China Chow and boyfriend, superstar musician Billy Idol, were among the guests at The Art of Elysium Gala at the Hollywood Palladium.
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Founded in 1997 to support artists working for the benefit of others, for over twenty-one years, they have paired volunteer artists with communities in Los Angeles to support individuals in the midst of difficult emotional life challenges like illness, hospitalization, displacement, confinement, and/or crisis.
Other supporters included Michelle Trachtenberg, Linda Perry, Rain and Summer Phoenix, Lady Victoria Hervey, Maxwell, Evan Ross, Rufus Wainwright, and Jack Black.
Palm Springs California’s version of the Hollywood Academy Awards was a dazzling event with a whose who of show business. Oscar winning actress Renée Zellweger is back and looks better than ever and received the Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress for her role in Judy.
Word is Zellweger gives a stunning performance as Judy Garland.
Other winners at this year’s Palm Sprigs International Film Festival included Jennifer Lopez forHustler’s, Charlize Theron for Bombshell, and Joaquin Phoenix for The Joker.
Zellweger on a return roll, also won a Golden Globe for Best Actress at last night’s coveted Golden Globe Awards.
A classic Beverly Hills mansion once owned by Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt is now for sale. The A-list couple owned the home from 2001 to 2006 and it is once again on the market priced at $44.5 million.
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One of Southern California’s most romantic homes, the French Normandy Revival-style estate includes canyon views, dreamy hedged landscaping and lighted pool, meandering stoned courtyard and patios, multiple fireplaces including the bedroom, more fireplaces in the dining room and bar, outdoor living room and an outdoor bedroom over the tennis court.
The supercouple bought it after their Malibu marriage and immediately started a three-year renovation replacing the kitchen floor with heated marble, designing and installing a pub with floors sourced from a 200-year-old French château and adding a private screening room. They also added a tennis court and pavilion with guest house on the upper level.
In January of 2005, their separation was announced and the home sold in 2006 to a hedge fund executive who completed the renovation and added some features of his own.
The 11,173-square-foot home is nestled into a bit over an acre on a quiet cul-de-sac with gated entrances on two streets, five bedrooms and thirteen baths between the main house and a one-bedroom guest house. Formal rooms are large with the dining room capable of seating 20 guests and the bar room with its original fireplace, eat-in gourmet kitchen and gym. The lower-level living room and bar opens to the swimming pool terrace. Grounds are tropical and thickly and privately planted with mature greenery.
The home was originally built in 1934 for actor Fredric March, one of the first movie star mansions in Beverly Hills. March was as big a star in his day as Aniston and Pitt are today whose 52-year career totalled over one hundred films including classics such as The Best Years of Our Lives and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
The listing agent is Susan Smith of Hilton & Hyland, Beverly Hills.
The 65th Viennese Opera Ball will take place on February 7, 2020 at 8pm at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. There is nothing like this in America with traditions that could only come from the oldest Royal houses in Austria and Europe.
Just like in Europe, a celebration with both music and dance, with a Midnight Quadrille that enlivens the dance floor until 4am. Nathan Lee Graham will emcee the evening and the musical program will be led by Artistic Director Daniel Serafin. Festivities will also include a special presentation of Debutantes & Escorts dancing the Polonaise and Alles Walzer.
Chairs for the 65th Viennese Opera Ball are Elisabeth Muhr, Denise Rich, and Jean Shafiroff. Host Committee includes Janna Bullock, Joanna Fisher, Ana Saucedo, and Marisa Rose van Bokhorst. Junior Chairs include Briana Lestage, Emily Mohr, and Colgate Rumbough.
Each year, the Ball supports charitable projects connected to New York and Vienna. This year proceeds will benefit the musical therapy program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center through Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research.
The Viennese Opera Ball is inspired by the famous Vienna Opera Ball in Austria, but it is an American 501 (c)(3) not for profit association.
