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Led Zeppelin Roundup: Backstage and Beyond

By now you’ve probably read about what happened onstage during Led Zeppelin’s show last night, but else happened at the concert of the year? For one, Pete Townshend, despite reports to the contrary, did not perform: “I pulled out of the Ahmet Ertegun benefit the day I heard Led Zep were performing,” Townshend wrote on his blog. “They really don’t need me.” Many in the audience probably wished the other openers had taken Townshend’s stance, but they gave a polite reception to the other acts. The show began with a prog-rock supergroup composed of Yes bassist Chris Squire, Yes drummer Alan White, Emerson and Lake and Palmer’s keyboardist Keith Emerson, doing a progged-out version of Aaron Copeland’s “Fanfare For The Common Man.” Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman took the stage next with his longtime group The Rhythm Kings, serving as the house band for the remaining openers. Paul Rodgers performed joined them for “All Right Now” and Foreigner’s Mick Jones came out for “I Want To Know What Love Is.” All of the acts had been signed by the late Atlantic Records co-founder Ertegun, and Robert Plant made sure that the audience didn’t forget it, announcing “Ahmet, we did it!” after Zeppelin performed “Stairway to Heaven.” Backstage at the main gig was one gigantic A-list conclave, featuring Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, David Gilmour, Dave Grohl, Marilyn Manson, Priscilla Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, Michael J. Fox, Pink, Juliette Lewis, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher and Steve Winwood. After the show, VIP’s headed over to the nearby Club Indigo to check out a post-show featuring soul stars Solomon Burke, Ben E. King, Percy Sledge and Sam Moore. The club was jam packed, and even the most intrepid of reporters didn’t manage to get in. If that weren’t validation enough for Jimmy Page and Robert P

Published: 2007-12-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Led Zeppelin Reunion

Clinton Counselor Doug Band Used to Date Naomi Campbell?!??!

Bill Clinton and his right-hand Band. Photo: Washington Post.comRemember Doug Band, the mysterious "counselor" of Bill Clinton who introduced him to Raffaello Follieri and hassled restaurateur Nino Selimaj into taking a photo of Chelsea Clinton off the wall of Osso Buco because she was, in his estimation, "not a public figure"? The Washington Post spotted him in the background of that video of Bill Clinton dressing down CNN's Jessica Yellin, and wondered what we wondered some months ago: Who is this guy? Band is the spotlight these days, the paper notes, a fact which he can't be too happy about, not least because the spotlight is apparently shining directly on what the Post describes as his "prematurely thinning hair." There's not a lot in the Post story, which Band doesn't participate in, that we don't already know: He was a White House intern before becoming the president's aide and official mobile-phone carrier; he is married to "handbag designer" Lily Rafii, he's kind of a jerk, or "gruff" as a source tells the Post, and some say this attitude has "enabled" Clinton's recent jerkiness. (Also the Post misses out on some juicy bits, like his association with Jeffrey Epstein and an organization called the "White Boys" that we are dying to know about.) But there are a few nuggets, chief among them the fact that Band apparently dated Naomi Campbell (!?); that he once escorted Monica Lewinsky to a White House ball; and that his brother Roger, a doctor at the University of Pennsylvania, sometimes acts as the traveling physician for Clinton. Incidentally, Roger himself was also sort of unclear on who Band was. "I had no idea what a big deal his job was," he told the Post. "When he took us into the Oval Office, I was like, 'Oh, cool, what, did some guy let you in? Then I saw his name on the speed dial.'" Bill Clinton's Aide, Now In the Story [WP] Earlier: A Field Guide to Bill Clinton's Fonzworth Bentley

Published: 2008-02-27 Provider: New York Magazine

Remains of the Day: Hayden Panettiere Sings Again

Hayden Panettiere showed a new talent, taking the stage at Cal State Fullerton to sing with Band from TV. [GTS]Scarlett Johansson defended her septum piercing, claiming it looks "lovely" and shows her "creative side." [CW]Shakira became tragically befuddled with too many shoe choices during a recent shopping trip. [TheBastardly]Lauren Conrad clearly started a new work our regime. "The Hills" star showed off her newly-buff physique at the beach this weekend. [SW]Naomi Campbell went batshit-crazy in her new ad for Dunkin Donuts. [WLC]Kelly Osbourne still thrusts her tits upon unsuspecting members of the British media. [WW] (Flynet)

Published: 2007-07-23 Provider: A Socialite's Life

My God, There's Two of Them?

