Hanging Out With The Stars: Prime Burger
Monday, March 27th 2006
Source: oprah.com

For the best burger in New York City, Sarah Jessica Parker says Prime Burger, a restaurant and coffee shop, can’t be beat. And when was the last time you saw a restaurant with individual seatings? Sarah Jessica says, “When I was pregnant, I got a burger and chili.”
“The lady packed it in,” jokes Parker’s friend, Andrew Cohen. “You know who can put away some burgers at the Prime Burger? Mr. Matthew Broderick.”

Prime Burger
5 E. 51st St.
New York, NY
212-759-4729

Lakewood, NY native Joseph Sayers, is a veteran of A & F catalogues and a favorite subject of photographer Bruce Weber.

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50 Years Later, ‘Peyton’ Memories Remain
Sat Mar 11,12:53 PM ET
Source: Yahoo! Top Stories

The borders of this colonial-era town suggest an A-frame house on the brink of toppling over. They form a squarish figure with a triangular extension that appears raised to the right and balanced on one corner, as if a mere push could send it tumbling down to Massachusetts.
For the most part, history has respected Gilmanton to the point of indifference. No wars have been fought here, no gold or oil discovered. There have been no major plagues or natural disasters. No president, movie star or Internet billionaire was born in Gilmanton or uses one of its lakefront residences as a summer home.
Only once, 50 years ago, did the house of Gilmanton receive a fatal shove, from a novel named “Peyton Place.”

Grace Metalious’ sensational story of sex, violence and other scandals in a small New England town, based in part on Gilmanton, made the author an international celebrity and a local pariah. It transformed an otherwise obscure township into a symbol of decadence and hypocrisy and rivaled Elvis Presley as a shocking breach to the official decorum of the 1950s.

Metalious is long dead, and many who knew her have also passed on, but “Peyton Place” remains the biggest news ever to hit Gilmanton. Thanks to the book’s anniversary and to a planned movie starring Sandra Bullock as Metalious, a discussion few desire could well begin again.

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Brad Renfro is fast gaining a reputation as the Robert Downy JR for the under 30 crowd. What once looked like a promising career for a very talented young actor has all but come to a hault due to the actor’s rampant drug use and brushes with the law for a series of pointless crimes.

Actor Taken Into Custody In DUI Case
By TMZ.com Staff
March 8th, 2006 6:50PM ET –
Source: TMZ.com

Brad Renfro has been jailed for violating his probation. TMZ was the only camera crew in Los Angeles Court Wednesday when the actor copped a plea to driving under the influence. Renfro had two prior DUIs, one as a juvenile and one as an adult. Under the plea agreement for his third DUI, Renfro was sentenced to 10 days in LA County jail and ordered to attend an alcohol program. The judge also ordered Renfro to attend a “hospital and morgue” program, designed as shock treatment.Renfro was immediately taken into custody and sent off to jail.

In return for pleading guilty to DUI, other charges, including driving with a suspended license, were dismissed.On Monday, Renfro was in court on heroin possession charges. A judge ruled Renfro was eligible for a rehabilitation program, thus avoiding jail for that offense.

Page Six reports Lee Radziwill “bolted” out of Tuesday’s night’s opening preview of “Grey Gardens” after the first act, when she “witnessed a little girl onstage playing a pre-pubescent version of herself, singing a song called “Being Bouvier” and expressing a wish to someday marry a prince.”

Among the audience members who attended the critically acclaimed musical adaptation of the Maysles Brothers 1975 documenatry of the same name, were fabled journalist Ben Bradlee and his wife Sally Quinn, who bought the historic East Hampton estate 25 years ago.

Also there was Albert Maysles himself, who along with his brother David Maysles, made the now cult classic documentary about the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

How many bottles of phamaldehide do you suppose it takes to keep this old bat preserved?…

Judy Arlick, Unemployed
March 13, 2006
By Amy Larocca
Source: The Look Book: New York Magazine

AL: What are you doing today?
JA: I’m looking for Saint Patrick’s Day decorations for my door…all green. I do Christmas, Halloween, fall, and in the summer, I do flowers on the door.

AL: Do your neighbors appreciate that?
JA: I’ve had a little problem with someone in my neighborhood. The husband stole my decorations after the wife got jealous. I could have her arrested, fingerprinted, booked, the whole thing, but I don’t have the heart.

AL: Where do you live?
JA: In the East Village. My prime objective in life is to move. There are very low-class people there. No morals. No principles. No respect.

AL; What do you do?
JA: Right now I’m not working. In the past, I was an executive assistant to a chairman of the board. And before that I did catalogue modeling for a very well-known raincoat house.

Go on you know you want to know more…

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New Animal Resembles Furry Lobster
Wednesday, March 8, 2006; Posted: 5:15 a.m. EST (10:15 GMT)
Source: CNN.com

PARIS, France (AP) — Divers have discovered a new crustacean in the South Pacific that resembles a lobster and is covered with what looks like silky, blond fur, French researchers said Tuesday. Scientists said the animal, which they named Kiwa hirsuta, was so distinct from other species that they created a new family and genus for it.

A team of American-led divers found the animal in waters 2,300 meters (7,540 feet) deep at a site 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) south of Easter Island last year, according to Michel Segonzac of the French Institute for Sea Exploration. The new crustacean is described in the journal of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. The animal is white and 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) long — about the size of a salad plate. In what Segonzac described as a “surprising characteristic,” the animal’s pincers are covered with sinuous, hair-like strands. It’s also blind. The researchers found it had only “the vestige of a membrane” in place of eyes, Segonzac said.

The researchers said that while legions of new ocean species are discovered each year, it is quite rare to find one that merits a new family. The family was named Kiwaida, from Kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in Polynesian mythology. The diving expedition was organized by Robert Vrijenhoek of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California.Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

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Do You Wanna Smell Desperate?
Source: Dlisted

Perfume makers Cody have signed a deal with the producers of Desperate Housewives to produce a fragrance based on the show that will debut this fall.

The scent, which is being designed to conjure up the smells of the ladies of Wisteria Lane, will debut in select department stores later this year. ABC Entertainment spokesman Bruce Gersh says, “The ‘Desperate Housewives’ scent is guaranteed to be a hit with women everywhere, connecting them in a very personal way to this popular series.”

The project marks the first time that Coty has teamed up with a major studio to develop a fragrance inspired by a hit TV show. So it’s gonna be a mixture of botox, desperation, old vagina and tears! How lovely!

First photos of Daniel Craig as James Bond on location in the Bahamas for 007’s latest venture “Casino Royale”