, and the Bijules SS10 Scream and Spirit Launch Party supports Keep a Child Alive. And on Monday the 19th, don’t miss the Whitney Studio Party.

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Talk show hosts getting extorted, magazines shutting down, Roman Polanski denied bail - all this and more in this week’s roundup!

• David Letterman goes on the air to address his adulterous transgressions. Here is his monologue apology. Is this supposed to be a mea culpa?
• As we previously reported, Ungaro hired Lindsay Lohan as artistic advisor. This
  week, the first collection under her “advisorship” debuted in Paris - to ”pas possible!” reviews.
• Real Housewife Kelly Killoren Bensimon makes the pages of OK! Magazine with a bikini appearancein Miami.
• Chef Todd English called off his wedding to Erica Wang on Saturday night.
• SATC hottie Chris Noth got engaged to long time girlfriend Tara Wilson.
• Kate Hudson denies rumors that she is pregnant with Alex Rodriguez’s child.
• Tila Tequila tweeted her own death.
• Charles and Clo Cohen hosted a movie screening of the 1957 MGM classic
  “Designing Woman” with Lauren Bacall and Gregory Peck. Charles Cohen is also
  hosting the Stars of Design 2009 event tonight at the D&D Building, 979 Third Avenue. Among those receiving awards are Costas Kondylis, Robert Lee Morris, Scott Frances and Hunt Slonem.

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New York run-off elections for Public Advocate and City Comptroller, did you vote? Bloggers got the royal treatment during Fashion Week in Milan, and the suspect in the bomb-conspiracy case pleads not guilty in Brooklyn. What a week! Now in lighter news…

• Last week’s Spider Silk exhibit opening at the American Museum of Natural History brought out Heather Graham and many other glamorous socialites. Check out photos here.
• Kate and Andy Spade hosted Darcy Miller and her Family exhibit at the Partners & Spade space on Great Jones Street. Martha Stewart, Cynthia Rowley, Kelly Killoren Bensimon were among the attendees.
• Tequila mania continues with the Chelsea Casa Dragones launch event in celebration of Mexican Independence Day.
• Variety held its 1st Annual Power of Women Luncheon. Anne Hathaway, Christina Aguilera and January Jones were on hand.
• Watch out Gossip Girl and NYC Prep: Tatiana von Furstenberg is working on a movie about the antics in an all-girl boarding school!
• Make sure you have your tickets for next week’s Museum of the City of New York: New York After Dark event at The Plaza, sponsored by Fendi. More info here.
• Don’t miss tonight: Rory Tahari book signing of her new book, “Lists for Life: The Essential Guide
  to Getting Organized and Tackling Tough To-Dos” at the Barnes & Noble, 97 Warren Street.

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Have you noticed President Obama keeps coming to town and snarling New York City traffic? He’s even weighing in on our governor’s race and asking David Paterson
to drop out of the 2010 election. We don’t mind a little attention from our
president, but we have other things to attend to after all!

• The New York Film Festival kicks off this week at Lincoln Center at the
  newly renovated Alice Tully Hall. Highlights include Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces” with Penelope Cruz, and
  Lars von Trier’s “Antichrist” starring Willem Dafoe.
• Monday night, Esquire Magazine co-sponsored an exclusive premiere of Michael Moore’s new film, “Capitalism: A Love Story“, with a Q&A led by Tina Brownof The Daily Beast. Dinner followed at Esquire’s new showhouse space in Soho at
  the Soho Mews. See what Rachel Sklar had to say about the movie.
• Last Thursday was the grand opening of the Renaissance New York Hotel 57 which just completed a $40 million makeover by
  innovative designer, Jordan Mozer. The opening was attended by Brooke Shields,Chace Crawford, Penn Badgley, Kelly Killoren Bensimon. See the photos
  here.
• Alec Baldwin rocked the house with his 30 Rock win at the Emmy’s: Best Actor!
  Way to go Alec, you won an Emmy! But it was Heidi Klum who stunned the red carpet with her Marchesa-clad baby bump.
• US Weekly released its list of “Most Stylish New Yorkers“: Elle Macpherson,Christie Brinkley, Chris Cuomo, Vera Wang, Danielle Staub, Sara Paxton, Amber Rose, Countess Luann de Lesseps, Zill Zarin, among others.
• Style was the theme of the night at the 10th Annual New Yorkers for Children Fall Gala with stunners Selita Ebanks, Ines Rivero and Hilary Rhoda glamming it up.
• Town & Country Magazine featured seven women in a special on
  stylish Career Women. Alina Cho, Allison Aston, Kerry Diamond, Lucy Mitchell Innes…
• Katie Couric and CBS have launched a new live web-based show. It’s called “@KatieCouric“.
• Fame Game’s Tatiana Platt appeared on Fox News’ Strategy Room, hosted by Eric Bolling. Click here to view. Co-hosts Patricia Kara and Melanie Notkin brought insightful commentary to the Strategy Room discussion.
• Next up: Don’t miss tonight’s Caron Renaissance 20th Anniversary Benefit at
  Butter Restaurant. Hosts include Lorraine Bracco, Stella Schnabel, Arden Wohland Russell Simmons.

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Fall is in the air, the kids are back in school, aaaaah. It feels good!  What are you tweeting about this week?

• It was a week for poor decorum. Rep. Joe Wilson heckling of President Obama,Serena Williams‘ threat against a line judge at the U.S. Open, and Kanye West’s outburst at the VMAs. The bad behavior trifecta.
• Roger Federer lost the U.S. Open finals to Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro. Hard to feel sorry for a guy who had won 5 consecutive times, but it does make Roger seem a bit more human.
• Prince Harry turned 25 yesterday. Now he has access to the interest on his mother’s millions.
• Topper Mortimer is dating Vogue editor Valerie Boster. Meanwhile, Tinsley was all over town for Fashion Week.
• Sean Penn is dating Sports Illustrated model Jessica White.
• Ungaro hired Lindsay Lohan as artistic adviser to work with its new chief designer Estrella Archs.
• Ivanka and Jared have set the date: October 25th. Have you received your invitation yet?
• Mario Batali is faced with a lawsuit over the now closed John Dory restaurant.
• Andre Balazs opened his new elite hangout, the Boom Boom Room, at the Standard Hotel this past weekend. Celebs and socialites alike flocked to check it out.
• “The Beautiful Life” premieres on the CW tonight - Ashton Kutcher’s latest exercise in delivering voyeuristic entertainment.
• Get your tickets now! The New Yorkers for Children Fall Gala hosted by Anderson Cooper is next Tuesday, September 22nd at Cipriani 42.