Actor Jack Black leaves The Merrion Hotel with his Tenacious D band mate Kyle Gass en route to his music gig at 3 Arena.
Th fifty-year old super-talent, who started playing together in Kyle’s studio apt on Cochran Ave in Los Angeles, was happy to greet fans in Dublin before his evening performance with Gass.
Actress Beanie Feldstein arrived in class during New York Fashion Week at The Shows in a BMW 750i xDrive Sedan.
For the second consecutive year, BMW was the lead automotive partner at New York’s biggest fashion event.
Bulleit was a big hit when they brought its 3D Printed Bar, some of the world’s first 3D printed cocktails and a Bulleit NEON in A Bottle, film-inspired art installation by the ‘Neon Queen’ Lisa Schulte to the Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica.
Jennifer Lopez, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, and Rachel Brosnahan were just were just a few of the stars getting into the spirit of Bulleit.
Now in its 35th year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards brought together the most boundary-pushing talent from this past year’s independent films across the globe including Hustlers, Parasite, Uncut Gems, Marriage Story, Waves, Honey Boy, Luce + more.
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Jennifer Lopez
Jackie Sandler and Adam Sandler
Elisabeth Muhr, Denise Rich, and Jean Shafiroff chaired the 65th Viennese Opera Ball last Friday, at Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City, under the patronage of The President of the Republic of Austria, H.E. Alexander Van der Bellen. Actor Nathan Lee Graham emceed the Ball, celebrating the cultural and economic relationships between Austria and America, connecting two continents, two cities and two centuries in one glamorous evening.
“There is nothing like this in America with pageantry that could only come from the Habsburg Royal Houses” said President and Executive Director Silvia Frieser, “Just as in Europe, the celebration began with our Debutantes, wearing beautiful tiaras donated by Austrian jewelry company Ciro and white gowns, dancing the Polonaise and Alles Walzer with their partners in white tie.” Artistic Director Daniel Serafin presented an operatic concert with Ewa Płonka, Limmie Pulliam, Michael Spyres and Corinne Winters performing alongside a full orchestra conducted by Matthias Fletzberger. At Midnight, a Quadrille that enlivened the dance floor until 4am.
The Viennese Opera Ball proudly supports charitable projects of New York and Vienna. This year, appropriately benefiting the musical therapy program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center through Denise Rich’s Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research. While the Viennese Opera Ball is inspired by the famous Vienna Opera Ball in Austria, it is older and its own American 501 (c)(3) not for profit foundation, held under the auspices of the U.S. Austrian Chamber of Commerce.
The Honorary Gala Chair was The Honorable Michael Ludwig, Governor and Mayor of Vienna. Notable guests included Host Committee members Janna Bullock, Joanna Fisher, Ana Saucedo, Randi Schatz, and Marisa Rose Van Bokhorst, Honorary Guests Florence Hvorostovsky and Ann Ziff, Junior Chairs Emily Mohr and Colgate Rumbough, Junior Vice Chair Briana Lestage, as well as Star Jones, Ricardo Lugo, John Paulson, Karlheinz Muhr, Martin Shafiroff and Stifel Investment Services, Hikmet Ersek (CEO of Western Union), Actress Samantha Mathis, Lukas Barwinski-Brown (CEO, Lang Lang International Music Foundation), Trisha Willis, John Willis, Diandra Douglas, Sandra Stockmayer (Viennese dancing school Svabek), Agnieszka and Witold Balaban, and U.S. Military Academy West Point Cadets who marched in with flags representing America, Austria, and the European Union before singing the three respective anthems.
Sponsors included The City of Vienna, Royal Flowers, A.E. Koechert, Aida, as well as a selection of donated Austrian wines and spirits by Schlumberger, Sonor Wines, Esterhazy, Rick Ginand Manufaktur Mueller, and Hallstein Water. The debutantes wore beautiful donated tiaras by Austrian jewelry company Ciro, and were exclusively styled, together with the opera singers, by The Salon at BG.
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Daniel Serafin, Elisabeth Muhr, Jean Shafiroff, Denise Rich and Silvia Frieser
Diandra Douglas, Stuart Sundlun
Emily Blunt is the cover star of the March issue of Marie Claire magazine, on newsstands now.
As Emily Blunt prepares for the release of A Quiet Place II (in theaters March 20), she opens up to Marie Claire about life in Brooklyn, Hollywood, and the profound impact her speech impediment – a stutter – has had on her life.
Inside, she discusses the misnomers people make about stutterers, how acting in grade school helped her overcome her stutter, why all of those experiences have made her more empathetic as an adult and parent.
