Showing posts with label Jason Binn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jason Binn. Show all posts
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Three Hires at Los Angeles Confidential
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April 21, 2009
Three Hires at
Niche Media’s Los Angeles Confidential bulked up its staff with the addition of editor-in-chief Sari Tuschman, deputy editor Lesley McKenzie and publisher Alison Miller. Prior to joining Niche Media, Tuschman was a producer for
Daily 10 on E! Entertainment Television. McKenzie, who has been with Niche for three years, was promoted from managing editor of
Sari Tuschman (l) & Lesley McKenzie (r)
Alison Miller
Mickey Rourke Given Starring Role by Niche Media's Binn
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January 15, 2009
Mickey Rourke Given Starring Role by Niche Media's Binn
Jason Binn, CEO of Los Angeles Confidential publisher Niche Media, hosted a celebratory party for his buddy, Golden Globe winner Mickey Rourke, on Jan. 12 at Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood. Among the guests were David Arquette, Bai Ling and Aaron Eckhart. Rourke thanked guests, especially Binn, saying, “I have so much to be thankful for—all of the people who believed in me from the beginning and stepped up for me like Jason, Darren Aronofsky and Bruce Springsteen.”
Niche Media also threw a party for Los Angeles Confidential cover star Ralph Fiennes at Skybar at the Mondrian on Jan. 10. Fiennes shared the spotlight with fellow split cover star Kristin Scott Thomas.
Jason Binn invites Cole to pen an exclusive article
http://micahjesse.com/celebrity-news/natalie-cole-inspires/
April 8, 2009
Natalie Cole Inspires
Hopefully singer Natalie Cole can be an inspiration for Farrah Fawcett and others struggling with health issues in the world.
In the May issue of Los Angeles Confidential magazine new Editorial Director Jason Binn invites Cole to pen an exclusive article where she opens up about her self-proclaimed “younger hell-raising days” of shooting heroin to her battle against hepatitis C and kidney failure and shares how she’s learned to make lemonade from her lemons.
Hopefully Fawcett will stay just as positive as Cole in her battle against cancer—
The 10 time Grammy winner says: “Whatever horror stories you have heard about chemo is true. It is absolutely one of the most debilitating and difficult experiences that could ever happen to a human being”
She continues to say that although “Trying to perform was a real challenge” she continues to think positively. Cole says:
“I’ve learned that it takes a few more things to get through the trials and tribulations of this life: Unwavering Faith, Good Friends, a Divine sense of humor and perseverance… but not necessarily in that order! I tell myself “… it could be worse…” and I realize “Life is not for Sissies”. So I’ll look at things as they say, “When Life gives you lemons, you just learn how to make some really great Lemonade!”
Cole writes in her article, “I am hoping for a kidney transplant but at the moment, where it is coming from, Heaven only knows” but perhaps her positive thinking has paid off.
As reported earlier this week, some fans have offered her their kidneys.
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Staff Changes At Los Angeles Confidential
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Wednesday, Apr 22
Staff Changes At
Los Angeles Confidential is a lifestyle magazine that targets the affluent, which is why we don't read it. We're not supposed to. But clearly someone must be checking it out, as the publication recently added to their staff. Sari Tuschman, formerly of E! Entertainment Television has been named editor-in-chief. Lesley McKenzie was promoted to deputy editor from sister publication Michigan Avenue. Alison Miller has been appointed publisher, and Jason Binn, CEO and founder of parent company Niche Media, has taken on the role of editorial director.
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Cover Girl Heidi Klum
http://www.la.com/celebrity-gossip/ci_13363625
September 18, 2009
Heidi Klum Parties Hearty with a Big Bun in the Oven
"LA Confidential" Cover Girl Hosts Pre-Emmy Bash
She may look ready to pop out her fourth child at any second, but Heidi Klum knows a publicity opportunity when she sees one, so there she was on Thursday night at a private mansion on the edge of Bel-Air, celebrating her September cover of Los Angeles Confidential magazine and her Emmy nomination for Project Runway.
After posing for a slew of pics with the mag's owner Jason Binn, Heidi tottered into the terraced backyard and headed quickly for a seat. She's due to have the baby in early October, which was obvious in her skin-tight black dress; in fact, she laughed and told composer David Foster that one early-evening party was all she can handle these days.
"I have to go home right after this," the German supermodel grinned. "My kids are up at 6AM!"
When we asked her where hubby Seal was hiding, she laughed again. "My husband never goes out with me at night," she revealed. And it's true, he never does.
