Media-Whore D'Oevres



"Last night Tamara Mellon, the Jimmy Choo shoe-tycooness, and Joshua Schulman were official hosts at a dinner party at the East Side townhouse of Nick and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn to celebrate the publication of 'Celebutantes' by Ruthanna Hopper and Amanda Goldberg. Ruthanna and Amanda are both children of Hollywood. This is a not uncommon yet rare breed of cat in social circles. These are the circles of the elite, West Coast-style, which is quite different from their Eastern brethren. Children are brought up with a sense of the entertainment industry as a way of life, a living, a breathing place in life. And yet ... and yet, Hollywood; serious? Oh very. Uh-huh. Ruthanna’s father is Dennis Hopper, the movie star, art collector and multimillionaire filmmaker. Her mother is one of his five wives. Amanda is the daughter of Wendy and Leonard Goldberg of Beverly Hills and Television and Movies. Her father Mr. Goldberg was once a partner of Aaron Spelling and produced many hit television shows such as 'Charlie’s Angels.' He also produced the hit film 'Charlie’s Angels,' along with many others." (NYSD)

"Last night, on the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman, the fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi was holding court in the middle of a small, packed room of guests, who seemed to rotate around him with the slow, awe-struck deference of pilgrims circling the Kaaba during Hajj. Appearances aside, the 46-year-old designer widely known as the subject of the mid-90’s documentary Unzipped, whose couture fall 2008 collection shows today, was not the guest of honor at the fête—that role, at least officially, went to preeminent fashion illustrator Kenneth Paul Block. But, as Mr. Mizrahi was quick to remind us, he, too, can draw. 'I think I sketch more than other designers. I sketch and sketch and sketch!' he said." (Observer)

"The HBO movie Bernard and Doris—a partly true, partly imagined romp about gay butler Bernard Lafferty's weird bonding with his boss, socialite Doris Duke—has gotten kudos, but Duke's old chef, Colin Shanley—a dear friend of mine—has seen it and feels it's more puke than Duke." (Musto)

"But... the best party of the night was Joie at the Rose Bar! The best! High energy and great crowd! Everyone was having the best time, especially the Hellers -- excellent and highly respected lawyers by day, crazy party superheroes by night -- holding court at their power table to the amusement of Alex Von, Andy Valmorbida, Brittny Gastineau, Gustaf Demarchelier and Seb Gobi." (Papermag)