Brian Donovan- Reality sucks but there’s always TV.

I've worked with Brian Donovan, a photographer, an illustrator, a fine artist, an aspiring writer and, above all, an advocate, on a series of projects that have quite literally brought us from the depths of homeless Brooklyn to the...

Hey Hey it’s Saturday Racist Night.

Out of Australia comes an act that left one American very disenchanted, never mind the reality…   Out of Australia comes a public relations snafu that has the Americans wincing and writhing in pain while at the same time leaving most...

Collective Hardware- So hot that they are literally going up in flames.

When bohemia sometimes makes you wince. You’ve probably heard of them by now-the gang over at Collective Hardware and no matter what you think of them, - too brilliant or too just out there with too perfect cheek bones and...

Rubin Museum of Art – At the Nine Rivers Gala.

Many long-time New Yorkers will recall that the space currently occupied by the Rubin Museum of Art was once the original location of Barneys before its move uptown. At it’s annual Nine Rivers Gala, co-chair of the board, Vikas...

Elation at the 4th Annual CHILDREN’S BENEFIT.

Coming to the IAC’s 4th Annual Children’s Benefit was for me personally one of the most satisfying and heart rendering outings as a journalist that I have had in a long time. To see the commitment and passion being...

Wonder at the 2nd Annual Social Ad Summit.

The 2nd Annual Social Ad Summit convened Monday morning at the New World Stage on W 50th street in the relative calm between 8th and 9th avenues.  The venue appeared impossibly small for such a gathering, a circuitous entrance...

Scallywag Discovers Bulldog.

  It starts like this but not necessarily in this order: the girl in the silver padded spandex pants approaches the guy standing behind me, while the guy to my left is trying to figure out where he knows me...

‘We Are Family’ Foundation Gala.

Orange fluorescent light was leaking out of the Hammerstein Ballroom last night for the We Are Family Foundation Gala.  The annual event was honoring Archbishop Desmond & Mrs. Leah Tutu, Susan & David Rockefeller Jr., Robert “Kool” Bell, and...

Cruising on Facebook and other adventures.

The ‘fun’ things you don’t want to miss. We recently had some spare time on our hands. The following is a word for word verbatim discussion, only the names have changed. We trust that you too have had...

Bad news for Bloggers…

When the authorities start meddling in your phony dealings it can become a drag… According to the Wall St Journal, life for bloggers just got a bit more miserable- A new guideline released by the Federal Trade Commission will...

Gawker confirms that journalists are useless and undesirable.

Watching the big hatchet get to work over at Conde (Cunt) Nast(y). Looks like we are in a real recession after all kids. Or maybe it’s just Conde Nast looking for a clever reason to get rid of a certain...

The fun things that can happen when the cock pit and the cabin crew engage in physical fights 30...

When flying with AIR INDIA means taking extra chances with your life. Most of you are probably so acclimated to flying that at this stage of your lives you think nothing of it and quickly awaken out of your extended...

Coming, to France’s Dismay- McDonalds!

When the American fast food giant opens its doors at the Louvre you know France has gone to the dogs. It seems that the French have committed the most ultimate faux pas possible- they have allowed a fast food giant...

Lindsay Lohan a complete loser and Bomb in Paris.

Lilo humiliates Ungaro and the designer is left wringing its head in shame. Don’t act as if you didn’t see this coming but Lilo (who is famous at this stage in her life for being America’s highest paid public...

Comcast thinks it’s finally killed Hulu and free TV.

When the internet is now suddenly no longer going to be free… There’s one thing that worries the bejesus out of big corporate entities and that’s smaller entities giving away content for free that itself is trying  to peddle for...