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1Oak Using E-mail Blasts to Drum Up Business

1Oak's email.
1Oak's email.

The Daily Transom received an e-mail yesterday from 1Oak, the nightclub that, as its owners explained to the Times last December, would be "a refuge from the bridge-and-tunnel marauders, gossip-column interlopers and Wall Street masters of the universe accustomed to buying their way past velvet ropes."

"MAKE ANY OCCASION ONE OF A KIND," the e-mail began in all caps. It proceeded to list all the various occasions that we might want to celebrate there: private parties, holidays, events, launches, affairs, releases, premieres, galas, fetes, celebrations, receptions, benefits, anniversaries, socials, formals, fund-raisers. (Did someone look up "party" in the thesaurus?)

It doesn't really make the club sound like the ultra-exclusive place that a "gossip-column interloper" (present company, we presume, included) or a "Wall Street master" would not be able to penetrate.  read more »

Morning Memo: Michael Lohan Lashes Out (Again); Jamie Lynn "Crucified"; Anna Wintour Takes Out the Trash

Michael Lohan.
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Michael Lohan.

Michael Lohan has written a scare quote-heavy email to gossipy X17 calling Samantha Ronson "dark, hideous and a disgusting representation of humanity." Mr. Lohan adds, "What's with this 'person?' Look at the way she 'dresses?'" [P6

Meanwhile, Ms. Lohan confirmed yeserday that she and Ronson have been together for "a very long time." [Us Weekly]

In other stage-parent news, Lynn Spears is jealous—er, indignant—that Sarah Palin "became celebrated" for her teen daughter's pregnancy, while her pregnant teen, Jamie Lynn, was "crucified." [US Weekly]  read more »