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Welcome to February! 1/12th of the way through 2010 already. Have you checked out the new features at FameGame.com yet? Our new design lets you sort people and events at the click of a mouse. Read more below!  Here’s your round-up this Wednesday…

• The Grammy’s heated up the music scene with Beyonce and Taylor Swift taking home the most awards. See the styles, and watch all the best Grammy videos here.
• The nominees for the 82nd Annual Academy Awards were announced yesterday by Anne Hathaway.
• Narcisco Rodriguez launches an affordable line through eBay

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• Alexander Wang launches his first ad campaign in Manhattan - he used the same ad agency behind the Apple iPod posters.
• And how about Apple’s new iPad? Have you gotten your fill of iPad jokes yet?
• Check out the New York Times profile of Fox News anchor Ernie Anastos. And the New York Post’s Cindy Adams’ interview of Harold Ford as he contemplates his run for senator of New York.
• Tinsley Mortimer is unattached and on the prowl.
• Is Adam Dell the father of Padma Lakshmi’s baby?
• Kipton Cronkite talks Art with Fe Fendi.
• Town & Country Magazine does an in-depth piece on Arianna Huffington.
  
• New York Magazine Deputy Editor Hugo Lindgren heads over to BusinessWeek.
  
• The best of — J.D. Salinger tributes.
• Twitter item of the week: Fox News White House Correspondent Major Garrett tweets about the State of Union and ends up disseminating a link to soft porn.
• Upcoming events: Don’t miss this Friday night’s Gala Galactic — a Burning Man Fundraiser presented by Squid Row. And check out our events page for details on other events.

Fame Game Features

PEOPLE in Fame Game: See all the leaders in Fame Game, sort them by rank or name, and see who was most recently photographed or written about.

EVENTS in Fame Game: See all recent events, upcoming events, and recently photographed events all in one place and submit your own event!

Recent News, Recent Photos, Recent Events: A running tally of new additions to the Fame Game system.

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Maybe it’s the cold, maybe it’s the time of year, but we’ve been spending a lot of time in front of the tube this last week. Conan’s last night and the Haiti telethon dominated the news. We were also proud to acknowledge the work of Fame Game’s CTO, Tim Schwartz, who led the development of a missing persons database in Haiti. Read more here. Hope you did your part to pitch in and help relief efforts. Here’s your round-up this Wednesday…

• Conan O’Brien drew an unprecedented audience on his last night on the air. The ratings glory.
• The Hope for Haiti telethon raised over $61 million at last count. The bevy of celebs brought serious star power to the phone queues. Our favorite performance was Jay-Z, Rihanna and Bono’s “Haiti (Mon Amour)”.
• Sundance mania is alive and well. This year’s surprise VIP attendee is none other than Bill Gates, who has launched his own blog, “The Gates Notes”.
• In brand ambassador news, Julia Roberts is the new face of Lancome.
• Coco Rocha is launching an affordable fashion line.
• Maybe this will help pay off her debts: Annie Leibovitz to appear in Louis Vuitton ads.
• Anna Wintour is lobbying against developer John Wu’s plans to build an 8-story building in her secret garden backyard.
• Vampire Diaries (Thursdays on the CW) takes the February cover of Nylon Magazine.
• Kimberly Guilfoyle gets catty with Ann Coulter. See the video here.
• Trust Art and Anne McClain launched the Humanity Perfume, to be available online and at Sigerson Morrison stores beginning February 5th. Check out the web site humanityfragrance.com. 100% of proceeds go towards the Humanity fountain in Brooklyn.
• Twitter item of the week: StyleCaster’s Round Up of the Best Style Tweets.
• Upcoming events: FEBRUARY 2010: February is going to be a busy month!  Feb. 11th Riverkeeper’s 1st Annual Masquerade Ball, Feb. 12th Save Venice Celebrates Carnival in Venice, Feb. 17th A Mid-Winter’s Eve, Feb. 23rd Museum of the City of New York’s Winter Ball, and Feb. 25th Young Fellows Diamond Deco Ball. Get your tickets lined up! And check out our events page for details on other events.

Fame Game Features


PEOPLE in Fame Game: See all the leaders in Fame Game, sort them by rank or name, and see who was most recently photographed or written about.

EVENTS in Fame Game: See all recent events, upcoming events, and recently photographed events all in one place and submit your own event!

Recent News, Recent Photos, Recent Events: A running tally of new additions to the Fame Game system.

