| EVENT REPORT 11.05.09 5:17 PM |
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With Help From Lexus, Cedars-Sinai Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Record
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 | Access Hollywood's Billy Bush hosting the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors gala
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It might have been an unlikely year for it, but Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's board of governors gala vastly surpassed its past fund-raising success. The gala on Wednesday night at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza raised more than $2.6 million for the Board of Governors Heart Stem Cell Center through event revenue like sponsorships and ticket sales (which began at $500 for individual tickets, or $2,500 for packages). The Cedars events team, led by senior event specialist Stacy Seligman Kravitz and senior event coordinator Ken Hudson, oversaw the production, and the honorees were Justin Timberlake; SBE head Sam Nazarian and his father, Younes, and brother, David; and financier Larry Post and his wife, Sandy.
Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush hosted the program, which included cocktails and a silent auction followed by dinner and the entertainment. R&B artist Brian McKnight and up-and-comer Charice performed for the crowd, which included Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Ben Silverman, and Andy Garcia.
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| EVENT REPORT 05.06.09 11:53 AM |
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Costume Institute Gala Puts Models on the Red Carpet, in the Decor, and in El Morocco-Style Banquettes
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 | Dinner at the Costume Institute gala
Photo: Don Pollard/Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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FROM NEW YORK
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute gala returned Monday night, seemingly unfettered by the recession, previous reports of low ticket sales, and some last-minute tabloid drama inspired by the institute's latest exhibition, "The Model as Muse." The night drew a sold-out crowd of 650, including Victoria Beckham, Madonna, and Rihanna.
But it was the models who seemed to take up most of the spots on the red carpet this year. Co-chair Kate Moss arrived on the arm of honorary chair Marc Jacobs, and aside from a few absences—Stephanie Seymour and Naomi Campbell publicly boycotted the gala for the exhibition's exclusion of designer Azzedine Alaïa—the guest list featured most of the industry's biggest icons, including Cindy Crawford, Iman, and Twiggy.
Vogue special events director Stephanie Winston Wolkoff returned to produce the gala, planning over a period of nearly nine months with Met vice president for development and membership Nina Diefenbach, deputy chief development officer for events Kristin MacDonald, and deputy chief special events officer Ashley Potter Bruynes.
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| Q & A 07.16.08 4:12 PM |
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ESPN's Amanda Wells on Moving Tonight's Espy Awards Taping Downtown
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 | The red carpet at last year's awards
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The Espy awards will tape tonight at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live (and will air Sunday). Overseeing the event is Amanda Wells, associate director of special events for ESPN, who handles all West Coast events for the company. In addition to the awards, Wells oversees the X Games, Monday Night Football on the West Coast, and the Rose Bowl. We asked her what went into this year's show.
Why did you move this year's event from the Kodak Theatre to Nokia Theatre?
It really was time for us to move downtown, and AEG built this theater that technically and logistically works for the Espys. The entire property was planned by event and show producers, so from the logistics of the lighting and the screens and power drops and distribution, it really is an all-in-one experience. It’s been wonderful for us and the show.
We are really happy in Los Angeles and our relationship with AEG and L.A. Live. It’s such an exciting project; we are building an ESPN Zone there.
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| NEWS 07.11.08 11:34 AM |
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Who's Going Where: Espy Awards Move to Nokia, Early Events Blanket L.A.
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 | The scene at last year's Espy party at Hollywood & Highland
Photo: BizBash |
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ESPN's Espy awards will take to the 7,000-plus-seat Nokia Theatre on July 16 (and air on July 20), after a move from the Kodak, where the show had been for the previous six years. (ESPN has signed a multiyear deal with the Nokia, according to the sports-news Web site.) Justin Timberlake will host the show.
The related events are getting started early around town. ESPN the Magazine's "Espy Style Studio" will host athletes and celebs at the Standard downtown for a three-day gifting suite from July 14 through 16. The mag will set up on the the third floor of the hotel with brands like Laser Eye Center of Silicon Valley, Skull Candy headphones, Under Armour apparel, and Tigi Bed Head products. The “Play-Action suite" will feature cocktails by Lotus vodka and Greg Norman sparkling wines, plus the chance to play EA Sports' NCAA Football 09 at game stations, while DJ Prophet and Rico DeLargo entertain.
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Espy Awards, ESPN, Gift Suites, Playboy, Blu-ray, Justin Timberlake, Under Armour, Bed Head, ESPN the Magazine |
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