Angels abound

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.

Blake

Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford

Denise Rich and Peter Cervinka

Alan Cummings

Debra Lee and Jennifer Hudson

Brock Milstein, Brooke Milstein, and Scott Wolstein

Frank and Michele Rella

Estelle

Robin Thicke

Jennifer Hudson

Paula Zahn

Michele Herbert

Ivana Trump

Bar Refaeli

Richard Kilstock and Daniella Rich Kilstock

Star Jones and Herb Wilson

Lois and Buzz Aldrin

Tricia Quick, Denise Rich, and Michele Rella

Leonard Lauder, Evelyn Lauder, and Tom Quick

Russell Simmons and Julie Henderson

Ashley Hart and Jessica Hart

Karl Wellner and Deborah Norville

Stewart Lane, Bonnie Comley, and Marty Richards

Lorraine Bracco and Marty Bregman

Tricia Quick and Natalie Cole

Paula Patton and Robin Thicke

Penn Badgley and Blake Lively

David Blaine and Alizee Guinochet

Evelyn Rusli, Bernd Beetz, and Cysette Burset

Erica Reid and Benny Medina

Lorraine Schwartz

Star Jones

Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky

Dr. Stephen Nimer and friend

Clive Davis

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Al Nahyan and Denise Rich

Down at 583 Park Avenue, the beautiful Delano & Aldrich designed church, the Madison Square Boys & Girls Club held its 4th annual Purses & Pursenalities Luncheon.

Mary McFadden.

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.

Jill Fairchild, Mark Gilbertson, and Debbie Bancroft

James LaForce and Michael Bruno

Philip Gorrivan and Kristin Fealy

Toni Fillet Carney and Kathleen Giordano

Somers Farkas and Peggy Bitler

Claudia Overstrom, Marina Purcell, Rachel Hovnanian, and Blair Husain

Stephanie Krieger, Eric Javits, and Cynthia Lufkin

Joan Steinberg, Joseph Patuleia, and Christine Gray

Michelle Binnie and Guest

Hilary Block

Kathleen Giordano and Melissa Morris

Michelle Smith

Lisa Crawford and Jocelyn Javits

Jeanne Lawrence, Martha Glass, and Dianne Chapman

Cynthia Lufkin and Wendy Carduner

Lisa Selby and Courtney Arnot

Mary Waserstein and Shauna Graziano

Margot Takian, Amy Hoadley, and Clo Cohen

Blair Husain, Mish Tworkowski, and Sloan McClure

Allison Rockefeller and Eric Javits

Andrew Oshrin and Michelle Smith

Clo Cohen and Mary Snow

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.

Alison Minton and Guy Harley

Rina and Brittain Stone and Annabelle Fowlkes

Fazle and Blair Husain

Susan and Hunter Cushing

Kevin Smith and Melissa Berkelhammer

Nina Richter and Mark Gilbertson

Martha and Matt Sharp

Genie and Jamie Egerton-Warburton

Gentry and Kathryn Beach

Maria Boyazny, Lil Phillips, and Ainsley Earhardt

Deirdre Simonds and Tim Taft

Lisa Selby and Geoffrey Bradfield

Lisa Selby and Susan Cushing

Wendy Carduner and Roger Webster

Philip and Lisa Gorrivan

Page and Torrey Rossetter

Leslie and Andrew Heaney

Lil Phillips and Bill Manger

Trey and Blakely Griggs

Photographs by Cutty McGill

“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.

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.