A special component to this Marie Claire cover story is that Emily was photographed by three young female photographers – Genesis Gil (age 21), Lucci Mia (age 19), Denise Hewitt (age 17) – from Red Hook Labs. Red Hook Labs is a public-benefit studio located in Red Hook, Brooklyn which establishes arts education in public schools and community centers, provides accelerated skills training, and connects teens and young adults to internships and job opportunities.
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On A Quiet Place II (in theaters March 20): “What I love is, it has deeper themes of how far you’d go to protect your family, that idea of releasing your children out into the big bad to protect them and what all parents feel.”
On the misnomers of stuttering: “The [lack of] information out there, or the way people misconstrue what it is, is the main issue. Because stutters don’t feel misunderstood. It’s not psychological. It’s not that you’re nervous, it’s not that you’re insecure, it’s not that you can’t read, it’s not that you don’t know what you want to say. It’s neurological, it’s genetic, it’s biological. It’s not your fault.”
On how acting in grade school helped Blunt with her stutter: “When I was 12, my class teacher was this really cool guy called Mr. McHale. He asked me if I wanted to do a class play, and I said no. And he said, ‘I think you can do it. I’ve heard you doing silly voices and mimicking people. So if you did it in a silly voice, would you consider doing it? Why don’t you do it in an accent?’ And that was very liberating for me as a kid. Suddenly, I had fluency.”
On how overcoming her stutter has made Blunt and her children more empathetic people: “I encourage empathy in my kids and embracing differences and not being scared of them, or teasing people for them, you know? Making mistakes or feeling like you have something that causes you to make mistakes, is a good thing. It’s how you learn and it’s how you grow. When you go through something like that, you establish a real sense of kindness. And you’ve got to be kind to yourself and you’re going to be kind to other people.”
On her new secret talent: “I just started learning the ukulele. I don’t know if I’m talented at it, but I’m keeping it secret until I become talented at it. But I’m really loving it.”
Aviation Gin owner, Ryan Reynolds released a video to announce a partnership with The Westminster Dog Show, saying, “Can you guess which gin just made it into The Westminster Dog Show?”
The Kentucky Derby has always been known for their Mint Julep cocktail…and now The Westminster Dog Show has its own cocktail called “The Sensation.”
The Sensation Cocktail
2 oz. Aviation Gin
¾ oz. Lemon Juice
¾ oz. Simple Syrup
5 Muddled Blackberries
Garnish with a Lemon Peel
Watch here:
https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/1225801801431240704 + https://www.instagram.com/p/B8RUBwzpT0y/
Video credits are: Maximum Effort & Escape Velocity
R. Donahue Peebles Jr., Katrina Peebles and R. Donahue Peebles III hosted a spectacular Kick Off party with The New York Real Estate Chamber at their private residence in New York City. The New York Real Estate Chamber (NYREC) is a chamber of commerce comprising well-established residential and commercial developers, community development corporations, general contractors and property managers that share a common goal—the expansion of minority business participation and community development.
Notable attendees included: R. Donahue Peebles Jr., Katrina Peebles, R. Donahue Peebles III, Andrew Cooke, Tywan Anthony, Thomas Campbell, Paul Moore, Joshua Anthony, Randall Toure, Craig Livingston, Devon Prioleau, Meredith Marshall, Andy Jee, Chris Bramwell, William Wilkins, Nicole Lockett, Osei Rubie, Cheryl Daniel, Brian Benjamin, Harry Haynes, Jerrod Delaine, Kenneth Morrison, Darrel Gay, Derrick Lovett, Gordon Bell, Manuel Burgos, Eboni Harris, Francilia W. Rahim, Dwayne Jeffrey, Dawanna Williams, Gardner Rivera, Joe Ballaris, Timothy Edwards, Randall Powell, Roland Powell Jr., Donald Matheson, Micheal Bunton, Victor Amoo, Josie Francis, Marina Ovanesyan, and Salud Reyes.
The party served as a kickoff to The Emerging Leaders and Markets (ELM) Conference. The ELM is the New York Real Estate Chamber’s signature event, bringing together leaders from Government, Business, Community Development and Finance to enlighten attendees with regard to current opportunities and innovations in a series of topical panels. The conference will convene at Columbia University’s Faculty House next month.
The New York Real Estate Chamber (NYREC) expects ELM to attract 300 commercial and housing real estate professionals, along with political and community leaders from throughout the Tri-State Area. ELM will feature some of real estate’s most successful and innovative deal makers and leaders of minority-owned firms and just as important leading public policy makers, to drive the discourse, develop ideas, and relationships around sustainable development in urban communities.
