Sean Avery

Wednesday night's party on the Mini Rooftop in Chelsea thrown by V magazine in honor of its new issue was a downsized version of last week's Interview magazine bash—same crowd, different venue. The only difference was that everyone appeared a little more worn down by the elaborate Fashion Week festivities that have taken place since.

The roof—a new addition to New York's hip party venues—has a grassy knoll in the center with globular seating cavities resembling bathroom sinks where fashionable guests reclined with fruity cocktails, waiting for the Swedish indie artist Lykke Li to perform. (Ms. Li was also the special guest at a small gathering in Soho last Sunday which attracted Kirsten Dunst and Adrian Grenier.)   read more »

"It's been fun," said laconic ex-New York Ranger Sean Avery last night, of his experience at Fashion Week. "Certainly, it's day four and I think I'm already expired. I'm so tired, I can't keep up." Mr. Avery, who famously interned at Vogue over the summer, was sitting front-row at Narciso Rodriguez's evening show in Chelsea wearing "a lot of Gucci," he said.

"I met Narciso on a shoot, and we just kind of have kept in contact a little bit, so I came out to see the clothes and enjoy the evening."

Mr. Avery will soon be leaving New York: He recently signed a four-year, $15.  read more »

Sean Avery's internship at Vogue is now the basis of a movie. [HR]

The fund-raiser for Barack Obama starring Anna Wintour and Sarah Jessica Parker at Charles Nolan's studio is tonight! [WWD] 

There are now 152 fashion weeks in the world. Is it even possible to attend all of them? [NY Times]

Natalie Portman sat front row at Derek Lam this morning. [WWD] 

If you can't wait for Topshop to open in Soho, you can log onto the website and order Kate Moss' collection in the U.S. starting today. [NY Daily News] 

PETA was back outside the tents today protesting Dennis Basso. [The Cut] 

Here's something we never thought we'd read: New Line Cinema has just picked up a romantic comedy based on NHL star Sean Avery's summer internship at Vogue.

The former New York Ranger wing and enforcer, who signed on with the Dallas Stars this past off-season, spent his summer at the fashion magazine while also serving as a guest editor for Men's Vogue online.

If that pitch sounds familiar to you, that's because it is. From The Devil Wears Prada to the upcoming Simon Pegg and Jeff Bridges film How to Lose Friends and Alienate People to even this winter's  read more »

Courtenay Semel (daughter of former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel) and heiress Casey Johnson are no longer an item after Ms. Semel spent an  evening partying with Tila Tequila, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. [P6]

Michelle Williams is reportedly officially dating her close friend director Spike Jonze, who was previously married to Sofia Coppola. [Daily Mail]  

Vogue intern and New York Ranger Sean Avery, 28, is dating 51-year-old Kelly Klein, ex-wife of Calvin. [P6]   read more »

Sean Avery may be lining up his next fashion internship. The New York Ranger was seen visiting the offices of Marie Claire and perusing the magazine's fashion closet with editor-in-chief, Joanna Coles. As usual, he was wearing shorts. [P6]

Meanwhile, Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love's 15-year-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, is reportedly interning at Rolling Stone. [P6]

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson reportedly took their almost confirmed relationship to the Hamptons this weekend. [NY Daily News]

Samantha Stein Wells, whose mother, celebrity real estate broker Linda Stein, was murdered in October, wrote a children's book to console her 3-year-old-daughter and is now shopping it around.  read more »

On a sweltering afternoon early last month, Adam Newman, a 25-year-old Park Slope comedian who works for CollegeHumor.com, made a life-changing decision: He took scissors to a pair of brown corduroy pants and fashioned them into shorts.

“It’s getting hot and I’ve made up my mind. This summer, I’m wearing shorts!” Mr. Newman blogged recently. “I’ve always been an exclusively-pants guy, but I’m ready for change. No more sweating under the jeans at the park, I’m letting it breathe this year!”  read more »

Mr. Newman is not alone. A growing number of style-conscious men are becoming more comfortable with the idea of showing some leg during the hot summer months.

Uma Thurman is reportedly engaged to financier Arpad Busson. [NY Daily News]

Those awkward photos of Sean Avery standing shirtless in a fashion closet at Men's Vogue mysteriously disappeared from the magazine's Web site. [Radar]

Graydon Carter, Jann Wenner, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Buffet, Gay Talese and others gathered at the Waverly Inn on Wednesday to celebrate Gonzo, a Carter-produced documentary about the life and work of Hunter S. Thompson. [WWD]

Raffaello Follieri's friends reportedly want Anne Hathaway to come get the chocolate lab the couple bought together.  read more »

Isaac Mizrahi is annoyed with having to do jury duty. [P6]

Real Vogue interns say their jobs were nothing like Sean Avery's in that they were not flown to L.A. or given their own desks. Shocking. [The Cut]

Bill Murray and wife, Jennifer Butler Murray, who alleged that he abused her, drank too much, and was addicted to marijuana and sex, quietly divorced on June 13. [TMZ]

Barack Obama has Sheryl Crow, Yo Yo Ma, and Howlin' Wolf on his iPod. [RollingStone]

Regarding her mother's high profile divorce from Peter Cook, Alexa Ray Joel told People magazine her mother "is standing up for herself, I think that's admirable.  read more »

Have you been following the course of Sean Avery's career? Not with the National Hockey League but in his betweentimes internship at Vogue?

Well, Men's Vogue has. On their web site, Mr. Avery gets a byline for telling readers what it's like to be a hockey player who likes to play dress-up:

I don't watch sports. I don't read about sports. Generally, other than spending a lot of time in dressing rooms both at home and on the road, I don't hang out with other athletes. Over breakfast in hotels when the Rangers are on the road, I read the Style section in The New York Times.  read more »

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Tony Kushner and his partner, writer Mark Harris, are headed to California for a marriage license. [Intelligencer]

Heather Mills has reportedly been invited to do Celebrity Apprentice because Donald Trump likes her. [P6]

New York Ranger-turned-Vogue intern Sean Avery attended R.E.M.'s concert at Madison Square Garden on Thursday wearing all black and a newsboy cap. A "spy" said, "he looked like he was straight out of a 1998 J.Lo. video." [P6]

Cynthia Nixon didn't have breast augmentation surgery as was reported by Page Six (and linked by Daily Transom) last week. She was at the hospital for a check-up following the removal of her breast cancer.  read more »

Vogue intern and New York Ranger, Sean Avery, says the magazine is "a real, tight-knit family," and he hasn't had to fetch a cup of Starbucks yet! [Intelligencer]

Drea De Matteo was overheard saying that one of NBC's better known spin-off disasters, Joey, ruined her career. [P6]  read more »

Leighton Meester goes on Conan O'Brian and totally doesn't act like Blair. [Daily Intel]

The newest pseudo-intern at the Vogue mothership is New York Ranger, Sean Avery, who like most Conde interns might travel to the European couture shows with Anna. [WWD]  read more »