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A
quiet
Sunday in New York.
3:30 PM. Photo: JH.
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Last
Wednesday afternoon, Pamela
Fiori, editor-in-chief of Town & Country hosted a tea in honor of Bill
Hamilton. Mr.
Hamilton had been a design assistant for 12 years for Carolina
Herrera. He’s now created his own collection which is sold
at Saks.
The tea was held at Keith Langham’s showroom space on East
60th between Lexington and Third. Mr. Langham’s space was
for years before he took it over, a pawnshop. Mr. Langham, a Southern
boy-transformed New Yorker, is one of the more colorful characters
(and mischief makers) in his field where he enjoys high rank among
both peers and clients.
So between Mrs. Fiori, Mr. Hamilton and Keith Langham, they drew
a crowd including Karen LeFrak, Amy Fine Collins, Susan
Fales Hill, Coco Kopelman (current president of the Society
of Memorial Sloan Kettering), Nicole Limbocker (past
President of the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering), Rachel
Hovnanian, Mark Gilbertson, decorator Sam Blount,
Mallory Kean, Alexis Waller, Alexia Hamm Ryan, Courtney Arnot,
Natalie Leeds Leventhal, Chessie Breen, Elizabeth Peabody,
Beth Moore (who flew up from Dallas for it), Mike
Cannon, Gretchen Gunlocke Fenton, and Hilary Califano. |
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L.
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Frank, and Hal Parent.
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Bill
Hamilton, Mike Canon, and Karen LeFrak |
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Bill
Hamilton and
Coco Kopelman |
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Cece
Cord and Bill
Hamilton |
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Elizabeth
Peabody and Pamela Fiori |
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Hilary
Califano, Bill
Hamilton, and Nicole Limbocker |
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Mark
Gilbertson and Rachel Hovnanian |
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Susan
Fales Hill, Pamela Fiori, and Amy Fine Collins
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Chessie
Breen, Alexia Ryan, and Alexis Waller
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Models
line up
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few weeks ago they held a launch party for the newly re-designed
Arts & Antiques
magazine, the most widely read publication
dedicated to decorative and fine arts. A new logo, more modern
layouts, easier-to-read typefaces and fresh editorial introductions
will freshen this most popular magazine. The scope of the
magazine will be more international and with a stronger focus on
contemporary art. Their January issue features an editorial
exclusive: David Hockney unveiling his newest
body of work
— watercolors painted last summer inspired by his native
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L.
to r.: Dana Micucci; Michelle
Tillou and Michel Allen.
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Andy
Bronfman, Douglas Anderson, and Dany Pollack
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Brook
Mason and Stacy McLaughlin
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Barbara
Tapp and Barry Friedman
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Bobbie
Leigh, Kim Freeman, Douglas Anderson, Claudia Stone,
and Georgia Jackson
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Clare
Henry, David Turner, and Barbara Tapp
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David
Masello, Barbara Tapp, and David Turner
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Dana
Micucci, Jane Rothschild, and Patti Czrcanas
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Barbara
Tapp, Jane Rothschild, Jay Perkins, Bobbie Leigh, and Douglas
Anderson
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Lindsey
Pryor, Lark Mason, and Dale Anderson
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Helen
Brough, Kim Freeman, and Brook Mason
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Douglas Anderson, Dale
Anderson, Barbara Tapp, and Jay Perkins
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Christopher
Mason and Amy Page
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Over
on the left coast, the Arthritis Foundation held its 20th
Annual “Commitment
to a Cure Gala” at the Regent Beverly Wilshire
and presented the Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award
to Academy Award winning director
William (Billy) Friedkin.
The annual honor is given to outstanding individuals who exemplify
leadership, commitment and dedication
to humanitarian causes.
Mr. Friedkin was chosen for this prestigious honor by the Board
of Directors of the Arthritis Foundation, Southern California Chapter
represented by Chairman of the Board Mary C. MacKinney and Lifetime
Member of the Board of Directors, Stan Rubin.
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William
Friedkin and Van Cliburn
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Jolene
and George Schlatter
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Internationally renowned pianist Van Cliburn made
a rare appearance at the gala. Jack Valenti and Gene
Hackman were Honorary Co-Chairs.
The evening was produced by George Schlatter.
Mr. Valenti presented the award to Mr. Friedkin. Mr. Friedkin is
married to the longtime
head of Paramount, Sherry Lansing, who has or is about to step
down from that position. The couple attracted a lot of celebrities
to the gala, including Henry Winkler, Angie Dickinson, Cynthia
Sykes and Bud Yorkin, David Foster, Mary Hart and Burt Sugarman
and Beverly Sassoon.
Since its inception in 1948, the Arthritis Foundation has invested
over $348 million in arthritis research, with the Gala helping
to raise funds for its important work. Nearly 70 million Americans
have arthritis or a related disease, which costs the US economy
over $80 billion dollars annually. Among the many critical issues
in need of addressing is the small number of pediatric rheumatologists
available to treat the 300,000 children who suffer from juvenile
arthritis.
Mr. Friedkin is best known for his film “The
French Connection,” which
earned him both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe as best director.
His following film, “The Exorcist” is globally referred
to as one of the greatest horror films ever created, and was a
box-office phenomenon. He made his debut as a director of opera
in 1998 with Alan Berg’s “Wozzek” in
Florence, Italy, and has gone on to direct three critically acclaimed
operas
for the Los Angeles Opera, with future productions of his operas
being staged at the Kennedy Center, and in Japan, Israel and Italy.
Van Cliburn is probably the best-known classical musician in the
world. He first came to wide fame by winning the First International
Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, and was greeted by a
ticker-tape parade in New York upon his return. In the years since,
he has performed in virtually every major city and concert hall
in the world, has sold millions of records and has received countless
honors, including honorary degrees, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy
Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Order of Friendship
from Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The Arthritis Foundation’s Jane Wyman Humanitarian Award
is presented to individuals who exemplify the leadership that Ms.
Wyman herself has demonstrated over the last 37 years of involvement
through her volunteer work with the Arthritis Foundation in the
fight against arthritis and related diseases. |
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George
Schlatter, Mary Hart, and Burt Sugarman
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William
Friedkin, Mary MacKinney, Sherry Lansing, and Van Cliburn
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William
Friedkin, Jack Valenti, Sherry Lansing, and Van Cliburn
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William
Friedkin, Van Cliburn, and Robert J. King
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