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Broadway Travel: Katie Does Arthur Next Spring

5/14/2008 at 9:00 AM
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It was threatened, and now it will probably come to pass: Katie Holmes is in talks to appear in Arthur Miller's play "All My Sons" next year on Broadway, meaning that next year's Tony Awards will all be about The Holmes (and the creepy, scenery-devouring shadow of The Cruise as well).

Holmes is rumored to be playing the role of Ann Deever, the play's beautiful young catalyst and the daughter of a man convicted of shipping defective airplane parts to the troops during World War II. Shouldn't she be easing into this Broadway thing? We hear "Chicago" has openings.

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· TomKat Adjusts to Married Life in Berlin [Jaunted]
· Katie Holmes Survived the New York Marathon [Jaunted]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: Cele|bitchy]

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Gossip Girl Travel: We're the Non-Judging Breakfast Club

5/13/2008 at 8:50 AM
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Previously: Georgina was evil, Georgina was evil, Georgina was totally evil. Also, Erik Van der Woodsen came out and Serena killed somebody.

This week we got the story behind Serena's 11th-hour confession, and oh boy, show, you have outdone yourself this time! We could never have predicted that the dirty dealings would go all the way back to the pilot. Genius!

So when Serena says she killed a guy, she's exaggerating a little. After the wild wedding at which she and Nate coupled, S. met Georgina at a hotel with their friend Pete. G. had planned to tape Pete and Serena having sex, but before they could, Pete overdosed. Serena called the paramedics while she was leaving, but they couldn't revive him.

S. skipped town and convinced her mom to send her to boarding school to cover up the big secret. But Georgina still has the tape--which includes some steamy footage of Serena and Pete making out--and is trying to blackmail Serena with it. Her plan falls apart when Blair stages an intervention.

Unfortunately this could not stop the kudzu-like evil of Georgina from spreading. Where did this atrocious photo come from? Your answer, after the jump.

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Gossip Girl Travel: Got Your Invite to the Wedding of the Year?

5/09/2008 at 10:00 AM
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Scarlett and Ryan? Bo-ring. Bret and Ambre? Not gonna happen. Clearly the major celebrity wedding of this season is that of Lily van der Woodsen and Bart Bass, two of the parents on "Gossip Girl."

Now that their wedding website has launched, even those who didn't receive a hand-delivered, card stock invitation to the May 19 fete can laud or mock the couple's choices--like having their teenage children form the entire wedding party. Certainly nothing can go wrong there!

Since both have been married before, the couple decided to hold their nuptials at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, with reception to follow at the Palace Hotel where they both live along with their children. Now the only question is, who will object to this most unholy matrimony and halt the ceremony in its tracks?

Will it be Bart's son Chuck, who has not-so-secretly been lusting after Lily's daughter Serena since he tried to seduce her with a truffle-oil grilled cheese? Or will it be Serena's boyfriend's father, who has carried a torch for Lily since before her four previous marriages?

Related Stories:
· Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum [Official Site]
· Gossip Girl Map [Jaunted]

[Photo: keight]

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Movie Set Travel: Noise

5/09/2008 at 9:00 AM
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First screened at last year's Rome Film Fest, "Noise" is an indie film now in limited release about how horribly loud New York City can be. Tim Robbins plays a vigilante car alarm destroyer with co-stars Bridget Moynahan as his wife and William Hurt as Gotham's mayor.

Anyone who's spent more than a night in the city knows it can indeed be a terribly loud place to hang out, so we're bringing you some relief with a few quiet places where you can enjoy a moment or two of silence.

Where to Stay: The Library Hotel It's hardly on the quietest block in the city (at 41st and Madison) but the Library keeps things hush-hush with only six rooms per floor and Dewey Decimal-inspired decor. The thousands of books scattered throughout the hotel will certainly dampen footsteps in the hall, and if that's still not enough, the New York Public Library is a couple blocks away on 42nd and 5th.

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Bad Behavior Travel: Lindsay Lohan Confuses Club With Store

Where: 453 W. 17th Street [map], New York, NY, United States

5/07/2008 at 9:00 AM
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Lindsay Lohan was slapped with a $10,000 lawsuit for taking a girl's coat at a club home with her. 22-year-old student Masha Markova left her family-heirloom mink in a communal coat bin at the Chelsea club 1Oak on a night out in January. The coat disappeared, only to turn up on Lohan several days later in the tabloids.

Markova eventually got the coat back but is suing for damages done and looking for an apology from the star.

We at Jaunted don't condone the stealing of coats, but there's a caveat traveler: If you're going to bring a fur coat out with you, don't let it out of your sight! (But if you do, come up with a cool story for how you lost it.)

Related Stories:
· Lindsay Lohan Discovers Tokyo Club Scene [Jaunted]
· The Chateau Marmont's Eloise [HC]
· Celeb Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: The Superficial]

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Gossip Girl: Now You Know How Vanessa Hudgens Feels

5/06/2008 at 8:46 AM
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Previously: Serena made nice with Georgina while Blair made nice with her main Yale competition. Boring, weird Vanessa hooked up with pretty Nate. And Jenny's new love interest Asher may make her feel less hatred for Blair. Meanwhile, we hoped for a Cinco de Mayo-themed episode just in time for "somebody" to come out.

So, this is the episode we've all been waiting for, where "someone comes out." Well, if you hadn't read all the spoilers, it was Eric van der Woodsen, who met a nice boy named Asher when he was in the psychiatric hospital. When Asher got out he would still make out with Eric, but he wanted a beard so he picked up sweet little Jenny.

Unfortunately, Jenny only finds all this out at the Upper East Side party she throws with Asher's help--and only because Blair steals Asher's phone and sends all his private texts to Gossip Girl. J throws in the towel and resigns herself to being a Brooklyn outcast, outclassed at last.

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Table Crashing: Nello on Madison Avenue

Where: 696 Madison Ave [map], New York, NY, United States, 10021

5/02/2008 at 4:30 PM
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Nello on Madison Avenue is a storied restaurant for the rich and famous. It's one of those places that always pops up in gossip columns and, when the weather's nice and celebs are chewing away on the sidewalk, the paparazzi-driven tabloid magazines.

In fact, its restaurateur, Nello Balan, is perhaps just as well-known in Manhattan as some of his customers. First, there was the incident about an alleged bribe to Page Six (hence the gossip column presence.) Then there was the incident with the model who took his limited edition $1,000 umbrella and didn't return it, thus prompting Balan to publicize it in Page Six. (Full circle?)

With all this sort of superficial, lives of rich people in Manhattan type of drama, does anyone even know what the food is like? We table-crashed the place to find out.

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Public Transit Travel: NYC Searches Couch Cushions For Missing $3 Billion

5/02/2008 at 1:01 PM
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Riders still complaining about New York's public-transit fare hike now have something new to shake their fists at: The Metropolitan Transit Authority is scaling back on making systemic changes thanks to a $3 billion budget shortfall. Rising construction costs are to blame, according to AM New York, which means the MTA won't be sprucing up stations or buying new trains and signals.

The March 1 fare hike has already been knocked for disproportionately affecting commuters over tourists, and for changing the bonus structure so that no one can figure out how to get the free rides which are part of the pricing scheme. (The magic number on that is $40, by the way.)

Is asking for tips next?

Related Stories:
· MTA Faces Budget Gap of $3 B [AMNY]
· Public Transportation coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo of the G train: animalvegetable]

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