Kelly Clarkson made a meteoric rise to stardom after singing and winning the first season of American Idol in 2002. Kelly is now one of America’s favorite entertainers, judge on The Voice and host of her new NBC talk show.
Ten years after her American Idol win, Kelly bought a Tennessee lake home in Hendersonville, 25 miles up the Cumberland River from Nashville. Her Tennessee mansion is for sale, priced at $7.49 million.
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Who needs a vacation when you could live in a home designed to take full advantage of its recreational waterfront setting with a boating distance of almost a hundred river miles, water ski, fish, jet ski, swim or explore the endless Old Hickory Lake shoreline by boat or one of the Tennessee waterside parks? Or go by boat to the Rudder Restaurant at the Anchor High Marina to enjoy some good food by the water while enjoying live music from some of Nashville’s best local stars.
The Clarkson house is positioned on four acres with an adjoining useable two acres owned by the Army Corps of Engineers. With its outward curving shoreline, the water views are exceptional and a two-boat covered boathouse with a lift that is near the left property line so as not to interfere with the views. There is a long gated driveway to the entrance car park with center fountain. Grounds are dotted with mature trees, lots of emerald lawn, a sand volleyball court, English-style gardens, a conservatory/greenhouse and large pool/spa terrace with pavilion for outdoor dining with fireplace, all accessed via a double-sided-curved staircase descending from the upper terrace. The size of the grounds invites children into a safe place to build forts and play Swiss Family Robinson with anticipation of sailing in little boats as they get older.
The 20,121-square-foot house has plenty of space for family, friends and stay-overs. The home’s entrance is into a grand foyer with soaring double staircases, the heart of the home is filled with family warmth and fun for casual entertaining, particularly the cowboy bar with its saddle bar stools. Included are seven bedrooms, one of which is a large master suite with seating area in front of a fireplace and stunning master bath, eleven baths, family room, movie theater and a children’s room with four built-in bunk beds and good-sized play area. There is a billiard/game room, additional seating rooms, large gym, a two-level office and an elevator.
Kelly is now living near the California studio where she is filming The Voice and her weekly talk show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and is selling her lakefront home near Nashville. Priced at $7.49 million, Jack Miller, the listing broker, is with stutts-miller properties at PARKS Real Estate, Nashville.
Superstar Alicia Keyes was so boss in a pretty purple suit at the 2019 Billboard Women in Music Event at Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, CA.
Other mega-stars dazzling the crowd included Taylor Swift, Brandi Carlile, Grace Sewell, Justine Skye, James Blake, Normani, Cyndi Lauper, and Billie Eilish.
The almost fashionable and supportive David Arquette was among the guests at the Heroes’ Harvest Fundraiser for Veterans presented by Battle Brothers Foundation, In Home Harvest, and Veterans Cannabis Coalition.
The fundrasing effort to provide home cultivation for veterans in need was at Bootsy Bellows in West Hollywood, California and included other attendees like Michael McGone and Shanna Moakler.
Pictured:
Sergeant Jason Johns, David Arquette, Sergeant Dan Tinsley
Kate Beckinsale covers the January/February issue of Women’s Health, on stands 12/31. Inside, the 46-year-old actress talks about her sensible diet, near-daily workouts, and the double standards women are facing today when it comes to dating and having fun.
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On communicating to people what she’s really like through Instagram:
“I’m not a social media person, but it’s nice to have this little corner that’s my vibe.”
On what she puts in her body – including absolutely no caffeine and no alcohol:
“I think some people’s systems are just a bit sensitive to things. If you told me you had nausea yesterday, I might start throwing up myself. If I ate too much dark chocolate, it would be like someone else taking cocaine.”
On being connected to her body:
“I’m very connected to my body, so if I’m going to experience stress, I’m probably going to experience it physically. So it’s usually a good idea for me to go do something physical to get rid of it. I kind of have to think of myself as a horse or something – time for a run around the paddock.”
