New Real Housewife Kelly Killoren Bensimon Is All Over the Hamptons

Plus, David Paterson hits the East End, Seinfeld plays ball, and Jeff Corwin thinks the Montauk Monster is just a raccoon. All in our Hamptons roundup.

Posted 08/04/08 in Daily Intel : Summering

Tags: cameron diaz, dan rattiner, east hampton, emmy rossum, hamptons, heather mills, jeff corwin, jerry seinfeld, kelly killoren bensimon, lily pond, matthew modine, montauk monster, nancy shevell, paris hilton, paul mccartney, rachel zoe, real housewives of new york city, ruth kalb, sam talbot, shaq, sienna miller, southampton, summering

Celebrities' Advice for the Pope

What Tom Wolfe, Evan Rachel Wood, Amy Sacco, and Carson Kressley think the Big B should do with his time in the city.

Posted 04/17/08 in Daily Intel : Intel

Tags: amy sacco, andrew mccarthy, carson kressley, emmy rossum, evan rachel wood, intel, kelsey grammer, pope benedict, pope-mobile, tom wolfe

Emmy Rossum Is Our Very Own Gossip Girl

Last night's Skin Cancer Foundation’s Skin Sense Award Gala was for an excellent cause, so when faced with the prospects of interviewing celebrity guests, we kept it very serious. Emmy Rossum, who showed up not wearing Ralph Lauren, was one of our first targets of inquiry. "Have you seen Gossip Girl?" we asked, getting right down to business. "It's entertaining," the Phantom of the Opera star said. "It's a dramatized version of how catty girls schools can be in New York." Hey readers, did you know Emmy Rossum went to an all-girls school in the city? That's right, she went to Spence. She's practically a Gossip Girl co-star! "[Some classmates] were that precocious," she said. "Just, you know, how much money everybody spent on their Sweet Sixteen party. Like, $3 million." Wait, we've seen My Super Sweet Sixteen. Is $3 million supposed to be a lot? "You had to outdo the other one," she explained. Really? More, more! "Everyone would come back each summer with a different nose," she said when we prodded her. "Or boobs. Or mysteriously having lost a ton of weight." Oh, Lord, Emmy, forget anything negative we've ever said about you. You rule, and we're totally buying your new CD where you pretend to be Enya! —Bennet Marcus Earlier: Emmy Rossum Combats Impending Irrelevance With New Music Video (sorry for the mean headline, Em! Call us!)

Posted 10/11/07 in Daily Intel : Party Lines

Tags: emmy rossum, gossip girl, party lines

Emmy Rossum Combats Impending Irrelevance With New Music Video

When Emmy Rossum blossomed onto the New York scene in 2004, with her starring roles in Phantom of the Opera and The Day After Tomorrow (she got to make out with Patrick Wilson, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Gerard Butler all in one year, the harlot), it was an exciting day for preppy teenage girls. Here at last was a role model: She wasn't a party girl, she studied opera and dance as a child, and she looked hella good in a Ralph Lauren dress (in fact, that's all she seems to know how to wear). The girl went to Spence, for Tiffany's sake! She was perfect. But predictably, mainstream pop culture wasn't ready for such an iconoclast, so she faded away into general socialite-dom. Until now! Rossum is back with a new music video, and boy is it … um … ethereal. Rossum's new album, which owes a substantial creative debt to Enya, is described as "ambient pop." When you listen to it, you'll forgive us for being so tempted to make a reprehensible "popping Ambien" pun. Emmy Rossum "Slow Me Down" Music Video [Just Jared]

Posted 09/25/07 in Daily Intel : Intel

Tags: emmy rossum, intel, ralph lauren