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Countess LuAnn de Lesseps
 

 
Cognac interviews the celebrities including the Countess at Help For Orphans Fundraiser

The glamorous Realty Star of “Real Housewives of NYC,” is about to get ready to promote her book.  The Countess De Lesseps is part-Algonquin Indian and grew up in the Connecticut suburbs and became a registered nurse before morphing into modeling and marrying into royalty, has penned “Class With the Countess: How to Live with Elegance and Flair.” In my last interview with the Countess at Sarah Ehrlich’s fundraiser Help For Orphans LuAnn mentioned that the book will be  out in April from Gotham. “Social graces have been tossed out the window with the plastic containers,” she writes. “And yet, I sense a growing desire for manners, refinement and consideration.”

Reports last August, revealed she stunned guests at the Southampton wedding of BlueStar Jets owner Todd Rome to Vanessa Brahms at Nello Summertimes by commandeering the mike from Andy Hilfiger’s band, singing two songs and knocking over the drum set.

Then she tried “to make out with women and married men. A pregnant wife caught her husband in the act, stormed off and walked home in disgust,” Page Six reveals.

Her husband, French aristocrat Alexandre Count de Lesseps, “was seen throwing her to the ground in the parking lot. She wasn’t just kissing the married men; she was also grabbing their [crotches],” Page Six reported.

LuAnn angrily denied the behavior, Good for you LuAnn don’t let them get away with writing such slander about you.  I know the Countess and she would never behave in any appropriate manner.  Page Six just wants to sell newspapers.

In her upcoming book, she writes: “As far as I’m concerned, class is an attitude. It’s all about confidence and is evident in the way you treat other people.” She adds: “You behave differently with your dry cleaner . . . or your husband of 10 years or a man you want to attract. But it is all seduction. Though passionate seductions are the greatest, it is everyday seductions that make you feel alive.”

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 Kate Winslet won for Best Supporting actress, “The Reader”

 Ensemble Winners from 30 Rock

One of the most exciting places in the world this evening was Hollywood at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.  this year the event was held live from Los Angeles’ Shrine Exposition Center. Both leading actors of “30 Rock” take a kudo during the early announcement of its winners. Alec Baldwin wins Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series while Tina Fey grabs the Female category.

Christina Applegate at the Screen Actors Guild Awards

Anne Hathaway Looking glam on the red carpet

Complete list of winners at 15th annual SAG Awards
By The Associated Press –

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Complete list of winners of the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Movies:

_Cast: “Slumdog Millionaire.”

_Actor in a leading role: Sean Penn, “Milk.”

_Actress in a leading role: Meryl Streep, “Doubt.”

_Supporting actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight.”

_Supporting actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader.”

_Stunt ensemble: “The Dark Knight.”

Television:

_Drama series cast: “Mad Men.”

_Actor in a drama series: Hugh Laurie, “House.”

_Actress in a drama series: Sally Field, “Brothers & Sisters.”

_Comedy series cast: “30 Rock.”

_Actor in a comedy series: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock.”

_Actress in a comedy series: Tina Fey, “30 Rock.”

_Actor in a movie or miniseries: Paul Giamatti, “John Adams.”

_Actress in a movie or miniseries: Laura Linney, “John Adams.”

_Stunt ensemble: “Heroes.”

Life Achievement: James Earl Jones.

Congratulations to this years winners!

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Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett

IS Kirsten Dunst Josh Hartnett once again a romantic item? They’ve been linked to each other on and off for a year, and a source reveals they saw them at Blue Ribbon Sushi on Sullivan Street Thursday night. “They were whispering and smiling at each other,” said the onlooker. “At times it looked like she wanted to grab his hand, but stopped. She was especially smitten with him.” Hartnett has recently been linked to Rihanna and Sienna Miller, and Dunst has been spotted with Justin Long and Ryan Gosling.
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President Barack Obama
THE year 2008 wasn’t grim for magazine sales, but it was great for Barack Obama. Time featured the new president on its cover a staggering 13 times, while Newsweek put him on 11 times. “Obama has become a one-man stimulus media package,” author Michael Levine told Page Six. But some editors may have been motivated more by ideology than profit. Die-hard Democrat Jann Wenner put Obama on the cover of Rolling Stone four times last year, but the magazine’s best seller was its July 20 issue with the Jonas Brothers. Sex still sells. New York magazine’s spring fashion issue featuring Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe was its top newsstand seller. Its worst seller was a “Post-Crime” cover studying trends in law-breaking. Some results left editors scratching their heads. Vogue’s November issue with Reese Witherspoon did best, but October with equally lovely and talented Rachel Weisz did worst.

