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| Blake performs at Denise Rich's annual Angel Ball. |
Denise Rich held her annual Angel Ball to benefit cancer research at Cipriani Wall Street this year and brought out the celebs on the crest of today' wave including Jennifer Hudson, Blake Lively, Penn Badgely, Howard Stern, Robin Thicke, Estelle and they raised almost $4 million (tables went for as much as $100,000).
Denise created this charity in loving memory of her daughter Gabrielle who died in her 20s of a rare leukemia. Since starting her foundation in 1996, Denise has raised more than $11 million for research. |
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| Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford |
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| Denise Rich and Peter Cervinka |
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| Alan Cummings |
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| Debra Lee and Jennifer Hudson |
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| Brock Milstein, Brooke Milstein, and Scott Wolstein |
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| Frank and Michele Rella |
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| Estelle |
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| Robin Thicke |
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| Jennifer Hudson |
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| Paula Zahn |
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| Michele Herbert |
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| Ivana Trump |
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| Bar Refaeli |
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| Richard Kilstock and Daniella Rich Kilstock |
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| Star Jones and Herb Wilson |
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| Lois and Buzz Aldrin |
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| Tricia Quick, Denise Rich, and Michele Rella |
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| Leonard Lauder, Evelyn Lauder, and Tom Quick |
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| Russell Simmons and Julie Henderson |
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| Ashley Hart and Jessica Hart |
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| Karl Wellner and Deborah Norville |
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| Stewart Lane, Bonnie Comley, and Marty Richards |
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| Lorraine Bracco and Marty Bregman |
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| Tricia Quick and Natalie Cole |
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| Paula Patton and Robin Thicke |
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| Penn Badgley and Blake Lively |
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| David Blaine and Alizee Guinochet |
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| Evelyn Rusli, Bernd Beetz, and Cysette Burset |
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| Erica Reid and Benny Medina |
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| Lorraine Schwartz |
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| Star Jones |
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| Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky |
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| Dr. Stephen Nimer and friend |
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| Clive Davis |
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| H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Al Nahyan and Denise Rich |
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| Photographs by Rob Rich © 2009
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| Down at 583 Park Avenue, the beautiful Delano & Aldrich designed church, the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club held its 4th annual Purses & Pursenalities Luncheon. |
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| The event honored fashion designer Mary McFadden and Michelle Smith of Milly, a comparatively the new kid on the block in the fashion world. Emcee was Eric Javits. |
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| Jill Fairchild, Mark Gilbertson, and Debbie Bancroft |
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| James LaForce and Michael Bruno |
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| Philip Gorrivan and Kristin Fealy |
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| Toni Fillet Carney and Kathleen Giordano |
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| Somers Farkas and Peggy Bitler |
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| Claudia Overstrom, Marina Purcell, Rachel Hovnanian, and Blair Husain |
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| Stephanie Krieger, Eric Javits, and Cynthia Lufkin |
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| Joan Steinberg, Joseph Patuleia, and Christine Gray |
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| Michelle Binnie and Guest |
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| Hilary Block |
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| Kathleen Giordano and Melissa Morris |
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| Michelle Smith |
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| Lisa Crawford and Jocelyn Javits |
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| Jeanne Lawrence, Martha Glass, and Dianne Chapman |
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| Cynthia Lufkin and Wendy Carduner |
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| Lisa Selby and Courtney Arnot |
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| Mary Waserstein and Shauna Graziano |
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| Margot Takian, Amy Hoadley, and Clo Cohen |
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| Blair Husain, Mish Tworkowski, and Sloan McClure |
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| Allison Rockefeller and Eric Javits |
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| Andrew Oshrin and Michelle Smith |
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| Clo Cohen and Mary Snow |
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The Paint the Town Red party at Doubles, co-chaired by Melanie Holland, Heather Sargent, Alatia Bradley, Annabelle Fowlkes, Mary Van Pelt and Mark Gilbertson, was a big hit with the guests.
Red Devil cocktails were served on silver platters, followed by a candlelit dinner and dancing to the club’s brand new sound system.
