Category: MOVERS & SHAKERS

The snakes and ladders of society.

A chronicle of drama, scandal and success in London, Paris, New York and elsewhere

  • Wally of the Week – William Hanson

    Etiquette know-all (know-nothing) William Hanson makes his second appearance of 2016 as a ‘Wally of the Week’

     

    William Hanson is a man with a serious chip on his shoulder (and “a moist towelette in his hands”). We made this bitchy bore our ‘Wally of the Week’ in March after he stated that gin is simply the drink of “posers and peasants” and now, with his list of the “year’s most poorly mannered celebs”, he’s taken that title for the second time.

     

    Hanson, a truly laughable snob with an ego the size of Harrods, compiled his list for the Daily Mail and included Andy Murray (for a “spectacular lack of gallantry”), Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (for “terrible timekeeping”) and India Hicks (for “ingratitude”). His choices were not only pointless, they were ridiculous and they showed only one thing: This moron is about as much use as a chocolate teapot. He truly should be sent to Siberia.

     

    #GetHimGone #WallyOfTheWeek

     

  • Wally of the Week – William Hanson

    Wally of the Week – William Hanson

    Etiquette know-all (know-nothing) William Hanson makes his second appearance of 2016 as a ‘Wally of the Week’

     

    William Hanson is a man with a serious chip on his shoulder (and “a moist towelette in his hands”). We made this bitchy bore our ‘Wally of the Week’ in March after he stated that gin is simply the drink of “posers and peasants” and now, with his list of the “year’s most poorly mannered celebs”, he’s taken that title for the second time.

     

    Hanson, a truly laughable snob with an ego the size of Harrods, compiled his list for the Daily Mail and included Andy Murray (for a “spectacular lack of gallantry”), Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (for “terrible timekeeping”) and India Hicks (for “ingratitude”). His choices were not only pointless, they were ridiculous and they showed only one thing: This moron is about as much use as a chocolate teapot. He truly should be sent to Siberia.

     

    #GetHimGone #WallyOfTheWeek

     

  • Woman of The Hour – Kirstie Allsopp

    Woman of The Hour – Kirstie Allsopp

    Kirstie Allsopp rightly stands up to motormouth Kay Burley

     

    George Michael’s death was sad given he was plainly a talented musician and that he was taken too young and when the television presenter Kirstie Allsopp reacted by suggesting that Sky News’ reporting on the story was “appalling” she spoke for many.

     

    The Murdoch owned news station did indeed focus on Michael’s “scandals” rather than his music and that their presenter Kay Burley responded: “Oh do shut up Kirstie” speaks volumes.

     

    In writing such, Miss Burley, a nasty old wench with a heart of stone, showed herself for exactly what she is: A failure of a journalist with not an ounce of impartiality in her body. She ought to apologise and she ought to be sacked by Sky.

     

  • Wally of the Week – Margaret Gallagher

    Wally of the Week – Margaret Gallagher

    Meet a woman with a broken thighbone who thinks she can park wherever she wants; strangely she can get on her tight jeans and boots

     

    The Daily Mail were plainly short on stories Thursday. At a time when children are being massacred in Aleppo, they chose to publish a non-story about a woman left “furious” after getting a ticket for parking in a disabled bay (in spite of not being disabled).

     

    Margaret Gallagher, a company director from Stoke-on-Trent, deserves sympathy for having broken her femur – which she claims cannot be bent more than 60 degrees – but that she was “shocked” to get a parking ticket for leaving her Volvo estate car in a disabled bay in Ashbourne, Derbyshire on Wednesday is ridiculous.

     

    Mrs Gallagher told the paper:

     

    “There was nothing else I could have done, I had to use the disabled bay and I left a note which clearly explained that”.

     

    “I love Ashbourne and I come here every week as a treat and unfortunately I expected a little more humanity from Ashbourne, but obviously I didn’t get it”.

     

    “It’s not about the fine, I can pay the fine, but the warden had physically seen me and seen how much I struggle to get around, so I would have appreciated a bit more humanity”.

