• New York City was just kidding about that whole smoking ban. [Eater]

• Dawson James Van Der Beek files for divorce. [People]

• Oprah’s calling it quits. [CNN] Take a look back at her top 9 moments. [EOnline]

• Model Daul Kim found dead in Paris, and we remember her career highlights. [TheCut]

• Al Gore on 30 Rock. [Gawker]

• John Kerry’s daughter Alexandra arrested for DUI. [Mediaite]

While everyone in New York was caught up in Fashion Week frivolity, celebrities all over the country decided that they had better, more important things to do. “Like what?” you may ask.   Brad Pitt was showing off his newest facial hair decision, Latoya Jackson was cruising around New York in a limousine, Quentin Tarantino was showcasing his new movie, and Oprah was bear-hugging Regis and Kelly. More»

• Rachel Zoe premiere leaves us fashionably tense. But better dressed. [EOnline]

• Ashton Kutcher is on Foursquare. He’s like the younger, way better looking Oprah with his everywhere-ness! [CNet]

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New York City’s Madame Tussaud’s celebrated the POTUS’s birthday this week, with a party of the museum’s wax figures of George W. Bush, Barack, Oprah, Bill Clinton and a very grumpy looking Colin Powell donning adorable paper hats. They almost look real. More»

• We are looking forward to seeing them in East Hampton, hopefully Phillippe will have resolved paying for toilet paper by the weekend [Eater]

• Imagining what goes on when Oprah, Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, Mayor Bloomberg, and Bill Gates get together [NYMag]

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[Tim Gunn. All photos by ZACH HYMAN for PMc]. Mr. “make it work” joined Martha Stewart, Tony Bennett, Tim and Nina Zagat, 50 Cent and Oprah bff Gayle King for the New York Restoration Project’s Eighth Annual Spring Picnic at Bette Midler’s New Leaf Cafe. Net proceeds from the restaurant beautify neighboring Fort Tyron Park, just one venture within the master entertainer’s projects to maintain Manhattan’s green. The earthly initiative included dancing under the stars, many a Broadway face and a very cool (albeit slightly random?) double dutch demonstration. More»

[Photos by CLINT SPAULDING and PATRICK MCMULLAN for PMc]

You didn’t have to be a yogi to enjoy the party at Pure Yoga last night thrown to herald the launch of veganizer Kathy Freston’s new book Quantum Wellness Cleanse: The 21 Day Essential Guide to Healing Your Mind, Body and Spirit.  Freston’s method, which aims to not only cleanse your body, but your mind and spirit as well, has already been lauded by the master dieter herself - Oprah.  More story and photos below… More»

• A few of the Four Seasons most famous customers roast owners Julian Niccolini and Alex von Bidder giving Martha Stewart the chance to put her sense of humor to use [Grub Street]

• When a Chanel-designed Segway isn’t enough to get you from point A to B, try an Hermes-designed chopper… after you find $6 million to pay for it, of course. [Luxist]

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• Bored? Go watch a video of 7 bonafied nerds talking about their predictions for ‘09. What’s going to be the next big thing in tech this year? Will Twitter take over the world? Will tech nerds ever get sick of seeing themselves on video? [Observer]

• Saffron Asparagus Orzo: brwn c orzo/T butter/garlic; +.25t saffron&s+p/2.5c broth. Cvr@low9m; +2c asparagus3m. Fold+8T parmesan. Srv w parm. Confused? It’s the Twitter Recipe site.  Maureen Evans has managed to convert dozens of recipes into 140 characters. [NYTimes]

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• @Oprah has gone and done it: she’s gotten a Twitter account, and in less than a week, has a half million followers. Her first tweet? Well it didn’t go so well. Gayle’s on too! [Valleywag]

• In the future, your tweets will register straight from your brain waves. Okay, so this isn’t as far away as you may think. Direct brain-to-Twitter messages are pointing the way to better communication systems for paralyzed patients. [msnbc]

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We were all happy for Ashton Kutcher and his beating CNN to 1 Million followers on Twitter, but then we found out that it’s IMPOSSIBLE to UNfollow the celebrity.  Yes, we’ve tried over and over, and Twitter has disabled the UNFOLLOW button on @aplusk’s page! Does this bother anyone? More»