The photographer character's name is Fannie Lieber which is an obvious play on the famous portrait photographer Annie Leibovitz whose work has been used on numerous album covers and magazines. Leibovitz has even photographed Glenn Close (with her daughter) who plays the Fannie Lieber character in the show.
This episode guest starred Glenn Close in the role of Fannie. Michael Douglas was a previous guest star on the show - Glenn and Michael played the leading roles in "Fatal Attraction".
Glenn Close mentions a Dalmatian. She played Cruella De Vil in the films 101 and 102 Dalmatians.