Last night at the Hammerstein Ballroom, a mixed bag of celebrities gathered to roast Donald Trump for a Comedy Central special to air March 15. Mr. Trump, who had said on the red carpet that he did the roast in order to get paid and funnel that money to charity, sat rather gamely on a stage bedecked with ersatz gold buildings and the Trump logo-even after Seth MacFarlane, roast master, said that his "resting... MORE >
The New York Times' Roger Cohen bravely accepts the job of moderating Rep. Anthony Weiner and former Rep. Brian Baird, as they discuss Israel, the Middle East, the Goldstone Report and other light topics this Thursday. Weiner is, of course, known for his verbal... MORE >
Men's Fashion Week may have wrapped up in Paris on Wednesday, but a few New York gents invented an entirely new trend Thursday evening at the Park Avenue Armory: suits paired with duck boots. The Observer spotted several guys at the Winter Antiques Show's Young Collectors Night sporting the fashionably questionable but seasonally necessary look-including one brave young man in full white-tie top hat and tails, with his trousers tucked carelessly into a large... MORE >
