As quiet as things are in August ...

Nigel Lythgoe with cast members at the opening night of Burn The Floor.

AMC hosted the premiere of Season 3 of Mad Men, at the Directors' Guild in Los Angeles this past Monday ...

Alison Brie

Anne Dudek

Dean Norris

Michael Gladis

Bryan Batt

Elisabeth Moss and Fred Armisen

Aaron Paul

Betsy Brandt

Matthew Weiner and family

January Jones

Aaron Staton, Connie Fletcher

Christina Hendricks and Geoffrey Arend

J Slattery

Rene Gilmore, Jared Gilmore

Jon Hamm and John Slattery

Melinda McGraw

Sarah and Donald Silverman

Mad Men cast

Vincent Kartheiser

Rich and Virginia Sommer

Dana Delany

Stanley Tucci and Steve Buscemi

On Saturday in Bridgehampton, there was a party for Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer ...

Arlene Basset, Tyler Greif, and Diane Montoriol

Laurie and Jeffery Orenstein

Amnon Bar-Tur and Helene Feldman

Avis and Bruce Richards

Farah and Morris Moinian

Gabriel Dagan and Marcy Sakhai

Helene Feldman and Cecilia Ben-Abraham

Cygale Dias, Richard Rubinstein, Kathy Sloane, and Helene Feldman

Dasha and Eric Braverman

Dylan Pichulik, Esti Chizic, and Amir Chizic

Cristina Ferrera

Joe and Vickie Tahl

Haley Binn

Dasha Braverman, Zina Rosen, and Ruth Barinstein

Talia and Ron Carner

Vared, Jane Gol, and Suri Kasirer

Gary Ruth and Kristen Thompson

Pereza Romanelli and Gwen Bokine

Amy Gianos

Cecilia Ben-Abraham, Uzi Ben-Abraham, and Melissa Blumberg

Jane Holder, Amnon Bar-Tur, and Helene Feldman

Helene Feldman and Stephen Breintenbach

Stephan Bassett, Arlene Bassett, and Dean Stern

Janet Lehr, Helene Feldman, and Vered

Stephanie Krant and Eli Sevin

Kenny Aschendorf, Helene Feldman, and Wilma Aschendorf

Richard Thompson, Kristen Thompson, Gary Jacob, Shea Shafron, and Leah Swarzman

Alexander Gilkes

ZuZu Aghravi, Azita Aghravi, Jasmine Aghravi, Helene Feldman, Wilma Aschendorf, and Kenny Aschendorf

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Also on Saturday at the Pink Elephant in Southampton there was a Day and Night at Pink Elephant Party ...

Annie Winger and Kate Swain

Cliff Friedman, Cindy Cook, and friend

Corrine Hernandez, Alexa Economou, and Christine Benney

James Collins, Elizabeth Racioppi, Derek Koch, Raina Spivack, and Jeremy Strong

Gena Albertelli and Derek Koch

Elizabeth Racioppi and friends

Indre and Ricky Campbell

Mandy, Karen Kollitides, and Midori Inagaki

Photographs by ©PatrickMcMullan.com [2]

This past Tuesday night in New York the great Mary J. Blige hosted a FFAWN (Foundation for the Advancement of Women Now) fundraising intimate dinner and auction at Barbetta in the theatre district ...

Angela Burke Murray, Emil Wilbekin, and Michelle Ebanks

Kendu Isaacs and Kevin Liles

Mary J Blige, Madeline Nelson, and Jana Fleishman

Rudy Gain and friend

Gloria Gaynor, Tanya DeCosta, and Mary J. Blige

Robbie Meyers and Lila Staab

This past Tuesday night was the New York premiere of IFC's Bollywood Hero, at the Rubin Museum of Art ...

Pooja Kumar, Chris Kattan, and Neha Dhupia

Rachel Dratch

Ed Norton

Seth Meyers

While Monday night, the great (although she can't sing) Joan Rivers hosted a reception at her palatial East Side duplex tdo launch her new TV Series "How'd You Get So Rich" on TVland.

Joan Rivers with the cast

Joy Behar

Bobbie Weiner

Joan Rivers and Bill Hoffman

Ronnie and Natasha Lamarque

Rosanna Scotto

Holly Brown, Blaine Kern, Hoda Kotb, Nat Morice, Bonnie Morice, and Joan Rivers

Robert Zarco, Joan Rivers, and Veronica Zarco

Katie Couric and Jonah White

Meanwhile, on Sunday night there was the opening on Broadway of Burn the Floor at the Longacre Theatre, with an After Party at Providence on 311 West 57th Street.

Nigel Lythgoe and Carrie Ann Inaba

Chrishelle Strause and Susan Lucci

Kevin and Claire Clifton

Gretchen Monahan

Sarah Hives and Jeremy Garner

Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Tony Roberts

Ricky Paull Goldin and Chrishelle Strause

Trent Whiddon and Gordana Grandosek

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