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The Devil Wears A Skimmer

You may recognize the above Manhattan hotspot as one of Miranda Priestly’s preferred eateries in The Devil Wears Prada. This week Smith & Wollensky and several other tony NYC restaurants are in the news after some of their wait staff were busted for skimming the black Amex cards of their zillionaire clientele. High-tech “skimmers” — hard to detect because they …

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Lover

When I first started visiting the bars as a baby gay of 16 years old, I found it impossibly sexy and glamorous when I heard a gay man introduce another as his “lover.” That term, obviously, has gone virtually extinct in the icy era of the “partner,” which sounds more like you share an office than a bed. Which is …

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Disco Star Andrea True Dies At 68

Former porn star Andrea True, who had a second act in the mid-70s as a minor disco star, has died at the age of 68. True referenced her porn career in her first international smash, More, More, More, which included the lyrics “Get the cameras rolling, get the action going.” That song, which peaked on Billboard’s pop chart at #4 …

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