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1. Chicago Chefs Prepare Apple-Cider Bubbles, Whipped Salt Cod for Food & Wine Entertaining Showcase

2. Christian Louboutin Shoes Inspire Design Firm's Holiday Party

3. 8 New Venues for Chicago Holiday Parties

4. New Moon Premiere Beckons 10,000 People and 2 Live Wolves

5. Jacky's on Prairie: New Evanston Bistro

6. MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute

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8. Obama's First State Dinner Calls on Marcus Samuelsson, Jennifer Hudson

9. Masked Raconteurs Tell Tales at Moth Ball, and I Have a Blast

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FROM NEW YORK

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Sustainable Label Opens SoHo Pop-Up With Community Center Sensibility

Clinique and Teen Vogue Bring Young Women to Beauty Tour, Send Them Online

Masked Raconteurs Tell Tales at Moth Ball, and I Have a Blast

Gap, Banana Republic, American Eagle Open Stores With Musical Performances

MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute

3 New Hotel Restaurants for Business Entertaining, Private Groups

Nintendo Launches New Mario Game With Look Back at Franchise History

Scripted Models Play Up Key Notes at Victoria's Secret Fragrance Preview

Ad Age Looks to Boost Conference Interaction With Beer Tasting, Lounge Seating

FROM LOS ANGELES

American Music Awards Begin With Redesigned Arrivals, End With Downsized After-Party

Bouchon: Thomas Keller in Beverly Hills, With Indoor/Outdoor Dining, Private Room

Us Weekly Takes to Voyeur With Scantily Clad Models, Burlesque Feel

6 New Venues for Los Angeles Holiday Parties

New Moon Premiere Beckons 10,000 People and 2 Live Wolves

$4 Million MOCA Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Records

Chrysalis Benefit Cuts Ticket Prices in Half, Draws Same Crowd

MOCA Gala Spawning Arty Online Auction—Including Gehry's Hat for Gaga—Through November 30

Wende Museum Closes Wilshire for Cold War Anniversary Celebration

3 Ideas for Stylish, Eco-Friendly Events

News Archive for Black Eyed Peas

TREND SPOTTED 11.09.09 9:00 AM

A New Spin: 5 Cool DJ Booths

A DJ station from the Bacardi B-Live music tour
Photo: Rob Loud Photography

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DJ Booths, Bacardi, Target, Black Eyed Peas, Red Bull, Funny People, Luminato Toronto Festival of Arts + Creativity, Armani

EVENT INTELLIGENCE 09.15.09 1:21 PM

Event Security: The Twitter Effect

The Black Eyed Peas at a tweeted party
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images

Texting, blogging, and online social networking have already made it a breeze for guests to send out tips to their friends and readers on scoring access to private parties. Now, with the increasing popularity of Twitter, the volume of recipients is growing exponentially and the details are leaking in real time. Crashers, gawkers, and paparazzi have instant access to more information than they’ve ever had before—on an easy-to-search platform—and security professionals and planners agree that 140 characters are more than enough to cause some trouble.

Barry Meyerson, president of Manhattan-based security firm Meyerson Associates Inc., first noticed Twitter’s impact during New York Fashion Week in September 2008. As celebrities and partygoers shared details online, queues outside venues got longer, and throngs of paparazzi seemed thicker. MORE >>

Twitter, Security, Secuity Leaks, Black Eyed Peas, Fashion Week

NEWS 09.08.09 2:08 PM

Oprah Fans Describe Scene of 24th Anniversary Party as "Bum-Rush," "Mini Woodstock"

The taping of Oprah Winfrey's 24th anniversary party will take place this evening at 5 p.m. on Michigan Avenue between Wacker and Ohio streets. The free public event—which is scheduled to include appearances from the Black Eyed Peas, Jennifer Hudson, James Taylor, and magician Criss Angel—had about 300 fans lined up by 6:30 a.m. And according to the so-called "Oprah Party Watch" section of today's Chicago Sun-Times, "early-morning goodwill" among fans "started to fade" quickly.

At 8:30 a.m. security guards asked the crowd to move to 425 North Michigan Avenue (about a block from where guests had originally congregated). The Sun-Times noted that a "small stampede ensued," with fans racing to be the first at the new lineup location. Along the way, reported behavior included a man wearing a brace and feigning a handicap in order to bypass lines; members of the crowd also "loudly questioned whether one woman really needed to use her cane" as she headed to a handicapped-accessible area. One elderly attendee, Laveta Mitchell, told The Sun-Times that the crowd "tried to bum-rush" her. "They were very rude," she said. MORE >>

Oprah Winfrey, James Taylor, Jennifer Hudson, Black Eyed Peas, Criss Angel

EVENT REPORT 05.14.09 8:00 AM

Stripped-Down Robin Hood Benefit Raises a Record $72 Million

Robin Hood's bull's-eye-focused benefit
Photo: Roger Dong for BizBash

FROM NEW YORK British philosopher Joseph Priestly once said, "The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate." In that spirit, the Robin Hood Foundation used its annual gala Tuesday night to debut its new ad campaign and convey its mission with clear and unembellished visuals—at least compared to years past. The blockbuster benefit, which has become known for its sizable guest list, bevy of big-name performers and donors, and multimillion-dollar fund-raising ability, returned to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center with more than 3,000 guests, host Jon Stewart, and musical entertainment from Aretha Franklin and the Black Eyed Peas.

"We wanted to make sure that nobody lost the message. To strip it down even more to our core values, so that nobody can walk out of here without a clear understanding of what we do," said Mark Bezos, the nonprofit's senior vice president for development and communications. Charged with that simple premise, Robin Hood's event team worked closely with David Stark Design & Production and Atomic Design to put images from the campaign front and center and accent them with bull's-eyes and arrows.

Jim Samalis, Robin Hood's managing director of events, and Amy Sinclair, manager of events, headed up the internal team for the first iteration of the gala in 10 years without the guidance of Laurie Fabiano, Robin Hood's former director of communications, marketing, and events, who left the organization at the end of last year. MORE >>

Robin Hood Foundation, Jon Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Black Eyed Peas

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