Things in New York work a certain way for the young and beautiful: Move to Manhattan post college and find friends old and new who admire your wind swept hair and enviable chest. Get a cush job in a perk laden industry. And then you meet the girl of your MTV casting dreams and get introduced mid-season onto a successful reality show. This formula seems to be working pretty well for Whitney Port’s newest central casting heart throb, Freddie Fackelmayer, on The City… More»

• David Letterman apologizes to wife on show. [CNN]

• MTV to air DJ AM series. [EOnline]

• Pete Wentz cuts his hair, calling act, “the death of the emo swoosh.” [NYMag]

• People ignore calorie postings in food choices. Two words: Starbucks muffins. [NYT]

• Levi Johnston can now add pistachio spokesman to his white trash checklist long list of life accomplishments. [People]

If you think Fashion Week is creating a madhouse in New York City, than it was only a precursor to what the Big Apple would see once the VMA’s hit up the town last night. The MTV awards ceremony is always known for it’s over-the-top performances but when you have Lady Gaga covered in blood (and lace), Pink swinging from the rafters (literally), Jay-Z and Alicia Keys collaborating, and a Michael Jackson tribute that’ll be one for the history books, there’s a need for all the celebs to hit the town afterwards (and hit the town they certainly did). More»

• If you missed the MTV Video Music Awards, you should know that Kanye went nuts-o. [CNN]

• Clooney says he’ll stage a live rectal exam before he creates a Facebook page. Apparently he feels pretty strongly about this. [EOnline]

• See who’s sitting front row at Fashion Week. [People]

• Morgenthau not on DA ballot, but campaigning as if he were. 90 year olds don’t have much else to do, really. [NYT]

• Brooklyn branch of left wing activist organization coaches prostitutes on money laundering. Your financial advisor, and yo’ pimp. Does that take a separate certification exam? [NYP]

[Sacha Baron Cohen. All photos by ANDREAS BRANCH for PMc]. Last night, Universal City’s Gibson Amphitheatre hosted the 2009 MTV Movie Awards. If moves like the one from this snap didn’t tip off guests including Cameron Diaz, Kristen Stewart, Leighton Meester, Paris Hilton, the cast of The Hills, Ryan Reynolds, Christian Siriano and Justin Bartha that limit-pushing comic Sacha Baron Cohen had something up his leopard print, spandex sleeve; the evening eventually revealed the altar-ego master’s new standard for shockery.  More»

• An Air France plane carrying 228 passengers and crew has disappeared over the Atlantic on a flight between France and Brazil [CNN]

• Harrymania drew the crowds downtown, but the Obamas‘ visit to Blue Hill for dinner filled Washington Square Park with admirers [Eater] [NYDN]

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[Casey Johnson. All Pictures by BRIAN LINDENSMITH for PMc]

At the Roosevelt Hotel last night, the cyber world embraced Hollywood (and reality television, apparently) at the NYLON and MySpace Young Hollywood Issue Party. Hosted by Kat Dennings and Olivia Thirlby, it looked like everyone who couldn’t fly out to the East coast for the Costume Institute Gala was there (and everyone who wouldn’t have been invited anyway). Sophia Bush, Rumer Willis, Ryan Eggold, and Kellan Lutz were holding up the acting portion with Jack and Kelly Osbourne and Nicky Hilton were just some of the rich-kid sector. More»

Topshop’s not the only thing in fashion being brought over from the Brits. The latest London craze taking over Manhattan (and the US, for that matter) is Alexa Chung, the multi-talented, bi-cultural beauty who is no longer reserving those long legs of hers for the runways - or the British airways. The model/television presenter/writer has just touched down from London-town: Just landed in the big apple. Its boiling! (5:28pm Apr 27th from Twitterberry) said @alexa_chung. She’s officially here, and just in time: The Alexa Chung Show premieres on June 15th on MTV, which will be a combo of celebrity interviews and musical performances. More»

[Dancers perform at Clearasil's Ultimate Dance Competition at the Hard Rock Caf‚ in Times Square on April 7, 2009 in New York City. Getty] This actually happened in Times Square yesterday. The “Pimple Blocker Battle” brought out stars like Alyson Stoner, Michelle Trachtenberg, George Hubela, and Drew Lachey for Clearasil’s Ultimate Dance Competition. Just when I assumed Times Square was “over” with the death of MTV’s TRL, leave it the the teenie boppers at Clearasil to keep the energy alive! Wow. More photos below…. More»

[Image via Front Row King]

Dave Chappelle is back in the city for a standup comedy show tonight at Eugene on 24th street. The show is a fund-raiser for Kevin Powell for Congress in Brooklyn’s 10th District. Powell, a former star of MTV’s Real World, has decided that he would like to make some changes in the real real world. Chappelle has shown an interest in making a few changes of his own since 2003, when his Mad Real World skit first aired.

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