We’re still reeling over the glamorous Golden Globes on Sunday night. Not surprisingly, Avatar won best picture, and the stars rallied to voice support for Haiti relief efforts. And even the Jay Leno-Conan O’Brien NBC debacle made it into acceptance speeches. Here’s your round-up this Wednesday…

• Check out the sexy Golden Globes gowns worn by Drew Barrymore (Versace),Emily Blunt (Dolce & Gabbana), Kate Hudson (Marchesa), Halle Berry (Kaufman Franco) and Jennifer Aniston (Valentino). Bring on the sex appeal!

Full coverage here.

• See how fashion designers have responded to the crisis in Haiti. And George Clooney’s telethon is a go on January 22nd.
• American Idols to get styled by Victoria Beckham.
• Forbes names the Top 10 Power Couples - Jay Z and Beyonce come in at #1.
• Power publicist Kelly Cutrone’s book is coming out on February 2nd: “If You Have To Cry, Go Outside. And Other Things Your Mother Never Told You“.
• Marianna Olszewski’s book, “Live It, Love It, Earn It” hit #7 on the Wall Street Journal’s best selling Business books list.
• Robin Leacock’s 2002 documentary “It Girls” is getting new play in the wake of Casey Johnson’s passing.  Watch a promo here.
• Got travel plans coming out? Check out these fabulous celebrity-owned hotels. Francis Ford Coppola’s Blancaneaux Lodge in Belize gets our vote.
• Twitter item of the week: The president has finally tweeted. Barack Obama’s first-ever personally-issued tweet concerned disaster relief in Haiti.
• Upcoming events: TONIGHT: Come out and support Haiti Disaster Relief by playing a little table tennis at SPiN New York. Hosts include Susan Sarandon, Veronica Webb, Selita Ebanks, Dylan Lauren and Maggie Rizer. Go here for more details. And check out our events page for details on past and upcoming February events.

Exciting new features


PEOPLE in Fame Game: See all the leaders in Fame Game, sort them by rank or name, and see who was most recently photographed or written about.

EVENTS in Fame Game: See all recent events, upcoming events, and recently photographed events all in one place and submit your own event!

Recent News, Recent Photos, Recent Events: A running tally of new additions to the Fame Game system.

Welcome to your weekly dose of FameGame fodder!  So, Avatar continues to break box office records, but the wrath of anti-smoking groups is gaining steam over Sigourney Weaver’s puffing on screen. Bloomberg takes on salt, and Florida fruit growers hope for a break in the record cold. Let’s hope we have enough strawberries for Valentine’s Day. Yes, it’s a concern. Here’s the rest of your
round-up:

• Must-see video: A Day in the Life of Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet from our friends over at StyleCaster. Who knew Stacey was such a graceful yogini?
• Another cool video - Tory Burch in India, from W Magazine.
• Ooh la la!  Polaroid has a new brand ambassador and it’s Lady Gaga. Gives new meaning to instant film!
• New York Ubergallerist Jeffrey Deitch is the new director of LA’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
• Derek Jeter is marrying Minka Kelly.
• Romantically active Peter Orszag (director of the White House OMB) gets engaged to Bianna Golodryga, and news breaks that his child with another woman, Claire Milonas, is born.
• Dree Hemingway dyed her hair pink for the Spring 2010 Valentino campaign.
• The Jersey Shore cast is returning for a second season on MTV. If you haven’t heard of it yet, it’s a show about a group of Italian-Americans with names like Snooki, Pauly, J-Woww and Sammi, who live together in the beach town of Seaside Heights. Yeah, we have yet to catch an episode too.
• Twitter item of the week: Pick up the latest Vanity Fair to read Vanessa Grigoriadis‘ “America’s Tweethearts” about female power Twitter users. Or go here to read online.
• And Ivanka Trump tweets about her friend’s newly launched site, Gift Genius - founded by Andy McLaughlin and Amy Zalneratis. And she also finds time to plan your perfect proposal.
  
• For the chic set’s bathroom needs: Vogue toilet tissue.
  

Recent News, Recent Photos, Recent Events: A running tally of new additions to the Fame Game system.

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Welcome to 2010!  What do you know, it’s freezing like an igloo outside and we feel like that movie “The Day After Tomorrow“. Is there no respite in sight? Sure there is! Just tune in to famegame.com to warm up your day!

• ET interviews Bethenny Frankel on her new book and pregnancy. Also, see video here of her appearance on the Today Show this past Monday.
• Pink Memo Great Escapes: jewelry designer Kara Ross, model Maggie Rizer, Minnie Mortimer and more talk about their favorite escapes.
  
