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Flames Lick Basque
Basque is burning! Not the region bordering Spain and France—far worse! The nightclub at the corner of Hollywood and Vine. From the ABC7 report: More »
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By SethComment by Admore thinks really long names make you funnier: The Spanish get their revenge on the Basque? Who couldn't have predicted it? Same old feud, new continent.... more » | Other threads
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Actor/writer/onetime TV quizmaster Ben Stein laments the imminent shuttering of his favorite L.A. power eatery, where he went to observe the restaurant's A-list patrons, become entangled in feuds with Joan Rivers, and get ignored by a new generation of celebrity trainwrecks: "At its peak, however, Morton's was the ultimate. In 1994, it moved across the street, and it was better than ever, with more space between tables, more light and, best of all, it was open for lunch. In fact, it was at lunch there that I saw and fell hopelessly in love with Britney Spears. (She ignored me.) BUT times change. I have no idea where the beautiful people went, but fewer of them were going to Morton's. (Many big players now have their own chefs.) It still drew a rich crowd, but not the famous crowd it used to have, and the gorgeous girls who used to be at the bar were gone. [NY Times]
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By MarkComment by BabylonSister: Oh, the "gorgeous girls" are still at the bar, Ben. They're just a little worse for wear these years later... more » | Other threads
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The Mystery Of The Hollywood Hot Tubs Solved!
As it turns out, it was not Social Hollywood that was proudly reigniting the soak-and-poke torch tragically extinguished by the ceremonial dumping out of the last tubful of the venerated Splash spa's overchlorinated, DNA-rich waters. A note we just received from a helpful publicist reveals that it was the neighboring BOULEVARD3 (all caps theirs) that recently offered its upscale clientele the exciting opportunity to enjoy an evening of delicious food, top-shelf cocktails, and unrepentant, jacuzzi-enhanced fornication: More » -
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The Mystery Of Social Hollywood's Hot Tub Delivery
Curbed LA notes a mysterious delivery of multiple hot tubs to Social Hollywood, speculating that their sudden appearance might be a harbinger of one of those charming, "actual famous people go here!" Entourage location shoots. It's certainly a possibility, but another explanation could be that with the recent closure of local soak-and-poke institution Splash, Social's savvy owners might merely be moving to fill the void left by its shuttering by offering a more upscale, fucking-in-a-disease-riddled-crockpot experience to its patrons. More »
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By MarkComment by BabylonSister: @Detective Zito: If only the show would send Vince and E to someplace where they are out of the plot... more » | Other threads
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Today In Amazing Catfights: The Les Deux Parking Lot Brawl
If you watch only one video of a vicious catfight taking place in the parking lot of a Hollywood club today, make sure it's this TMZ clip of the melee at Les Deux on Saturday night, where indiscriminately aimed bitch-slaps could have proved far more deadly than any drive-by gunfire outside of Teddy's. While the part where one of the combatants loses her top is nice, the footage's highlight is easily the moment when a lucky fight fan claims a freshly liberated hair extension as a souvenir of the ritualistic actress-scalping he's just witnessed. More » -
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The Tower Bar Promises That All Future Gossip Items Will Be Supplied Exclusively By Its Own Publicists
According to an item in today's Page Six, there is at least one place in town where celebrities and industry power players can enjoy a refreshing cocktail without being surveilled by media spies, an old-school establishment that deals harshly with the interlopers who might text news of their whereabouts directly into the evil mainframes of the Tabloid-Industrial Complex. This is a tale of Aniston, protected: More » -
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Breaking! Britney Spears Drinks In Moderation
With the ongoing incarceration and/or rehabilitation of other wildly popular, troubled starlets hampering the dissemination of breaking news about their fluid intake, we turn to Us Weekly for up-to-the-minute information on what the last free member of the Lindsay/Paris/Britney troika has been drinking, courtesy of a club manager who doesn't believe in treating the consumption of a couple of cocktails by a famous person as a shameful secret: More » -
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By MarkComment by yourfriendandneighbor: Damn, WaldoFeathers. You just killed my buzz. more » | Other threads