The invitation said “Dress Red Hot,” and as you can see most complied. Among the crimson, scarlet and ruby revelers were Michelle Smith, Bill Manger, Nina Richter, Leslie and Andrew Heaney, Blair and Fazle Husain, Lisa Selby, Geoffrey Bradfield, Krista and Ned Wood, Webb Egerton-Warburton, Suzanne and Richard Clery, Douglas Steinbrech, Lil Phillips, Emily Mills, Tim Taft, Kristin and Charles Krusen, Isabel and John Tonelli, Page and Torrey Rossetter, Alison and George Brokaw, Heather Georges, Rina and Brittain Stone, Guy Harley, Susan and Hunter Cushing, Elena Kornbluth, BJ Casey, Ryan Bush, Martha and Matt Sharp, Jessica Bang, Kevin Smith, Melissa Berkelhammer, Russell Booth, Lauren Hubbell, Bettina Mirsepahi, Genie and James Egerton-Warburton, Kathryn and Gentry Beach, Deirdre Simonds, Amanda and Peter Espy, McDowell and Charles Winn, Blakely and Trey Griggs, Lisa and Philip Gorrivan, Maria Boyazny, Ainsley Earhardt, Kay Ryan, Connie and Brad Dinsmore, Liz Ross, Jean deMontaillou and Ann Worth. |
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Alison Minton and Guy Harley |
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Rina and Brittain Stone and Annabelle Fowlkes |
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Fazle and Blair Husain |
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Susan and Hunter Cushing |
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Kevin Smith and Melissa Berkelhammer |
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Nina Richter and Mark Gilbertson |
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Martha and Matt Sharp |
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Genie and Jamie Egerton-Warburton |
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Gentry and Kathryn Beach |
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Maria Boyazny, Lil Phillips, and Ainsley Earhardt |
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Deirdre Simonds and Tim Taft |
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Lisa Selby and Geoffrey Bradfield |
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Lisa Selby and Susan Cushing |
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Wendy Carduner and Roger Webster |
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Philip and Lisa Gorrivan |
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Page and Torrey Rossetter |
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Leslie and Andrew Heaney |
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Lil Phillips and Bill Manger |
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Trey and Blakely Griggs |
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“Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Susie Essman was the main attraction at the Chairscholars’ 4th Annual Comedy Night at The Hudson Terrace the Tuesday before last.
They honored Michael Koffler, CEO of MetSchools, and raised over $37,000 for the charity. The benefit raises funds to help transform the lives of financially challenged young people with serious physical disabilities by providing scholarships for college or vocational school.
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The crowd gets ready for the show. |
Among the guests: Real Housewives of NY’s Jill Zarin and husband Bobby; national chair scholar recipient Quemuel Arroyo, Sharon Grelsamer, the VP and daughter of the charity’s founder Dr. Hugo Keim, Nadine Grelsamer and scholarship sponsor Deborah Bailey. Also: Fearless Music’s Lee Heiman and his wife, Lisa Berlin, Stacy Ichiuji, Alex Frias, Stephanie Jones, Liza Sandler, Wendy Diamond, Paul Morgan, attorney Mark Smith, model Nicola Mar (a.k.a “The Bod”) and the club owner Michael Sinensky.
Promoting her new book, "What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy," Essman cracked jokes, threw out questions to the crowd, and kept everyone on the edge of their seats with her good-natured rant that was laced with her unprintable profanities. When Essman eyed Mr. Zarin in the front row, he unwittingly became the focus of some of her good-natured assaults. But there were no hard feelings and later in the evening, his wife Jill stopped in to congratulate Essman on her new book and have her sign the copy that she had won that night in auction. |
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Alicia Keim |
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Liza Sandler and Stephanie Jones |
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Wendy Diamond |
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Susie Essman and Donny Deutsch |
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Andrew and Christine Fox |
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Michael Koffler |
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Donny Deutsch |
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Stacy Pillerdorff |
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Sharon Grelsamer and Quemuel Arroyo |
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Jill and Bobby Zarin |
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Eugene Abreu and Alex Frias |
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John Wergorvewski |
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Nicola Mar and Paul Morgan |
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James Smith and Chris Gines |
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Jill Zarin and Susie Essman |
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