While once top-name designers cultivated an aura of elusiveness, the fashion industry is seeing designers from Valentino to Marc Jacobs embrace the limelight.

Vince Aletti collected his writings and put them in a coffee-table-like book called “The Disco Files 1973-1978.”

Fashion’s Night Out brought out droves of celebrity and fashion fans like the rush before Christmas — even if the level of business didn’t quite match.

Memorial service for Walter Cronkite was a pretty spectacular send-off with President Obama and Bill Clinton delivering speeches.

Dominick Dunne, the ubiquitous society figure, best-selling author and controversial columnist for Vanity Fair, died in New York Wednesday at age 83.

The prolific actor Wallace Shawn, and son of legendary editor William Shawn, is releasing an anthology of his musings, “Essays,” through Haymarket Books.

Jann Wenner, owner and editor of Rolling Stone, didn’t even go to Woodstock. Associated Press didn’t predict the party of the century either.

Roadkill is more prevalent than ever in the Hamptons, and no one’s sure if the problem is exacerbated by acorn shortages or nasty drivers.

Almost every Friday on the “Today” show, the real estate queen Barbara Corcoran advises people to buy a home.

Sandra Bernhard, at 53, is bringing her show back to New York’s Town Hall for one night only on June 10.

NY Observer editor to become creative director June 1.

In a career that’s spanned nearly five decades, Albert Maysles has taken on everyone from Bible salesmen to The Beatles to Christo and Jean-Claude.

For Stevie Nicks, it’s a busy few months, touring with Fleetwood Mac and promoting a solo album, The Soundstage Sessions, and a new DVD.

A cheat sheet to the recent binge and the eventual purge.

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