Christopher Buckley’s Mistress Suing for More Child Support

Is that why this cute little kid is so mad?

Posted 10/02/08 in Daily Intel : Children

Tags: books, Children, children, christopher buckley, irina woelfle, kids, parents, william f buckley

The Nine Media Lives of Tina Brown

Tina Brown signed a deal to develop story ideas and shows for HBO. Donny Deutsch celebrated his 50th-birthday party at the Jazz at Lincoln Center with lobster tail and foie gras. Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman are having trouble yachting around on their Caribbean honeymoon because there's a massive fuel strike on St. Barts. (Weinstein's friends also sent him a lot of video congratulations on the day of his wedding.) Lydia Hearst is mad that her name is being attached to Darfur awareness events without her permission. Gay activist Allen Roskoff keeps George Bush toilet paper at his Jane Street apartment.

Posted 12/18/07 in Daily Intel : Gossipmonger

Tags: alan roskoff, chris cornell, conrad black, criss angel, dan marino, donny deutsch, george bush, georgina chapman, gossipmonger, harvey weinstein, hbo, henry kissinger, jessica simpson, john rocker, jose canseco, katie couric, katie holmes, lincoln center, lydia hearst, mischa barton, nicolas sarkozy, pamela anderson, ralph lauren, rick salomon, tara reid, tina brown, tom cruise, tony romo, william f. buckley

Valentino Resigns, Greenspan Blogs

FASHION • Valentino is set to stop designing. He'll announce today that he'll do two more shows, and then call it quits. You know, to catch up on all that missed tanning. [WWD] • Pierre Hardy to be the latest big name designer to work with the Gap. [British Vogue] • Instead of bowing at Fashion Week, former Trovata designers Sam Shipley and Jeff Halmos will debut their new menswear line online at men.style.com. That should save everyone a little headache and VitaminWater. WWD]

Posted 09/04/07 in Daily Intel : Company Town

Tags: alan greenspan, company town, tina brown, valentino, william f. buckley

Today's Reason to Be Happy the ‘Observer’ Hasn't Gone Bankrupt, Yet

Pat Buckley, the legendarily well-dressed socialite also known as Mrs. William F., died Sunday at her home in Stamford, Connecticut, and the event has prompted a flow of fond and admiring obituaries. The Observer takes its turn in paper, and it presents this delightful paragraph, which gets only more delightful as you read on:

“My favorite story is the time John Kenneth Galbraith brought Ted Kennedy to visit them in their chateau in Rougemont,” said Linda Bridges, a friend of Mrs. Buckley and a longtime editorial assistant to her husband. “And then Kennedy was going back to Gstaad, and the Galbraiths were going in the other direction. Kennedy asked if he could borrow a car to go back to Gstaad and Pat said, ‘Certainly not — there are three bridges between here and Gstaad.’”

We have no idea why the piece is illustrated, online at least, with a portrait of Molly Shannon. But, you know, small pleasures. Great Lady [NYO]

Posted 04/18/07 in Daily Intel : In Other News

Tags: In Other News, pat buckley, ted kennedy, the new york observer, william f. buckley