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Warren Beatty Caught In The Shameful Act Of Trendy Clubbing
Hollywood club attendance monitor TMZ.com has boldly supplemented its exclusive video coverage of Hyde's velvet rope-protected front door with the groundbreaking monitoring of its tragically underwatched rear egress, a secret exit so "ultra-exclusive" that only the town's biggest names are allowed to partake of its paparazzi-bypassing luxury. This increased effort to cover all access points to the establishment paid immediate dividends last night, as TMZ's cameraman caught a visibly ashamed Warren Beatty (those intermittent flashbulbs truly capture his embarassment) trying to discreetly flee the B-lister-infested glory-hole with which he'd rather not be associated. Now that Hyde's Passage of Shame has been compromised, its owners will be forced to come up with new ways to smuggle out its publicity-averse clientele, perhaps by constructing a series of underground tunnels that allow patrons to emerge from more respectable nearby venues, like the Sunset 5 arthouse theater, allowing slumming stars to avoid such humiliating incidents in the future. More »
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By MarkComment by Sweet Panda Love: Are we sure that's Warren Beatty? It looks like Martin Landau playing Bela Lugosi. more » | Other threads
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L.A.'s Coke Bars: Where Everybody Knows Your Name (For Two Minutes In A Bathroom Stall)
We hardly need to tell you where to obtain your coke: Ever since the passage of the Los Angeles Cocaine Legalization Act of 2004, Hollywood's preferred social lubricant has been readily available at every Starbucks, Ralphs, and CostCo (at deep bulk discounts) in the city. However, we recognize that sometimes you'd like a little company when blowing rails, for while cutting up a couple of lines by yourself and settling in for a night of The Jeffersons reruns has its own rewards, there's really no substitute for crowding into a bathroom stall and enjoying the unique camaraderie of communing with strangers over a shared eight-ball. For those nights when you're craving some companionship, we point you to Gridskipper's guide to the local bars where you might find a new friend with whom to shovel some snow with a tiny spoon. An excerpt: More »
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By MarkComment by Lucia Toledo: Is it just me-- I live in NY but travel to LA often, on shall-we-say creative business-- or is all... more » | Other threads
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Teenage Singer Narrowly Avoids Citizen's Arrest By TMZ.com
The self-deputized Alcohol Beverage Control officers of TMZ.com have once again used their clever cover as celebrity-obsessed documentarians of the every entrance and egress of notable persons from local drinking establishments to spring a trap on the hotspot they've been assiduously monitoring for possible legal infractions, noting the presence of the 15-year-old "JoJo," allegedly a "pop tart" of some renown, at Hyde last night. Regrettably, a food-service loophole (undoubtedly the reason the venue offers its wholesome chocolate chip cookies) prevented TMZ from making a sidewalk jailbait-collar, but their camera-wielding citizen-deputies made a valiant attempt at salvaging the disappointing evening by shouting at Lindsay Lohan as she pulled away from the club, hoping to capture the kind of exclusive accident footage needed to adequately replace the clip they'd hoped to get of a teenager being jammed into the back of a police car. More »
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By MarkComment by raincoaster: Is Defamer being guest-edited by Popbitch today or something? Hey, is Joss Stone still jailbait, or is the manager she's living... more » | Other threads
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Things TMZ.com Saw While Standing Outside Of Hyde Last Night: A Round-Up
While they've always been the most faithful chronicler of the goings on outside of Hyde, the local establishment which currently plays host to Hollywood's peripatetic high school cafeteria, today TMZ.com seems particularly obsessed with documenting the action unfolding in the vicinity of the venue's front door, having already put up four Hyde-related posts by noon. A round-up of things More » -
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Hollywood BlowWatch: TMZ.com To Buy Eightball Of Strawberry Quik In Parking Lot Behind Hyde
After overhearing some suspiciously chatty, sniffling patron exiting Hyde talking excitedly about how he felt "like Strawberry Shortcake just peed down the back of my throat," TMZ.com's curiosity was aroused enough to try and find the source of this new buzz, confident that even the most cutting-edge club does not yet offer deviant, childhood-cartoon-character-based water sports. Today, they present the findings from their journey through the fruit-flavored underbelly of the local narcotics trade: More » -
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Hollywood ValetWatch: Jeremy Piven Range Rover Mix-Up Shocker!
