
Tuesday night a bunch of magazines won a bunch of awards, blah, blah, blah. We found how who won, and there was way, way, too much talk over David Zinczenko's booty. What about all the questions we wanted answered? What did everyone wear? Where did everyone party?
Not surprisingly, the guys dominated at this ceremony (forget that the magazine industry is a women's market) so we have a re-cap of what they wore.
Graydon Carter wore a tie with "what appeared to be tiny lighthouses," and Jann Wenner donned a corduroy suit. It was "plain dark suits" for Jim Kelly and David Remnick and pinstripes for John Huey.
Condé Nast, which sends more people to the awards than any other company (it is the corporate home of both Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, as well as WWD) apparently felt entitled to set its own dress code; an internal e-mail sent out Monday assured attendees, "Please note that though the invitation states Black Tie … a dark suit/cocktail dress is fine."
There should be an awards ceremony where Vogue, Glamour, Paper, Nylon, and W get honored and then we might actually have something fun to report on.
But, despite their boring clothes and blase attitudes, a few mags still managed to rally for company parties. New York reminisced at their home away from home, Spotted Pig, Rodale employees chilled at The Hudson, and Time at Otto. Yawn. Come on, don't these people realize our industry has a reputation to uphold?
Lunch at Michael's: On The Morning After The Ellies… [Fishbowl, New York]
Tied Off [Jeff Bercovici, WWD]

As Rachel Sklar jumps out of the Fishbowl for a taste of oxygen – and, inexplicably, Greg Lindsay finds himself with the want and the time to fill in – she's taken a detour from her usual tasteful gossip rounds for actual sit downs with some major media players. Frank Rich on showtunes? Love it.
But, by and far, our favorite in Rachel's series of send offs (well, of the two) is with Men's Health editor (and editor's letter photo punching bag) David Zinczenko, for who we hold a special place in our heart (we bought on on eBay) if only for his totally platonic friendship with Dan Abrams, who we're certain refer to each other as "brah." And given Rachel's willingness to slap David with the reality of his book being nearly as gay as Details means we're going to miss her that much more.
Of Nipple and Ripple: Eric Bana, shirts; Adrien Brody, skins. How do you decide which coverboys go topless? Will there ever be topless men on the cover of Best Life? If so, will you send it to me?
Some celebs feel that going shirtless is the right thing for them at that point in their careers–Adrien Brody, for example, was showing off how his hard work made him worthy of heading up an adventure flick [December 2005 issue for King Kong]. Bana [Jan/Feb 2006 for Munich] was in a solemn historical drama, so he didn't want to equate Munich with his abs. As for Best Life, I think [Editor] Steve Perrine and his team have created a very different aesthetic with a very different message, and sell-through is climbing rapidly. So, keep your shirt on.
At the MPA event, Jon Stewart asked: "Why is your magazine so gay?" Everyone howled, because, well, there are hot, shirtless guys on the cover often. Do you think of gay/straight appeal when you're considering content? Is that something you even think about? Since you bill Men's Health as a full lifstyle brand (trifecta: health/career/relationships) how do you address the gay/straight readership?
We're a magazine about health, nutrition, fitness, relationships, fashion, technology, career — last I heard, gay men and straight men were both interested in that kind of info. The reality is, straight or gay, American or European, white or black or Hispanic, men are just a lot more similar than they are different. We all have the same core concerns, dreams, fears, ambitions. As far as the covers are concerned, I dunno. Nobody ever calls Cosmo or Glamour or Shape a lesbian magazine, even though the women on the covers are often exposing a lot of skin. So come on: Why the double standard?
Ya know, Zinczenko's right. We don't call Shape or Self or their like lezzie mags even though they routinely feature fitness models in Lycra, offer sex tips that don't involve men, and use the word "lipstick" far too often for it not to mean "lipstick lesbian." So in honor of Rachel's departure and David's abs, we're gonna do it: Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Shape, Self, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook, O, Jane, and Vanidades: You're all big dykes.
Whew. We feel much better.
David Zinczenko is Living His Best Life (or, Of Edit, Abs and Ice Cream) [FisbowlNY]

