Last Monday night in New York, the hot ticket was Sharon Stone. Or rather, the hot ticket was Basic Instinct II – the premiere, with a personal appearance by its star, Sharon Stone. 

Dianne Vavra and Sharon Stone

New York loves movie stars, maybe even more than Hollywood does.  New Yorkers are always blasé about it until they see a real one and then they go ga-ga. So, Ms. Stone, who is so rich and ripe when it comes to celestial seasonings, really gave them something to ogle and chirp about.  Everything about her can be talked about – and is – by her and by everyone else. So, whatwith the getting a glimpse of the girl in the flesh and then up there on the big screen (more flesh), you can imagine all the people who cudda died and went to heaven. Thanks to Ms. Stone et al. 

That night there were stars and stars and shiny cars lined up at the AMC Lincoln Square Theater at 68th and Broadway, flocking to join Ms. Stone – supermodels, rock-n-rollers as well as the New York glam crowd. 

After the film there was the dinner at Mr. Chow, hosted by Cinema Society founder Andrew Saffir and Dior Beauty. And you thought the premiere was the hot ticket!  Ms. Stone dazzled ‘em and razzle dazzled ‘em like the Pied Piper all the way over to East 57th Street. Of course, seats were very limited, and therefore “exclusive.”

The lucky ones got to see (if they knew who they were looking at) the star mingling with the film’s co-star David Morrissey, along with Iman, Usher, Debbie Harry, Alan Cumming, Chris Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Candace Bushnell, James Lipton, Joan Collins and Percy Gibson, Cynthia Rowley, Sante D’Orazio, Beth Ostrosky, Frederic Fekkai, Carol Alt, supermodels Maggie Rizer and Mini Anden, Amy Sacco, Serena and Samantha Boardman, Dixon and Arianna Boardman, Ivana Trump, Nina Griscom and Leonel Piraino, Marina Rust and Ian Connor, Nadja Swarovski, Marjorie Gubelmann Raein, Marty Richards, Hamish Bowles, Alexandra Kotur, Billy Norwich, NBC’s Dan Abrams, Ann Dexter-Jones, Denise Rich, Richard Johnson and Sessa von Richthofen, Daniel Benedict, Olivia Chantecaille, Emilia Fanjul, Meredith Melling-Burke, Marc Badgley and James Mischka, Jerry Della Femina, Mathilde Krim, Milly de Cabrol, Roopal Patel, Minnie Mortimer, Samantha Gregory, Annelise Peterson, Zani Gugelmann, Doug Hannant and Fred Anderson, Jason Oliver Nixon, Nadine Johnson, Fabiola Beracasa, Ferebee Bishop, Carlos Souza, Jill and Andrew Roosevelt, Couri Hay, Alexandra Lind Rose, Christian Leone, Andrew Black, Fabian and Martina Basabe, Zang Toi, Nina Garcia, Project Runway’s Daniel Vosovic, Kelly Stone, Sony’s Rob Wiesenthal and Dior Beauty’s Dianne Vavra.

The evening raised over $200,000 for Concerned Parents for AIDS Research (an organization that is especially dear to Sharon and her sister Kelly) and the party at Mr. Chow glittered on and on with stars everywhere (and then some).

Last Tuesday night at Skylight on 275 Hudson Street, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art honored the artists, scientists and exemplary citizens who make New York City great the 4th annual Urban Visonaries benefit dinner.

This year they honored Marie-Josee Kravis – Urban Citizenship; Jenny Holzer – Visual Art; Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio – Architecture; Nicholas Donofrio – Engineering and Simon Lok – Emerging Talent.

This year’s gala was a great success, attended by more than 500 and raising almost $850,000 to support Cooper Union’s hallmark tradition of providing every accepted student with a full tuition scholarship. Bravo!

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