TMZ.com's tireless dedication to the video documentation of the comings and goings of various celebrities from our city's many fine drinking establishments has once again yielded one of those priceless, only-in-front-of-an-exclusive-hotspot moments, as the webarazzi's all-seeing cameras captured a brief mix-up in which Jeremy Piven accidentally climbed inside another patron's vehicle at Hyde's valet stand. We know! In the clip, Piven quickly realizes that he's seated in the wrong Range Rover (Hollywood tip: merely telling a parking attendant "to bring around the Range Rover" is a tragically vague instruction likely to result in such an embarassing snafu), barely avoids a half-hearted hug-it-out from the car's rightful, too-handsy owner, and is eventually placed in his own SUV, which even the most addled valet should have been able to identify in the first place by its telltale, hood-mounted Emmy statuette and vanity PIVWEELZ plates. We're sure the proprieters of Hyde will take the necessary steps to ensure that such a mortifying error never happens again. More »
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By MarkComment by gwendemarco: I'm sure it's because he couldn't reach the foot pedals. more » | Other threads
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By MarkComment by The Gen X Eurotrash Jetsetter Club: Didn't Coca-cola do this a hundred years ago? Oh wait, they had the real stuff. Bummer about drug... more » | Other threads
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With No Use For Hyde's Baked Goods, Nicole Richie Turns To Tequila
Fox 411's Roger Friedman must have been too engrossed by shadowing Lindsay Lohan and waiting for her to pick up the bottle of water he needed to complete his anecdote about the actress's reformed, post-dehydration ways at Hyde on Monday night, or was otherwise too mesmerized by the scent of freshly baked cookies to notice the antics of Nicole Richie, who according to the NY Observer's Daily Transom blog, was putting on quite the Young Hollywood triple-threat performance of table dancing, genital-to-genital grinding, and public regurgitation in the very same, tiny celebrity clubhouse: More »
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By MarkComment by Get Euphemistic!: Classy! Also, I can't help but say that the phrase in the very same, tiny celebrity clubhouse is possibly even more... more » | Other threads
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The Five (Thousand) Celebrity People You Meet At Hyde
Imagine a place so tiny and densely packed with scene-whores, celebrities, and assorted industry VIP types that not even light (or an agent who's suddenly run out of coke and needs to call his connection before the mactress he's keeping high gets tired of him) can escape. If you can picture such a black hole of pure Hollywood clusterfuckery, you have a pretty good handle on the scene at Hyde. Because we know there is little in this world more satisfying than knowing who you weren't hanging out with last night behind the velvet rope, enjoy these reports of who turned up at Hyde last night, according to a pair of operatives: More »
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By MarkComment by raincoaster: Yep, PR. But ya know, it's pretty good PR. At least it's:A) amusing and B) on Defamer Could do a lot... more » | Other threads
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Amanda Scheer Demme Moving To The Private Scenewhore Sector
Amanda Scheer Demme, the nightlife Cerberus who once stood ferocious guard at the Trop's velvet-roped gate, has been quietly plotting her return since being cast from her celebrity-clusterfuck Hades. According to Page Six, Demme plans on taking the party to private homes, where she'll take on role of overly permissive mom to her extended family of spoiled celebubrats: More »
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By SethComment by RonMwangaguhunga: Something tells me Lindsay Lohan is not entirely unfamiliar with a party over a sink. more » | Other threads
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Roosevelt Recaptures Glimpse Of Recent Glory Days
Things at the Roosevelt have seemed eerily quiet since management cast out erstwhile Queen of Hollywood Nightlife Amanda Scheer Demme from the celebrity-fellating Eden she'd lovingly established on their premises, but today's Page Six reports that the hotel may have recaptured a little bit of its former velvet rope magic this weekend: More »
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By MarkComment by livingblinditem: Shocking, indeed. But not surprising...seems Paramount / Roosevelt / PageSix have a strange relationship going on. First it was some... more » | Other threads
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Defamer Party Report: The Stone Rose Opening
We've been unexpectedly graced with two reports of last night's opening party for nightlife impresario Rande "I'm Married To Cindy Crawford" Gerber's new celebrity-strewn watering hole at the Sofitel, the Stone Rose. Before we even get to obligatory B- and C-list roll call, let us tease you with this snippet of Actual, Unironic Hollywood Conversation overheard by one of our operatives: More » -
