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Obama's First State Dinner Calls on Marcus Samuelsson, Jennifer Hudson

Eldon Luxury Suites: Spacious Penthouses for Receptions

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P.C.M.A. Honors Wardman Park, Fairmont at First Nighttime Annual Meeting

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MSNBC and Rodale Fete Jeff Corwin's New Book and Documentary at the Occidental

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Café Milano Offers Corporate Catering

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EVENT REPORT 01.25.08 12:37 PM

24-Hour Spin Class Takes Over Vanderbilt Hall

One hundred bikes filled Grand Central for the spin-a-thon.
Photo: Jessica Torossian for BizBash

Taking over Grand Central Terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall for a 24-hour marathon of stationary bike riding seems like the type of endeavor that could take a year’s worth of rigorous planning to pull off. But for New York Sports Clubs, HealthCorps, and Event Engine, last Friday’s “Saints and Spinners” event—a fund-raiser to help fight teen obesity in New York City schools—was barely even an idea three months ago.

“I remember sending out an email titled, ‘As if you didn’t have enough to do already,’ saying I thought we can pull this event together if everyone was willing to take the risk and came forward,” said Merrill Richmond, vice president of marketing at Town Sports, about when he first got the idea for the benefit. MORE >>

Town Sports, New York Sports Clubs, Snapple, HealthCorps, JetBlue, New York Post, Star Trac, Gristedes, City Sports

NEWS 09.13.07 3:21 PM

Frank's No Madam, But She's Mad

Elli Frank, the owner of event staffing firm Eye5, is upset with The New York Observer—again. In October 2004, the paper ran a profile of Frank, who specializes in hiring attractive model-actress types for events, that referred to her as a "Manhattan madam," according to The New York Post. She was offended enough to sue then.

Now Frank is mad that the paper's advertising manager, Robyn Weiss, emailed her about providing staffers for a series of upcoming screenings. "They did a total smear job, and now it's like they're saying, 'Well, we accused you of prostitution, but let's hire your girls anyway,'" Frank says in today's Page Six.

According to the Page Six item, The Observer stated that her company "rents college women as company geishas" and called Frank "a bright-eyed Florida transplant" who "went from nanny to Manhattan madam." (None of that language appears in the version of the story archived on The Observer's Web site today.) Gawker's take (of course they have one!) is here. MORE >>

New York Observer, New York Post, Spats