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Laura
Hunt, Nancy Corizine, Margo Catsimatidis, Andrea Stark, Princess
Yasmin Aga Khan, Dennis Basso, Louise Kornfeld, Michele Herbert,
Felicia Taylor, Nurit Kahane Haase, and Cornelia
Bregman at the
Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala.
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Last Tuesday night, they held the Alzheimer’s
Associations annual Rita Hayworth Gala in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf. This
is the eighteenth year for this gala which is held in New York and
Chicago, always hosted by Hayworth’s daughter by Prince
Aly Khan, Princess Yasmin Khan, and has raised more than $40 million.
This year’s theme was “Meet me at the Stork Club,” a
reference to the heyday of the great nightclub (which was located
at 3 East 53rd Street where Paley Park now sits). The Stork was a
nightly gathering place for celebrities, authors, politicians, columnists
and socialities – all under the same roof, drinking and dancing.
This year’s gala honored Dennis Basso and Robert
Nennosche, and featured a special performance by Natalie
Cole. Gala Chair was Somers Farkas. The
evening was underwritten by Rolex Watch USA (all money raised goes
directly to the Alzheimer’s Assocation). Muffie Potter
Aston was Sponsor Chair. Auction co-chairs were Claudia
Cohen, Susan Hess, and Donna Dixon Aykroyd.
Princess Yasmin Khan (Yazzie to her friends) draws a loyal crowd who all put
their best foot forward year after year for this party and as a result it’s
always a big bright, glamorous success. Among the guests this year were Marty
and Cornelia Bregman, Deborah Norville, Phyllis George, Muffie and Dr. Sherrell
Aston, Claudia Cohen, Larry and Michele Herbert, John and Margo Catsimatidis,
Allen and Debbie Grubman, John and Andrea Stark, Anne Hearst, Nurit Kahane Haase, and John
and Susan Hess.
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Percy
Gibson and Joan Collins
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Nancy
Corizine and Mark Locks
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Pauline
Pitt and Tom Quick
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Hilary
and Bryant Gumbel
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Andrea
Catsimatidis and Margo Catsimatidis
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Andrea
and John Stark
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Lisa
and Philip Falcone
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L. to r.: Joy and Regis Philbin; Jay
McInerney and Anne Hearst; Stephanie Wolkoff.
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Leonel
Piraino and Nina Griscom with Christopher and Grace Meigher
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Susan
Hess and Dan Aykroyd
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Bob
Colacello and Claudia Cohen
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Ivana
Trump, Dennis Basso, and Star Jones Reynolds
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L.
to r: Debbie Bancroft and Donna Dixon Aykroyd; Bryant
Gumbel and Deborah Norville; Dr. Sherrell Aston and Muffie
Potter Aston.
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Felicia
Taylor, Rick Friedberg, Francine LeFrak, and Michelle and
Frank Rella
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Donna
Dixon Aykroyd, Dan Aykroyd, Pamela Morgan, and Mike Trokel
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Michele
Herbert
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Somers
Farkas and Dana Stubgen
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Cornelia
Bregman and friend
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Princess
Yasmin Aga Khan and Nurit Kahane Haase
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Denise
Rich with Dennis Basso and Michael Cominotto
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Joanne
de Guardiola, Somers Farkas, and Grace Hightower De Niro
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Ron
Silver and friend
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Jimmy
Nederlander and Margo McNabb
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Deborha
Norville and Karl Wellner
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Sale
Johnson and Ahmad Rashad
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Paola
and Arnie Rosenshein
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Bettina
Zilkha and Patrick McMullan
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to r.: The scene of the Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth
Gala
in the Grand Ballroom
of the Waldorf-Astoria; Natalie Cole.
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From
October 17th through October 30th, they held the 6th annual Madison Avenue Pink Ribbons
Project in support
of Breast Cancer Awareness month. 75 boutiques restaurants, galleries,
spas, salons and professional service providers along the avenue
joined in the Breast Cancer Crusade and Saluted Survivors with a
Special “Pink Ribbon Stories” booklet. They donated 10%
of the sales designated “Pink Ribbon” items to benefit
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center and Mount Sinai Hospital's Breast Health Resource Program.
