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New York, April 1, 2009 - We didn't have to ask Marc Jacobs to show us his engagement ring at the Topshop party on Wednesday. As he swept into Balthazar with fiance Lorenzo Martone, Marc held up his hand, and said, "See the ring? Here's the ring!" Mazel Tov.

New York, March 30, 2009 – The NRDC honored designer Stella McCartney for her environmental activism at their annual Forces for Nature benefit, so while her dad Paul McCartney was a surprise guest, it only felt natural for him to be there.  “I’m so proud she’s being honored tonight,” a beaming Sir Paul told us.  Paul’s date Nancy Shevell avoided reporters – no doubt because she’s on the board of NYC’s transit authority, which just passed a big rate hike. 

While Paul and Nancy make a nice couple, recently engaged Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen are adorable!  Fred’s SNL cast mates Seth Meyers and Kristen Wiig were also at the dinner, a rarity, since their demanding rehearsal schedule keeps them off the social circuit.  But their boss, Lorne Michaels, bought a table, so they supported the cause.  Meyers says he doesn’t mind doing the show’s Weekend Update segment solo, but added that he misses former co-host Amy Poehler: “I miss Amy, and if she came back I would take her back in a heartbeat,” Meyers said.

Bigwigs who came out to fete Stella and Discovery CEO David Zaslav were Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg, Matt Lauer, artist Jeff Koons, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Padma Lakshmi, Ron Perelman, Alec Baldwin and Chinese actress Ziyi Zhang.

New York, March 27- 28, 2009 – Only in New York do you go to a dull trade show and find Paris Hilton and Mickey Rourke hawking sunglasses.  Eyewear industry trade show Vision Expo East rolled into the Javits Center over the weekend, and on Friday, Paris Hilton plugged her 2009 sunglass collection by Gripping Eyewear.  On Saturday, we found Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke at the Revolution Eyewear booth, happily wearing sunglasses, mingling with models and flipping us the finger while our camera snapped. 

Paris didn’t stay in town long; the next night she was in L.A. at Queen Latifah’s birthday party.

Los Angeles, March 28, 2009 – Queen Latifah celebrated her birthday with a blowout at Club Light in Hollywood on Saturday night.  Latifah’s cosmetics partner Cover Girl Queen Collection hosted, and wisely left her age off the invitations!  But we were too busy watching Queen Latifah perform with Lady of Rage, Lil’ Kim, Missy Elliott and others to dwell on mundane facts.  Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson, Harvey Weinstein, Quincy Jones, Nas, Heavy D and Patricia Field wished Latifah a happy b-day and grooved to tunes from her upcoming album, Persona, due in stores in July. 

Photos: Michael Simon

New York, February 4, 2009 – Exclusive - After hitting the red carpet at the Cinema Society screening of He’s Just Not That Into You on Wednesday, the movie’s star Ginnifer Goodwin slipped out for dinner at Bistro Bagatelle in the meatpacking district.  Our photographer caught the Big Love star heading into the French Bistro.

Goodwin wore a dress by Camilla and Marc with Jimmy Choo shoes.  Her blazer (which was not warm enough for such a cold night!) is Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, who sponsored the Cinema Society shindig. 

No wonder Goodwin and her friends didn’t eat much later at the Soho Grand after party.

Goodwin no doubt had a great weekend - He's Just Not That Into You was #1 at the Box Office.