On being asked to lose weight for her role in 2001’s Pearl Harbor:
“It wasn’t great. It didn’t make me feel good, and in general, I think women are body-shamed 100 million percent more than men. But on this particular project, I wasn’t. Ben [Affleck], who’d already done a movie with the director, was like, ‘This happened to me. They made me get new teeth.’ And I was like ‘Cool, at least I get to hang on to my teeth.’”
On working out six mornings a week with trainer Brad Siskind of Gunnar Peterson’s gym:
“Now exercise is almost more important to me moodwise. The other aspects feel like a great side effect.”
On a few of her favorite workouts:
“I haven’t been injured while doing an action movie, and I think it’s partially from practicing yoga. But as well as that, I just got into trampolining and it’s the great thing…it makes you feel kind of jolly.”
On marriage, relationships, and craving alone time:
“I think more people would do well married if they didn’t have to live in the same house. Being married is kind of easy, but the living-with-the-person thing is a lot. I also think that for women especially – and this is generalizing – but I think it’s common for us to mentally subjugate our needs to whoever else is in the room. So if you’ve got a husband, a boyfriend, kids, or parents, it’s so easy to come in with an idea of what you’d like to do, and then end up going, ‘Oh no, no, no, it’s fine.’ And it’s quite nice to not always have to negotiate that.”
On the challenges of singledom and relationships in the public eye:
“If everyone’s shitting on you, it can make you kind of ugh for a minute – especially if there’s really nothing wrong. If you’re strangling a squirrel or hurting someone, I get it, but living one’s life in a reasonably respectful manner shouldn’t invite anyone to get too excited.”
On the double standard of women having fun past a certain age:
“It can feel like a little bit of a political act to be a woman over 32 who is having any fun at all. And by that, I don’t mean doing drugs and drinking and partying – because I never am – but being goofy, and going out, and not going ‘Omigod I’m going to sit home and anticipate menopause while crocheting.’ Unless you’re doing that, it somehow seems to be risqué, which is just kind of ridiculous to me. And I witness men constantly doing whatever they like – whether that’s in relationships, or deciding to buy a motorbike, and getting a tattoo. It has not been interpreted as ‘Why hasn’t he had more children?’ or ‘Is he ever going to decide to become a parent?’ or ‘Why has he had so many girlfriends.’”
On describing her role in her upcoming project, the dark comedy Jolt.
“I explain, ‘It’s this woman who’s got this rage disorder. And every single woman has said, ‘Oh. Me.’ Women are really f**king angry right now. It was quite a nice thing to get to do that with a female director.”
Jean Shafiroff, prominent philanthropist and author of Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life by What You Give, hosted her sixth annual holiday luncheon, this time at Omar at Vaucluse. The luncheon was held in honor of the New York Women’s Foundation, and in true holiday spirit, Shafiroff made a generous donation in honor of the guests who attended.
The always fashionable Shafiroff wore a black and white zebra patterned Oscar de la Renta dress with a Red Courreges vinyl jacket and Red Christian Louboutin suede boots.
Jean Shafiroff was joined by guests including: NYS Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright, Sharon Bush, Margo Catsimatidis, Susan Gutfreund, Patrick McMullan, Omar Hernandez, Paola Bacchini, Chele Farley, Rita Cosby, Lee Fryd, Jackie Weld Drake, Designer Frederick Anderson, Designer Victor dE Souza, Designer Vicky Tiel, Ernest Schmatolla, Silvia Frieser, Ann Rapp, CeCe Black, Larry Kaiser, Ruth Miller, Lieba Nesis, Marilyn Kirschner, Laurel Marcus, Maria Fishel, Dr. Penny Grant, Roy Kean, Mar Morosse, Randi Schatz, Katlean de Monchy, Barbara Tober, Christopher Cameron, Joyce Brooks, Pamela Morgan, Flo Anthony, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Ariadna Vera Bustindui, Gilda Sacasa, Alexandra Sacasa, and Alexandra Posse.
