Thursday, December 21, 2006

TheCHIMP.net Top Stories of 2006

Thank you for following the ridiuclousness of red carpet events, famous friends, Deerfield Academy and prep school news, and personalities in transition. Here is Ryan Seacrest's Countdown of the top 5 most viewed items of the year.

5. Kevin Gottehrer ...swallows Heather Oakley in to the prep school network (May)
4. Grandma Shirlee Glazer Passes On - the very last story of the year (December)
3. Greg Lowry and Andrea Bleau - Till Death do Us Part (August)
2. Jeannete Jenkins and Queen Latifah Break Up ?? - Perez Hilton outs more celebs (December)

and the number one story of 2006.....is.......

1. Tyler Goes Pro - Fingerpainting roommate opens an art show and sells like crazy (August)

Congratulations Tyler Ramsey.

Hope that 2007 is even better for everyone than 2006.
Stay tuned for a major professional step forward for TheCHIMP.net coming in January.

MG

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Shirlee Glasser Glazer 1921 - 2006


Grandmother Shirlee Glazer passed on Friday, the first night of Hanukkah

My grandparents first met at a Virginia frat party in 1936. Who knew they even had fraternities back then? I take pride that all Glazers can trace their origins to an appropriately festive beginning. Briding the generations and techonologies, here they are vacationing in Bermuda after my Grandfather returned from WWII ('41-'45).
Shirlee Frances Glasser Glazer, 85, died Dec. 15, 2006. Shirlee was a native of the Berkley section of Norfolk. She was born May 16, 1921, to the late Moses and Rachel Salsbury Glasser and was the youngest and last surviving of 10 children. She was an accomplished portrait artist and children’s fashion designer. She is survived by her devoted husband, Dr. Isaac N. Glazer of 62 years. She was the loving mother of Dr. Stanley F. Glazer and wife Candy of Longmeadow, Mass., Barbara Vigor and husband Marc of Canton, Mass., and Harry M. Glazer and wife Cindy of Great Falls, Va.; and adoring grandma to Rachel, Michael, Laura, Adam, Billy, Rebecca, Lauren Rose and Louis Benjamin; and great-grandma to Edgar. - Courtesy of the Virginian-Pilot 12.17.06
As you make donations this holiday season - and for tax season - please consider the Alzheimer's Assocation.

Monday, December 18, 2006

Yul Be A Millionairre Tonight - Survivor Finale



















Wow! Of all the Hollywood events we went to in 2006, this was the only one that we were giddy about ....and then it exceeded expectations. Yul Kwon (Management Consultant 'current) masterminded Survivor 13 - the Cook Islands, beating emotional favorite Ozzy Lusth (Playboy Soft Core Porn Actor '?, Survivor '06). Look at the photos from the after party at Boulevard 3, sponsored by In Touch Magazine and fueled by KROL Vodka ...then read the items at the bottom.












6 Hours earlier at Chimp's Bar, we made these signs to bring to the finale. When they didnt allow signs inside the studio, we did even better by bringing them to the Survivors afterwards.

Billy (latino heavy metal singer, voted out 2nd '06) and his valentine, Candace. This is likely the closest they have ever gotten, or will get, in the history of the universe.
Sal Masakela (X Games ' 2000-04, E! Network Daily 10 Host 'current) weclomed his brother Nate (Survivor Cook Islands voted out 12th '06) to the world of celebrity red carpet reporting, as they interviewed their mother, Mrs. Masakela at the after party.
From L to R: Kiersten, JR Rotem (Britney Spears' Rebound Makeout 'Dec 06), Spinshoppe PR principal Melissa Rappaport, and David Weintraub (UTA Talent Agent turned Reality Star '07). JR checked out himself on the cover one of the several In Touch Magazines scattered across the table ...and then lent his diamond piano pendant featured on the magazine and on his neck to Melissa to bling around for awhile.

In the non reality celeb dept, Paris Hilton came and left before any Survivors arrived.
CBS Corporate Siblings Alert! - "Millionairre Models" crowned exactly 7 nights earlier on CBS's other big hit, The Amazing Race.