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Great Moments In Velvet Rope History: Hyde Turns Away Obnoxious Billionaire
Those who feel that potty-mouthed oil heir/goodwill ambassador to Hollywood nightclubs Brandon Davis' media caning following his instant-classic Shitfaced Firecrotch Diatribe was not sufficient punishment for his pube-denigrating transgressions will be delighted by the following NY Observer report, in which Davis returned to the scene of his crime and was promptly issued the clubmonkey equivalent of being publicly urinated upon: More »
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By MarkComment by livingblinditem: I've met that girl once...she doesnt have the best taste in moms either. more » | Other threads
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Swinging Producers Ready To Shoot Fame-Seeking Fish In Tiny Nightclub Barrel
If you've put off trying to infiltrate Hyde, the current hottest and most exclusive celebrity-jammed glory hole in all of Hollywood, for fear of winding up collateral damage in a hair-yanking disagreement between Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, it might be time to take the risk. Especially if you're trying to "make it in the business," as Rush & Molloy report that the club's clientele now officially includes high-profile producer types out trolling for tail: More »
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By MarkComment by QuasiInformed: That picture makes me think Steve Bing may be morphing into Cabbage Head (Kids in the Hall? . . .... more » | Other threads
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Brandon Davis Vs. Lindsay Lohan: The Apology
No arc in the smash hit youth drama Greasy Heirs has captivated audiences more than the Shitfaced Brandon Davis Firecrotch Diatribe A-plot, in which our moist, husky hero learns an important life lesson regarding the dangers of being too forthcoming with one's distaste for carrotbottomed girls. In today's heartwarming, road-to-resolution episode, Davis apologizes to besmirched-landing-strip victim Lindsay Lohan: More »
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By SethComment by Trixie from Toronto: Jacques, perhaps it's because I'm a mother, but strangely enough, whenever the Cackling Skank Club of One is in the... more » | Other threads
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Brandon Davis Vs. Lindsay Lohan: Lohan Questioned About Firecrotch Incident
TMZ.com's unquestioned dominance of the sidewalks outside of various Hollywood drinking establishments has finally yielded new footage advancing the storyline of the Shitfaced Brandon Davis Firecrotch Diatribe affair, as the website's egress-haunting videographers caught Lindsay Lohan at Shag the other night, shouting, "Did you see the video?" as she exited the new club. Lohan wisely refrained from answering in the affirmative or rebutting Davis's earlier, drunken denoucement of her shockingly meager $7 million personal worth as she fled for the safety of her automobile, where, thankfully, no TMZ camera crew was waiting to ask her, "But what about the firecrotch, Lindsay? Are you red down there?" a query they are no doubt saving for their next encounter in front of Privilege later this week. More »
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By MarkComment by Rick Paulas: After seeing that video of Verne Troyer getting behind the wheel, I will never talk on my cell phone while... more » | Other threads
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Defamer Employment: The Roosevelt Regroups, Restaffs
Defamer is committed to bringing together those who've spent their lives honing an impressive repertoire of salutations and organizations looking to make a clean break from their recent, customer-hostile pasts. The Roosevelt Hotel, home of infamously exclusive celebrity glory-holes Tropicana Bar and Teddy's, turns to Craiglist's inexhaustible talent pool to officially end the Amanda Scheer Demme Era: More » -
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Amanda Scheer Demme Still Looking For Work
Even without a venue in which she can adequately ply her celebrity-pampering trade, temporarily clubless nightlife queen-in-exile Amanda Scheer Demme name is still making frequent appearances in the gossip sheets. (And, occasionally, in the NY Times) Today's Page Six keeps her personal brand alive with an update from Demmeland: More » -
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The LA Times Infiltrates Xenii, Finds Exactly What You Might Expect
Perhaps inspired by Paula Abdul's alleged agent-inflicted attack at one of its recent events, the LAT ventures out to floating party Xenii (a mere seven months after the NY Times dropped by, but who's counting?) to see what all the cool kids are up to these days. For those too unfashionable to have heard of Xenii, it's an exclusive, semisecretive, members-only, Entourage-meets-Warhol's-Factory, traveling after-hours gathering where guys pay dues for the privilege of hanging around with beautiful women and celebrities without being stungunned by their bodyguards. Still not getting it? Here's a sample of what a man's $650 to $4,500 monthly membership gets him, courtesy of the Times: More »
