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PETER DAVIS
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n Joel Schumacher’s adaptation of the novel Twelve, Nick McDonell’s rich-kids-on-dope—and an ecstasy/ cocaine hybrid liquid called 12—teen bloodbath, Chace Crawford’s character “White Mike” deals pot to spoiled UES brats who club-hop and name-drop. At The Cinema Society’s screening of the film, the Landmark Sunshine Cinema on East Houston Street is filled with movie stars (Blake Lively, Ewan McGregor) models (Jessica Stam, Tyson Ballou, Hana Soukupova, Cody Horn, Irina Shayk) and well-coiffed socials like Amy Fine Collins who usually
don’t trek below 14th Street—unless it’s for a movie premiere. At the after-party, at boîte-du-jour Le Bain, a bodyguard in the elevator announces that 50 Cent, who stars in the flick, is arriving with 50 friends. 50 with 50! How real is the oft-shocking Twelve? “I love the film’s authenticity,” says Cinema Society founder Andrew Saffir. “Every detail is spot-on. It made me long for my own debauched New York City youth, though I wasn’t quite that depraved. Vodka grapefruits and tequila shots were my version of ‘12.’” Liam McMullan, the son of photographer
Patrick McMullan, plays a flamboyant gay kid in the film’s many party scenes. “I think you know how wild I am, and they definitely played that down,” Liam tells me. “I think other than the rich kids at a party shooting people, we are all much more wild than in the movie.” Speaking of partying, with the Boom Boom Room on late-night hiatus, Le Bain has become the spot. But it has competition with this fall’s opening of two new clubs from big names. There is fashion darling/graffiti artist André Saraiva’s New York City version of Le Baron (the Paris branch still rules the
Tyson Ballou Billy Farrell, Zoe Farrell and Brian Farrell Jessica Sta m
Irina Shayk
50 Ce nt an d Mi ch ell e Tra chten be rg Ewan McGregor and Chace Crawford
D.J. Coleman
© PATRICK MCMULLAN==PHOTO - BILLY FARRELL / PATRICKMCMULLAN.COM
Twelve screening and a hot new design store downtown