Thursday, March 31, 2011

HECWeb Conference for Entrepreneurs

This is a guest post by Klaragora of Girlz In Web, The NextWomen media partner in France. You can also read the original article in French here.

HECWeb1Last week, the groups HEC Entrepreneurship and HEC WEB organized a conference with the theme Opportunity, Creation & Development on the Internet: Lessons Learned From Entrepreneurs.

Greetings!

15 days ago at The Canteen, at an evening dedicated to the topic of geolocation, I made the acquaintance of Ly�s Ghamissou.

The roundtable on geolocation was not great, the speakers (Cityvox, Dismoio, Plyce, Restopolitain and Nomao) being reduced to self promotion in the absence of any high level view on the subject. It was a pity.

The meeting with Ly�s Ghamissou of HEC Entrepreneurship at The Canteen

However, as usual, a raft of interesting people were present. Most notably, I briefly saw our friend @ cath_woman and finally met again the newly turned�American @ mgef amongst many others.

And some added bonuses, like our friend Ly�s. The latter is active in one of the (many) HEC alumni networks, dedicated to entrepreneurs: HEC Entrepreneurship.

Everyone knows HEC, but not everyone is aware of the network of associations around the ultra-dynamic school

See their calendar, (which rivals mine in terms of density!) and read all their news here.

Quick Focus on HEC Women, HEC Web and HEC Entrepreneurship

Before getting to the main subject of this article (that evening?s conference), a quick focus on three of the HEC associations:

You?re probably already familiar with HEC Women, led by vivacious founder and managing partner Sophie Reynal, aka @ Reynal. Find her on her site, blog, and Twitter (@ hecaufeminin).

HEC Women are entrepreneurs already regularly in the spotlight (see this post for a list of women who created ?businesses and, at the same time, employment and value for their shareholders.?

Among the HEC graduates, some have gone through the module or masters course HEC Entrepreneurs, others have benefited from the HEC Incubator ?

HEC Women is about career workshops, it?s international, it?s about networking, meetings with remarkable women (such as Sophie), the prize ?Trajectories HEC Women?, a newsletter ?

There is also HEC Web, which brings together passionate graduates and web professionals. More on this next time.

Finally there is the Enterprise Centre, part of HEC Entrepreneurship, which summarizes the entire HEC ecosystem for entrepreneurs.

HEC Entrepreneurship brings together some 400 entrepreneurs and professionals, aiming to support entrepreneurs and to ?encourage and provide practical solutions to achieve their project or develop their business.?

Conference with Lessons Learned From Web Entrepreneurs

In this context, (ah we reach the famous conference!), a conference was organized on ?Opportunity, creation and development on the Internet: Lessons Learned from Entrepreneurs.?

Four contractors were showcased and in attendance, including:

Nicolas Cohen (Ms Entrepreneur H01), co-founder of www.alittlemarket.com, the first French marketplace dedicated to handmade products. A Little Market allows independent designers to sell their creations directly. Similar to Etsy.com in the United States, which has been one of the great successes of the past five years, one of the characteristics of these sites is that they grow through word of mouth ensured by their community (no traffic charge).

Philippe Duhamel (MBA 96), co-founder of www.kadeal.com. A mashup of search engine Google, Salesforce, and Kompass, Kadeal is a new prospecting tool which identifies business and commercial contacts through semantic analysis of the B2B Web. In SaaS mode, to the delight of sales folks.

For the record, I refer you to the live-tweet # HECWeb that I used to feed from my account.

If you are interested in this topic, please post a comment; if there are volunteers, perhaps I?ll ITW Sophie Reynal ? why not?

Good afternoon!

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' secret sex suite

Smug marrieds alert! They're having love-ins at a NYC hotel

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Good sex, not making babies, is Katie Holmes' priority right now.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are spicing up their marriage in a luxurious suite at New York's Bowery Hotel.

Just a short walk from their Manhatten apartment, the couple have been checking into the room for ?passionate love-ins' as an X-rated alternative to date night.

According to our source, Tom, 48, and Katie, 32, fork out �3,000 a night for their trysts.

And it's working a treat for the pair, who got married in Italy in November 2006.

Our mole says: ?It was Katie's idea. She's struck up an arrangement with the hotel to keep their best suite on hold for her and Tom for whenever passion strikes.

