July 23 - 29 – Decidedly Republicanesque business suits were the sartorial choice of the young Democrats at a New York benefit for the Clinton Presidential Center & Foundation. (Even the musician Moby was wearing a gray suit, with a tie!) The Young Professionals soiree at bank-cum-nightspot Capitale featured numbingly repetitive techno-lite music, cocktails and the chance to have your photo taken with Bill Clinton. In fact, Bill spent most of the evening in a room upstairs, posing with attendees who paid for photos.

But Clinton didn’t ignore those who opted to skip the photo sessions, closing the evening with a long but entertaining speech. The Clinton Center’s building in Little Rock, Arkansas will be "environmentally friendly”, and there will be a fully interactive online presence. He’s devoted his post-presidential life to helping the poor, youth, working to resolve religious and ethic differences and fighting AIDS. Why? “I’m too much of a Calvinist and not enough of an athlete to spend the rest of my life playing golf”, he told the crowd.

A few days later, another gentleman known to like women a lot, Gene Simmons, threw a bash to celebrate the summer issue of Tongue magazine. Porn star Taylor Wane was among the guests. Simmons refused to do his trademark gesture and stick out his tongue – perhaps he can only do that when in full Kiss makeup?

Finally, there was an intimate VIP screening of The Secret Lives of Dentists, starring Campbell Scott and Denis Leary. The VIPs included Patricia Clarkson, Stephen Baldwin, Sam Rockwell, Robert Altman, Isabella Rosslini, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Dan Hedaya.