     

    One has to ask why this woman was driving in her condition at all and one cannot defend the indefensible. This woman is not actually disabled and as one of over 1,400 comments observed: “I find it quite alarming she feels able to drive with a broken leg and get those jeans and boots on but can’t manage to walk a few extra yards from a normal parking space. I am not sure the police would agree she is safe to drive”.

     

    On this basis, we make Margaret Gallagher our most worthy Wally of the Week. This silly woman truly deserves it.

     

  • Picture of the Week – Nutter meets Nutter

    Picture of the Week – Nutter meets Nutter

    Donald Trump held a meeting with one of the few “celebrities” willing to be seen in his company

     

    On Tuesday morning, at around 9am, Donald Trump met with the rapper Kanye West at Trump Tower in Manhattan.

     

    After the 15-minute meet West – who was recently hospitalised after having a nervous breakdown – and Trump posed for photographs in the building’s lobby. To the assembled audience, the President-elect remarked:

     

    “We’re just friends, just friends. He’s a good man. Going well. Long time. We’ve been friends for a long time. Life, we were discussing. Man, you take care of yourself, I’ll see you soon”.

     

    West refused to take questions and simply said:

     

    “I just want you to take my picture right now”.

     

    We share that image here and highlight it for what it truly is: An image of a nutter with another nutter.

     

  • A Catty Catastrophe

    A Catty Catastrophe

    ‘Bride of Wildenstein’ got her claws out in New York; her boyfriend learns a lesson about playing with cats

     

    Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes once remarked: “Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched” and now, it seems, 76-year old plastic surgery obsessive and feline lookalike Jocelyn Wildenstein’s boyfriend has ended up getting exactly that.

     

    The former wife of the now deceased billionaire Alec Wildenstein – and the lucky recipient of £2 billion ($2.5 billion or €2.4 billion or درهم‎‎9.2 billion) and £79.5 million a year ($100 million or €94.6 million or درهم‎‎367.3 million a year) for 13 years after their 1999 divorce – was arrested early Wednesday after gouging her boyfriend’s face with her nails and stabbing him twice in the chest with her scissors at the Trump World Tower apartment they’ve shared for the last 13 years.

     

    A Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weapon
    Jocelyn Wildenstein’s mugshot following her arrest on Wednesday 7th December 2016
    A Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weapon
    An injured Lloyd Klein in New York this week following Jocelyn Wildenstein attacking him
    A Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weapon
    Mr Klein tweeted a picture of himself with Donald Trump in November and congratulated him on his victory over Hillary Clinton; he has over 5,000 followers on Twitter

     

    Swiss born Wildenstein, née Périsset, appeared in court later in the day charged with felony assault charges in the second degree. She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weapon against 49-year old Canadian couturier Lloyd Klein and allegedly poured hot wax over him, “went for his face with her nails” and “grabbed some scissors and stabbed them twice into his chest”. The cat-like woman is to said to have been provoked into the violent frenzy after Klein allegedly failed to “pay her enough attention” after an evening meal, according to an unnamed source who spoke with the Mail Online.

     

    The source spoke of what happened at length and commented:

     

    “She can blow up anytime, anywhere and absolutely no reason. He says she is a truly beautiful person when she’s on her best behavior. But when flies into one of her incredible rages – look out”.

     

    “… He was very scared, he asked her to calm down but she just got angrier and angrier and threatened to kill him”.

     

    “Lloyd just pushed her inside [a walk-in closet in their Manhattan apartment] o get her to calm down. He told her this couldn’t be happening and this was wrong but he didn’t lock her up [as she claimed at the time]”.

     

    “She started calling her agent, calling 911, calling security, calling anyone she could to say she was being attacked and held prisoner”.

     

    “But when the cops arrived it was patently obvious that she could have opened the door herself”.

     

    “By now Lloyd’s face was all scratched and swollen, he had two scissor stabs to his chest. The police took one look at the blood and realized he was the victim”.

     

    “He knows it will happen again if they live under the same roof. Lloyd is very private and focused on protecting his image and his brand but Jocelyn gets a kick out this”.

     

    “The remarks about her facial features don’t worry her. She likes a good scandal”.

     

    Here, indeed, is a cat that needs to be caged: Jocelyn Wildenstein should be locked up for her and everyone else’s safety.