?They're often in New York because Tom's main Scientology-related charity is there and they both feel more at home in the Big Apple than in Los Angeles.

Katie likes staying in New York - she loves fashion and prefers the shops there.'

But why check in to a hotel when they have a multimillion-dollar apartment mere blocks away?

?They use the hotel because they're uncomfortable about having sex while Suri's also in the apartment,' reveals our insider.

?Katie's mortified at the idea their daughter could accidentally walk in at any time and she felt it inhibited them, so this was her solution.'

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Vida Guerra ? The Brawl that Spawned a Lawsuit

Model Vida Guerra is being sued over a savage fight that occurred outside of a Hollywood nightclub last year — and now TMZ has footage of the melee. We broke the story — three guys filed a lawsuit against Vida after they got their asses kicked last March outside of Vanguard nightclub … while she [...]

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Holly Madison Is Searching For Her Soul Mate

Reality star Holly Madison says she is searching for her soul mate.

?Holly?s World? star Holly Madison, who recently split from All Time Low guitarist Jack Barakat, has revealed she is keeping her eyes open for her soul mate.

Madison said, ?I would love to meet my soul mate. I?m always kind of keeping my eyes open for somebody.

?I?m happy single, but I?m happy in both cases. I feel like I definitely thrive more as a human and I?m more successful when I?m single.?

Holly was previously in a long relationship with Playboy?s Hugh Hefner.

The reality star revealed the type of man she is seeking, stating, ?It definitely takes a guy who is secure and not overprotective and doesn?t feel threatened by a successful woman. He needs to be patient and somebody who knows where he wants the relationship to go.

?It?s hard for me. The last couple relationships I had were long distance, [and] it?s not like I can make much of an effort to travel and see anybody. The guy had to do all the work, unfortunately.?

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NFLer Laurence Maroney Charged for Holding ... Weed


NFL running back Laurence Maroney was charged today for a drug and weapons bust in St. Louis a few months ago -- and he's only going to face a misdemeanor.

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Prosecutors tagged Maroney with one count of marijuana possession -- for the arrest back in January when St. Louis PD pulled over a car and busted the former Denver Broncos player and four other people.

Cops originally booked Maroney -- who's now a free agent -- for possession of a firearm, but it was later determined he had a permit to carry the gun.

Maroney faces up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.


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Wilkins' Alleged Attacker: 'I'm Gonna Sue!'


The man accused of attacking NBA legend Dominique Wilkins says he's the real victim and he's planning to sue over the alleged beat down.

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TMZ spoke with Rashan Michel -- a former NBA referee -- and he claims he was calmly trying to work out a deal over the money he says 'Nique owes him for custom suits.

Michel claims Wilkins responded by yelling, "F**k You!" ... then security wrestled him to the ground ... and that's when the Hall of Famer slugged him. Michel is adamant that he did NOT hit Wilkins first.

Michel tells us he plans on suing Wilkins and the Hawks organization -- as well as subpoenaing the surveillance footage ... which he claims proves his side of the story.

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Cheers! Lindsay Lohan goes bar-hopping in NYC

Lindsay Lohan didn't waste any time hitting up bars with pal Samantha Swetra though she's supposedly on a sobriety kick as of late.

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Lindsay Lohan didn't waste any time hitting up bars with pal Samantha Swetra though she's supposedly on a sobriety kick as of late.

Lindsay Lohan is back in the city. A source tells us the troubled doll landed in NYC Tuesday and checked into a Times Square hotel instead of going to her family's Long Island home. Later that night, she was seen bar-hopping with good pal Samantha Swetra, who, as we reported, got into it last week with actress Paz de la Huerta. Lohan and Swetra stopped at Rose Bar in the Gramercy Park Hotel before continuing to The Cabin Down Below in the East Village, an ultra-exclusive bar disguised as a dive. (Mom Dina says LiLo is working on sobriety here, so the bars must be just a test)

Judgment(al) day

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ronald Zweibel has revised his recent decision about former Bloomberg campaign adviser John Haggerty. In a March 14 ruling requiring Haggerty to stand trial on charges he stole $1.1 million from Hizzoner's 2009 campaign,

Zweibel raised eyebrows when he bluntly wrote that "the evidence of guilt, whether admissible in trial or not, is overwhelming." The line was shortened in a number of press reports to "the evidence of guilt ... is overwhelming," which read like a pretty decisive stance in advance of a trial.

