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O'Donnell.

"Never Get a Lesbian Haircut," and Other Moments From the Matrix Awards

The invitation to the 2011 Matrix Awards, which salute women in various communications fields, announced with more than a hint of glee that this year's master of ceremonies would be Sandra Lee of Albany, N.Y. They were counting their... MORE >

By Nate Freeman | April 12, 2011 | 8:07 pm
LiLo.

Ayyy! When LiLo Met Fonzie

The Lindsay Lohan post-rehab goodwill tour made an impromptu stop at Don Hill's last week at the after-party for the premiere of Ceremony. Henry Winkler was on hand to support his son Max, the film's director, but LiLo managed... MORE >

By Nate Freeman | April 12, 2011 | 8:01 pm

The Great Game

"We like spies," said Ken Auletta. The Transom was at a book party Wednesday night for Jennet Conant's A Covert Affair, which concerns Julia Child's O.S.S. service, talking with the New Yorker writer and with Sports Illustrated group editor... MORE >

By Dan Duray | April 12, 2011 | 8:00 pm

The Way We Were

On Thursday evening, after a screening of his new Civil War film, The Conspirator, Robert Redford was describing his personal political evolution, which began at age 13 with an award from his U.S. senator, Richard Nixon. "I didn't know anything... MORE >

By Reid Pillifant | April 12, 2011 | 7:59 pm
Not winning anymore.

Caligula Plays Rome: The Great Ship Charlie Sheen Wrecks at Radio City

They wore absurd pompadours and giant paisleys. They were many-chinned and Naugahyde-skinned. Milling around Radio City, some of them looked like somebody there owed them money, and some like they were afraid of being served with court papers. They... MORE >

By Dana Vachon | April 12, 2011 | 7:54 pm

The Picky Ladies Who Power Lunch: Exclusive Art Group Turns 30, Lowers Standards

There's a Sex and the City episode where Carrie buys a new pair of Manolos and a dress that costs "a month's rent" to show up Big's wife Natasha at the prestigious "Women in the Arts"... MORE >

By Rachel Corbett | April 12, 2011 | 7:49 pm
Genevieve Jones, at the New Museum Spring Gala.

The View From the 45th Floor

Dinner was winding up at the Interview-sponsored New Museum Spring Gala at 7 World Trade Center, and an influx of new guests, given miniature bells on wire to hang from their clothes as party favors, braved the vertiginous 45-story... MORE >

By Daniel D'Addario | April 12, 2011 | 7:48 pm
Art

Flash of New Talent: Photography Auctions Embrace Some New Stars

Auctions are nothing if not ruthless. Last week, Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips held multimillion-dollar spring photography sales of a combined 644 images. The results offered clues, as the art market continues to thaw from the 2008 recession, as to... MORE >

By Julia Halperin | April 12, 2011 | 7:47 pm

Ed Cox and the Republican Civil War

Ed Lurie was sipping wine at the end of a long bar off of Union Square on a recent Monday evening and contemplating the future of the Republican Party. "I guess if you have a father-in-law who was president... MORE >

By David Freedlander | April 12, 2011 | 7:45 pm
When men were men.

It's Raining on Men: Balls Deep at the Conference on Male Studies

"The Greatest Generation were men," insisted Gordon E. Finley, a professor of psychology at Florida International University. He was onstage last Wednesday in a second-floor meeting room at the New York Academy of Medicine, where the Male Studies Foundation... MORE >

By Jonathan Liu | April 12, 2011 | 7:39 pm

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