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A
couple of weeks ago over at Cipriani 42nd Street, NYU’s
Tisch School of the Arts and the Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
honored three of their most distinguished NYU graduates – Martin
Scorsese who received the Big Apple Award for Lifetime Achievement;
Jane Rosenthal who received her award for film Production and Commitment
to New York City through her co-founding Tribeca Productions and
the Tribeca Film Festival, and director Spike Lee for innovation,
Leadership and unwavering commitment to the education of young
film makers. Jonathan Tisch presented Rosenthal with her award.
Monty Ross presented the award to Spike Lee, and
in the spirit of the evening, Martin Scorsese received his award,
at his personal
request, from his former student, Spike Lee.
Big wonderful
evening, full of good feelings and amazing achievement. They raised
$1.1 million for the school’s student scholarships. Robert De Niro,
Maurice
Kanbar, Ann and Andrew Tisch, Jamie and Steve Tisch, and Sir
Howard Stringer were
the evening’s co-chairs. The theme of the night was “On Location,” referring
to the highlighting of the honorees’ student years through film clips and
original musical tributes performed by twenty-four of the schools talented musical
theatre performance students, members of NYU’s CAP21 Conservatory. A few
years ago I was invited to a special performance of the school’s students
of acting and musical theatre and was blown away by the talent that’s being
developed by the Tisch School.
Big crowd of supporters at Cip 42nd on this night of the Awards: NYU President
John Sexton, Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell, Dr. George
Campbell Jr., President of
Cooper Union, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Harvey Keitel, Alec Baldwin, Chevy
Chase,
Ed Schlossberg, Jon Tisch of course, Doug Wright, Jessica Hecht,
Wendy Wasserstein,
Perri Peltz, Henry Schleiff, Daniel Battsek, president of Miramax.
Many of today’s most celebrated artists are graduates of the
school including Pulitzer Prize winners Tony Kushner, Doug
Wright, and Chang Lee; Academy Award
winners Charlie Kaufman, Jim Taylor, Marcia Gay Harden, Ang Lee, andOliver
Stone. There are Tony Award winners too: Billy Crystal, Rachel
Sheinkin,
Geoerge C. Wolfe, Idina Menzel, Jeff Whitty, and Frank Wood; Emmy
Award
winners,
Kristen
Johnson, John Leguizamo, Camryn Manheim, and Debra Messing as
well as filmmakers
Chris Columbus, Jim Jarmusch, M. Night Shyamalan, and Amy
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Spike
Lee, Jane Rosenthal, and Martin Scorsese
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Alec
Baldwin and Maurice Kanbar
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Frank
Ventura with a CAP21 parent
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Mary
Schmidt Campell
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Rosemary
Lois and grandson George
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Mikhail
Baryshnikov and Lisa Rinehart
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Tamara
Jenkins and Jim Taylor
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Doug
Wright and friend
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Steve
Rubenstein and Jonathan Tisch
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Craig
Hatkoff and Jane Rosenthal
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Iris
Cantor
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Harvey
Dale and Debra LaMorte
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Bernard
Veiser and John Sexton
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Richard
Belzer
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Tonya
and Satchel Lee
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Martin
Scorsese and Harvey Keitel
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Helen
and Martin
Scorsese with Jonathan Tisch
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L.
to r.: CAP21 students performing a dance tribute;
Dinner at Cipriani's.
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Spike
Lee and family
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Ron
Delsner and Deanie Stein
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Martin
Scorsese and
Spike Lee
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Dr.
George Campbell and Britt Campbell
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The
Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted its second annual Young Friends
Benefit Dance two
Thursdays ago.
The evening’s theme was The Grand Tour, and the sold-out event
included cocktails, dessert, and dancing next to a backdrop of Grand
Tour-inspired quotes and images from the Met’s collection.