Perhaps Zweibel regretted his initial exuberance, because, while reporting our story on Haggerty in Wednesday's column, we learned that the judge has since issued an amended decision, which softens his original assertion. The line, which we've truncated to spare you a lot of legalese, now reads: "the evidence of guilt ... is certainly legally sufficient, if not overwhelming, based upon this Court's review of the Grand Jury presentation."

A rose by any other name ...

Jayson Blair: Disgraced reporter or MTV heartthrob? Both, it turns out! An actor on "The Hard Times of RJ Berger" shares his creatively spelled name with the journalist whose plagiarized and fabricated articles caused a scandal for the Gray Lady in 2003. After resigning, that Jayson Blair recast himself as a "life coach"; this one plays a character he describes as "the a?hole jock everyone loves to hate."

The handsome actor, who's now shooting an unnamed pilot with "Traffic" director Stephen Gaghan, admits he's got a bit of a Google problem, but tells us, "I never really considered using a different name."

Janet's star may be waning

Do Janet Jackson's fans like her better when she's "Nasty"? A source tells us the singer's March 19 book-signing for her self-help volume, "True You: A Journey to Finding and Loving Yourself," at the Fifth Ave. Barnes & Noble wasn't exactly mobbed. According to the insider, after Simon & Schuster's Gallery imprint shelled out $30,000 for a stylist to primp Jackson for the signing, she autographed only 200 copies. We initially heard that even fewer sold, but a spokeswoman for the book insisted our story was "false." She wrote that 475 copies of "True You" were sold and Jackson presigned another 200 for the store, making the event "a huge success."

Sweet spots stay secret

Maira Kalman learned the hard way that state secrets are serious ? even when sweet. At a party honoring the artist and writer (whose work is displayed at the Jewish Museum), Kalman told guests that for her book "And the Pursuit of Happiness," she visited the White House kitchen and asked for their lemon layer cake recipe. The chef seemed agreeable, but when Kalman followed up from home, she was rebuffed by an underling. "They couldn't divulge it!" Kalman said. The event was dedicated to Learning Leaders, a public-school program in which Kalman and co-host Bob Morris volunteer. The event led Kalman to bond with "Fear of Flying" novelist Erica Jong about attending what's now known as LaGuardia Arts high school (once the "Fame" school). "I was a painter in those days," Jong explained.

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Kim Cattrall Gave Co-Star Sex Tips

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Kim Cattrall's 'Meet Monica Velour' co-star has revealed she gave him sex advice between takes on set.

Kim Cattrall's gave her 'Meet Monica Velour' co-star sex tips between takes.

The 'Sex and the City' actress plays a jaded former '80s porn star in the new movie and Dustin Ingram - who portrays the awkward teen who befriends his ageing idol - revealed his favourite moments on set were when they swapped erotic stories and Kim gave him some advice.

He told the New York Daily News newspaper: "We would talk about sex and swap stories and pointers and all this stuff."

We would talk about sex and swap stories and pointers and all this stuff.

The movie's director Keith Bearden revealed his best memory was when the two actors "made out" in the movie's "climactic kiss" scene and "we had to change reels of film and Dustin gets up and he has the hugest erection".

Although Dustin protested it wasn't true, the director quipped: "I'm an old man; I know [ardour] when I see it!"

However, Kim - who is best known for her raunchy role as maneater Samantha Jones in the 'Sex and the City' TV series and movies - was not impressed with either man's story and complained when she was questioned about them.

She said Dustin's story about swapping sex tips was "absolutely not true" and when asked about his alleged excitement during their love scene, she fumed to the New York Post newspaper: "You know, as a woman, I really find those questions offensive. As a woman, I find that really embarrassing [for you] to ask that."

Kim, 54, also took the time to rage against Hollywood's bias towards younger women, saying "Ask me about being a woman. Do you know what it's like to be 54 and marginalized? It doesn't get easier as you get older."

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Launch of Bolsa Cheia: The Financial Platform for Women in Brazil

bolsa cheiaSave money, get interest on microcredits, support causes, contribute to organizations? these are all things you can do with the financial platform for women, BolsaCheia, founded by Thereza Bukow.

The startup was a finalist at the Cartier Women?s Initiative Awards.