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By MarkComment by Double Banger: "Xen" is like totally the new "uber" (sorry, don't know how to make an umlat). Everything cool now begins... more » | Other threads
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Jeremy Piven Saves The World, One Drunken Clubgoer At A Time
TMZ.com's paparazzi video of Jeremy Piven carrying an incapacitated woman on the sidewalk outside of new club Shag might look like the actor merely dropped by for some take-out, but such misunderstandings are why publicists have jobs: More »
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By MarkComment by ILikeSalads: Actually a "fireman's carry" is over the shoulder. I was once carried out of a club myself that way.... more » | Other threads
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Defamer Party Promotions: Celebrate 25 Years Of The Lesser Darth Vader
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Amanda Scheer Demme Temporarily Humbled By Firing
The NY Times' Sharon Waxman traveled deep into Amanda Scheer Demme's Fortress of Velvet Rope Solitude (tragically located in unfashionable Studio City) in an attempt to sort out why the temporarily clubless nightlife queen-in-exile was cast out of the celebrity-fellating Eden she so lovingly created at the Roosevelt Hotel, and to learn a little about the woman behind the clipboard-wielding legend: More » -
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Hollywood PrivacyWatch Special Breakfast Edition: Driving Miss Demme
This just in from an operative reporting on Hollywood nightlife queen-in-exile Amanda Scheer Demme's current whereabouts: More » -
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Amanda Scheer Demme: Out At Roosevelt, In At Location TBD
We hate to think we'd left you in a state of suspense regarding Amanda Scheer Demme's various nightlife interests after yesterday's post about her alleged shitcanning by her bosses at the Roosevelt Hotel. Both TMZ and Page Six have updates about Demme's fate, which her reps are spinning as a "buyout" (which seems technically true, since we assume it would cost the hotel some cash to tear up her contract). Says TMZ: More » -
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Amanda Scheer Demme To Be Cast Out Of Her Celebrity-Worshipping Eden?
Is Amanda Scheer Demme's reign of celebrity-fellating terror about to end at the Roosevelt Hotel? Today's Page Six reports that the Roosevelt's owners are trying to tear up her contract to operate the poolside Tropicana Bar and her personal Batcave of exclusivity, Teddy's, due to clashes with the city and before a potentially damaging Rolling Stone profile hits the streets: More »
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By MarkComment by Bubba Barney: This reminded me that I had a dream once where I was waiting in line and Tasered her. The rest... more » | Other threads
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Big Bust At Mood Doesn't Cuff Any Underage Celebrities
TMZ.com's web-enabled stalkerazzi have continued their crusade against the scourge of underage drinking at clubs in Hollywood Boulevard's storied Morality Corridor, capturing video of a bust at celeb-infested boozehole Mood late last night while trolling for evidence of the sub-21 celebrity set entering the bar. They did get footage of 19-year-old, famous-esque Laguna Beach personality Kristin Cavallari, as well as some of a 17-year-old (pictured at left) being led away in handcuffs for sneaking into the club with fake ID. Reports TMZ: More » -
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SkyBark: Never Party Without Your Pet Again
Perhaps the best thing about living in this amazing city of ours is that on an almost daily basis, we're introduced to some new abomination that may finally cause the earth beneath us to open up and mercifully swallow this silly place whole. We give you SkyBark, a space where you and your beloved canine sidekick can indulge your behind-the-velvet-rope lifestyles together. From the bar's introductory press release: More » -
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Under Fire, Amanda Scheer Demme Embraces The Jews
As if featuring club staple Jeremy Piven on smarm-overload in its nightlife issue weren't enough entertainment for a single magazine, Los Angeles might have also incited a war between two of Hollywood's foremost practitioners of the celebrity-fellating arts, Tropicana/Teddy's queen Amanda Scheer Demme and promoter Brent Bolthouse. Says Page Six: More » -
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Breaking! Underage Stars Party At Hollywood Clubs!
The web-enabled stalkerazzi at TMZ.com staked out Hollywood Boulevard, and after untold man-hours spent monitoring the comings and going of clubgoers, have finally blown the lid off one of the nightlife industry's dirtiest and best-kept secrets: Underage celebrities frequent establishments where alcohol is served. In addition to a (shocking!) photo of 18-year-old Jesse McCartney clutching a Corona (likely alcohol content: 4.5 percent), the site has (jaw-dropping!) video of some of your favorite teen stars brazenly patronizing bars: More »
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