Brooke Shields and her daughter Greer Henchy Despite the threat of rain, Audrey Glass Hope for the Depression Research FoundationLast weekend I took part in a 5km race in Southampton.
Also in attendance were several billionaires, including composer Karen LeFrak and her husband Richard LeFrak, John Paulson and his fiancee Alina de Almeida, and Social Life magazine editor-in-chief Deborah Rose.
More than 1,000 people walked through the city with dogs and babies in strollers.
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Debbie Harry and Andy Warhol in New York, 1986. (Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
Jeff Bleuett had never heard of Andy Warhol In 1985, he was sent to New York to teach pop artists how to use computers.
Bleuett was a product manager at Pennsylvania-based Commodore.
“I said, ‘Why don’t we hire someone who knows computers?’ And they said, ‘We have Andy Warhol; he designed Campbell’s Soup cans.’ I thought he was a label designer.”
Bleuett soon found himself at Warhol’s studio, the Factory, where he rubbed shoulders with Ric Ocasek of The Cars and Debbie Harry of Blondie.
Bleuette showed Warhol how to use his new Amiga computer to create photographs of Harry at press conferences.
“Andy was a really nice guy,” Bruett told me. “Very friendly.”
At the rehearsal, Harry wore a sequined minidress by Stephen Sprouse and sat next to Bleuette.
“Don’t those sequins itch?” Bleuette asked the blonde.
“It’s actually quite smooth inside,” Harry replied. “Want to touch it?”
“I went red,” Bleuette said.
Warhol’s demonstration at Lincoln Center that night Debbie Harry’s memoir “Face It” So, she writes, “I kind of guffawed…and asked in a meaningful Marilyn voice, ‘Are you ready to paint me?’
Harry has one photo from the event, and Bleuett has the other.
“I rolled up my work and put it in my closet and forgot about it,” Bruett said, “but this is my first piece of true digital art.”
The Blondie portrait, along with other Warhol works acquired by Bleuette, are now in the hands of private art dealer Kenneth Mitchell and are being offered for sale for the high price of $26 million.
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Freeway Rick Ross I’ve never met him Branson, Harlem’s “Cannabis Pioneer” in front.
These two drug traffickers, who now run large legal marijuana businesses, Dazed Cannabis Located in Union Square West.
The person who brought the two together was Keshawn Warner, a marijuana advocate and co-founder of Dazed.
Ross was signing a copy of his autobiography, “Success,” which chronicles his rise from impoverished life in South Central Los Angeles to success in the illegal drug trade.
Like Branson, who received praise from The Notorious B.I.G., The Lox, Nas and Redman at his Harlem marijuana shop, Ross is seen as a pioneer who experienced an inspiring transformation and redemption.
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Peter Sarsgaard attended the special New York screening of “COUP!” at the Crosby Street Hotel on August 1. (Getty)
Chris Cuomo:coup d’etatFilmmakers say he was the inspiration for the films he stars in. Peter Sarsgaard.
Austin Stark and Joseph Schumann, who co-wrote and co-directed the comedy-thriller, said their story about the Spanish Flu epidemic was inspired by Governor Cuomo’s COVID coverage on CNN.
One week later CNN reports that he tested positive for the virusCuomo is He was said to have encountered a local cyclist. A week later, I asked him on the street why he wasn’t wearing a mask.
Speaking to Inside Edition, the cyclist said Governor Cuomo responded, “Who the hell are you?”, adding, “What do you know about the rules?”
J.C. Houghton, columnist for Coup!Billy Magnuson) holed up in his country house in 1919 and wrote a breathless account of the urban riots he pretended to have witnessed.
Sarsgaard plays a chef for a wealthy family who leads a rebellion in their seaside villa. “It’s the story of one man destroying another man’s kingdom,” Stark told me.
Stark and Schumann have been friends since they were six years old. Horace Mann School in the BronxThe script was written during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We had a lot of time on our hands. The wealthy people flew off to their country homes. Everyone else was stuck in the city,” Schumann said.
The most harrowing day of filming was a scene at a luxurious pool: “The heater was broken. We had to shoot for 12 hours. They were freezing,” Stark said.
The film has been shown in theaters across the country and was screened at the Crosby Hotel in front of an audience that included Julia Stiles, Vincent Piazza and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Stark said audiences appreciated “the humor that came from our dark and twisted minds.”
“Coup!” is produced by Molly Conners and Jane Sinisi of Phiphen Studios.
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Like TV shows and streaming series, podcasts also have final episodes.
lastly “Who is Roger Smit?” The narrator, a former Time Warner executive, envisions his own launch party at Elaine’s.
Who are our guests? They’ve been on our podcast for the past three years.
Is Robert Altman on good terms with the Menendez brothers? Is Grace Kelly really upset with Sylvester Stallone? Is Mel Gibson on good terms with anyone? Maybe Schwarzenegger will fly in on Roger’s flight.
It’s all here, including sage advice from Elaine Kaufman herself, who told Smith this cold truth when he dropped in one Saturday night.
Roger was not impressed with the weekend crowd, with Kaufman joking, “‘Roger, don’t you know what every madam knows? Saturday is schmuck night.'” Smith learned the hard way.
You can find more thoughts from the final episode on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie might want to check out Jeremy Murphy’s new book, Too Good to Fact Check: Flying the Skies with Stars, Scotch and Scandal.
They will be glad they weren’t included.
The epic, which hits Amazon on August 27th, includes stories about LL Cool J in Paris, Neil Patrick Harris in Rome, and Celine Dion and Harrison Ford in Los Angeles.
“I didn’t want to get into a fight with them. They have lawyers, and I correspond with the IRS, and thankfully they write me every month,” Murphy laughed.
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Philippe Petit walked a tightrope inside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Wednesday to mark the 50th anniversary of his tightrope walk over the World Trade Center Twin Towers. (Photo by Charles Sykes/InVision/Associated Press)
Sting debuts original song About his friend Philippe Petitthe high-wire artist celebrated the 50th anniversary of his iconic walk between the World Trade Center towers at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.
Exactly 50 years after the daring feat on Aug. 7, 1974, Philippe, now 74, recreated the victory as guests sipped on Aphrodise, a new bubbly rose wine.
Other performers include Grammy-nominated jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen and whistler Molly Lewis, who is featured on the “Barbie” soundtrack.
Leading the applause were Patti LuPone, Tony Danza, comedian Deanne Forrest, director Darren Aronofsky, designers Helen Yarmack, Carol Kane, attorney Dan Stock, David Johansen of the NY Dolls, Judy Collins and Park Avenue cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Howard Sobel.
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Out and about: Billionaire Chris Burch enjoyed himself at Carisa’s in Water Mill. During a Wyclef Jean concert, the musician invited the crowd to get on stage and dance. Designer Tory Burch’s ex-husband jumped up with the beauties and danced in front of a packed house at the Greek hotspot…Sag Harbor’s Bay Street Theatre is bringing in the big names: Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh and Sherri Shepherd will appear in Joy Behar and Behar’s play “My First Ex-Husband” on Aug. 26…Jimmy Fallon samples a burger at the new Smoky Buns in East Hampton.