The kicker might have been how many knew just exactly what “The
Grand Tour” was. The concept began in 18th century England
where the aristocracy traveled abroad to cultural sites (mainly Rome)
in search of what today would be called an “art education.” And
from these excursions emerged poets, painters, novelists, not to
mention affairs of the heart, sometimes marriage and a raised consciousness.
The Grand Tour was a fashionable pasttime and pasttime it was for
those who already had the money to pass the time.
Anyway, the Met’s Grand Tour benefit was a big success and
brought out a small army of emerging Bright Young Things from the
concrete, glass and steel canyons of Manhattan. Benefit Chairmen
were Chandler Bass, Zani Gugelmann, Stephanie Field Harris,
Alejandro Santo Domingo and Eugenia Silva, and Honorary
Chairs were Jill Swid
and Eric Rosen. Benefit sponsors were Escada,
Harry Winston, and Sotheby’s. |
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The
Great Hall
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The
Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
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Among
the 1400 guests that attended were Erika
Christensen, Tinsley Mortimer, Alexis Bryan, Lisa Meiland,
Lara Meiland and Claude Shaw, Dabney Mercer, Caroline Cummings,
Pamela Fielder, Gigi Stone, Harrison LeFrak, Cristy Alger,
Lindsey Andrews, Philip Aquilino, Marisa V. Arredondo, Tracy
Bliven, Billy Butcher, Tony Chedid, Bridie Clark, Kat Clements
and Ted Stonbely, Caroline Costin, Monica Cummings, Emily Davis,
Kim Davis, Lauren Davis, Katherine Eckert, Blair Endresen Métrailler,
Abby Field, Dolly and Jack Geary, Katharine Gilbert, Emily
Weill Goldfrank, John Stuart Gordon, Justin Hays Green, Amy
Greenspon, Carolina Gutierrez, Merrill Hanley, Nicole Hanley,
John Harris, Vanessa Hoermann, Leslie and Mark Hull, Donna
and Bryan Johnson, Jason Kalisman, Margaret Litman Katz, Abbey
Kissel, Kimberly Ann Klein, Isabelle Krusen, Genevieve Labean,
Christina Lewis, Ben Loehnen, Elise Loehnen, Carey and Arthuros
Mangriotis, Grant Mashek, Paul Mateyunas , Alexis Maybank,
Alden McNally, Olympia McNerney, Ethan Meers, Elizabeth Meigher,
Elizabeth Merck. You want more? Okay: Nina
Monell, Daria Natan, Carrie Niese, Eliza Osborne, Alexandra
J. Osipow, Roy Ostrom, Lil Phillips, Olivia Pirovano, Lindley
and John Pless, Elizabeth Pyne, Nicholas Rafferty, Sara Rafferty,
Carolina Richardson, Charles Rockefeller, Emily Rover, Leslie
Saliba, Fatima Sanadaji, Jennifer Saranow, Georgina Schaeffer,
Melissa and Connor Schell, Douglas Snyder and Charlotte Richardson,
Cynthia Srednicki, Ivanka Trump, Peter Wertheim, Alexandra
Wilkis, Jennifer Wright, Paolo Yuvienco, Lilly Bunn, Tatiana
Papanicolaou, Martin Dawson, Minnie Mortimer, Laura Zukerman,
Anson Frelinghuysen, JoJo Cohen, Andrew Black, Melissa Gellman,
Eleanor Ylvisaker, Jaymere Stein, Melissa Berkelhammer, and
Alex Brodsky.
Proceeds from the Young Friends Benefit support The Apollo Circle Fund for Art
Conservation. The Apollo Circle is a special membership group for individuals
ages twenty-one to thirty-nine at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Members engage
in a variety of educational and social activities, and are provided incomparable
insights into the Museum's collection and special exhibitions. For information,
visit www.metmuseum.org. |
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Alexis
Bryan
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Erika
Christensen
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Lara
Meiland and Claude Shaw
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L.
to r.: Alejandro
Santo Domingo and Eugenia Silva; Nick Papanicolaou and
Lauren Platt; John Harris and Eric Streisand.
