Sean Avery
Morning Memo: Avery Checks Out Marie Claire; Lohan and Ronson Check Out The Hamptons
Sean Avery may be lining up his next fashion internship. The New York Ranger was seen visiting the offices of Marie Claire and perusing the magazine's fashion closet with editor-in-chief, Joanna Coles. As usual, he was wearing shorts. [P6]
Meanwhile, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's 15-year-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, is reportedly interning at Rolling Stone. [P6]
Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson reportedly took their almost confirmed relationship to the Hamptons this weekend. [NY Daily News]
Samantha Stein Wells, whose mother, celebrity real estate broker Linda Stein, was murdered in October, wrote a children's book to console her 3-year-old-daughter and is now shopping it around. read more »
Yikes! Manhattan Men Bare Hairy Knees, Plump Calves
On a sweltering afternoon early last month, Adam Newman, a 25-year-old Park Slope comedian who works for CollegeHumor.com, made a life-changing decision: He took scissors to a pair of brown corduroy pants and fashioned them into shorts.
“It’s getting hot and I’ve made up my mind. This summer, I’m wearing shorts!” Mr. Newman blogged recently. “I’ve always been an exclusively-pants guy, but I’m ready for change. No more sweating under the jeans at the park, I’m letting it breathe this year!” read more »
Mr. Newman is not alone. A growing number of style-conscious men are becoming more comfortable with the idea of showing some leg during the hot summer months.
Morning Memo: Uma Engaged; Oprah Snubbed
Uma Thurman is reportedly engaged to financier Arpad Busson. [NY Daily News]
Those awkward photos of Sean Avery standing shirtless in a fashion closet at Men's Vogue mysteriously disappeared from the magazine's Web site. [Radar]
Graydon Carter, Jann Wenner, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Buffet, Gay Talese and others gathered at the Waverly Inn on Wednesday to celebrate Gonzo, a Carter-produced documentary about the life and work of Hunter S. Thompson. [WWD]
Raffaello Follieri's friends reportedly want Anne Hathaway to come get the chocolate lab the couple bought together. read more »
Morning Memo: Isaac Mizrahi's Civic Duty; Bill Murray's Divorce
Isaac Mizrahi is annoyed with having to do jury duty. [P6]
Real Vogue interns say their jobs were nothing like Sean Avery's in that they were not flown to L.A. or given their own desks. Shocking. [The Cut]
Bill Murray and wife, Jennifer Butler Murray, who alleged that he abused her, drank too much, and was addicted to marijuana and sex, quietly divorced on June 13. [TMZ]
Barack Obama has Sheryl Crow, Yo Yo Ma, and Howlin' Wolf on his iPod. [RollingStone]
Regarding her mother's high profile divorce from Peter Cook, Alexa Ray Joel told People magazine her mother "is standing up for herself, I think that's admirable. read more »
Sean Avery's Vogue Internship: In Which He Doesn't Always Have to Wear a Shirt
Have you been following the course of Sean Avery's career? Not with the National Hockey League but in his betweentimes internship at Vogue?
Well, Men's Vogue has. On their web site, Mr. Avery gets a byline for telling readers what it's like to be a hockey player who likes to play dress-up:
I don't watch sports. I don't read about sports. Generally, other than spending a lot of time in dressing rooms both at home and on the road, I don't hang out with other athletes. Over breakfast in hotels when the Rangers are on the road, I read the Style section in The New York Times. read more »
Morning Memo: Mills to Apprentice; Nixon Didn't Have Work Done
Tony Kushner and his partner, writer Mark Harris, are headed to California for a marriage license. [Intelligencer]
Heather Mills has reportedly been invited to do Celebrity Apprentice because Donald Trump likes her. [P6]
New York Ranger-turned-Vogue intern Sean Avery attended R.E.M.'s concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday wearing all black and a newsboy cap. A "spy" said, "he looked like he was straight out of a 1998 J.Lo. video." [P6]
Cynthia Nixon didn't have breast augmentation surgery as was reported by Page Six (and linked by Daily Transom) last week. She was at the hospital for a check-up following the removal of her breast cancer. read more »
Morning Memo: Anna Wintour Shvitzes in Florida While Vogue Intern Sean Avery Says the Gig is No Sweat
Vogue intern and New York Ranger, Sean Avery, says the magazine is "a real, tight-knit family," and he hasn't had to fetch a cup of Starbucks yet! [Intelligencer]
Drea De Matteo was overheard saying that one of NBC's better known spin-off disasters, Joey, ruined her career. [P6] read more »
Morning Memo: Hannah Montana Gets Called to the Principal's Office; Latest Vogue Pseudo-Intern Sean Avery
Leighton Meester goes on Conan O'Brian and totally doesn't act like Blair. [Daily Intel]
The newest pseudo-intern at the Vogue mothership is New York Ranger, Sean Avery, who like most Conde interns might travel to the European couture shows with Anna. [WWD] read more »