On a night when celebs are guaranteed to party-hop the slew of crosstown pre-Emmy fiestas, most of Klum's famous pals were M.I.A. Maybe it was the unbelievably crappy valet parking that caused a traffic jam on Sunset Boulevard? The temptation to bolt was already strong, we have to admit, the valet sitch was just the topper. You'd think with all the parties in this town, they'd have it figured out by now.
The few famous faces who did brave the parking clusterf**k included Debra Messing, singer Taylor Dayne, designer Christian Audigier, and ex-reality-show-model-turned-actress Eva Marcille.
All-in-all, it was David Foster who said it best as he headed out the door, "We're out of here, there's no one interesting that we know here. Said hi to Heidi, that's it, we're done. I guess this is a model party, huh?"
Yep, just another boring night on the Hollywood party scene.
Mickey Rourkke, Gordon Ramsay and Jason Binn attend Niche Media's LA Confidential Golden Globre Celebration
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January 14, 2009
Mickey's Very Golden Night
He left his best actor Golden Globe trophy at home, but Mickey Rourke was still walking on that cloud when he descended on the
Niche Media CEO Jason Binn, left, actor Mickey Rourke and chef Gordon Ramsay attend Niche Media's Los Angeles Confidential Magazine Golden Globe Celebration held at The London on January 12,
He left his best actor Golden Globe trophy at home, but Mickey Rourke was still walking on that cloud when he descended on the L.A. Confidential magazine party thrown in his honor Monday night at Gordon Ramsay's restaurant at the London Hotel.
After making his way through the crush that included "Dark Knight" star Aaron Eckhart, as well as actors David Arquette, Tom Arnold, Danny Masterson and Ray Winstone; rockers Billy Morrison and Donovan Leitch; and socialites Kathy Hilton and Jason Davis; Rourke settled into the back room, cigarette in one hand and actress Bai Ling laminated to his side. Seems chef Ramsay, who made his way back to congratulate Rourke on his win for "The Wrestler," isn't the only one allowed to light up inside his place.
Rourke's face, which looked much more normal than at last week's Critics Choice Awards, where the Botox and Restylane treatments he'd just had were painfully obvious, actually moved a bit and lit up when Sean Penn's name was mentioned. He tried not to crow over the shift in voting - Penn won the Critics' Choice trophy, Rourke the Globe, which makes it a two-horse race heading toward Oscars - but he couldn't help being all smiles about it.
"I talked to Sean today," he told us happily. "He's a great actor, and I wish him well. Our movies are so different; it is hard to compare them. But this has been an amazing time for me, and I hope it keeps going!"
He'll have two more tests soon enough, as the Oscar nominations are announced Jan. 22, and the SAG Awards are given out Jan. 25. But as one onlooker quipped at Monday night's party, "it's already like Mickey Rourke has risen from the dead!"
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Hugh Hefner talks to Jason Binn
April 28, 2009
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518219,00.html
It has been several months since Hugh Hefner and his former flame Holly Madison went their separate ways, but it seems the 83-year-old men’s magazine mogul still has super strong feelings for the 29-year-old pin-up. Hef told Jason Binn, editorial director of Niche Magazine’s Los Angeles Confidential, in his debut issue that he’d welcome
So where does that leave things with his new top squeeze Crystal Harris?
"How serious, and intimate, and important that works out to be, well we'll have to wait and see because it's only a couple months old," Hef said in the upcoming issue, which hits the stands on May 1.
So even though Hef’s heart is still hoping for Holly, it doesn’t look like a reunion will happen any time soon.
"I loved my time at the mansion and think the world of Hef,"
And although Mr. Hefner still considers himself the ultimate playboy and has lived (and continues to live) a life beyond what most men could even dream about, he has two prominent regrets -- his two marriages (the first to Mildred Williams in 1949 and then to Playmate Kimberly Conrad in 1989 -- to whom he’s still married) and taking his empire public.
"I think the company would have been more closer to home if it had remained a private corporation," Hef admitted.
As chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises, Hef’s daughter Christie Hefner recapitalized the company in 1989 and made it the first corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange to issue a second class of stock with disparate voting rights. But business aside, of all the Tinseltowners and tycoons that have entered the Mansion grounds and graced the pages of Playboy, there is still one superstar Hef longs to meet.
"[I'd] like to find out what [Jesus Christ] was all about," he added. "Separate the reality from mythology. Find out the roots of what has become a major religion of my time. I was raised in a good Methodist home and I had questions about organized religion, and I would love to have the answers."