The ELM Conference is a uniquely powerful opportunity to connect with dynamic developers, government officials, financiers and other real estate professionals engaged in remaking the urban landscape.
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Meredith Marshall, R. Donahue Peebles Jr., Michael Chung
Osei Rubie, R. Donahue Peebles III, Nadir Rubie
Katrina Peebles, R. Donahue Peebles Jr.
Actress and activist Ashley Judd joined Audrey Gruss to introduce the new Hope Fragrance Collection at a high tea in Bergdorf Goodman’s luxurious seventh floor, BG Restaurant.
The Hope Collection consists of the classic Hope, The Uplifting Fragrance™, and two new scents, Hope Sport and Hope Night. The collection will launch exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman on February 3rd.
Guests at the high tea, including Muffie Potter Aston, CeCe Cord, Diandra Douglas, Jamee Gregory and Hilary Ross, were treated to a first look at the two new fragrances, designed to uplift the senses and developed by Firmenich’s master perfumer Honorine Blanc in collaboration with Ms.Gruss. The two NEW Hope Fragrances, Hope Sport and Hope Night, take the Hope Fragrance journey from day to night.
Additional guests included: Bonnie Pfeifer Evans, Susan Gutfreund, Barbara Bancroft, Krista Bard, Janna Bullock, Jean Doumanian, Joanna Mastroianni, Marc Rosen, Scott Snyder and Louisa Benton.
The Hope Sport Eau de Parfum ($150) is a refreshing and invigorating blend of essences that helps energize during an active day. This youthful scent blends green citrus top notes with two of Hope’s signature white flowers, Tuberose and Lily-of-the-Valley to create a crisp, clean effect.
The Hope Night Eau de Parfum ($150) is a warm, romantic and sensuous fragrance that inspires you to fall in love again and again. Featuring a unique blend of sophisticated oriental notes, including Amber, Vanilla, Patchouli, Plum and Vetiver, on a base of Gardenia and Lily-of-the-Valley, Hope Night evokes warmth, comfort, and romance.
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Diandra Douglas, Ashley Judd, Audrey Gruss, Jamee Gregory
Chef, restaurateur, New York Times Best-Selling author and Emmy Award-winning TV host Guy Fieri celebrated his birthday at his highly-acclaimed Las Vegas restaurant, Guy Fieri’s Vegas Kitchen & Bar at The LINQ Hotel + Experience.
Party guests mingled, noshed and listened to some of Fieri’s favorites like ZZ Top and Sammy Hagar while awaiting the arrival of the mayor of “Flavortown” to his birthday celebration. Dishes served at the party included al pastor tacos, Kobe burger pockets, Nashville hot chicken, big dipper sandwiches, a selection of desserts, birthday cake and more.
As Fieri entered the patio, guests chanted and cheered while Regional President of The LINQ Hotel + Experience, Eileen Moore-Johnson welcomed Fieri to the stage for a few surprises. Fans crowded around the restaurant to watch Fieri receive his first surprise, a Las Vegas drumline birthday performance. After the show, Fieri joined the drumline and fans outside the patio to make a few remarks about the “out of bounds, off the hook” performance and reminisced his time playing in a drumline.
Fieri was then welcomed back to the stage for his next surprise. Moore-Johnson led the crowd in singing “Happy Birthday” while the Las Vegas Raiders’ Raiderettes presented a spectacular birthday cake. For the grand finale, Fieri thanked the crowd and led a toast of Santo tequila shots as confetti filled the pat
Fieri recently partnered with legendary rocker and entrepreneur Sammy Hagar to launch a premium tequila brand, Santo. Guests enjoyed Santo Tequila Blanco and Mezquila cocktails throughout the night, which are now proudly offered at Guy Fieri’s Vegas Kitchen & Bar for a limited-time. All-new Santo cocktails include:
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Guy Fieri
Kobe burger pockets
DIRECTV hosted the fourth day of the DIRECTV NFL SUNDAY TICKET Lounge during the Big Game weekend in Miami, FL last night. The high-end hospitality space featured one-of-a-kind experiences and special athlete appearances.
Additionally, DIRECTV + NFL SUNDAY TICKET hosted an invite-only after party, which featured a special surprise DJ set by Diplo. Additional attendees included Kevin Hart, Karamo Brown, Paris Hilton, Dak Prescott, Charles Melton, Casey Cott, Miles Teller, Mark Sanchez, Kate Bock, Shangela, Nathalie Emmanuel, and more.
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Kevin Hart and Eniko Parrish
Dak Prescott
