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96 Arrested In Massive San Diego State Inter-Fraternity Coke Ring
A year ago this month this pretty young San Diego State University Alpha Phi sister Jennifer Poliakoff died tragically at age 19 of what appeared to be alcohol poisoning. Well, it turned out to be a cocaine overdose... and the coke turned out to be pretty strong... and then someone else died at a SDSU frat house, and, well, to make a long story short, it turned out the San Diego State Greek system was operating a drug ring so massive and highly-connected it sounds like the stuff of an Akon interview, except it is true. (And we thought college Greek organizations/San Diego State students were good for nothing!) Today the San Diego feds announced they had arrested 96 young people in conjunction with the drug ring , 75 of whom were students, in connection with the drug ring. And if you're like me, you're thinking, "Too bad, those were probably 75 of the smartest kids on campus." More »
Kate Moss is reportedly getting hitched to Jamie Hince, possibly on September 6 (smack dab in the middle of New York Fashion Week.) According to the Sun, the two will get married in a place called "Wapping Food," which, although it sounds like a station in the Australian outback, is actually an art gallery. Whatever, no matter where it is we're sure there will be enough cocaine there for everyone. [The Sun UK]
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Lindsay's New Role: Cokehead?
- A fight broke out on the set of Pharrell's new video a few hours before Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson showed up. Oh, and the N.E.R.D. song, "Everybody Nose," is about girls waiting on line for a club bathroom to do coke. [Page Six]
- Hey, guess who is making a cameo appearance in that video about cocaine? Your girl Lindsay! Classy. [Perez Hilton]
- Contrary to earlier reports, a source says Lindsay's album is on track to be released this fall. [People]
- As previously reported, Anne Hathaway's boyfriend, Italian property developer Raffaelo Follieri, was arrested for trying to pass a bad check for $250,000. [People]
- Also as previously reported: Naomi Campbell was arrested after a kerfluffle at Heathrow's Terminal 5, after a dispute involving a missing piece of luggage. Since Terminal 5 opened last week, more than 28,000 bags have been separated from their owners. Naomi is out on bail and must report to the police station in late May. [Yahoo News]
- There's some new strain of medical marijuana people are calling "Tom Cruise Purple" and guess whose lawyers are investigating? Spoil sport. [Rush & Molloy]
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Bobby Brown: "I Never Used Cocaine Until I Met Whitney"
- OMG Bobby Brown's autobiography is going to be sofa king awesome: "I never used cocaine until after I met Whitney. Before then, I had experimented with other drugs, but marijuana was my drug of choice. At one point in my life, I used drugs uncontrollably. I was using everything I could get my hands on, from cocaine to heroin, weed and cooked cocaine." [Page Six]
- Madonna donated 100 copes of Vanity Fair to the Kabbalah Centre. You know, the one with her on the cover. Soooo generous. [Page Six]
- Beyoncé and Jay-Z: Getting married this Friday??? [Perez Hilton]
- Jay-Z is on the verge of a $150 million deal with Live Nation — one of the biggest music contracts ever. Would getting married first mean Beyoncé could be all, what's yours is mine? [Reuters]
- Jessica Alba's unborn baby is a girl, and will be named Honor Warren. [Star]
drunkorexia
Eating Disorders Can Turn You Into An Alcoholic. Is That So Bad?