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Caroline
Cummings and friend
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Dabney
Mercer and friends
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Minnie
and Tinsley Mortimer
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Stephanie
Field Harris
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Minnie
Mortimer and Maggie Katz
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Dancing
in the Temple of Dendur in The Sackler Wing
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Zani
Gugelmann
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Eleanor
Ylvisaker
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Melissa
Berkelhammer
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Children is a non-profit family service organization that
has made a long-term commitment to every child who lost a parent
on September 11. Last week down
at Cipriani 23rd Street, they honored former mayor Rudy Giuliani and
the New York Mets for their unwavering support of families of 9/11.
The former mayor and Jeff Wilpon, senior executive
vice president and COO of the Mets were on hand to accept the Leadership
Awards.
The evening was emceed by Jane Hanson of WNBC. All
proceeds from the fundraiser will support the full platform of Tuesdays’ Children
programs and services. |
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Dan
Brown, Doug Brown, and Sue Connors
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David
Weild IV, Chris Burke, and Bob Power
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from left: Brian Keene, David Kopp, Edward
Herman, David Gonzalez, and friends; Bill O'Reilly;
Jason and Paige Berger; Brian Kelly, Jeff Wilpon,
Judith and Rudy Giuliani, Chris Burke, and
Jane Hanson. |
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Janet
Cascio and David Weild IV
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Judith
and Rudy Giuliani with the cadets
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James
DePaiva and friend with Emile Griffith and Ed Charles
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Joan
York and Nancy Sadocha
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Michael
Goodman, Steve Pollack, Scott Waldman, and Chris Burke
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Rudy
Giuliani and Senator Michael Balboni
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I
once heard that to be blessed by God means that
He expects more from you,” Carmela
Maria Legari, Cancer Services Liaison said reflecting
on the 2005 Wholeness of
Life Award she received last Thursday at The Health Care Chaplaincy
annual benefit dinner at Cipriani 42nd Street. Ms. Legari had
been singled
out for her award by her colleagues for serving her patients and
co-workers with compassion and integrity.
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Arlyn
Gardner and guest
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This year’s
Wholeness of Life Awards dinner also honored Kenneth
G. Langone, Chairman and Managing Director of Invemed
Associates, LLC, Ed Herlihy, a partner at Wachtell,
Lipton, Rosen & Katz,
and Arlyn and Ed Gardner. Mr. Gardner is president
and CEO of Industrial Solvents Corporation. The evening was co-chaired
by Kenneth
Lewis, Chairman, CEO and president of BankAmerica, and James
Dunne III, senior managing principal of Sandler O’Neill & Partners.
L.P.
This year’s Wholeness of Life awards dinner was a record
breaker, raising more than $2 million for the Chaplaincy’s
programs in multifaith pastoral education and research.
Founded
in 1961, The
Chaplaincy’s multifaith clinical staff provides professional
pastoral care to patients, families, and staff of all faiths
in numerous healthcare sites throughout the New York metropolitan
area.
The Chaplaincy
is also a leading pastoral education resource for rabbinical
students and Jewish chaplains, offering clinical pastoral education
in a
Jewish context. |
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L.
to r.: Roberto Iarussi; Patient care honorees: Nick
Medley (Memorial Sloan Kettering), Carrie Senzer (North
Shore
Univ. Hospital), Amber Guth (NYU Medical Center), and Robert
Fletcher (St. Lukes).
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Edward
Herlihy, Elaine Langone, Patty Herlihy, and Ken Langone
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Edward
and Arlyn Gardner
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Jane
Mather, Nick Medley, and Rev. Dr. Walter Smith
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Laurence
and Sheila Toal with Rev. Dr. Walter Smith
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Rev.
Dr. Walter Smith with
Sylvia and Ben Weinstock
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Maria
and William Spears with Nadine and Dr. William McGuire
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| Photographs
by Julie
Skarrett (Met) |
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