Last night in NYC, Meryl Streep, Elton John, and Sting were among the many stars that gathered for the Rainforest Fund concert at Carnegie Hall, Michael Jackson lives on in the Immortal World Tour of Cirque du Soleil, Ben Stiller dined at Paris Review's Spring Revel, Bobbi Brown supported Dress for Success at their 15th anniversary gala, and so much more! Last night's parties were all about celebrating for a good cause. More»

At the Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony Gala last night at Cipriani--where interesting journalism talk went down--the glitterati and Mailer family members tried to negotiate the dichotomy between the deceased writer's overcharged bravado (see: splendid cock, wife-stabbing) and his, ahem, softer side. See how Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk and Gay Talese weighed in: More»

To movies premiered last night in New York, one uptown, one downtown, both equally heavy. "Howl" deals with the life of Allen Ginsberg and the question of censorship, while "Waiting For Superman" explores the problems in the American education system. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but how were the parties? More»

[Jay McInerney, Brooke Shields. All photos by ZACH HYMAN for PMc] Brooke Shields, Gay Talese, Bob Colacello, Nina Garcia, Candace Bushnell, and Harry Benson were just a few of the luminaries who attended a dinner hosted by George Farias at 21 Club in honor of Jay McInerney's new collection of stories, "How It Ended". The collection is so raunchy that McInerney's wife, Anne Hearst, recently warned Rudy Giuliani against reading some of naughtier stories (Does Giuliani stick to G-rated fiction?). And as readers of this site know, at the last party Brooke Shields attended a fight broke out supposedly over her honor. So what about this party? Here's How It Ended: Guests were on "Model Behaviour", and all attendees went home with honor and noses intact... More»