Cocktails with Jon Hamm, for a price, on Friday.
The hunk from AMC's "Mad Men" is the star of a fundraiser for Sen. Al Franken being thrown at the Minneapolis home of political movers and shakers Sam and Sylvia Kaplan. Franken is trying to look as chill as Hamm in the copy of the e-mail I've seen, which includes what appears to be a MadMenized black-and-white logo of Franken standing next to Hamm.
The photo reception starts at 4:30 p.m., the general reception at 5:30 p.m. Now all the Democratic faithful have to decide is whether to pay to attend as a "Senior Partner," $5,200; "Creative Director," $2,600; "Account Executive," $1,000; "Copywriter," $500 or "Client," $250.
I should pony up the minimum and go ask Hamm when he's going to strip down David Beckham-style and do an underwear commercial.
Sharper image sullied
I agree with TMZ's story that Darren Sharper could have sacked most any woman he wanted.
Between the overall good looks and that above-average command of the English language, Sharper was a stunner even before disclosing what is catnip to many women — his status in the NFL.
The former Vikings safety, women's advocate and father of a teenage girl has a court appearance scheduled Thursday on charges of drugging and raping women in California, while being investigated for similar acts in three other states. That has to give pause to many women, including actor Gabrielle Union, who was hanging around with Sharper at the 2009 Kentucky Derby. Because of the attention I was giving Sharper, Union playfully sent a message to me via my pal D.C.-based AlwaysAList.com journalist Jawn Murray: "You tell C.J. to stay away from my man. You tell C.J. to keep her hands off him; he's all mine." Sharper later told me he and Union were just friends. She's now engaged to NBAer Dwyane Wade.
According to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, Sharper met the women at nightclubs in October and January. Both were allegedly taken back to Sharper's hotel and served alcohol shots, before heading to another destination. Both the October and January victims were allegedly picked up by Sharper with one other woman, news reports said. He was clearly trying to get caught if he was, in fact, engaging with women two by two, as detailed in a disturbing CNN.com story. Of course, rape is about power and sometimes mental illness.
