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Manson marches on Paris June 5

28 May

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The self-proclaimed “Vampire of Love” arrives in Paris this week for a concert on June 5 at Bercy. MM is promoting his new album, Eat Me, Drink Me. Tickets can be purchased at FNAC.

Speaking recently with Le Parisien, he elaborated on this vampire persona:

“A vampire is a character that only comes out at night-time, and ultimately preys on young women. And drinks blood. This idea of consuming someone, whether it’s literal or a metaphor, is quite romantic,” he said.

Literal or metaphor, eh? Seek help.

Regarding his new relationship with a barely legal teenage actress:

“I’ve found my double, my twin, with my new girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood,” says the 38-year-old rocker.

“She’s l9 and certainly that’s very young,” he added, “but that’s not a problem for me. She likes the same things as me. She understands I like to get up when night falls and go to sleep at dawn.” Wow, now thats a keeper.

The couple created a new scandal recently with the music video for “Heart Shaped Glasses,” in which they purportedly had real sex. While the camera doesn’t go below the waist, Evan Rachel Wood’s screams seem to many as, well… genuine. They are also covered in fake blood half of the time (check it out). This girl’s parents must be proud!

Look for Manson to be camping out in a coffin at the Plaza Athenee (during the day of course).

I’ve seen that penne before

28 May

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Maybe it was all the champagne, but it took me a long time to realize I had been looking at virtually the same menu in a host of Parisian hot spots. In case you are as slow as moi, the Costes brothers own half of Paris, and don’t bother changing the menu on their swanky parade of establishments (see the running list below).

Boring for us, big bucks for them: their approach has turned out to be a profitable business model.

The brothers Costes own 80% of the operation that makes the 1,800 little rolls and 1,500 pastries the Costes restaurants serve daily, 33% of the company that supplies the smoked salmon and other prepared foods, and 50% of the condiment supplier. All the Costes establishments are obliged to buy from these suppliers, no matter which member of the extended family is the majority shareholder. That’s a brilliant bump to the bottom line when the €10 slice of chocolate cake at Georges costs a little more than €2 to make!

1. Hotel Costes

2. Cafe Marly

3. Georges

4. L’Esplanade

5. L’Avenue

6. Cafe Costes

7. Cafe de la Musique

8. Etienne Marcel

9. Hotel Costes K

10. Cafe Beaubourg

I play rugby, but you may recognize me from…

28 May

Dieux du Stade – Julian Hans & Grégory Mahé

PetiteBrigitte just had a moment of enlightenment: I found the perfect job! Watch this clip for a good laugh.

Les Dieux du Stade (Gods of the Stadium), is a semi-nude calendar featuring the French national rugby team. The erotic poses and hot photography has led to the annual calendars becoming widely sought after among heterosexual females and homosexual males worldwide (mostly the latter, which is evident on any walk past the bookstores of the Marais). Started a few years ago by Stade Francais owner Max Guazzini, the calendar is aimed at bringing a wider audience to the sport.

Well, I’m not going out to St. Denis anytime soon, but my eyes are certainly wider.

So hilarious.

Indian Playboy rocks the Monaco Prix

28 May

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(Yacht featured in background of photo, taken from 2007 Kingfisher calendar)

Kingfisher mogul/playboy Vijay Mallya, aka the King of Good Times, threw the biggest bash of the Monaco Grand Prix on board his superyacht Indian Empress. Don’t think his wife was there.

Mallya, who is known for his overly glamorous lifestyle, organized the party on the 95m yacht, currently said to be the 5th largest in the world.

The guest list included Bernie Ecclestone, Tadashi Yamashina, Flavio Briatore, and Jay Z. Early arrivals scarcely had time to catch their breath and grab some champagne before a troop of Indian ballerinas and dancers, Lina Dance, stormed the room to perform a routine worthy of any Bollywood movie. Shortly after, DJ Aqueel and his colleagues began to spin their records as guests hit the dance floor.

Looks like our favorite old dirty playboy, Flavio Briatore, might have danced too hard: he was the one casualty of the evening after stepping on a piece of glass.

The yacht boasted an open air jacuzzi, free-flowing bars, and luxurious loos. Good thing the 16 cabins were locked, or there would have been many stowaways! Then again, with a dude like this at the helm, better think twice:

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Fernando Alonso: ay papiiiii

28 May

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Sexy spaniard, Fernando Alonso, took his second Monaco GP title this weekend, and the 25 year old was basking in McClaren team glory with teammate and #2 Lewis Hamilton.

Not so fast el nano!

World motorsport’s governing body, FIA, said in a statement Monday it was reviewing evidence from Sunday’s race. Alonso finished 4.095 seconds ahead of Hamilton, who was told by McLaren to slow down.

“He was obviously close to me, and I was told to take it easy,” Hamilton said Sunday. “At the end of the day, I am a rookie. I am in my first season in Formula One and I have finished second in only my first Monaco Grand Prix, so I really can’t complain. I’ve got No. 2 on my car. I am the No. 2 driver.”

That’s fascinating and all, but my interest lies in the after-party at Jimmy’z!?!

And the winner is….

28 May

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Romanian film 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Fest! Made on under 1 million euros, the win is being hailed as a fairy tale ending for director Christian Mungiu’s second feature.

 The film, titled after the age of the aborted foetus in the movie, stunned hardened festival veterans and was a favourite for the prize among the 22 films in the competition.

Film industry bible Variety called the film a revelation.

“Pitch perfect and brilliantly acted, ’4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’is a stunning achievement, helmed with a purity and honesty that captures not just the illegal abortion story at its core but the constant, unremarked negotiations necessary for survival in the final days of the Soviet bloc,” reviewer Jay Weissberg wrote.

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