Brazil?s economy is one of the fastest growing emerging markets and its expanding middle classes are rapidly acquiring wealth. Female purchasing power has increased tremendously.

Yet 29 year-old Thereza Bukow has found that many middle-class women don?t know how to manage or invest this newfound capital. She decided the market was ready for the tools and resources offered by Bolsa Cheia, an Internet platform to educate and empower women financially.

She will be speaking at the 2nd Reunion of Women Business Owners held by the counsel of women founder and SEBRAE in Sao Paulo. Her pitch is available in Portuguese on our media partner?s website, Startupi.

Bolsa Cheia literally means ?plentiful purse? in Portuguese and the goal of Thereza?s company is to make women feel secure about money, investments and donations. The objectives are twofold: to target and attract women looking to invest and to educate on how to save and spend wisely. Educational aspects cover the fundamentals of personal finance, with articles on the mechanisms of interest rates, for example.

Bolsacheia.com initially aims to reach one million women and will gain revenue from advertising, referral fees and consultancy opportunities.

?Women have taken on key roles in the social changes affecting our country,? says Thereza, but given Brazil?s economic past, not everyone has an innate knowledge of how to move forward financially.?

Social gains through networks

bolsa cheia 2Teaching was a childhood vocation for Thereza, who duly trained to be a teacher after graduating with honours from S�o Paulo University. ?Now I want to take education beyond the classroom. I?ve always wanted to be able to spread knowledge to as many people as possible.?

So it?s no surprise that Bolsa Cheia is linked up to social networking sites, in a country where over 70 million people use the Internet: ?I believe that teamwork breeds progress and women can help each other by sharing. My own social networking led me to find about the Cartier Awards on Facebook!?

To launch her business, Thereza has teamed up with her cousin and strategic advisor, Tiffany Bass Bukow, who successfully developed the MsMoney.com finance education website in the US and inspired Thereza to become an entrepreneur.

Thereza?s role model is no doubt her mother, who kept her family of four out of poverty after her husband passed away suddenly when Thereza was just ten. ?Too many women rely on men to make the major financial decisions, then find themselves lost if they become widowed or divorced,? Thereza says. ?It?s time they took control of their financial destiny!?

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Lindsay Lohan 'actively looking' for Manhattan rentals

Lindsay Lohan has been busy spending time with her family in Long Island.

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Lindsay Lohan has been busy spending time with her family in Long Island.

LOS ANGELES - Lindsay Lohan thinks her future is in the Big Apple - not the big house.

The "Mean Girls" actress is looking for a rental in Manhattan while her felony necklace theft case plays out in Los Angeles, her mom told the Daily News.

"She will be in New York a lot more going forward. She's actively looking for places in the city with her younger brother Michael," mom Dina Lohan said.

"She loves it here. And she has a lot of friends who already have places, so she might sublet."

The oft-rehabbed starlet is home with her family on Long Island this week, but must return to Los Angeles April 22 for a preliminary hearing in the bling bust.

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Cops say she stole a $2,500 diamond chain from a Venice, Calif., jewelry store in January. She insists the store loaned her the strand.

Lohan, 24, got good news Tuesday when prosecutors in another county dropped a battery case against her, citing "insufficient evidence."

The investigation stemmed from her alleged scuffle with a Betty Ford staffer in December.

"We always knew Lindsay was innocent. This shows the truth does prevail. We're really happy we can put this one behind us," Dina Lohan said.

She said LiLo hopes she can soon "move on" from the necklace case, too.

"We're taking everything one step at a time. But obviously we're all behind Lindsay on this. I watched all four hours of the [jewelry store] surveillance tape. They clearly loaned her that necklace."

She wouldn't comment on what legal strategy they'll employ if Lindsay is tossed in jail next month on a probation violation.

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The judge could lock her up immediately following the preliminary hearing - even before a jury trial - if she decides the actress more than likely violated probation in her back-to-back 2007 DUIs.

"We'll have to wait and see. Right now we're maintaining her innocence," Dina Lohan said.

In the meantime, she said, Lindsay is working on her sobriety. She "loves" her new talent agency, International Creative Management, and is considering several movie scripts while she helps cast "Growing Defiant," the Dina-produced movie about heroin-addicted kids starring son Michael, 23.