• Christina Aguilera might have a hard time consummating her marriage to Jordan Bratman, given his professed extra large endowment. [R&M]
• Ever since Chelsea Clinton quickly unhitched herself from Tara Reid's hip after mama Hillary got word of their pairing, Tara's been looking for a new friend. And she's found one in the form of Kirsten Dunst, the ex-good girl turned party girl. [Perez Hilton]
• First Lindsay Lohan, now an identified clubgoer at Cain. The fake celebrity swindling just keeps on keeping on, this time with a faux Jude Law snagging a female nightcap. [Page Six]
• What was Britney Spears' biggest investment on her trip to NYC with Kevin Federline? After seeing Sweet Charity (in which the talent-challenged duo may star), the pop tart got inch long fingernails to scratch at any photog without a contract. [Page Six]
• How appropriate: Jenna Bush parties at Fat Girl. [Page Six]
• Most inventive way to get out of an interview with the New York Post? If you're Lara Flynn Boyle, get written off your TV show. [NYP]
• Congrats to Lloyd Grove, who got a whopping $90 bucks for selling off his personally autographed copy of Scooter Libby's bestiality book on eBay. [Lowdown]
• Everyone together now: "Awww!" That goes out to George Clooney, who felt depressed while shooting Syriana because of all the weight he had to gain. [The Scoop]
• Ex-Men's Journal editor Michael Caruso once again spotted dining at Michael's with Men's Health editor David Zinczenko. Friends? Colleagues? Dan Abrams image consultants? [Page Six]

It's been three years since Jann Wenner edited Men's Journal, and for good reason — he hired other people to do it, but would never let them have their names at the top of the masthead. That was until Bob Wallace took over in 2002 and received the EIC title.
But since Michael Caruso's much publicized departure over contract negotiations three weeks ago, Wenner has been mulling over what to do with his floundering fitness-lifestyle title. So, after monotonously rearranging his file folder and telephone cord, he decided the best person fit for the job was himself.
That doesn't mean, however, that he doesn't have a new hire to tout. It's Tom Foster, who split his features editor gig at David Zinczenko's Men's Health last Tuesday. But Foster's name will appear below Wenner's own, as editor — which will surely turn out to be a great decision when Men's Journal continues to suck and Jann needs someone to blame, especially a lesser.
But if Wenner thinks by picking someone junior he'll ensure himself a pliable subordinate, he's likely to be disappointed. Several sources who have worked with Foster said he is decidedly strong-willed — not a quality that makes for smooth relations in Wennerland.
Meanwhile, Men's Health editor in chief David Zinczenko offered a double-edged congratulations to his former employee. "We couldn't be more thrilled with Men's Journal's choice of editor," he said.
Of course Zinczenko is happy with such a masthead buoy now editing the competition.
And then there the little fact that we hear Zinczenko was dining at Michael's yesterday with none other than Michael Caruso. Whatever could that mean?
Foster Sun Returns [WWD]
Earlier: Michael Caruso not fit enough for Men's Journal

• Without that house in the Hamptons to let all his friends crash at, Men's Health editor David Zinczenko is having a hard time getting anyone to laugh at his jokes.
• Coincidence that the Weinstein brothers leave Disney today, the same day Michael Eisner is splitting after 21 years? We thought not.
• Martha Stewart's supposed TV comeback isn't exactly wowing viewers and, in turn, isn't exactly wowing advertisers.
• If Janice Min gets anymore press this week, we might actually have to buy a copy of Us Weekly.
• Sumner Redstone isn't content with Rupert Murdoch being the only one using family members to infest his media empire, so he's signed on wife Paula to "audit" some of Viacom's L.A. media properties.
• The New York Times really scored with its editorial on Palestinian Prime Minister Abbas. Except they didn't.
• Donny Deutsch is finally getting around to understanding hatred, but not the type aimed at him, apparently.
• With the new divorce magazine Rosenkrieg (it's German, kids), you can start reading about your future in a glossy instead of a fortune cookie.

