An Old-School Finale for ‘Mad Men’
Oct18

An Old-School Finale for ‘Mad Men’

Speaking of masculine locations, there couldn’t be a more perfect place to celebrate the finale of “Mad Men”’s fourth season than New York City’s storied 21 Club.  And why is it that Don Draper comes to mind when one thinks of the ultimate bachelor? Well, spoiler alert—his short-lived singlehood is over. The crowd at the exclusive event marking the end of another award-winning season went absolutely nuts when Don proposed to Megan. In...

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Sizzle and Steak at the VMAs
Oct06

Sizzle and Steak at the VMAs

MTV’s Video Music Awards have a storied history of sensational and surprising moments that have gone on to become pop cultural milestones. Who could forget Britney’s open-mouthed smooching of Madonna, or Michael Jackson making out on stage with Lisa Marie Presley way back in 1994? How about Prince revealing his pants-less behind in 1991? And then there was last year’s big fiasco and huge shocker, with even the president weighing...

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Stewart’s Late Night Sanchez Snack

Without intending to, Jon Stewart has become quite influential over CNN’s personnel decisions. Before Rick Sanchez, people may forget there was Tucker Carlson, whom Stewart made mincemeat of after a disastrous guest spot on “Crossfire”—a show that was canceled after Stewart lambasted its journalistic ethics. Stewart actually went a bit easy on Sanchez in a 10-minute opening segment on “The Daily Show” Monday night, Oct. 4, 2010, even...

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Buscemi is the Godfather of the Boardwalk

Looking through the list of Steve Buscemi’s film and television credits as an actor, not many of the titles stand out– except for “The Sopranos,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Fargo.”  Buscemi, who’s also a director, is the sort of frequently working character actor that people have seen in a multitude of roles, most of them smarmy and fast talking, if not downright psychopathic.  He’s the guy with the...

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Emmy Beautifying, Prepping and Gifting

Emmy Week pampering got off to a hot start on Tuesday with the Endless Summer Primetime Emmy Suite at Gonpachi of Beverly Hills. (If you haven’t been, check out the cool vibe and Asian cuisine at 134 N. La Cienega). It was an indoor/outdoor party with guests including Ali Fedotosky, Roberto Martinez, Eva La Rue, Chelsie Hightower, Mark Ballas, Eric Roberts and Kevin Eubanks. They made the rounds of the premium vendors like...

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