Brooke Geahan, the 20-something founder of the Accompanied Literary Society, has made a career of throwing scruffy readers and writers together with scenesters and socialites, and using the dim light of glamorous venues to make them look significantly more attractive than they might elsewhere. She was up to her old tricks on Wednesday, Sept. 25, when the Accompanied Literary Society threw a party in conjunction with Diesel, in the penthouse of a new luxury condominium in Tribeca called One York, at the intersection of Canal and Sixth Avenue.

The gathering was in honor of "Flash Fiction," a public art project of sorts in which 10 short stories—commissioned from authors such as Jonathan Ames, Colum McCann, Sloane Crosley, Jonathan Lethem, and Jay McInerney—were screened on the side of the building.  read more »

“While we haven’t pulled in blockbuster ratings, we have helped create an identity for the network—or rather, an identifying show for the network,” Josh Schwartz, the 32-year-old creator of the CW network show Gossip Girl, told the Transom via phone from his office in Burbank, Calif., the other day. To New Yorkers’ alternate delight and horror, the new season of Mr. Schwartz’s show began on Monday evening with guest appearances by Tinsley Mortimer and Jay McInerney, who played Dan Humphrey’s “literary mentor.”

“The challenge last year was when I was telling people, ‘Oh, I have this new show on the CW,’ and they were like, ‘What’s the CW?’”

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Hamptons residents who paid up to $2,500 a plate to hang out with Gwyneth Paltrow at a benefit for the Amaryllis Farm Equine Rescue Organization at Steven Klein's Bridgehampton farm (read Daily Transom's account!) were upset when the actress refused to come out of the host's house for most of the evening. [NYDN]

Maybe she was just saving her energy? Ms. Paltrow later attended at party at Def Jam Chairman L.A. Reid's house celebrating Mariah Carey's recent marriage to Nick Cannon. Mary J. Blige, Kelly Ripa, Samuel L. Jackson and Star Jones were also there. [P6]  read more »

Tomorrow evening, the East Hampton Library will host its fourth annual Author's Night benefit, Page Six reported today. All of the proceeds will benefit the library (though an Authors Only summer share might be kinda fun too!). Over 80 writers are expected to attend, including E.L. Doctorow, Jay McInerney, A.M. Holmes, Marie Brenner, Malachy McCourt, Steven Gaines, Barbara Goldsmith, Robert A.M. Stern, Fareed Zakaria, Tom Clavin, Sidney Offit, Philip Schultz, and Nelson DeMille.

The Daily Transom called up Sheila Rogers, the library's spokesperson. "It's just one famous writer after another!" she exclaimed. (We long for the days when a writer could have a house on the East End.  read more »

Last night at an after-party for a private screening of Step Brothers on the roof of the Empire Hotel, 38-year-old Matthew Settle, who plays the young Brooklyn Dad on Gossip Girl, wanted to bum a cigarette. (He was obliged.)

"Well, Rufus is probably going to run into some trouble with his daughter," he said when The Daily Transom asked him about the future of his character. "The show is about kids finding their identities, and she begins to find hers through her designing. She's going to have to choose between her trade and her schooling, for which Rufus has sacrificed so much."  read more »

Ooh, interesting.]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/jay-mcinerney-make-appearance-i-gossip-girl-i#comments Style Jay McInerney Matthew Settle Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:14:25 -0400 Irina Aleksander 72220 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/2007/lost-jay-mcinerney-story-be-published-fiction-web-site

A long-lost short story by Jay McInerney, stolen from the author’s apartment about twenty years ago and recently returned, will be published next week on the Web site FiveChapters.com. The story, entitled "If Wishes Were Porsches," will be serialized over the course of the work week, starting next Monday October 22, with a new installment appearing every morning.

Mr. McInerney could not be reached for comment this afternoon, but according to the site's editor, David Daley, the story was written after the publication of Mr. McInerney’s geisty 1984 debut novel Bright Lights, Big City and before his substantially less geisty follow-up Ransom.  read more »

• The booming home-security market now offers "super-luxe security" [above]. For example: It costs $5,000 to "monitor 20 video cameras in your Manhattan home--via PDA--from a beach in Cote d'Azur." It's a wonderful world. [Forbes]
• Gotham Bar and Grill has everything anyone could want from a Village eatery: Maine lobster, artichokes, and Jay McInerney's new wife repeatedly assaulting Ed Koch. [House & Garden]
• It's a bad time for New York music: Tonic, "one of the city's most popular small clubs," is closing on Friday the 13th. Plus, the hip Mercury Lounge may or may not be doomed, and the essential Irving Plaza is being reborn (or, at least renamed). [Time Out New York]
• The 'UWS Asian-Food Crisis' is tragically spreading, claiming three of the five Ollie's restaurants. Maybe the restaurant deserves their problems: Workers claim they were being paid $1.40 an hour. [NY Mag, D.I.] - Max Abelson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/35936#comments Real Estate Ed Koch French Riviera Jay McInerney Manhattan Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:53:42 -0400 Observer Staff 35936 at http://www.observer.com http://www.observer.com/node/32986 Fresh off its lament for the days when Jay McInerney was cool, Gawker.com lashes out at Cindy Adams for her deranged claim that Michael Crichton has a history of writing best-selling books. The devastating kicker:

  A column continuing to run long after it's lost any shred of coherence or even entertainment value? Only in New York, kids.

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  ]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32986#comments Media Cindy Adams Gawker Media LLC Jay McInerney Michael Crichton Fri, 12 Jan 2007 06:39:49 -0500 Observer Staff 32986 at http://www.observer.com