"Team Sobriety" Tyler and James arrived with Survivor Exile Island Champ, Aras Baskaukas, who was sporting some of his new Tundra Gear. We let Team Sobriety know that they were picked #1 in the Deerfield Academy Amazing Race fantasy reality draft and performed to expectations.

Recently outed by Perez Hilton, JP (voted out 5th, '06) channeled Ricki Martin and sang in to a bottle of KROL Vodka.
Even Seku, the embarassing victim of being the first person voted out had a posse at Boulevard 3. By far, Ozzy was the most celeb-like. He never even got to sit down, flanked for pictures non stop for hours on end.

Additional Party Coverage:

  • First to arrive: Brad and Billy (who came with his cousin who sported dark sunglasses the whole night)
  • Candace was decidedly anti-social and was never seen with Adam. When she first arrived she was very BFF with Jenny. The top 6 arrived almost an hour later than all the other survivors.
  • When signing the “Yul=MC2” poster, Yul first signed his name, then stopped, put his finger to his temple to think, and then continued with “Thank you for your support and best wishes….Love Yul, “The Brain”.
  • Yul and Ozzy had VIP tables side by side on the mezzanine. Yul’s was filled with family. Ozzy’s was filled with females. Cecilia enjoyed the party aspect of the night perhaps more than anyone, ….even hitting the red carpet with a drink in hand.
  • The 5 Original Hiki tribe members did a “hands in the center huddle/circle/cheer” at one point..
  • Becky changed in to a fashionable party dress after the finale…as did Brad (in to more typical Hollywood hoodie/jeans combo). Ozzy wore a hat all night.

From the Finale taping…what you didn’t see between commercial breaks:

  • An audience member yelled out to Jeff Probst asking what the tie breaker would have been had the final vote been for Becky, thus creating a 4-4 Yul/Ozzy tie. Probst hollered back, "We had something…it had been planned months ago.” Random audience member: “C’mon…tell us!” Probst: “Like that’s going to work…. Its hard enough to come up with new stuff after 13 seasons, we cant give that away for free". Hmmm...something to think about and ponder like what was glowing in Marcellus Wallace’s case in "Pulp Fiction"??.
  • Yul's mom wore a diamond encrusted paper clip on the lapel of her dress....of all the things to pick, a mundane office supply that perhaps best encapsulates her son’s organized and measured personality on the show.
  • The studio audience was overwhelmingly in favor of Ozzy. The loudest gasp and burst of emotion of the night was when Ozzy completed the puzzle in the first immunity challenge, sending Adam to eventual elimination.
  • Sundra with ripped arms and fierce conditioning was the only one on stage who looked better after survivor than they did while starved.

Where did they come from?

Jeff Probst asked the question “Where did you come from?” 2 times during the Reunion Special (Ozzy/Cowboy). As a Cast Producer, there is a particular interest on how Survivors came in to the process.

Rebecca and Billy – Both tried out at the NYC Open Casting Call. Billy went through the line “2 times to spread out my chances”. Jonathan was scouted by Casting Honcho herself, Lynn Spielman, at a party in Los Angeles. Jonathan was later recognized by CBS president Nancy Tellum when he came in to the network for final interviews. JP was recruited while eating breakfast at the Griddle on Sunset Blvd and hooked the recruiters when he told them he was from Costa Rica (unknowingly playing in to the latino angle). Stephanie had tried out for 2 previous seasons at the CBS affiliate in South Carolina and mentioned that someone else from her town had recently appeared on NBC’s “Deal or No Deal”.


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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

"Lindsay Lohan is a Sapphire Crotch"

The girl likes diamonds. And probably sapphires too if they had been there.

Last night Nefarious fine jewelry and its designer Jason Hoehn (lineage unknown) showed off their bling at an intimate gathering at Shag. Stop ins came from friends of SSPR including Kim Kardashian (pictured below), Stacey Keibler, Chloe from “24”, and new friend of the night….sober Lindsay Lohan.

