On The Rocks?

Will Charlize Theron be single in ’09? The gorgeous actress is said to have had a huge fight with her longtime boyfriend Stuart Townsend while the duo was vacationing in Mexico. While in Tulum for NYE, Charlize and Stuart, who once said they would not wed until gay marriage was made legal, argued the entire time, a source reveals. “She began shouting about the lights not coming on in her room and complained about the water not being hot enough, Stuart took the brunt of it.” Meanwhile, the pair spent their time apart, with Charlize golfing and doing yoga while her man relaxed at the beach. Continue…

A newcomer to Nolita’s bevy of indie stores, the gallery-like boutique Début brings a new concept to the marketplace: the centrally located retail space is a brick-and-mortar stepping stone for young designers to launch their collections into the market. (We would say it’s the New York equivalent of London boutique Beyond the Valley, one of our favorites.) We spoke with owner Lisa Weiss about her innovative concept. Continue…

Tragedy

John Travolta is having a hard time. The actor’s 16-year old son Jett was found dead in a hotel room in the Bahamas, where John, Jett, daughter Ella and wife Kelly were on vacation after New Years. Jett was discovered on Friday morning around 10 am by a nanny after he suffered a seizure and hit his head on the bathtub. After John tried to revive his son by performing mouth-to-mouth, Continue…

Who needs Richard Prince and Murakami when you have fashion designers moonlighting as artists? The art and fashion worlds continue their love-hate affair with edgy designers of the old and young, in the vein of Hussein Chalayan and Henrik Vibskov, respectively. Both designers are presenting shows to jumpstart the new year. London-based Chalayan will be showing in his hometown at the Design Museum from January 21st to May 17th of this year, which will also function as a retrospective of the designer’s work for the past 15 years. Continue…

Trouble in Paradise

Lindsay Lohan may be single in 2009. The starlet has been dating DJ Samantha Ronson for over a year but a string of vicious fights recently have pals wondering how much longer they’ll make it as a couple. Although the duo rang in the new year together at Miami’s Mansion nightclub, posing happily for photos and looking happy, sources say they got into a brawl the next day. Lilo and Sam started arguing at the American Airlines Admirals Club at Miami Airport, and continued the scene once they got onto the airplane. Linds was described as inconsolable, to the point that a flight attendant asked her if she’s like to disembark. Continue…