• Read KiptonART’s ART TALK with Salon hostess extraordinaire Tracy Stern.
• Did you know restaurateur Silvano Marchetto had a role in “Angels & Demons”?
• Lawyer David Boies was spied on a flight from Turks & Caicos, returning from Ambergris Cay to New York.
• Tiger Woods is on the cover of February’s Vanity Fair, shirtless and photographed by Annie Leibovitz some time ago.
• First Lady Michelle Obama graced the premiere of Iron Chef America and the chefs had their fill of produce from the White House.
• Twitter item of the week: Russell Simmons tweets from the New Year’s Eve party where Beyonce performed in St. Barts - photos and all. And bonus: Kim Kardashian gets paid to tweet.
• We mourn the loss of another heiress, Casey Johnson, at the age of 30 - great grand daughter of the founder of Johnson & Johnson, recently publicly engaged to Tila Tequila.

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Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve! What do you have planned for the big night?
Hopefully you will ring in Y2KX with good friends, good cheer, and sunny
prospects for fame and fortune. And a resolution to make Fame Game your go-to resource for the latest scoop on your favorite New York personalities! See you next year!

• FishBowlNY released its list of media influencers for 2009: Dan Abrams on top, followed by Rupert Murdoch and then

Arianna Huffington.

• David Beckham comes out on top of the Top 10 sexiest male athletes of 2009.
• Top 15 Publicity scandals and how they were covered up: You guessed it, Tiger Woods and his many mistresses rank #1.
• Style.com reviews the most memorable party dresses of 2009. Alexa Chung, Blake Lively… and Fabiola Beracasa as a man (Prince Charles) on Halloween.
• Gawker on Great balls of Fire: NWA Flight 253: Winners, Losers, Heroes, and The Schadenfreude of Burning Balls.
  
• Bad News for News: Year-end ratings show that CNN is down 30%, HBO is up 41% (True Blood rocks), MTV is down 10%, and the Food Network is up 26%.
• How much are reality TV stars really paid? Real Housewives, Jersey Shore, and VH1 reality TV shows.
• Check out Marianna Olszewski’s new book, “LIVE IT LOVE IT EARN IT“. It’s full of stories and success secrets from women such as Diane von Furstenberg, Tamara Mellon, Tory Burch, and more.
• Demi Moore got her hip back in the Korean edition of W Magazine. See the photos here.
• Twitter item of the week: The Top 10 Most Important Tweets of 2009 - Obama, Ashton Kutcher, Janis Krums (1st pic of plane on the Hudson), Mark Zuckerberg, and Google, among others.
• And…. On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, Facebook was the #1 most-visited website in the U.S. for the first time. Keep on socializing online FameGamers!
  

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!  How have you been spending the snowy days on the East Coast? We’re in the mood for sugar plums and mistletoe, making our lists and checking them twice. Here’s the latest round-up, and watch for our 2010 Top Fame Game Trends due out soon!

• Gossip Girl Stylist Eric Daman predicts that statement bracelets will be the rage in 2010. See all his predictions for 2010 trends

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• Suri Cruise voted “Most Stylish Celebrity Child”. What do you think?
• Jay McInerney, Anne Hearst and Diandra Douglas hosted what may have been the holiday party of the season with an appearance by the Deer Child. Jay was also celebrating his new Sag Harbor haven.
  
• TakiMag.com has a new contributor: Christina Oxenberg, the daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia.
• Roxanne Lowit’s “Back Stage Dior” is out on bookstore shelves.
• Polo model Nacho Figueras plays for Team Piaget too - he was in Aspen for the USPA World Snow Polo Championships.
• The Beatrice Inn is reopening!
• Bravo is surveying customers about giving the Salahi White House crashers their own reality TV show.
• Gwyneth Paltrow is being investigated for promoting the swank Marrakesh hotel La Mamounia in her GOOP newsletter.
• Kelly will not be giving Bethenny a baby gift.
  
• Twitter item of the week: Demi Moore gets panned by Twitter followers for photo outtake. Photoshop accusations fly, Demi defends herself.
• Upcoming events: NEW YEAR’S EVE: Social Life Magazine is hosting its annual New Year’s Eve party at the Prince George Ballroom. And… drumroll… Andre Balazs requests the pleasure of your company at the Boom Boom Room.  Visit our home page for information on other events.

