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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.
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