While Steppin' Out may battle Our Town for the least-read NYC-area publications, it does get its name in the news thanks to Chaunce Hayden, the magazine's editor and one-time Page Six item planter (before a nasty little libel suit put an end to that). The magazine is a place for mini-somebodies to make names for themselves.
Enter this as-yet-unpublished cover of Steppin' Out, featuring a one Shallon Lester. Who? She's the Rush & Molloy gossip stringer who speaks with a slight lisp, and whose "single girl" videos for DoubleAgent.com are actually funny. (She's also only been to the Hamptons, like, once, so she's insta-likable.)
Lester is also the star of an upcoming reality show, which means this cover may be only the beginning! CONTINUED »
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You might know Lester from her chronicled attempts of trying to be Paris Hilton' BFF. But she's also the co-author of Hot Mess, about a surburban girl who takes to New York City to, like, try and make it.
As Amazon describes the book: "Emma’s totally prepped for days at a fabulous internship and nights of socialite-ing around town. But when you’re 17 and not an heiress, reality is far from pink fizzy drinks and red velvet ropes. As the summer heats up, Emma learns that glamour is hard to come by when your only friend is too boy-crazy to hang, your budget is more H&M than D&G, and you spend 8 hours a day working for a man who proves that the devil wears Dockers too."
Which has this video from Lester making perfect sense. It's where she describes the Hamptons, a mythical place she says she's never been to, as a place for losers. (Which it totally is! See you there this weekend?)
The video is below and, warning, it auto-starts. But it's quite funny.
Update: Lester writes in to tell us that she went to the Hamptons this weekend. A virgin no more! CONTINUED »
Exclusive:
After a year-long stint at Gatecrasher, gossip girl Laura Schreffler (right) is ditching the Daily Snooze in favor of a new gig as senior writer for OK! magazine, leaving the features managing editor (and intimidating Irishwoman) Orla Healy behind in favor of buxom Brit Sarah Ivens.
And with Schreffler originally slated to take a features position in the Daily News' Los Angeles bureau, some PR insiders are already whispering that some last minute "drama" and/or internal conflict was the cause for the split.
Schreffler is quick to dispel those rumors, however, insisting she left Orla and the Daily News on "great terms," and explaining "I just didn't feel that being a hard news reporter was the right move for me." (In which case, OK! magazine was definitely the way to go!)
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