One would think it would be hard to convincingly impersonate the six foot Afro-Jamaican Glamazon, but it seems that Naomi Campbell does in fact have a doppelganger running rampant. An imposter is on the loose, crashing parties and lavish events everywhere and has the real Naomi begging hosts and hostesses to keep an eye out for the fake. Brit band Oasis was the latest target of the imposter. She was denied entry by Noel Gallagher himself. Campbell was furious when she learned about the k

Published: 2007-02-19 Provider: A Socialite's Life

P. Diddy's Feet Are a Hot Mess

Photo: Getty Images Sean Combs stepped on a piece of glass and had to get five stitches. Also, last year he had bunions. Shia LaBeouf got shot down by the ladies of the Beatrice Inn. Playboy is trying to put together a "Girls of Olive Garden" spread.An actress named Susan Malick is suing a film-production company because she invested a lot of money in an Anthony Hopkins flick and hasn't been paid back yet. Harrison Ford says he got his ear pierced after he got drunk with Ed Bradley and Jimmy Buffet. Kim Kardashian got back at Paris Hilton for calling her fat by trying to convince a clothing company not to give her any more free stuff. Elisabeth Hasselbeck is a fan of eighties hair band Poison. Naomi Campbell made nice with the police officers who arrested her at Heathrow Airport. Jennifer Esposito hung out with a bunch of male models at Bungalow 8 at her 35th-birthday party. Paris Hilton wants to have a joint wedding with Nicole Richie so she can sell the photos for a lot of money. Orlando Bloom had lunch at Serafina on East 61st Street with a pretty brunette. Forty-four-year-old Marla Maples made out with her 31-year-old boyfriend, The Bachelor star Andy Baldwin. Gwyneth Paltrow only agreed to do Iron Man after Robert Downey Jr. signed on. A new book about Chris Farley contends that he was totally crazy and desperate to be liked. Painter Ross Bleckner is writing a book based on journals he kept.

Published: 2008-04-21 Provider: New York Magazine

While You Were Trying Not To Get Mad At A Sickly Nigerian Baby

Naomi Campbell made her best "Seeeeee? I'm a good person!" face at a children's hospital in Nigeria. Do they make the "Naomi hit me - and I loved it" t-shirt in a onesie size? (Splendora) Heidi Montag is BFF's with John McCain's daughter, Meghan. I'm not sure if the McCain campaign realizes how incredibly bad of an idea this is. But maybe since Heidi & Spencer had that photo opp at the shooting range, it's a strategy to lock in the NRA vote? (Just Jared) When you read the headline "Rush To Guest On The Colbert Report," don't let your head explode too quickly - it's actually the band Rush, not that deaf homophobic guy. YES! It's tonight, and they will be performing "Tom Sawyer." Really. (TVSquad) Al Reynolds is still in love with Star Jones, despite being divorced and very possibly gay. He took the tone of an eliminated reality show contestant during the interview, saying "I'm a guy who progresses and moves forward. I was successful before I met Star, and I plan to be successful after Star." AMERICA HASN'T SEEN THE LAST OF HIM! (CNN) Gimmicky, awful Jill-Sobule-wannabe Katy Perry said she wants to kiss Miley Cyrus, and do the whole Madonna-Britney kissing thing. I'm not sure what's more offensive about that. Katy being a pedophile or Katy assuming she is as famous as Madonna, Britney, or Miley. (Mollygood)

Published: 2008-07-16 Provider: Best Week Ever Keywords: Entertainment

As If The Zeppelin Show Weren’t Awesome Enough, Naomi Campbell Was Also Mugged At It!

It sounds like last night's Led Zeppelin reunion had a little something for everyone. If you weren't altogether impressed by the monumental rockness of a legendary band reforming after 30 years, or face-melted by a night's worth of their ass-kicking classics, perhaps would like to know that assistant-abuser and sometimes supermodel Naomi Campbell was mugged during the show. According to a report at Fox News:As the show ended I ran into her coming out of the VIP exit. She was having a fight with one of the security men. As we passed, she announced to me, "Someone stole my handbag. It had two phones in it!"Ohmygod, they got her phones!?! As if the horror of having her belongings stolen weren't bad enough, now she's not even going to have anything to throw at her help in order to cope with her anger at having been mugged! The tragedy is almost Shakespearean.

Published: 2007-12-11 Provider: Best Week Ever Keywords: Entertainment