• Not sure why Anna Wintour's friend Mohammed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods, would put his own daughter Camilla in harm's way, but he's managed to enlist her to be the Vogue editrix's personal intern this fall
• Conde Nast's business title might be nearly two years away, but it's already got Forbes owners worried enough to send out a missive to the entire biz staff.
• Jason Binn's luxe publishing house Niche Media unleashes its latest ode to wealth, Capitol File. The D.C. glossy weighs in at a heft 346 pages and probably weighs more than its cover subject, Ashley Judd.
• News Corp, fresh off its MySpace.com $580 million acquisition, continues its buying spree with a $650 million offer for Internet video gaming company IGN Entertainment.
• Men's Health will feature a disabled person for the first time on its November cover. Though don't expect David Zinczenko to pick a wheelchair-rolling ab maniac anytime soon — Cpl. Peter Sprenger "only" lost an eye and dons a patch.
• Apprentice no more! Bill Rancic, the winner from the show's first season, announced at a Malaysian conference that he's leaving The Donald next March to start his own business (and maybe have an office with a window?). But he's not totally severing ties, since he'll make guest appearances in Seasons 4 and 5 of the reality hit.
• NBC might be in fourth place in the ratings war but it's leading the buzz game when it comes to its fall season. At least that's based on what the society agenda-determining blogosphere is saying.
• eBay, already part owner of Craigslist, is looking to expand its one-of-the-people image with the purchase of VoIP company Skype. The price tag? An outrageous $2 to $3 billion, or as much as $5 billion.
• Today we celebrate NY1's 13th anniversary! Yey for local cable news actually worth watching more than its big brother cable nets.

Men's Health editor David Zinczenko isn't just about gal palling around the Hamptons with Dan Abrams. He also is quite concerned about his readers' health — or at least his editorial assistant Heather Kelly is.
Women's Wear Daliy used August as an excuse to read Heather David's editor's letter, where he expresses genuine concern for fat folks.
"I cannot go to a gym without cringing, watching the idiotic, ineffective and downright dangerous exercise routines personal trainers put their clients through," Men's Health editor in chief David Zinczenko writes in his September issue. Zinczenko goes on to describe a friend, "65 years old and about that many pounds overweight," who showed up to lunch complaining that a workout had left him with a sore neck, and left in an ambulance, "felled by a massive stroke. Did the workout kill him? It's possible."
It's also quite possible the recklessly hilarious Miss Education of Jenna Bush will do better things for Melissa Rauch's career than VH1 ever could, but we don't debate the philosophical on this website.

• Kevin Federline must be too busy spending wifey's cash, which explains his absence from the first birthday party of his son Kaleb with ex Shar Jackson. Naturally Shar is going to feed this story to the tabs generate this week's income.
• It's war (or pussy fight) between Bill O'Reilly and Donny Deutsch, with laughable "author Bernard Goldberg at the center of it all.
• While Men's Health's David Zinczenko has been seen courting Mandy Moore around the Hamptons, she may have spent the weekend with ex-flame Zach Braff.
• Tom Sizemore is no out on probation since admitting to a judge he used a fake dick to pass a urine drug test. Now he's back in rehab, or as we like to call it, "career revival."
• Britney Spears' lil sis Jamie Lynn has been running her mouth in her online journal, revealing Brit's due date is in September.

• Lloyd Grove's flacks have a little explaining to do after naming a lad named Van Scott as Crobar's co-owner, when in fact he's just a PR intern.
• Men's Health chief hottie David Zinczenko has been shacking up at his rented Hamptons home (which he shares with MSNBC's Dan Abrams) with Mandy Moore, newly single from her Zach Braff breakup.
• Owen "Butterscotch Stallion" Wilson has been shirking his celebrity duties all summer, from last month's Nantucket Film Festival and his Wedding Crashers premiere party to Saturday's Mercedes-Benz Polo match in Bridgehampton, where he was expected to present the trophy. He ditched out, though Victoria Gotti was on hand .. and isn't she always.
• Are Paris & Paris already fighting? It's rumored their spat got so bad in Greece she hopped on a jet to L.A. for the weekend. But Hilton's rep Rob Shuter says his client actually "extended her Greek vacation through August." Sucks for Greeks.
• No matter what the Today show reps tell you, Matt Lauer and model-wife Annette Roque are indeed living separate lives. So much so that Matt has been renting a 2-bedroom flat at Trump Park Avenue for the past month.
• No need for much of an explanation here: Jude Law wanted a threesome with nanny Daisy Wright. And who wouldn't.
• Lil' Kim is stabbing Lil' Cease in the back with the very knife he did her. Angry over his testimony at her perjury trial, Kim filed suit to stop distribution of a DVD about Junior M.A.F.I.A., the rap group they both belonged to. Oh, and she wants $1 million in cash, please.
• Paris Hilton is facing a $10 million lawsuit from fiance Paris Latsis' ex-girlfriend Zeta Graff, who claims the heiress planted "vicious lies" in the New York Post.
• Lizzie Grubman has a stalker, which means she's finally famous.