Why will an anorexic tormented by the prospect of eating a single grape gladly knock back a few glasses of wine? The New York Times pondered the dilemma of "drunkorexia" this weekend and came up generally with the answer: because it makes you drunk, duh, and drunkenness cures everything, including most of the brain activity responsible for most humans' general malaise. I would also add that wine tastes a lot better than grapes, or indeed, most foods, or that, in fact, most alcoholic beverages taste better than most foods, which is why beer forms the foundation of the food pyramid I established when I was masterminding the "Jezebel Diet." Then there is the fact that if you are one of those people who feels fat all the time, the alcohol kind of solves that problem, and the fact that it can jump-start a faulty upchuck engine, if you're into that. More »
rag trade
Mary-Kate Olsen To Emerge From Hole For Fashion
- M-K Olsen is supposedly venturing out of her Salinger-esque hiding to attend the Giambattista Valli show today. [Fashion Week Daily]
- Too bad, because also in MK news: she is writing a book! With Ashley, about (what else?!) her inimitable style. We assume this means she'll also go on the road promoting it, as opposed to hiding it away to be unearthed at her death with her bottles of pills and thousands of empty Venti Starbucks cups. [Sassybella]
- Meanwhile, Giambattista Valli is a fan of Obama. [Fashion Week Daily]
- Erin Fetherston: The movie. Starring Zooey Deschanel and Kirsten Dunst. Based on Romeo & Juliet. We're, er, skeptical. [Nylon]
- Designer logos made with cocaine. [NY Mag]
Paco, a crude, yellow-colored type of crack cocaine is ravaging the slums of Ciudad Oculta, Argentina, and one mother is doing her part to stop the vicious cycle. Bilma Acuña, 46, has formed a support group for mothers of Paco addicts, and according to the IHT, Bilma " fields dozens of calls a week from mothers seeking help with their children's addictions. She refers some to government-run psychiatric clinics, and urges others, some of whom are recovering from addiction themselves, to join the group." Her life has been ravaged by drugs: one of Bilma's sons, David, was killed by drug dealers at 16. Two of her other sons, Eche and Leandro, are addicted to Paco. Eche has been drug-free since October (and his fourth stint in rehab) and told the IHT, "Right now I can see all the little kids lining up to buy...Paco is a plague. Somehow we need to protect them from this." [IHT]
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"Next Top Model" Jaslene Gonzalez Smiles With Her Eyes, Books Job
- ANTM cycle 8 winner Jaslene Gonzalez: Now the face of Lot29. What? A Top Model winner actually booked a job after wrapping the show? [WWD, sub req'd]
- Yes, still more on model Gemma Ward's film debut in The Black Balloon: Her character's name is Jackie. Jackie helps her boyfriend learn to accept his brother's autism. Also, Ward will be starring in another movie coming out this year, a thriller titled The Strangers which co-stars Liv Tyler. [WWD, 1st item]
- The new Versace fragrance is supposed to smell lke Donatella and its bottle is supposed to look like a Versace dress. We assume this means it actually smells like cocaine and cigarettes. [BellaSugar]
- Video! Marc Jacobs interviews Jennifer Jason Leigh, still has blue hair. [MySpace]
Reader Roundup
Best Comment of the Day, in response to When Does A Baby Get Too Old For You To Snort Cocaine In Front Of It?: "this gives baby bump a whole new meaning." We say: both kinds make us jittery. • Worst, in response to Saudi Rape Victim Pardoned Due To "Psychological Effects": "He's not a woman so obviously the Jezzies wouldn't care about him. You never see a commenter claiming to have cried/puked/gotten drunk over a post about a man being victimized." We say: OMG! The Lesbian Feminazi Bonerkillers strike again!!! We're fixin' to castrate the mens and eat the babiez.
Best Comment of the Day, in response to When Does A Baby Get Too Old For You To Snort Cocaine In Front Of It?: "this gives baby bump a whole new meaning." We say: both kinds make us jittery. • Worst, in response to Saudi Rape Victim Pardoned Due To "Psychological Effects": "He's not a woman so obviously the Jezzies wouldn't care about him. You never see a commenter claiming to have cried/puked/gotten drunk over a post about a man being victimized." We say: OMG! The Lesbian Feminazi Bonerkillers strike again!!! We're fixin' to castrate the mens and eat the babiez.
rag trade
Will Roberto Cavalli Manage To Make Wine Tacky Too?