Lindsay (AA '06) showed up 3 hours after the scheduled arrivals…..picked up $40,000 worth of gifted jewelry in under 10 minutes, drank red bull (the blue can, with sugar), smoked a cigarette, had the oft-photographed AA tag on her purse, and pumped her right hand in the air in a “move the crowd” type motion getting really fired up by the song “It’s Going Down” by Young Joc. (That is the song that goes “Meet me in the mall..its going down, meet me in the club…its going down) - listen here

I realize at that point that we have two things in common:

1. I like Young Joc also

2. I also havent had a drink in a week.

Famed door host and restaurant owner was smacked by good holiday cheer. The guestlist says “Are you really on the list? If not, then don’t waste my time. ---the clipboard wielding bee-yotch!”. (see photo)Hollyscoop on the scene and awesome as always.

People Magazine was online by the time I got up this morning. Cool.

Red Carpet Photos:

WireImage: Here

Celebrity Photo: Thank You Vince, here

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Monday, December 11, 2006

A Socially Acceptable Boy vs. Girl Fist Fight


I am rarely in Perez's cheering section, but he does break news. This morning he news'es on a friend's status of her celebrity relationship. The first Fear Factor female champion ever, creator and taskmaster of the 5:30PM Thursdays "Hollywood Trainer UXT" class at Crunch on Sunset, and yellow Humvee driving badass Jeanette Jenkins.

In a UFC fight, I have Jeanette over Jackie Warner (Bravo's "Workout" '06) easy....and Jeanette over a tag team of Jackie AND Perez even easier.

Perez's story here: Whatever.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

4 of a Kind = Party+TV+Internet+Me

Making a cocktail of a TV past, a party planning past and future, and an ongoing active web pursuit seen here- producing a TV themed website's launch party smelled like a pretty good recipe from the start, and it tasted good when it was swallowed by 440 people this week.
For the past 6 weeks I have been producing “TV Guide’s SeenOn.com Launch Party”. It went down at Boulevard3 on Wednesday night, December 6. SeenOn.com is the site that lets you buy everything TV characters wear, touch, drive, sleep in, sleep on, and even sleep around with from the top network TV shows. We recreated TV's most popular sets and scenes here, check it out.
Be assured, I haven’t been working on a party for “The Mega Onion Chopper”, “Pure Moods III”, or a “Super Bedazzler”…it wasn’t that type of “As Seen on TV” crap.
There was a gold carpet, TV dinners, real celebrities, fake celebrities, and real models fake acting like characters from popular shows to bring actual sets from Grey’s Anatomy, a recreated Wisteria Lane, and Las Vegas to life.

For actual party coverage, I leave it to the pros:
Boldfacers that were SeenON the Gold Carpet ...in semi order of Awesomeness:

Rachel Leigh Cook,
Stacy Keibler, Kim Kardashian, Kristen Bell, Kristin Cavallari (Laguna Beach ’05), her rival Lauren “LC” Conrad (Laguna Beach ’05), Andy Milonakis, Audrina Patridge, Blu Cantrell, Brittny Gastineau, Carlos Ramirez, Cris Judd, Efren Ramirez (Vote for Pedro! ’04), Hill Harper, Jason Wahler (Laguna Beach ‘05), Bai Ling (every event ‘forever), Nick Verreos (Project Runway ’06), Nicole Linkletter (America’s Next Top Model ‘06), Vincent Libretti (Project Runway ‘06)…and the ubiquitous sightings of Paris Hilton

I was too busy to high five any of the guests, except Rachel Leigh Cook and Kim Kardashian who took home some heavy giftbags and even missed my traiditional carpet photo, so enjoy these of people who actually belong there.

Press Photos, get your press photos....see all about it!

Blanking on a gift for someone? Seriously look on SeenOn.com. Great ideas, great site, and good people there…stuff you would never think to get someone.

Big ups to Rappa for generous extra celeb wrangling and working all night with the Fusion Publicity Team.

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