She said her daughter will continue renting her Venice Beach pad even after she signs a lease in New York.

"We're all in the entertainment business. We're all bi-coastal," she said.

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Vanessa Hudgens: "Sucker Punch" UK Premiere

Stepping out for one of the biggest night?s surrounding their film's release, the ladies of ?Sucker Punch? were all on-hand at the UK film premiere in London, England on Wednesday (March 30).

Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Carla Gugino, Emily Browning all posed for pictures on the red carpet before heading inside Vue Cinema at Leicester Square for the big event.

As for the plotline, the film revolves around institutionalized Baby Doll (Emily Browning) who retreats into her imagination to survive, fighting video game-style battles in places ranging from temples to Notre Dame cathedral.

While director Zack Snyder?s 2006 film ?300? relied on male six-packs for visual interest, Sucker Punch majors on cleavage with Baby Doll?s fellow asylum inmates Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish), Rocket (Jena Malone), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens) and Amber (Jamie Chung) all duly obliging their director?s eye for a curve.


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Everything?s Coming Up BRAVO! Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills Renewed, Along With 11 New Shows!

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Whoa. Bravo is NOT messing around anymore!

The network announced today that not only would they be renewing five of their reality programs for the 2011-2012 season - including second seasons for Top Chef: Just Desserts and The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, a third season of Bethenny Ever After, and fourth seasons of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Tabatha's Salon Takeover - but also that they'd be picking up 11 EFFING NEW SHOWS, as well!

Yes. 11!

Granted, some of these are just spin-offs of already-existing series, but still! That's pretty unheard of!

We guess they know their audience and what they want! Can't say we blame them!

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Rapper Jim Jones arrested for driving on a suspended license

Rapper Jim Jones was arrested on Wednesday after cops saw his license had been suspended.

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Rapper Jim Jones was arrested on Wednesday after cops saw his license had been suspended.

A Harlem rapper was busted in SoHo Wednesday for driving his 2011 Bentley on a suspended license, cops said.

Cops pulled over hip-hop artist Jim Jones, 34, for driving in a bus lane on Broadway near Prince St. about noon, police said.

The lyricist, whose real name is Joseph Guillermo Jones II, was arrested after cops saw his license had been suspended for failure to pay several tickets, police sources said.

"I don't care how many records you sell, you gotta pay your tickets," a cop told Jones, according to one of the sources.

After a few hours in the 1st Precinct stationhouse, cops issued the "We Fly High" rapper a desk appearance ticket and released him, police said.

"I'm just an entertainer trying to make a living," the rapper told the Daily News as he walked out.

Jones said New York's Finest were polite.

"They showed me total respect," he said. "Every officer in there is a gentleman."

Jones made recent headlines after a pair of Houston women claimed the rapper used without consent topless video of them on the beach. The footage appeared in the new "Summer Time" video.

Samantha Stotts and Sharie Johnson are in a clip of the video, half nude on a beach beach with Jones sipping Champagne and counting $100 bills.

The star's fifth album, entitled Capo, will be released on Tuesday.

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Shar Jackson Happy For K-Fed, New Baby Mama


Kevin Federline's girlfriend Victoria Prince is knocked up. Shar Jackson, his original baby mama, wishes him nothing but the best despite the circumstances.

Then again, she's used to it. Dude left her and their two kids for Britney Spears, who he impregnated twice in about a year. It's who he is. Fertile, itinerant.

"Honestly, I wish them the best, without question," Jackson says of K-Fed and Prince. "It's just not part of my life. I've got my own family to worry about."

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Kevin Victoria is pregnant and Shar is happy for him her.

The mother of four – two of them Kev's – says she's somewhat bemused when people ask her about Federline news. Her response, she says, is usually the same.

"People ask me what I think, or if I have a comment," she says, laughing. "And I'm like, 'Yeah, I have a comment. I need to go home and cook for my own kids!'"

Indeed. You wonder how many K-Fed will sire before he keels over due to obesity and/or emphysema. Kacey Jordan negated what would've been #6 too! Wild.

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Britney Spears' new tour may have a 'Jersey Shore' flavor with Pauly D a potential addition

Italian stud Pauly D and his laptop could be hitting the road when he's not shooting the next season of the 'Jersey Shore' in Italy.

