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Morning Memo: Anna Wintour to Retire?; The Ballad of Jay-Z and Kanye West; Chris Matthews Screams About Hillary Clinton
Sources say Anna Wintour, whose contract with Vogue will expire soon, is "thinking of retiring. She feels she's done it all and had enough." [P6]
Damon Dash is claiming that a feud between rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West was caused by Jay-Z's refusal to "knight" Mr. West onstage with a "gleaming chain." [R&M]
At a party in Miami, Paris Hilton and Stavros Niachros were "all over each other," just for old time's sake. [Star] read more »
New Operators Shimmy Into Scores Buildings
Rival operators appear to be scavaging over what's left of the bankrupt Scores empire.
Robert Gans, owner of Manhattan's Penthouse Executive Club, has applied for a liquor license at the former Scores West strip club at 533-535 West 27th Street.
Meanwhile, proprietors of the Las Vegas-based strip club Sapphire--who earlier caused such an uproar over plans to open a new location on West 23rd Street--are seeking a license at the original Scores location at 333 East 60th Street.
Both applicants are scheduled to appear before the State Liquor Authority (SLA) next week.
State regulators earlier stripped Scores boss Richard Goldring of his license at the West Side location, after employees were arrested on prostitution charges. read more »
That Giant Sucking Sound?
Racking up huge bills has long been part of the exotic experience at Scores, the infamous Manhattan-based chain of upscale strip clubs that built a nationwide reputation by catering to celebrities and wealthy executives.
Only it used to be the patrons’ problem. Cover charge: $30 per person. ATM fees: $18.50 per transaction. Cocktails: $19 a piece. And that doesn’t begin to cover the extravagant services rendered back in the Champagne room.
For some horny high rollers, the cost of just a single evening at Scores could even reach six figures: One visiting CEO from St. Louis eventually lost his job over a whopping $241,000 charged to his company credit card over the course of one night at the original Scores, at 333 East 60th Street, back in 2003. read more »
Scores Boss Richard Goldring Pulls a Larry Flynt
Embattled Scores owner Richard Goldring is suing the city and State Liquor Authority (S.L.A.) in federal court, alleging that the government's recent crackdown on his two Manhattan strip clubs violates his First Amendment rights.
In court papers, his latest attorney called last month's revocation of Mr. Goldring's liquor license at Scores West "a circumstance intended to terminate in Scores West any future First Amendment expressive entertainment and to chill the principals of Scores East and Scores West in the exercise of their First Amendment right to provide such entertainment." read more »
Scores Empire Just Keeps Crumbling
The champagne room has finally gone dry at embattled Manhattan strip club Scores West.
The New York Post reports that authorities from the New York State Liquor Authority (S.L.A.) showed up Wednesday to confiscate the voluptuous 10,000-square-foot venue's precious liquor license.
(Albeit apparently not before getting a visit from reality TV couple Alex and Simon McCord of "The Real Housewives of New York City" fame.)
The agency's action follows a prolonged legal battle with club management over the arrests of several Scores West employees on prostitution charges in January 2007. read more »
