The Commercial Closet Association held their Images in Advertising Awards Monday night at the Time Warner Center here in New York City. Obviously we leapt at the opportunity to mingle with the mo-minded media and advertising set, so we headed on down to take a look at things. Let's just say it met our expectations.

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Everybody who is anybody is having phone drama these days. Who knew Paris Hilton, always a visionary before her time, would start such a trend when she got herself entangled in that unfortunate Sidekickhacking incident. The scandal brought the celebutant almost as much press as her sex video–and now telecommunications crises are the must-do of the A-list and its hangers-on.

First Russell Crowe rips out a phone handset and beats a hotel concierge to a bloody pulp; then Naomi Campbell zings her Blackberry across the room and brains her housekeeper after accusing the poor woman of stealing her favorite pair of jeans. Now even Thom Filicia is throwing phone-related hissy fits in casinos–when will it stop? Before you know it, Melissa Joan Hart will attack someone with her Cingular. And we'll know it's gone too far.

Alas, for now the trend is hot–and if you're going to hit the town, you better make sure you're packing the cutest weapon. Allow us to recommend a few of our favorite new talkie trinkets (click on phone names for more info):

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• Cyndi Lauper’s new album can be heard on her Sony site. Madonna’s not the only 80’s star releasing new material.

• Sen. David Vitter made a joke about gay marriage and many American deaths when describing the scene in Louisiana. “Unfortunately, it’s the crossroads where Katrina meets Rita. I always knew I was against same-sex unions.” We always knew we were against insensitive assholes. Via HRC.

• Madonna lectured a NYC film class. Must have been a seminar on “What not to do in Hollywood.”

• Gizmodo has uncovered new flower-powered Nokia cell phones for females. And fags.

• When NYC night-life was fierce. Nelson caught it all.