- Roberto Cavalli is now in the wine business. We hope it comes with a leopard print label! [WWD, 1st item]
- Diane Lane is the latest Neutrogena "brand ambassador." Jesus Christ do we hate that term. [WWD, 2nd item]
- Marcus Wilmont and Maki Aminaka Lofvander won England's Fashion Fringe award for their label Aminaka Wilmont. The collection they showed was inspired by the idea of "a serial killer model." Incidentally, Naomi Campbell "burst into spontaneous applause from her spot on the front row when they sent their first model down the catwalk." [Vogue UK]
- Jimmy Choo CEO Tamara Mellon's ex-husband Matthew on his former wife: "When your wife makes $100 million during the course of your marriage, it's quite a shocker . . . I felt like my masculinity had been stripped from me. I feel like my b - - - s are in a jar, like a Damien Hirst artwork on the mantelpiece." [NY Post]
The water-based rides at theme parks have always scared the bejesus out of us, and this only confirms our fears: Disneyland, it seems, is having a big problem preventing people from scattering their loved ones' cremated remains around their favorite rides. [ABC 7 News]
A Weak Dollar Means More Expensive Imports
The price of cocaine has shot up 44 percent nationwide since January, spurred by increased (effective) enforcement. The average price increase in New York is 50 percent, though, because everything is always more expensive in New York. East Coast cops agree that the short supply is the major culprit of the rise in prices and that your friendly neighborhood crack dealer is probably mixing even more weird shit than usual into your rock. This is why I stick to alcohol. [Washington Post]
The price of cocaine has shot up 44 percent nationwide since January, spurred by increased (effective) enforcement. The average price increase in New York is 50 percent, though, because everything is always more expensive in New York. East Coast cops agree that the short supply is the major culprit of the rise in prices and that your friendly neighborhood crack dealer is probably mixing even more weird shit than usual into your rock. This is why I stick to alcohol. [Washington Post]
Radar magazine reports that Kate Moss is on a downward spiral. The magazine takes a look at Moss' cover photos from the model's 15+ year career and attempts to shows how she's progressed from then to now. Memo to Radar: That's not a downward spiral. That's called aging. And aging pretty gracefully, considering the coke habit! [Radar]
Good news for Lindsay Lohan, Kate Moss, etc.: British plastic surgeons have developed a way to fix "cocaine nose," which is basically the disintegration of the septum due to excessive drug-snorting. [Guardian]
fashion victims
Donatella Versace's Not-So-Gilded Designer Age
At twelve, Donatella had her first highlights— "'Lighter and lighter and lighter,' I told them!" she recalled. At fourteen, she was suspended from school for wearing eyeliner to rival Cleopatra's; by sixteen, she was a platinum blonde.This chronology is courtesy of writer Lauren Collins, who, in this week's New Yorker, offers up a strangely moving portrait of designer Donatella Versace. Yes, of course, as Collins aptly points out, there are the elements of the perverse surrounding the designer and her famous family — as Collins puts it, "When was the last time you saw a pubescent boy on YouTube impersonating Donna Karan?" — but there is also something charmingly vulnerable about a group of individuals so enmeshed in its own over-the-top fantasy world. (During a earthquake, relates Donatella's ex-husband, the designer called out for her face creams. She also travels with her own furniture so she can bring her home with her everywhere.)
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Uh oh! The models may not be coming! To New York Fashion Week, that is. The au current girls (and yes, we mean girls) from the Eastern-bloc countries are having trouble getting their visas, which means there may be fewer models appearing in the shows. Also, less models = more cocaine for those who are there! This is gonna be one helluva season. [Fashionista]
rag trade
The Gap's New Ad Campaign Sounds... Incredibly Groundbreaking!
- We are apparently the only people who were moved to buy Gap's skinny pants by those Audrey Hepburn TV commercials because, this year, the retailer's campaign is print-only, featuring famous and semi-famous people in black and white magazine spreads. [We saw it in 'Vanity Fair' and it is soooooo alluring. -Ed] [NYT]
- Unacceptable Marc Jacobs item of the day: Happy Meal-inspired boxed-sets of baby items. [Vogue UK]
- Kate Moss's new fragrance is a floral musk, which expresses "the personality of Kate Moss in this duality." We assume her Pete Doherty-shagging side is represented in the "musk", which is, ahem, a kind way of describing the scent of cold sweat and junkie toilet. [WWD, sub req'd]