For the first time in Playboy’s history, the annual "Playmate of the Year" luncheon will be held away from the iconic mansion and will instead be held this weekend as a swanky dinner at
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O.J. LAWYER: ‘He’s a Sociopath’
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
O.J. LAWYER: ‘He’s a Sociopath’
Time heals some wounds, so Ronald Goldman’s dad, Fred, might be interested in this. I ran into O.J. Simpson’s former criminal attorney, Robert Shapiro, night before last at a party celebrating Mickey Rourke’s Golden Globe win. I asked Shapiro, who led the Simpson “Dream Team” in 1994-95 that got Simpson acquitted of double murder, what he thought of his former client in retrospect.Shapiro was quick to respond. “He’s a sociopath,” Shapiro said, surprisingly. This was just after I told him of seeing F. Lee Bailey last fall, and that Bailey was still defending Simpson.
Did Shapiro always think Simpson was a sociopath, I wondered? Shapiro smiled. “What do you think?” he answered rhetorically.
If someone relates this anecdote to Simpson, now at last in prison but not for the murders, he may well surmise that his staunchest former defender is finally ‘fessing up about his feelings
Shapiro is not completely removed from the Simpson world. He has remained very friendly with the famous children of his late friend, attorney Robert Kardashian. The famous children, of course, are the publicity hungry Kardashian sisters, daughters of Kris Kardashian who is married to former great athlete Bruce Jenner. Jenner’s son, Brody, of course, is also a press junkie, seeking fame for doing little of much value other than dating and having a reality show. It’s quite a group.
Anyway, few people may realize that the Kardashian girls — also reality TV stars, Playboy models, etc- are the daughters of O.J.’s best friend, a lawyer who helped him skirt the double murder charges but later claimed he had doubts about Simpson’s innocence. Kris Kardashian Jenner was at one time Nicole Simpson’s best friend.
What ties Shapiro to the Kardashians now? Robert tells me he’s backing Kim Kardashian in a Web site called shoedazzle.com. He says, “It’s discount high end shoes.” Well, it’s nice to see they’ve all stayed so friendly. The shoes are for women, so Bruno Magli — the brand O.J. wore the night of the murders — won’t be featured.
The Mickey Rourke party, by the way, was hosted by Jason Binn and L.A. Confidential magazine at Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant in the London Hotel — formerly the Bel Age — in West Hollywood. What a place! Ramsay, the famed Brit chef, was there, too, and let us taste some of his mouth watering morsels. It was a Monday night and the place was packed. This is certainly not how I remembered the beloved Bel Age. It’s amazing what a coat of paint and a good cook can do to revive a dowager!
Mickey, by the way, tells me he has no memory of his Golden Globes speech. He also has no idea what the producers of “Iron Man 2” have in store for him. He also has no memory of presenting at the Gotham Awards back in November with Patricia Clarkson. But it’s all good, and everyone loves him again.
Also spotted at the Rourke/Binn soiree: the hardest ex-exec in the record biz, Charlie Walk, late of Epic Records. The word is that Charlie has just signed a deal with Endemol Productions, the world’s biggest producer of reality TV shows. He’s going to report to that company’s U.S. chief, Dave Goldberg, and already has several big projects cooking. At Epic, Charlie had hit after hit, so the producer of “Big Brother” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” has a lot to get ready for!
Mickey Rourke Celebrated by Los Angeles Confidential
January 13, 2009
http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/01/69637/index.html
Mickey Rourke Celebrated by Los Angeles Confidential
Los Angeles Confidential magazine celebrated Mickey Rourke's cover shoot on Monday night, the night after the screen vet took home his Golden Globe for 'The Wrestler.'
Stars who walked the red carpet at the soiree hosted by Niche Media CEO Jason Binn at Gordon Ramsay at the London West Hollywood included Ramsay himself, 'The Dark Knight''s Aaron Eckhart, and ET's own correspondent Cheryl Woodcock.
You can check out Mickey on the January/February cover of the mag on newsstands now.
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More celebrities are opening up to LA Confidential
May 10th 2009
Celebrity side dish: Celebrities frolic at White House Correspondents Dinner
More celebrities are opening up to Los Angeles Confidential, now that New York's own Jason Binn is editorial director. David Arquette told the mag that he’s not proud of some of his past behavior. “I’ve fought the bartender at Coach & Horses because she wouldn’t give up the short stick for the pool table, and I’ve gotten beaten up outside of the Roxbury because I was a p— to Alyssa Milano.” Arquette’s tuning up his karma by working with Feeding America.
Courtesy of FGPR
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