New York Gossip Gal | by Roz

Bargain hunters rejoice. Century 21 has opened at 66th and Broadway on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, and even gazillion-aire Kim Kardashian (pictured) loves a bargain . With the recession facing another dip, it’s no surprise that discounted designer stores (T.J. Maxx), are making their move all over the city. Just opened Century 21, which took [...]

Edie Wasserman, the wife of late Hollywood studio mogul Lew Wasserman passed away Thursday at the age of 95. According to grandson Casey, the woman who was a mogul in her own right, passed of natural causes. Her philanthropy work in which she raised millions of dollars will live on through all her notable charities [...]

Over the past few years, ‘Intern Queen’ Lauren Berger has become well-known as the branded expert on all things intern, after accomplishing 15 internships during her own undergraduate experience. On August 2nd, she hosted her first ever ‘Intern Queen’ party in NYC—featuring a rockstar panel from some of the top entertainment brands in the country [...]

Big time director/producer Brett Ratner is co-producing the 84th Annual Academy Awards come February 2012. The question is, after last year’s not so amazing double-host choice, who will they pick to wow us?   ”I have some ideas,” Ratner told Variety last week, with a chuckle over a tongue-in-cheek question regarding whether Franco might be invited [...]

100 million dollar skinny girl Bethenny Frankel celebrated the launch of Skinnygirl Sangria at the Gramercy Terrace in New York City Wednesday night. The spirited mogul who schlepped around her new low-cal cocktail wore a hot pink dress with orange pumps and told Us Weekly “Sangria is that cocktail that women want to drink, but [...]

Herve Humler, president and chief operations officer, of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, was a participant in a gathering of senior private and public sector leaders invited to attend The White House Educational Roundtable hosted by President Barack Obama last Monday. As the only hospitality executive invited to join in the discussion about developing strong industry-led [...]

American Hotelier Vikram Chatwal takes his Dream hotel brand downtown into the hottest neighborhood, right next to the Maritime Hotel at 17th street.  End result? The Dream Downtown is stunning and a classy place for drinks and dining, not to mention the unbelievable rooftop for partying. The very interesting Chatwal was just profiled in the [...]

CNBC business and finance wiz Maria Bartiromo, Anchor of ‘Closing Bell’ and ‘Wall Street Journal Report’ definitely proved the other day why she used to be called ‘The Bullet.’ The Emmy Award winning journalist/host looking totally unrecognizable in ponytail and Yankee cap was spotted doing some weekend grocery shopping on the Upper East Side and [...]

Legendary TV executive Judith McGrath, one of the few women smart enough to work her way up the ranks to become Chairman and CEO of mega entertainment corporation MTV Networks, just resigned from her position. Ms. McGrath said, “The people of MTV Networks have always been singularly important to me. Together we have built world-class [...]

Businesswoman Hilary Rowland founder of ‘Project Migration,’ dedicated to bringing much needed water and medical supplies to single mothers and children in the slums of Africa through the sale of her unique fashion items and accessories, models the super chic faux-leather cuff bracelet at Global Fashion Brands Ethical Fashion Pop-Up store at Nexus Townhouse in [...]