The cast of both Back to the Future, and X-Files brought their A-game to the annual Wizard World Comic Convention in Rosemont, Illinois over the weekend.
Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson and Christopher Lloyd of classic Back to the Future made appearances, as well as David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson from cult favorite X-Files.
The celebs interact with fans by taking photos, signing autographs, and doing interviews.
The New York Jets in partnership with STOMP Out Bullying will host their first-ever anti-bullying symposium today Monday, August 22.
The event will feature several notable figures in the mental health industry who will participate in two interactive discussion panels on topics ranging from the latest trends in bullying to the best practices across schools.
Since partnering with STOMP Out Bullying last year, the New York Jets have provided educator prevention toolkits to 1,000 schools in the tri-state area at no cost as part of an effort to spearhead the fight against bullying. The toolkits, whose distribution had the potential to reach over 350,000 students, enabled educators to create meaningful dialogue, educate students through proven Social Emotional Learning, adopt character building and involve both students and faculty in working together to change school climates.
Columbia Records is releasing Music From The Motion Picture: Southside With You on August 26, the same day the movie opens in theaters.
Evoking the daylong first date of Barack and Michelle Obama in the summer of 1989, the Columbia Records soundtrack is comprised of R&B, hip hop, and soul gems and classics, including “Miss You Much” (Janet Jackson), “A Love Like Yours (Don’t Come Knocking Everyday)” (Martha Reeves and The Vandellas), “Hey Young World” (Slick Rick), “Keep On Movin” (Soul II Soul), and “Close The Door” (Teddy Pendergrass).
The 9 song soundtrack features the original song ‘Start’ created especially for the film by Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe winning Columbia Records recording superstar John Legend, who also serves as executive producer on the film.
The Miramax, Roadside Attractions and IM Global movie which premiered to rave reviews at Sundance in January, stars Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter, and is already being hailed as an early Oscar contender.
Animal lover and activist Beth Ostrosky Stern got up close and personal with Kalala a.k.a. Mep at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center of the Hamptons annual GET WILD Summer Benefit.
Celebrating another year of rehabilitating and successfully releasing animals back into the wild across Long Island, the event was hosted by Molly Channing at the Channing Family Sculpture Garden and honored Ingrid Arneberg and Will Marin.
Cindy Clifford was the evening’s emcee.
Attendees included: Howard Lorber, Leslie Alexander, Liz Brown, Ginnie Frati, Jackie Rogers, Curtis Sliwa, Shelley Berkoski, Sylvia Channing, Molly Channing, Ingrid Arneberg, Will Marin, Frances Cole Jones, Cindy Clifford, Missy Hargraves and Jill Rappaport.
Musician Harry Connick Jr. has gotten a taste of the small screen and wants more.
After a few year stint as a music expert/coach on FOX’ biggest show American Idol, the super-successful, Grammy winning artist and actor will star in a new daytime variety show, Harry, premiering September 12 on FOX.
Harry talked to Parade magazine about his new variety show, his love of food from his native New Orleans, giving back, and then some.
On his new TV show, he’ll be having fun with celebrities. “It’s going to be a real party,” he says. “Mindy Kaling was on the pilot and talked about singing a Disney song while auditioning for a Broadway show. Next thing you know, I accompanied her as she sang it.”
But he’ll also celebrate “real people”—teachers, Girl Scouts, single moms—and sometimes take over their chores for a day. “We’re featuring so many good people in this world. They’re dignified; they have deep work ethics. It’s fulfilling for me to be around people like that.”
His tailgating smoker bears the logo of his favorite team, the New Orleans Saints. But his red beans and rice, a traditional Cajun dish, doesn’t taste as good as it does back home. “It’s hard to find food that tastes the same way. The general consensus is that there’s probably something about the local water that contributes to the flavor.”
In his New Orleans hometown, after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, he and fellow musician Branford Marsalis created Musicians Village, a group of homes, duplexes, a park and the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music. “New Orleans gave me everything. I felt compelled to do something. The Village will be there forever.”
On Sept. 25, the Namaste Award will be presented by Yoga Gives Back (YGB) to Oscar-nominated film director and Twin Peaks series creator David Lynch, at Yoga Gives Back’s gala fundraiser in Malibu, California.
Yoga Gives Back will be honoring Mr. Lynch for his noble and humanitarian efforts through his David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, which helps children and adults in various areas of the world through the teaching and practice of Transcendental Meditation.
“I am thrilled to present the 2016 Namaste Award to David Lynch whose passion for Transcendental Meditation led to creating the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace,” says YGB Founder Kayoko Mitsumatsu. “The Foundation teaches Transcendental Meditation in many countries and, through its practice, helps young children in inner-city schools, veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, the homeless, and women and girls who are victims of violence.” Lynch began practicing Transcendental Meditation in 1973.
The 70-year old multi-Oscar nominated and award-winning director, writer and producer has a resume whose work includes Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Wild at Heart, Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, Straight Story, Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire.
