Martha Stewart has been the victim of natural disasters this summer. First, Ms. Stewart's farm in Bedford, N.Y. was struck by lightning earlier this summer, and now her East Hampton home on Lily Pond Lane was also struck with a bolt, which fried her stereo system and her electronic driveway gate. [P6]

Kirsten Dunst was spotted making out with Drew Barrymore's ex Justin Long at Sunset Junction in LA, where she seems to have returned after a summer spent hanging around New York. [NY Daily News] 

Chloe Sevigny took a seaplane to Atlantic City to celebrate the opening of the new nightclub The Chelsea, which is owned by her brother Paul. Once there, the Sevigny siblings danced until dawn. [P6]  read more »

Once again Martha Stewart has chronicled her social life on her blog and posted photos from her Second Annual Peony Party at her farm in Bedford, New York. Yes, it was a party to celebrate a flower, which is a way for Ms. Stewart to show off her exceptional gardening skills. (Or those of her gardners.) "When my gardens are looking so amazing, I just love sharing with my friends," she writes.

Most of the guests photographed seem to be Ms. Stewart's employees: her housekeeper Lily, stylist Tom Borgese, gardeners Kim, George, and Erika, her chef Pierre, Mary the personal trainer, property director Mike Fiore, assistant Kate, and seven Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia employees including chairman Charles Koppelman.

Oh, but wait! Who's that tall man in a denim jacket chatting up the crowd? Why, it's Chevy Chase!  read more »

A suitcase filled with $15,000 worth of Russell Simmons jewelry was reportedly stolen when one of Mr. Simmons' employees left it in the hallway of a Bleecker Street building for about 30 minutes. [P6]

Heidi Klum says that Project Runway will get a facelift on Lifetime that will include more catch phrases and a "Hollywood flair." [Forbes via The Cut]

Jennifer Lopez stopped by Obama's offices to talk about "matters close to her heart." [People  read more »

It's no Martha Stewart posting pictures from her trip to the Bahamas, but Kanye West has got himself a little blog. Sure, he's been at it for some time now, but it seems that Mr. West's blog hasn't quite found its...identity.  read more »

We get so entranced by Martha Stewart's accounts of her horse's enflamed rear hock and white asparagus updates on her blog that we didn't even notice the photos she posted yesterday from the Time 100 gala that took place May 8. She even brought her own photographer!  read more »

Martha Stewart blogs, posts pictures of Perez Hilton at the White House Correspondents Dinner. [The Martha Blog via Daily Intel]  read more »

The Associated Press reports that The Justice Department has approved Sirius Satellite Radio's plan to buy its rival, XM Satellite Radio, for $5 billion.

Sirius, which is home to Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, Judith Regan, The Rolling Stones, and others, will incorporate XM's programming which includes Oprah Winfrey, E!, and Fox News.  read more »

Last night, The Daily Transom chatted with Frédéric Fekkai, the haute hair salon mogul, who was co-hosting a party with his wife, Shirin von Wulffen and Martha Stewart, who was absent because of the death of her mother, Martha Kostyra, last Friday. Guests at the cozy affair—held in the Galerie Mark, which sits beneath the soon-to-reopen Mark Hotel on Madison Ave. and 77th St.—drank to the publication of Sandy Hill’s new book on entertaining, Fandango.  read more »

Residents of tony Katonah, N.Y., are willing to let Martha Stewart put the town’s name on her furniture, mirrors, pillows and chair cushions—but on nothing else. Paint? Definitely off-limits. Lighting and home textiles? No and no. The lifestyle mogul behind Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. has finally reached a compromise with the Westchester County villagers after concerns were raised by several individuals and groups—including Native Americans who were reportedly upset that the name of a 17th-century tribal chief could be used to sling Ms. Stewart’s wares.

Settlement in Stewart Trademark Feud [AP via Newsvine]

Just after 8:00 on the evening of October 1st, with a large group of dapperly dressed guests gathered in Grand Army Plaza below, a 12-foot cake shining in the spotlight amidst them, and a small cast of hosts counting down from ten on stage, the first sparks of light erupted from the rooftop of The Plaza hotel. They flared into the air and then were followed by others of their kind, exploding from different roof levels in the building. Some shot out of windows, others stayed along the surface of the facade creating spiraling sparkles of light against the hotel. At the finale, the building appeared to explode, as small fireworks shot out of every window and rooftop with a burst of light.  read more »