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 Liliana Dominguez

Chic young Mexican expatriates in Manhattan are loco about el presidente. The other night they gathered at Mañana restaurant for a feast they called Obama Te Ama (Obama Loves You). Consensus choice for It-girl was Liliana Dominguez (above), who bares all in the new print campaign for Tom Ford. “Every bachelor, married man and gay man there was chasing her around,” laughed one Obamaniac. Also hoisting the Inocente tequila margaritas were co-hosts J.P. Gutfreund and Michel Heredia, designer Brian Reyes, Yaz and Valentin Hernandez and Andrew Bolton, from the Costume Institute.

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Cognac Strolls on the Champs Elysees in Paris

Cognac visits the Eiffel Tower after a dinner cruise on the Seine River in Paris

Cognac enjoys the exciting Parisian nightlife at the famous Lido de Paris on the Champs Elysees

Cognac sips champagne at the legendary Moulin Rouge in Paris, France

Cognac visits the Palace of Versailles the home of Queen Marie Antoinette

Cognac visits Montmarte and dines at the oldest French Restaurant Maison Catherine

Cognac visits Composer Chopin and Rock Star Jim Morrison’s grave at the Paris Cemetary

Cognac is invited to a Madonna Lookalike Contest at Le Tango Nightclub in Paris France

Cognac visits the Champs Elysees one more last time and chats with Parisians

Join me as I tour Paris France in this titillating travelogue of the hottest most elegant spots in the most romantic city in the world. I stroll along the Champs Elysees amidst crowds of ogling fans at charming cafes, then attends a Madonna lookalike contest at the underground gay nightclub LeTango hosted by Madame Chervais. I tour the Palace of Versailles, the home of the last queen of France Marie Antoinette and the Louvre museum. The trip also includes the exciting Parisian nightlife at the famous Lido de Paris and the legendary world famous Moulin Rouge to the Bohemian artist of Montmarte, art galleries and the famous cemetery of Paris where famous composer Chopin and the Doors Jim Morrison is laid to rest.

There is no city like it in the world. There is no such thing as a bad restaurant in Paris and Parisians drink champagne for breakfast lunch and dinner and you never get a headache darlings, because the champagne is the best champagne you could possibly consume.

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Helen Gurley Brown

 
The suits at Hearst have been itching to ax legendary Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown out of the top job at Cosmopolitan for more than 10 years as circulation slipped – but it took a series of impolitic boners she uttered about sexual harassment and AIDS for the ax to finally drop, a new book reveals.

“In the end, Helen Gurley Brown would prove an exceedingly difficult person to nudge from her coveted but comfortable position, and it took another decade for Hearst executives to force the issue,” Jennifer Scanlon writes in “Bad Girls Go Everywhere,” due from Oxford in April.

Brown was compelled to step down in 1996 following 32 years as Cosmo’s editor-in-chief after a number of incidents:

* When asked if sexual harassment existed at Cosmo in the wake of Anita Hill’s testimony that Supreme Court pick Clarence Thomas had harassed her for years, Brown cheekily responded: “I certainly hope so. The problem is that we don’t have enough men to go around for harassing.”

* She referred to Oregon Sen. Bob Packwood, accused by 10 women of making unwanted sexual advances, as “poor old Senator Packwood,” and scolded one journo, “My darling, would you please remember that he was one of the congressmen who supported legal abortion. He was one of us, so we have to forgive him for being a jerk.”

* She ran a piece titled “Reassuring News About AIDS” reporting that women whose lovers were neither homosexual, bisexual or intravenous drug users faced little risk. Brown said, “We spent such a long time getting sexual equality for women, and just when we’re beginning to enjoy ourselves, somebody’s got to come along and say sex kills.” AIDS activists howled, but Brown has since been proven right.

“In the end, [Brown] would have to be pushed out,” writes Scanlon. But Brown, who turns 87 next month, told a reporter at the time her “firing” was “done with all kinds of consolation prizes . . . money, contracts, perks, flowers and a new Mercedes-Benz.”

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Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige got a suprise 38th birthday bash. The singer’s manager and husband, Kendu Isaacs, invited Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Russell Simmons, Busta Rhymes and embattled Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury to toast Blige at an intimate surprise party at Mr. West Lounge on Saturday night. The 70 guests drank champagne and vodka and ate a cake so large that it had to be carried out by two people.

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Eva Longoria in lipstick red Reem Acra
Kate Beckinsale was stunning in her structured J. Mendel gown
Kate Winslet looks so modern-day black tie in her YSL.
Eva Mendes was perfectly dramatic in Dior and turquoise jewels
Anne Hathaway was a doll in her blue beaded Armani Prive

The Golden Globes are back in full force and glamorous Movie Star Jennifer Lopez was the first presenter looking lile Golden Trophy herself wearing a golden gown designed by Brit label Marchesa.