     

    Catty Quotes:

     

    “Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs” – Desmond Morris

     

    “The problem with cats is that they get the exact same look on their face whether see a moth or an axe murderer” – Paula Poundstone

     

    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals” – Winston Churchill

     

    “Cats have a scam going – you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that’s the deal” – Eddie Izzard

     

    “Mad women and cats. The two always end up together” – Unknown

     

    Jocelyn Wildenstein through the ages:A Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weapon A Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weapon A Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weaponA Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weaponA Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weaponA Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weaponA Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weaponA Catty Catastrophe – Feline-like Bride of Wildenstein Jocelyn Wildenstein and couturier Lloyd Klein – Fight at Trump World Tower, Wednesday 7th December 2016 - Delony assault charges in the second degree – She is accused of inflicting injuries with a weapon

     

     

  • Old and New – Sloanes

    Old and New – Sloanes

    New series contrasting the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ begins with Sloane Rangers

     

    Back in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Lady Diana Spencer used to drink at The Admiral Codrington whilst Sloanes named Perdita and Peregrine downed gin like it was water in The Australian in Milner Street.

     

    Loud braces and yellow cords sold like hot cakes and Peter York was king of all he surveyed. Now, in a new era, this socially elite set of characters have had to evolve and though the majority of Kensington and Chelsea is now colonised by wealthy foreigners, Sloane Rangers are still be found braying in Kings Road, SW3.

     

    Old and New – Sloanes – New series contrasting the ‘old’ and the ‘new’ begins with Sloane Rangers

     

  • Video of the Week – The Spirit of the Daredevil

    Video of the Week – The Spirit of the Daredevil

    Video of teenager climbing New York’s tallest landmarks is a must watch

     

    Justin Casquejo is a teenager who is utterly fearless. The 18-year old from Weehawken, New Jersey was sentenced to 30 days of community service, ordered to attend counselling and forced to write a 1,200 word essay in 2014 after climbing to the top of the 1,776 foot tall One World Trade Center building and now he’s at it again according to the New York Post.

     

    In a series of photos and videos posted to Instagram and YouTube, he has recently broken into a series of buildings including 220 Central Park South and the Time Warner Center.

     

    This video of his antics is not for the faint hearted, but it truly reveals the spirit of the daredevil is still alive and well.

     

    The Spirit of the Daredevil – New York’s tallest building climber, teenager Justin CasquejoThe Spirit of the Daredevil – New York’s tallest building climber, teenager Justin CasquejoThe Spirit of the Daredevil – New York’s tallest building climber, teenager Justin Casquejo

     

  • Degenerates and Dr Nastro

    Degenerates and Dr Nastro

    Matthew Steeples alerts event hosts in London to Dr Nastro, Ian Thomas and their merry gang of party crashing cohorts

     

    Last Wednesday, in London, around twenty gatecrashers arrived at a party I was co-hosting.

     

    ‘Invited’ by someone named Ian Thomas and a character who goes by the plainly invented moniker of ‘Dr Nastro’ (operating from [email protected]), these degenerates appeared mostly brandishing a doctored invite that came without anything other than timings and an address. It came with a note above it from ‘Dr Nastro’ reading “Embassy of X, invites you to taste of X” and instructions to “please come early, no RSVP required”.

     

    Amongst those to arrive and be turned away were usual suspects such as David Pun – no surprises there – and several badly dressed women with the scruffiest shoes known to man. Told at the door that they couldn’t come in (with Pun being urged to “get back to Harvey Nick’s”), these people resorted to yelling abuse at the staff and one went as far as to tell me I was “a racist” and claimed I’d “be prosecuted”. He ranted at a distinguished lady and described her as “a dirty woman” and, as he left, yelled: “Elitist, comprehensive school educated bigots”.

     

    Others in the ‘party’ numbered two ‘Housewives’ from Fulham. I nearly caved in and let them in given how ‘Desperate’ (not in the Eva Longoria sense) they looked, but rightly the doorman sent them on their merry way. The IDS-lookalike muttered and moaned for a moment before heading off into the cold night whilst Mr Frizzy and the chap that pretends to be a jockey complained: “You’ve made us feel uncomfortable”.

