• Mike Tyson arrested. It’s funny how biting someone’s ear off can then make simple assault seem like any old Wednesday. [CNN]

• Lou Dobbs resigns. [NYT]

• Eater’s Ben Leventhal opening a restaurant. Blogger/something is so obviously the next obvious slashie after model. [GrubSt]

• Dina Lohan says ex husband Michael is dangerous. And that, my friends, is your latest news from Crazy Town. [ONTD]

• Warhol piece sells for forty million. [NYP]

• Manolo sale! [Racked]

Union Square used to be a nexus of bleeding edge nightlife. 33 Union Sq. West housed the second incarnation of Andy Warhol’s Factory. His favorite LSD-saturated haunt, Max’s Kansas City, was a few blocks north. And the late Palladium (now an NYU dorm, natch) was a stone’s throw away on 14th St. Now, a team of nightlife vets hopes to revive the magic with the Union Square Lounge. More»

• A Brooklyn woman cleaned out her closet and found an Andy Warhol self-portrait which had been given to her by the singer in 1967, and it’s now being auctioned off at Sotheby’s for at least $1 million.  So. You know. Clean your closets, everybody. [NY Post]

• Need a little help with your Halloween costume? Here are some salons that specialize in Halloween makeup and hair. [NY Mag]

• Leona Lewis turned down a chance to kiss Chace Crawford in her music video, to which we say, WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING? [People]

• There’s a battle waging over who gets to turn old church on Central Park South into a restaurant. [Eater]

• A chart showing Gawker’s site hits vs. NY and LA Times. [Business Insider]

[All photos by DAVID X PRUTTING for PMc]. Yesterday, Bazaar Editor-in-Chief Glenda Bailey hostessed a preview of “Andy Warhol: The Bazaar Years,” at the Alexey Brodovitch Gallery in Hearst Tower. Behnaz Sarafpour, Tory Burch, Victor Demarchelier, Fern Mallis and Cornelia Guest showed to see the pop icon’s presence throughout the magazine in the 50’s and 60’s. This exhibit glimpse came as a new book about the artist, “Pop: The Genius of Andy Warhol,” celebrated its launch, downtown. More»

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Last night the New York Academy of Art held its 18th annual Take Home a Nude art auction and party at Sotheby’s. Greg Lauren, Elizabeth Berkley, Heather Graham, Eileen Guggenheim, Cindy Adams, Gigi Mortimer, Liev Schreiber, a pregnant, glowing Padma Lakshmi, Kate and Andy Spade, Thom Browne, Jim Nelson and Evan Yurman showed to raise their paddles in support of need-based scholarships More»

While we were chatting with society photog Patrick McMullan, he made the bold statement that the Boom Boom Room in the Standard Hotel was the biggest opening since Studio 54. After considering it, he might be right (the man’s definitely an authority, having been to both).  Just sitting in Andre Balazs’s new spot, you can feel the scene. There’s a certain energy in the air. That got us thinking, what really would make a new Studio 54? Since we love spending time during one of the busiest weeks of our year  thoughtlessly pondering, here’s what we came up with… More»

[Lisa Anastos, Patrick McMullan, Sara Switzer. All photos by CLINT SPAULDING for PMc]

Vanity Fair and Bob Colacello celebrated the arrival of the BMW Art Car World Tour with a free public art installation at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal with BMWs redesigned by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein, who currently has an exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue. New York City socialites, art patrons, and BMW fans stopped in to check out the glamorous car show including Patrick McMullan, Kipton Cronkite, Vogue Senior-Editor Alexandra Kotur, and Andrew Saffir. You can check out the Beamers at Grand Central’s Vanderbilt Hall through April 6th.

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Liam McMullan gives Mary Rambin his head to toe at Andy Warhol’s 80th Birthday party.

[Stephanie Wei and Chau Ngo, Liam McMullan]

All the cool kids were at the New Museum last night for Andy Warhol’s 80th Birthday Party.  While there, guests got a chance to become Warhol’s mass-produced consumer products ala Marilyn Monroe.  Besides these three above, other guests at the party included:

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