Mad Men Premiere: Dapper Don Draper & Co. Celebrate Season 5
“Would you like a Manhattan?” That was the question that greeted guests at the afterparty for the much awaited premiere of AMC’ s four-time Emmy award-winning drama “Mad Men,” whose previous season finale aired in October 2010. “Mad Men,” you’ve been dearly missed. Held at Hollywood’s Blvd. 3, the indoor/outdoor space was decorated to evoke the streets of New York City, complete with...
Young Directors at LACMA Share Spotlight With the Rock
A sold-out crowd at LACMA’s Bing Theater was on hand for the 11th annual Muse Young Directors Night to view a diverse slate of short films and then pick the winning director. There was laughter, there were some shrieks and possibly even some tears as the movies unspooled during the two-hour program “A Sushi Love Story” from director Mike Blaney was an homage to George Melies and the early days of cinema, a symbolic...
Putting a Brazilian Spin on Good Works in Venice
The location may have been Beverly Hills, the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton, to be exact – but for a while there, at the high point of a gala fundraiser, it felt exactly like Rio de Janeiro. Legendary Brazilian musician and Grammy Award winner Sergio Mendes lent his talents in support of the Venice Family Clinic’s Silver Circle, the health care clinic’s annual event that raises funds to support its...
Take That, Charlie Sheen. Chuck Lorre Really is Winning
It was an evening filled with laughter and reminiscing as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences inducted eight new members into its prestigious Hall of Fame, three of them posthumously. Although “I Love Lucy’s” Vivian Vance and William Frawley and reality TV pioneer Mary-Ellis Bunim were not there last Thursday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel to bask in the glory of the honor, memories of them and their...
GBK at the W Caters to Oscar Nominees with Gifts Galore
Before Jim Rash captured attention from a massive worldwide audience for winning an Oscar and sending up presenter Angelina Jolie’s leg-baring pose, he was at GBK’s annual gift lounge honoring the 2012 Academy Awards nominees and presenters, held at the W Hollywood. When he made the scene, Nat Faxon could only dream that he would be also taking the stage with Rash to win that Oscar, and that excitement was all part of the...
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