     

    The next morning, a missive was sent to my co-host by a man named Phil P. Kelly of a never-heard-of before Twitter account @HowToEnjoyLDN. He moaned: “When we made a choice and went all the way, to what turned out to be a gin tasting event, a member of your staff rejected us because we had not RSVPed! This surprised us, as no RSVP was specified in the original invite, copied below. Or was it? Can you enlighten us further?”

     

    After reading the accompanying forwarded message, I contacted the source, Dr Nastro. He answered with various excuses and claimed: “This has nothing to do with me”. He added: “I’ve been told it was someone called Ian Thomas who creates a party list weekly and my name has been used to forward to his friends”.

     

    In a further missive, without even yet even the hint of an apology, the not-so-good doctor added:

     

    “I got a lots [sic] of emails sent to me. I don’t remember that one. Maybe I could have sent it on. I did not know this was your event. I don’t really go to these type of events. I mainly see Pun at art gallaries [sic] making a nuisance of himself”.

     

    Told by return “’maybe’ is a very convenient word” by me, he then bizarrely responded with an invite to a preview event at an art gallery named ‘Unit London’ that very evening. He explained: “If you would like to meet here, we could talk about it”.

     

    I responded with the comment: “I am astounded. You now invite me to someone else’s event. Is that even appropriate given what you did to my event by inviting people who shouldn’t ever have been invited?” and contacted ‘Unit London’ and alerted them of his plan to crash their event.

     

    Dr Nastro’s last email followed minutes later: “I will not send anyone to your events again, you need to find who leaked your invite… I’ve just been banned from The Unit. Can we leave it at that?” We can now.

     

  • Smashing a “Star”

    Smashing a “Star”

    YouTube “star” has his ridiculous gold wrapped BMW smashed with a baseball bat during a photo shoot in New York whilst blocking traffic

     

    Though he has 2.7 million subscribers to his feed on YouTube and 201,000 followers on Instagram, New Yorker Coby Persin is someone most of our readers will unlikely ever heard. He likes showing off his “ripped abs”, pretending he is the reincarnation of Zac Efron and making videos where he shows girls to be “ultimate gold diggers”, but yesterday he shared a video of himself getting a dose of his own medicine (or simply performing a stunt to get more followers for his pretentious self).

     

    In a 41 second clip, Persin was filmed with his hideous gold wrapped BMW in New York doing what he describes as “a quick photo shoot to get some cool pictures” whilst inconsiderately blocking a lane of traffic. Posing like the true prat he plainly is, this “YouTube star” is then interrupted by a man with a baseball bat who proceeds to smash the vehicle and then walk off.

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9D5fF5_9dc

    Smashing a “Star” – YouTube “star” Coby Persin has his ridiculous gold wrapped BMW smashed with a baseball bat during a photo shoot in New York whilst blocking traffic, 27th November 2016

     

    Though Persin is now offering a reward of £806 ($1,000 or €944 or درهم‎‎3,700) for the arrest of the man concerned, most in the media simply decided to mock him. Of him, for example, Jack Moore of GQ remarked:

     

    “[Coby Persin] stopped traffic so he could take some douchey pictures with his douchey car. And then New York City did its magical thing and made a perfect, brilliant, beautiful moment happen”.

     

    “Now, sure, the ‘law’ might say that he ‘damaged property’ or ‘wielded a baseball bat like a maniac’ but that’s looking at this the wrong way. (Maybe it’s even a stunt?) But I’d argue that this is New York City at its best. I mean that dude HAS A BAT WITH HIM IN HIS CAR AT ALL TIMES. And that decision paid off, because he was there to remind this guy that the city doesn’t care if you have a fancy car. You f**k with people trying to get where they need to go and they will f**k with you right back”.

     

    Smashing a “Star” – YouTube “star” Coby Persin has his ridiculous gold wrapped BMW smashed with a baseball bat during a photo shoot in New York whilst blocking traffic, 27th November 2016

    Smashing a “Star” – YouTube “star” Coby Persin has his ridiculous gold wrapped BMW smashed with a baseball bat during a photo shoot in New York whilst blocking traffic, 27th November 2016