Gyllenhaal Visits New Eyes for the Needy

The actor has been a long-time supporter of the Short Hills organization.

Actor Jake Gyllenhaal took time away from his  schedule to visit New Eyes for the Needy on May 24 to meet with volunteers and staff, but it wasn't an unusual visit for him. Gyllenhaal's connection to the Short Hills nonprofit goes back many years. "I've had really poor vision ever since I was a little kid—my mom first took me to the doctor because I was smacking into walls—and every time my prescription changed, we gave my old glasses to New Eyes" Gyllenhaal said to InStyle magazine last year, according to a New Eyes for the Needy press release. "So when I started looking for a cause that I had a strong visceral connection to, I thought of it and wanted to help bring awareness to its work." "Jake has been a great advocate for New Eyes for …

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Fans Young and Old Meet Emeril Lagasse

The celebrity chef signs books at William Sonoma at the Mall at Short Hills.

Two young Emeril Lagasse fans were dressed in their best chefwear to meet him on Friday afternoon. John DeSena, 8, of Westfield, was dressed in an apron, which Lagasse signed for him. He's been watching the celebrity chef's television show since he was 3 years old. With him was Marco Damiano, 5, of Kennelon, who was dressed in a chef's hat an apron. He plans to open his own restaurant some day. Neither knew each other before Friday, but had met while they were standing in line to meet Lagasse at the William Sonoma at the Mall at Short Hills. They met the chef together while their mothers took photos of the boys, and their mothers were trading contact information following the meeting. Lagasse was there to promote his new book "Farm to Fork…

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Buffalo News: Zoe Dresses Stars

Short Hills native Rachel Zoe's reality television show returns to Bravo

Short Hills native Rachel Zoe dresses many of today's stars, and her reality television show is returning to Bravo for another season, according to a Buffalo News report. Included in the actors she dresses is Millburn native Anne Hathaway. She tells the Buffalo News what she does as a stylist, how she decided to get into fashion and gives advice on how to style if you're not famous. Read the full article: From head to toe, stars go to Zoe

Short Hills Woman Gives Celebrities Their 'Revenge'

She Spearheads Celebrity 'Truth' Web site, PerezRevenge.com

Liz Silver is used to being the one behind the scenes with celebrity news, but her Web site has been thrust into the limelight because of a lawsuit. The Short Hills resident is the mastermind behind PerezRevenge.com, a Web site which devotes itself to the rights of celebrities by giving them a venue to respond to allegations made against them in the media. There has been "enormous traffic" to her celebrity-rumor-busting Web site, she said, particularly over the past few days—in no small part because of developments in her ongoing legal battle with pot-stirrer Mario Lavandeira, better known as Perez Hilton. Last Thursday, Lavandeira won a default judgment in California against Silver, enjoining her from using the name "PerezRevenge" for her…

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Life & Style: Spears Shops in Short Hills

The pop star headed to the mall on Wednesday

If you were at the Mall at Short Hills on Wednesday, there was a chance you saw pop star Britney Spears shopping, according to a report from Life & Style. Spears shopped in several stores including Guess, Bebe in Bloomingdales, and she posed for photos with fans in Bloomingdales, according to the report. Read the full report: Britney releases her inner Jersey Girl