Fashion designer and owner of WearWithAll, Melody Mayer, invites customers to enjoy a day of beauty and fashion at her boutique and gallery in East Hampton.
From 6:30pm – 8pm customers will receive 20% off Melody’s custom-made couture apparel, jewelry, sunglasses, hats and bags. While shopping and admiring the walls adorned with artwork from a local artist, stylists from Warren-Tricomi salon will be on hand for free blowouts, styling, beach waves and consultations. These will be first come, first served.
Melody Mayer’s designs have been seen in major department stores including Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue, Henri Bendel, Macy’s and Harrods in London and her accessories have been sold worldwide.
WearWithAll is located at 10 Main Street in East Hampton, NY and you can learn more here: www.wearwithallfashion.com.
She made her Broadway debut as a child in The Cherry Orchard and now Diane Lane returns to Broadway as its star.
The amazingly talented and incredibly gorgeous actress will co-star with John Glover, Chuck Cooper and legendary Joel Grey among others, in Anton Chekhov’s masterpiece about a family on the edge of ruin—and a country on the brink of revolution.
Here’s the Oscar nominee with Glover, Grey and Cooper meeting the press this week to discuss the upcoming production which has performances beginning at the American Airlines Theatre on September 15 in advance of an October 16 opening.
That’s the very funny Wendy McLendon-Covey in Good Housekeeping’s September issue now on newsstands.
In the “Connected Women” issue, The Goldbergs star talks a bunch of things including 80’s fashion and wild outfits she wears on the TV show, the “smotherer” mom, being a crazy cat lady, genius shopping strategies, and more.
Here’s some:
Wendi on her genius shopping strategies: “My shopping strategies are as follows: Get online, buy stuff, try it on at home in my mirror – I don’t have a skinny mirror – and return what I don’t need.”
On the ‘80s trends she would revisit: “There aren’t any! That was an embarrassing decade fashion-wise. One thing that I can kind of get behind is the jumpsuit, except that the ‘80s jumpsuits were made out of fabrics that don’t give. It’s a weird nylon that rustles when you walk by or a denim that has no Lycra in it whatsoever. It makes it feel like you’re wearing a suit of armor. So, no, ‘80s, stay in the vintage stores. We’ll let someone else wear them, but I get my fill of shoulder pads from the show thank you very much.”
On her daily transformation into her The Goldbergs character, Beverly (a mom in the ‘80s with big hair and questionable style):
“Every time I open my closet in the morning and I see what wardrobe has put in there, I think, “There she is. There she is.” Is it a sweater that tells a story of Little Bo Peep? Of course it is. I’m ready to go. Bev has a very specific look.”
On her character on The Goldbergs compared to her own mother—both “smotherers”:
“My own mother was a smotherer. My mother would never storm down to the school and make principals cry. Bev did, but my mother was in my business a lot, and look, I wouldn’t be any different if I had kids. It’s called parenting, you know? And the more they pull away from you in their teenage years, the more you gotta get in there. At a certain age, embarrassment works better than any punishment, or it did for me! So, yeah. I was proudly raised by a smotherer and she’s unapologetic about it, so there you go. Don’t be afraid to love your children in front of other people.
On her most embarrassing fashion blunder:
“Gosh, I’ve got such a bucket full of fashion blunders, but the one I will admit to because it’s fresh in my memory. I was struggling with my zipper before a red carpet event, but I managed to yank it up. Then, at dinner, the thing just popped open. I could feel it traveling south, and I thought, I’ve got to leave right now or my whole ass is going to be out.”
On being a self-proclaimed ‘crazy cat lady’:
“I’m totally leaning into being a crazy cat lady. Maxine is the queen, Darla is the governess of all boxes, Hunter does no hunting whatsoever, Stewart keeps the possums away and Crash likes to drink out of faucets. He’s the reason we have a drought in California.”
On if she is a ‘gym rat’ or a ‘couch potato’:
“If they had a couch at the gym, I’d do that.”
www.goodhousekeeping.com/wendi
Oreya in Southampton paid tribute to Julian Niccolini and The Four Seasons restaurant with a one night only pop-up restaurant.
Kelly, the former NYPD Commissioner and his lovely wife of 53 years, Veronica, were along the celebratory crowd which included many of the famed shuttered eatery’s regulars like Lucia Hwong Gordon, Patty Raynes, Jennifer Oz LeRoy, Lisa Niccolini, ABT’s Ashley Bouder, Felicia Taylor, Jean Shafiroff, Marina Albright, Bonnie Pfeifer, Donald Marron, and Dolly Lenz
Cole Rumbaugh serenaded guests with Jazz tunes and the restauranteur asked dinner guests to all jump into the pool with or without their clothes as an homage to the restaurant.
Not sure if NY’s legendary commish followed orders.
Pictured:
Veronica and Raymond Kelly
