Happy Birthday, George Clooney!
UPDATE: I’ve got more details for you from George Clooney’s birthday bash.
There were actually two birthday cakes made by cake and pastry company How Sweet It Is! One was for Clooney in the shape of Italy, where he owns a villa.
The other was for David Beckham, who turned 33 on Friday. The soccer star’s cake was in the shape of the United States.
I’m told John Mayer performed and Sarah Silverman even shocked some party guests when she spent some time working as Bungalow 8’s doorperson.
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George Clooney turns 47 today, but the world’s most famous hunk started celebrating last night.
Giorgio Armani hosted a birthday bash for the Oscar winner after the Costume Institute Gala. It was invite-only, a source reports, for about 100 people at Amy Sacco’s legendary hot spot Bungalow 8. Clooney picked the venue, I'm told.
So just who made the VIP guest list?
Powerhouse RSVPs included Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, David and Victoria Beckham, Naomi Watts, Hilary Duff, Donatella Versace, the Olsen twins, Clive Owen, TV Superman Tom Welling, Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour and her entertainment editor, Jill Demling, CAA superagents Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane, Chace Crawford, Emmy Rossum, Zac Posen, Kate Mara, professional golfer Adam Scott and, of course, Clooney’s girlfriend, Sarah Larson.
There was even a birthday cake. And yes, most everyone joined in to sing “Happy Birthday.”
No word if Clooney actually had some of the high-calorie dessert because, I’m told, he and Cruise were overheard at the Met talking about healthy eating habits and their trainers.
It’s still unclear if good friend Julia Roberts made it to Bungalow. “I didn’t see her,” one partygoer said. “But it was so crowded, she could have been and I just didn’t see her.”
Socialista was another after-party hot spot. Many A-listers stopped in there before heading to Clooney’s soirée, including Welling, Posen and Mary-Kate Olsen. Among the other boldfaced names crowding Socialista were Michelle Trachtenberg, Ellen Barkin, Dita Von Teese, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, and Proenza Schouler design duo Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez.
McDreamy Shockers: Donatella Dating, Prior Juggling
Patrick Dempsey's plus-one is Donatella Versace? Get ouuuuut!The Grey's Anatomy hunk tells us his arm candy for the forthcoming Italian premiere of his new flick Made of Honor is the pouting, dud-designing queen herself."She's wonderful, really quiet for the most part. And funny," the actor said today at a press conference held with Made costar Michelle Monaghan. "She's coming with me to the premiere in Rome."It also doesn't hurt that he's the face for the House of Versace in an international print campaign.While McDreamy multitasks on modeling and television and film acting, there's a different kind of juggling that grabs attention in the rom-com. Dempsey plays a guy who's in denial over his love for doe-eyed platonic BFF Monaghan until she bags a prize fiancé, forcing Dempsey to stand behind her as Man of Honor (but subsequently attempting to destroy the nuptials from the inside). In a nifty bridal registry scene, Patrick deftly juggles three pricey plates."I was the second runner-up in the World Juggling Championship in 1983," Dempsey confessed.Does Versace do clown suits?
Devon Aoki Biography
Devon Aoki is the frontwoman of the new fashion wave that appreciates women of various ethnicities. Born August 10th, 1982, Devon Edwenna Aoki is the daughter of Japanese Olympic wrestler and Benihana steakhouse magnate Rocky Aoki and Anglo-Bavarian jewelry designer Pamela Hilburger.
A New York native, she grew up in the swank ‘burbs of Malibu, only to move back to her hometown in her early teens. It is rumored that she was discovered at a Rancid concert in NYC, where she gate-crashed. She was 13 when her godmother introduced her to Kate Moss, who later took Aoki as her apprentice.
At 14, she moved to London with her mother, divorced from Rocky Aoki, and her siblings. There she joined Storm Model Management, which also represented her mentor Moss. Says Aoki of Kate, “It was cool because when I got to know Kate, I realized that she was not only incredibly beautiful, but smart, too.†Both women soon appeared together on the cover of Interview magazine.
Aoki spent most of her adolescence juggling modeling and school, always giving equal attention to both. Some of the high-profile designers on her resume include Chanel, Thierry Mugler, Balenciaga, Fendi, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Givenchy. She was also featured in ad campaigns for Chanel Couture by Karl Lagerfeld, Versace Atelier by Steven Meisel, and Junko Shimada by Bettina Kimenda.
In 1998, the 5′6″ model replaced Naomi Campbell? as the face of Versace, after an alleged dispute between Campbell and Donatella Versace. Her most recent modeling contract is with Lancome, where she joins the ranks of beautiful women like Mena Suvari, Elizabeth Jagger? and Uma Thurman.
Aoki just recently forayed onto the big screen, starring in two films and working on her third. 2003′s Death of a Dynasty, her first movie, was a musical-comedy about the hip-hop industry and was directed by rap mogul Damon Dash. That same year she played Suki, a speed-loving babe in 2 Fast 2 Furious, the sequel to the successful The Fast and the Furious. Not knowing how to drive, she received her first lessons from a stunt driver for the role. She will next be seen as Dominique in D.E.B.S., a spy flick slated for 2004 and co-starring Jordana Brewster.
But she won’t stop there. Aoki plans on launching her own clothing line, and has signed on to New York entrepreneur Richie Akiva’s record label, where she will cut her own album, a move no doubt inspired by her rocker ex-boyfriend Lenny Kravitz?.
Having recently joined L.A.’s ICM for representation and The Firm for management (which manages the likes of J.Lo and Adrien Brody), Devon Aoki will only get bigger, and her face will become more recognized and endeared by the public.
Devon now lives on her own, and keeps her personal life private (for the most part…). No word has leaked of boyfriends since Kravitz, but she is often seen alongside major hip-hop and Hollywood men at high-profile social functions and movie premieres.
Versace Heiress Battles Anorexia
Versace Heiress Battles Anorexia
Twenty-year-old Allegra Beck Versace, daughter to the famed designer Donatella Versace, is suffering from an eating disorder. Donatella talked to the press on Wednesday, giving a full report before the story was all rumors.
Donatella, along with Allegra’s father Paul Beck, told the media: “Our daughter, Allegra has been battling anorexia, a very serious disease for many years. She is receiving the best medical care possible to help overcome this illness and is responding well.”
“As parents, we are doing our best to protect our daughter. However, due to numerous media reports, we want to let everyone know that we appreciate their concern for Allegra, and we ask that her privacy be respected at this time.”
According to a spokesperson from the Italian fashion firm, “Allegra has been receiving treatment at home in the United States, unlike the many reports which state that she is in the hospital.”
Allegra isn’t just some young heiress waiting for her cut. Allegra has a very serious stake in her family’s company. Since her Uncle Gianni’s death and turning eighteen, Allegra has received fifty percent ownership of Versace.
Hopefully this young woman will be able to pull herself together for her own sake, along with the company’s.