Eli Manning's Little Town Blues Have Melted Away

Eli Manning and Yogi Berra sang "New York, New York" together at Rao's. Male madam David Forest says Marc Jacobs used to employ his services. Mariah Carey shot a video on the rooftop of Lenny Kravitz's Crosby Street apartment. Mayor Bloomberg celebrated his 65th birthday with Steven Ratner and others at Michael's. R.E.M. front man Michel Stipe got into a go-cart accident two weeks ago but is fine now. Blackstone Group co-founder Pete Peterson sold his River House digs to financier Jeffrey Leeds for $10 million.

Posted 02/15/08 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

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What Was Marty Scorsese Like in High School?

Last week the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts held its annual youngARTS gala at the Ziegfeld, and it drew a top-tier crew of New York celebrities — Martin Scorsese, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Julian Schnabel, Jane Fonda, Frank Gehry, and Edward Albee among them — to watch a variety show performed by 37 creative high schoolers from around the country and then present them with cash awards. “I like working with kids," Schnabel told the crowd. "They aren’t fucked up yet." We asked the celebs — who earlier in the weekend had worked with the aspiring artists as mentors — what they were like in high school.

Posted 05/01/07 in Daily Intel : Party Lines

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