So one (the first) of Tiger Woods‘ sponsors has pulled the plug. Accenture announced it is terminating its contract with Tiger. It’s been a tough few weeks for Tiger, we hope your holidays are shaping up better than his! Let’s get the week’s delectable round-up, with more gift ideas and all…

• In NYC Real Housewives news, Jill Zarin was on the Today Show to demonstrate her latke recipe. Countess Luann de Lesseps had a new career launch with her songwriting debut.
• And go here to see the naked photo of Bethenny Frankel for PETA.
• Ashley Dupre got a job at the New York Post as an advice columnist!
• Frederic Fekkai is headed to Walgreens.
• Douglas Hannant spoke on Michelle Obama.
• Chris Cuomo also left GMA. He is moving over to be an anchor at 20/20.
  
• Town & Country hit newstands with interior designer Kelly Wearstler on the cover. (Jan. 2010 issue)
  
• Sasha Lazard began her monthly concert series at the Boom Boom Room, escorted in by Andre Balazs.
• Georgette Mosbacher’s annual holiday cocktail party did not disappoint. See David Patrick Columbia’s coverage here.
• Angelina Jolie wrote an op-ed for Newsweek on Human Rights Day. (huh?)
• Twitter item of the week: Guest of a Guest gives a run down of New York socialite tweets.
• The Young Patrons had a great event to celebrate and support the American Folk Art Museum.
• Upcoming events: TOMORROW NIGHT: Are you on the list for the book launch party for “The World in Vogue”, hosted by Carlton Hobbs and Stefanie Rinza? Also, don’t forget to visit our home page for information on other events.

Can you believe it’s already December? Holiday parties are revving up, hope you have your festive best all lined up. This week, we’re featuring some ideas for holiday gift giving, get your move on! But first, here are some of the stories that kept us riveted over the last week…

• Restaurateur Todd English says tabloid fodder has been good for business.
• Kate Moss took the bracelet right off of new jewelry designer Ann Dexter Jones‘ arm.
• White House party crasher Tareq Salahi showed up in Virginia court and left without the Patek Philippe watch on his arm.  Countess Luann de Lesseps spoke out on the Salahis.  And Plum TV dug up an old audition tape of Michaele Salahi.
• Watch Timo Weiland scout fabrics, meet stylists and more.
• Style.com’s Candy Pratts Price finds the must-have books of the moment.
• Get your ART Talk with Ally Hilfiger and Nina Freudenberger on Kipton Art.
• New York Times’ Style Magazine featured the Nifty 50, among them, Byrdie Bell.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son is dating the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.
• Twitter item of the week: Gisele hides her baby bump in Italian Vogue’s Twitter spread.
• Upcoming events: TONIGHT: The always glamorous ACRIA Holiday Dinner. Tomorrow, Trudie Styler launches her new fitness video and the American Ballet Theatre hosts the publication of Bravura. On December 12th, don’t miss the debut of Tiffany Koury’s Accessories Collection hosted by Tracy Stern. And next Monday, the Annual Charity Ball benefiting Charity:Water. Visit our home page for information on other events.

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It was a busy week! Aside from keeping up with family gatherings, the Fame Game was being played out on news networks around the country, and around the world. Did Tiger’s wife use a golf club to rescue him or was she venting her rage over an alleged affair? And the socialite couple from Virginia, were they really trying to secure their spot on reality TV by flaunting their White House access?
Only time will tell, so in the meantime, here’s what else is going on.

• Art Basel officially kicks off in Miami tomorrow, but parties have started! The main schedule of the art show is here.
• Derek Jeter is named Sports Illustrated sportsman of the year.
• Chelsea Clinton announced she is officially engaged to Marc Mezvinsky.
• French First Lady Carla Bruni will appear in a Woody Allen film.
• See the StyleCaster short on Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson’s FEED bags initiative.
• Heidi Klum and Seal released first photos of their new daughter, Lou Sulola Samuel. And Seal is planning to adopt Heidi’s eldest daughter.
• Zac Posen is set to reach the masses with a collection for Target.
• Gossip Girl characters are a lot like their real-life media counterparts.
• Open Space Alliance in partnership with Trust Art is hosting an auction to raise money for public art in Brooklyn parks, including the Humanity Perfume Fountain.
  See bravebrooklyn.com.
• Twitter item of the week: Don’t tweet if you’re supposed to be in jail.
• Upcoming events: TONIGHT: Book launch party for Michael Clinton’s “American Portraits | 100 Countries“, and the Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Annual Associates Party sponsored by Asprey. On Friday, Madison Square Boys & Girls Club hosts its Annual Christmas Tree Ball at Cipriani 42nd Street. Visit our home page for information on other events.