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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian drew curious looks at Chanel’s dinner for the Tribeca Film Festival.
KANYE WEST and Kim Kardashianan may be highly compatible, but their brands are not. The rapper drew double takes Tuesday night when he showed up at Chanel’s Tribeca Film Festival Dinner at Odeon with his new squeeze â€" but not because they’re the media’s latest celebrity obsession.
Word quickly traveled among the chic crowd that Kanye was supposed to come solo to the dinner, which also drew Robert De Niro, Liv Tyler, Val Kilmer, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, and he probably should have. One guest says Kardashian “was really out of place†at the Tribeca bistro.
We think we understand why: West, who’s a true hip-hop artiste and has brought his Dw collection to the runways of Paris, fits in with Chanel’s haute fashion image, but Kardashian, whose label hangs on racks at Sears, does not. Will H&M please come to the rescue?
BETHENNY FRANKEL is awfully popular these days. In addition to being Self magazine’s May cover girl, the “Skinnydipping†author tells us that Betty White’s camp has invited her to sit on the dais when the “Hot in Cleveland†star is roasted by the Friars Club on May 16. “Forget the White House!†Frankel said of the honor at the intimate dinner that Self editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger hosted at Beauty & Essex on Tuesday.
Frankel sat between her hubby, Jason Hopper, and caustic comic genius Lisa Lampanelli, who’s still holding strong on “The Celebrity Apprentice.†Lampanelli, who will actually be roasting White at the Friars event, complimented Frankel for being outspoken â€" and giving women something to look up to. “It’s so fâ€"ed up!†Lampanelli cracked. “She’s more inappropriate than me.†The Queen of Mean added that Frankel may have a future outside of reality television: “She really should do standup.â€
ALLAN HOUSTON didn’t spend much time at the tables at his inaugural charity poker tournament Tuesday. Instead, the ex-Knicks guard told us he’d decided he would have more fun “walking around, talking trash†at the Grand Havana Room on Fifth Ave. There, Houston welcomed current Knicks Tyson Chandler, Landry Fields and Jared Jeffries and “Nurse Jackie†star Edie Falco to raise money for his Allan Houston Legacy Foundation. Cigar in hand, Houston told us he isn’t much of a poker player, so he gave all of his chips away. Judging from the early exits of Chandler, Fields and Jeffries, the game had more donkeys than China.
SETH MEYERS says his bro-mance with Brian Williams is an electrifying thing. When we told the “SNL†Weekend Update anchor we’d noticed that Amy Poehler had stood between him and the lantern-jawed NBC News anchor during a photo op at the Time 100 Gala on Tuesday night, Meyers replied that there was a very good reason: “If we touch, it could power the city,†he said. Humina-humina!
SCENE STEALERS: Zach Wahls, author of “My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength and What Makes a Family,†appearing tonight with his moms and co-author Bruce Littlefield at the Barnes & Noble on Broadway and 82nd St. ... “CSI: New York†actor Hill Harper dancing to U.K. rock band Eddie the Gun at Avenue A Soundcheck at the Double Seven in the MPD on Monday night. ... NBA great Isaiah Thomas enjoying his son Zeke Thomas’ deejay set at the Loft at Kibo Japanese Grill in Gramercy Saturday night. ... “Law & Order†star Mariska Hargitay, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, comic Lisa Lampanelli, Liza Minnelli and “The Hunger Games†director Gary Ross populating the VIP guest list for tonight’s opening of “Leap of Faith†at the St. James Theater. ... Ben Affleck taking his daughters Violet, 6, and Seraphina, 3, to the craft booths at Microsoft’s Children Mending Hearts Benefit in Pacific Palisades, Calif. ... Anderson Cooper chowing on a toasted Lunchbox Special â€" PB & J on wheat â€" at Peanut Butter + Co. on Sullivan St. on Thursday.
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