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Evelyn
Lauder with Pink Ribbon Survivor Honorees Sharyn
Arena, Trish Hack, and Johnna Schlusser
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The Madison Avenue Business Improvement District (BID)
was the event's sponsor and organizer. In the spirit of sharing strength
and hope,
the “Pink Ribbon Stories” booklet spotlighted survivor
stories provided by special clients and staff submitted by participating
retailers, as well as resource and contact information from the benefiting
charities. The booklet was complementary to shoppers on Madison Avenue
at participating businesses from 57th to 86th Streets.
In addition there was a luncheon honoring the Pink Ribbon "story
writers" who shared their breast cancer survivor stories. Attending
the luncheon were the directors of the three hospital programs: Myra
Biblowit of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation; Dr.
Clifford Hudis of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center; and Andrea
Geduld of Mount
Sinai Breast Health Resource Program, who benefited from the two-week
event and participating Madison Avenue BID retailers. Over the a
past 6 years, over $190,000 has been raised to benefit the three
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Matthew
Bauer, Janet Goldman,
and Phyllis Robeck
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Gail
Winston and Sylvie Moussero
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Andrea
Geduld and
and Fran Levine
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Ian
Rowe
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This
year at the annual Aid for AIDS “My Hero” Award and gala, they honored Linda
Evangelista, Gracia Violetta Ross, the
Latin American AIDS activist and Ian V. Rowe, Vice-President of Strategic
Partnerships and Public Affairs and MTV global AIDS activist. Gala
chair was Maria Eugenia Maury Arria along with “Next Generation” Chair,
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin.
Among the guests who attended this Avi Adler decorated
event with the musical guest Mamborengue at Capitale were Fabiola
Beracasa, Ross Bleckner, Fernando Botero and Sophia Vari, Dr. Fredric
Brandt,
Mr. and Mrs. Gustavo Cisneros, Veronica Hearst, Carolina and Reinaldo
Herrera, Moises Kaufman and Jeffrey La Hoste, Eva and Lorenzo Lorenzotti,
Claudia and Javier Macaya, Gabriela Neri, and Dennis
Paul and Coralie Charriol.
Aid for AIDS provides free medication and education to persons living
with HIV/AIDS in Latin America, the Caribbean and Africa. The organization’s
annual gala raises funds need to procure life-saving drugs from patients,
social workers and doctors in the US and Canada, and to distribute
them to thousands living with HIV/AIDS. Since 1996, the organization
has supplied HIV treatment valued in excess of $25 million. Aid for
AIDS was founded by Jesus Aguais, an AIDS Counselor at St. Vincent’s
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L.
to r.: Terence Riley, Adriana Cisneros de Griffin,
Leigh Keno, Jesus Aguais, Leslie Keno, and Maria Eugenia
Maury Arria; Eva Lorenzotti and Coralie
Charriol.
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Leslie
Keno, Ross Bleckner, Maria Eugenia Maury Arria, and Leigh
Keno
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Ross
Bleckner,
Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, Gustavos Cisneros, and Patricia
Cisneros
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Stephane
Marais
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Lorenzo
and Eva Lorenzotti
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Bettina
Beckhoff, Linda Evangelista, and Federika Longinotti
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L.
to r.: Linda Evangelista and Helen Evangelista; Karina
Correa, Gabriela Neri, Isabella Kursman-Neri, Federika
Longinotti,
Bettina Beckhoff, and Ana Cristina Neri.
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Clarissa
Bronfman and Federika Longinotti
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Gabriela
Neri and Isabella Kursman-Neri
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Lauren
Van Natten and Cindy Kook
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L.
to r.: Michael Fergot and Wendy Meguid; Gracia Violeta
Ross and Jesus Aguais; Dui Seid.
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| Photographs
by Patrick McMullan & Rob Rich/516-676-3939 (Alzheimer's);
Will Ragozzino/PMc (Aid for AIDS) |
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