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Italian stud Pauly D and his laptop could be hitting the road when he's not shooting the next season of the 'Jersey Shore' in Italy.

On "Good Morning America" Tuesday, Britney Spears told Robin Roberts she was "going on tour with Enrique Iglesias in June." Only hours after she made the announcement and a press release was circulated, the Latin heartthrob seemed to have had, well, a change of heart, and pulled out of the tour due to what we're told were "scheduling conflicts."

The good news for pop consumers who were hoping to get a swarthy side of man candy with their bubblegum-and-Jagermeister Britney fix: We hear DJ Paul (Pauly D) DelVecchio may join Spears on her "Femme Fatale" tour. It's unlikely the reality star, who had Spears as his "special guest" at The Palms Las Vegas last Friday (where he is a resident deejay), will be along for the entirety of the tour. He'll begin taping a fourth season of "Jersey Shore" in Italy next month. Still, the pairing comes as no surprise to us. The Italian stud and the Southern songstress are represented by the same manager, Larry Rudolph.�

Mellencamp's no Cougar

John Mellencamp is with the over-40 ladies on this one: Nobody likes getting called a cougar. In a Q&A Monday night at 92nd Street Y, Rolling Stone's David Fricke asked the "Hurts So Good" rocker the worst thing a record company ever asked him to do. "Making me change my name to Johnny Cougar," he replied. Mellencamp also relates to the angst of aging. Admitting that he was once considered rather handsome, he said that he now felt like a "stack of sh?." Ah, vanity! Perhaps he should look into those new man-Spanx?

The chat wasn't limited to gripes. Mellencamp revealed he'll have a one-man show of his paintings at the Tennessee State Museum ? and did a spot-on impression of Miles Davis while discussing their two-man show years ago.

Gal pal Meg Ryan came along for the evening, but after briefly hanging out backstage, she sat in the audience like an ordinary fan.

Salute on Ellis Island with Joe

Yankees fans who'll miss Joe Torre on Opening Day Thursday can catch the team's former manager at Ellis Island on April 13 when he is awarded the 2011 Ellis Island Family Heritage Award. The honor celebrates April 17, 1907, the day when the largest number of new arrivals to America ? 11,747 ? were processed (5,000 was more typical). Tennis ace Martina Navratilova, former Maine Sen. George Mitchell and Chrysler savior Lee Iacocca also will be honored.

Brain 'Em, Dano!

At the Cinema Society's Nancy Gonzalez-sponsored screening of "Meek's Cutoff" at Landmark Sunshine Cinema on Monday, Paul Dano confirmed he's had "a meeting" regarding the lead role in a spinoff of "The Bourne Legacy." But, he added, a "ton of great young actors did as well. So ? we'll see." Rivals reportedly include Jake Gyllenhaal and Shia LaBeouf. But Dano, a "Cutoff" star along with girlfriend Zoe Kazan, likes it because he wants "to kick some ass at some point."

You talkin' about me?

Radion Veteran Bill O'Shaughnessy says there's no shame in New York. USA Today critic Bob Minze�sheimer once declined to review an anthology of O'Shaughnessy's work, calling it "a New York book" ? but the Whitney Media honcho wears that title as a "badge of honor." In fact, he says that although his new book, "Vox Populi," "still probably wouldn't pass muster" with Minzesheimer, he's delighted with the response it's gotten from Gothamites, including Mario Cuomo. After all, if there's one place New Yorkers are nice, it's in their blurbs!

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Justin Timberlake To Receive Big Help Award

Justin Timberlake photos Justin Timberlake To Receive Big Help Award

Justin Timberlake is set to receive an award for his work with charitable causes at Saturday?s Nickelodeon Kids? Choice Awards.

Singer and actor Justin Timberlake, who is known for his environmental advocacy and his charity work, will be presented with the Big Help Award at this weekend?s award ceremony.

In a statement, Timberlake said, ?I was inspired at a young age by my parents and family to do everything possible to give back to the world around us.

?And it has become a mission of mine to help kids of all ages understand the importance of getting involved in their communities and local charities and doing their part to preserve the planet.?

Justin hosts an annual celebrity golf tournament to raise money for disadvantaged children and even climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise awareness of the global water crisis back in 2009.

Willow Smith and the Black Eyed Peas are set to perform at the Nickelodeon 2011 Kids? Choice Awards.

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