Buscemi is the Godfather of the Boardwalk
Looking through the list of Steve Buscemi’s film and television credits as an actor, not many of the titles stand out– except for “The Sopranos,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Fargo.” Buscemi, who’s also a director, is the sort of frequently working character actor that people have seen in a multitude of roles, most of them smarmy and fast talking, if not downright psychopathic. He’s the guy with the...
An Amazing Taste of Beverly Hills
It had never been tried before, but you can be certain it will be again. The first-ever Taste of Beverly Hills was a smashing success. Four days of food, wine, cooking demonstrations, premium liquor and a whole lot of schmoozing began on a perfect day for the city, its zip code –9-02-10. Things got off to a rip-roaring start with emcee and BH Mayor Jimmy Delshad—an electrical engineer who should have been an entertainer. The whole...
Emmy Beautifying, Prepping and Gifting
Emmy Week pampering got off to a hot start on Tuesday with the Endless Summer Primetime Emmy Suite at Gonpachi of Beverly Hills. (If you haven’t been, check out the cool vibe and Asian cuisine at 134 N. La Cienega). It was an indoor/outdoor party with guests including Ali Fedotosky, Roberto Martinez, Eva La Rue, Chelsie Hightower, Mark Ballas, Eric Roberts and Kevin Eubanks. They made the rounds of the premium vendors like...
Partying, Emmy Style
ET had Cyndi Lauper at Vibiana. Fox had the Glee cast and creator/director/writer Ryan Murphy, eating and loving things at Cicada. Comedy Central had Colbert at The Colony. AMC had Mad Men, Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul at Soho House. And HBO had designer Billy Butchkavitz, who continues to set the bar on sumptuous design by transforming the Pacific Design Center’s plaza into the winningest network’s pulsating afterparty. This time he...
Fallon is Fab as Emmy Host
It’s all over but the hangovers from the afterparties and Ricky Gervais’ beer being served at the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The host of this year’s Golden Globe Awards almost stole the show as a presenter with his line about Mel Gibson going through a lot lately, but not as much as the Jews. That was just one of the many inspired and funny moments during this year’s live coast-to-coast telecast, which will go down...