stars, they're just like us!

according to a press release i received this morning, random celebrities will join together for a charitable cause. they will be donating their time to be waiters at sapa to benefit project a.l.s.

the event will take place monday, june 11th in new york city. so if you have $300 to donate (or money to burn) you can get in on this dinner for a good cause. and who knows, you could have someone as cool as rob riggle serve you or someone like mtv vj susie castillo. other "celebrities" that will be there to serve patrons include:

Ted Allen (Queer Eye, Top Chef), Kevin Covert (Spamalot), Rachel Dratch (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live), Bryant Gumbel (Real Sports - HBO, NFL Network), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Spin City), Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show, Jericho), Julianna Margulies (Sopranos, Snakes on a Plane, ER), Rob Morrow (Numb3rs, Northern Exposure) , among others.

bon appetit!

absurdities: financial firms ban bikini clad luncheons

according to the ny post, some of new york city's top financial firms are banning business lunches at the hawaiian tropic zone restaurant in new york city. the post writes:

SOME of the city's top financial firms have banned their execs from having business lunches at the Hawaiian Tropic Zone, where waitresses wear slinky bikinis and sarongs, because they think it's too much like a strip club. Morgan Stanley, Lehman Bros. and Smith Barney have not only told employees not to entertain clients there but also won't accept receipts from the Times Square eatery on expense accounts, reports The Post's Jeremy Olshan. The firms declined to comment. But Dennis Riese, who opened the babe-filled joint with a menu by celebrity chef David Burke, told us, "We are a totally misunderstood restaurant."

awww, they're just misunderstood. well, they'll just have to do without the classiness of chef david burke and go to hooters for lunch instead.

(via ny post)

justin bringing sexyback to the home box office

according to an article in variety, hbo will produce and televise it's first concert in four years. did i mention it would be a justin timberlake concert?

justin is currently on his "futuresex/loveshow" tour in europe and will return stateside in august. the show will be taped at jt's august 16th tour date in new york city at the famed madison square garden. the show will air on hbo on september 3rd. they will release the concert on dvd on a later date.

i already predict an andy samberg cameo appearance. "dick in a box" anyone?

casting call: desperate women wanted to bare all (emotionally and clothing wise)

tired of the local bar scene? can't meet a nice guy at church? did you not meet that man of your dreams at that sexaholics anonymous meeting? fear no more! abc's dating franchise, the bachelor, is casting for it's 11th (!) season.

if you live in austin, chicago, new york, los angeles, atlanta, or nashville, and are available between may 6th and may 22nd, you should maybe check out one of the open casting calls.

i will admit to having watched than more of my fair share of episodes. but i have to say i don't understand why these women would feel like going on this show could honestly work. first of all, the show is in it's 10th season. of those previous nine bachelors, i think maybe ONE of them is still with their significant other. MAYBE two. and from the two previous bachelorettes, one is married, the other relationship was dissolved like an alka-seltzer in water.

so again, why go on tv? IF you make it to the final cut of 25 women, you still have only a 4% chance of actually getting the guy in the end. i just don't see why if you were willing to do something like this, you wouldn't feel more comfortable creating a personal ad on match.com or jdate or something. i have to imagine the odds on dating sites are greater than 4%. but who knows. i live in new york city and am single. hmmm....where are those casting calls again?

for those of you that decide to go to said casting calls or fill out the application, here are a few pointers:

1) as of the last few seasons, there seems to be one virgin in the bunch. so if you've been wearing a chastity belt all your life, you've got something that most women over the age of 18 don't. kudos. not to mention, guys like the idea of a virgin for some reason. either that or they're completely terrified that you'll obsess over the idea of marriage before having sex. but you're on a show where the goal is to get married, so i think you're safe in that department.

2) being a raging alcoholic makes for great tv. during those "getting to know" each other premiere episodes, there's always the girl that has too much to drink and falls or breaks something. i'm sure if you mentioned you've attended an aa meeting or two, you are ahead of the game.

3) obsess over marriage! and babies! there's always one crazy girl that feels like she is god's gift to men and has no idea why she is still single! she seems to ignore the fact that her constant talking about wanting to get married and having babies might scare guys away.

4) oh, it helps if you're white.

so there you have it. what are you waiting for. start making that home video to send in to the casting directors!

punk'd

pete wentz of fall out boy fame has decided that being rich & famous, having a girlfriend as pretty as you, and having millions of fans isn't enough for him. so what did he do? open up his own bar for rejects.

seriously?

I’m not the kind of person that’s like, ‘All right, I’ll meet up with you guys later,’ ” he says. “It’s like, what’s the fun in going out to a place if you’re just sitting around in a VIP lounge with a bunch of other people on their BlackBerrys?” So he, along with Yellow Fever clothing designer Jamison Ernest and his band’s managers, Bob McLynn and Jonathan Daniel of Crush Management, are opening AK-47. “This is a bar for all the rejects,” promises Wentz. His bandmates, along with their friends (and fellow Crush clients) from The Academy Is …, Gym Class Heroes, and Cobra Starship, plan to hang there when they’re in town (the band Panic! At The Disco wanted to be investors, but they’re not yet 21).

so go on down to the corner of avenue a and 11th street if you're in new york city. nerds rejoice! rejects welcome! well, until they hit capacity at 200 people. which i'm pretty sure will be every single night. douchebags from the LES, williamsburg, and local EV-ers will invade this bar like it was hi-fi. to be honest, i kinda wanna go. somebody slap me.

(via ny mag)