• Another Cafe Gitane opens up, this time in the Jane Hotel. Maybe the neighbors can get mad about breakfasts too. [NY Mag]

• Former cute geek Anthony Michael Hall slapped with restraining order and told to stop “assault, stalking, harassment … menacing, reckless endangerment … intimidation.” [Gothamist]

• Openly gay American Idol singer Adam Lambert not quite gay enough… [Gawker]

• Uh-oh Lilo… Lindsay Lohan’s claims of starting a jewelry line with Pascal Mouawad are undone when Mouawad denies any such interaction with Lohan.  [E! Online]

• On the flip side, the Kardashian Sisters are launching a jewelry line with L.A. brand Virgin Saints and Angels. [People]

If you weren’t obsessed with My So-Called Life, then you are either 1) male, 2) a lot older than me, 3) a lot younger than me (in which case you probably annoy me) or 4) were seriously uncool in high school. The mid-90’s drama of an overanalytical girl navigating her first love was addictive, and Jared Leto had a lot to do with that. Aloof, dangerously handsome, a bit of a bad boy; he screamed “rescue,” to us long before we learned about the wrong type of guy, and why we should stay away from them. More»

[Michel Jean, Marc Minet, Andi Muise, Tarajia Morrell, Emilie Jean. All photos by DAVID X PRUTTING for PMc] What better way to celebrate the 1789 French storming of the medieval fortress and prison, The Bastille, then at a French inspired fete at the Jane Hotel. The evening was hosted by Tarajia Morrell and Emilie Jean, with sponsors  including The Smile, Cafe Gitane and Nouvelle Garde. Emilie Jean dressed festively as Marie Antoinette, with other guests decked out as French guardsmen. Adding some extra spice to the evening were a group of French Cancan dancers who looked like they fell straight out of the movie Moulin Rouge.

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