| NEWS 07.16.09 5:30 PM |
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ISES L.A. Chapter Celebrates 20th Anniversary, Installs Board, Announces Awards
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Last night, ISES L.A. hosted its 20th anniversary celebration at the Regency Club—together with the installation of its 2009-10 board of directors, the announcement of the group's L.A. Special Event Award ("SEA") winners and chapter awards, and recognition of the Marty McGowan scholarship recipients. Sarajane Landun of SJL Events, vice president of programs for 2008 and 2009, oversaw the event. (Joella Hopkins from Simply Mumtaz organized the educational portion of events from the past year.)
Showcase companies included the Regency Club (venue and catering); A Song For You Productions, Ronnie Jayne, and Weinglass Music (entertainment); Erica Leigh Photography and Timothy Fielding Photography (event photography); Scentevents (scents); the Lighter Side (lighting); Lucky Penny (table signage); Designer Specialty Linens (linens and Chiavari chairs); My Event Book (event resources); Maggie Jensen Floral & Event Design Company (flowers); Mrs. Fields Cookies (custom cookies); J&M Entertainment (photo montage); and Unique Table Top Rentals (chargers).
Following are the winners as announced by ISES.
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| EVENT REPORT 02.03.09 3:56 PM |
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He's Just Not That Into You Premiere Party Plays Up Relationship Issues
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With Valentine's Day on the horizon, relationship issues are weighing heavily on a lot of minds. And if the topic didn't already loom large, then it certainly did for about 1,200 guests after they sat through a screening of Warner Brothers' New Line release He's Just Not That Into You at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, a picture whose plot lines are all wrapped up in questions of love and romance.
So, after the screening, about 700 of the guests got back in their cars for the short drive to Social Hollywood, where the premiere party's theme—appropriately—was relationship issues. A photo booth invited couples and friends to snap their mugs, and tarot card readers and palm readers spoke to guests about their mates' intentions.
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New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers, He's Just Not That Into You, Crest |
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| EVENT REPORT 05.29.08 3:34 PM |
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Canadian Sex and the City Premiere Party Re-Creates New York Street Scene
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 | The Sex and the City after-party
Photo: BizBash |
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FROM TORONTO
New York City—often referred to as the fifth leading lady in Sex and the City—played a starring role in the after-party for the film’s Canadian premiere at the Toronto School of Circus Arts last night. The Big Apple featured prominently in the party for 650 guests with images of the Manhattan skyline projected onto the bare concrete walls, a yellow cab parked in the middle of the venue, and an ice sculpture of the Empire State Building in the centre of the main martini bar.
“The whole premise of the event is black and pink, and the whole underlying theme is obviously New York,” said Suzanne Turnbull of McNabb Roick Events, who, along with Jeffry Roick, collaborated with Carrie Wolfe of Alliance Films (the movie's Canadian distributor) to create what Turnbull called a "glamourous party in a New York street.”
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Sex and the City, New Line Cinema, HBO, Swarovski, Mercedes-Benz, NYC & Company, Shoppers Drug Mart, Stella Artois, Skyy Vodka |
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| EVENT REPORT 05.28.08 4:38 PM |
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Beset With Rain, Crowds, and Sponsors, Sex and the City Premiere Still Sparkles
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FROM NEW YORK
Presenting his movie to a rowdy audience of 2,800 guests inside Radio City Music Hall last night, Sex and the City writer and director Michael Patrick King said, “Sex is back where it belongs—in New York City.” (Cue the screaming and applause.) And one didn’t have to search long for evidence that New York was ready for the HBO show's characters to return. Outside, on the hall’s rain-drenched cross streets, thousands of mostly female fans waited, barging into barricades, cursing cops, and screeching for the droves of celebrity attendees.
The pre-event hype seemed to have a mushroom effect (The Post reported that one woman lost $22,000 in a ticket scam), with thousands coming out for the premiere, including many a crasher donning ode-to-Carrie ensembles. Expecting a huge turnout, studio New Line booked a backup theater in advance for overflow guests (The Daily News said others jilted got vouchers for weekend showings).
Clearly the return of Sex and the City was going to be a spectacle in its hometown. But even the premiere's planners and staffers seemed in awe of the crazed (some might say fanatical), bursting-at-the-seams atmosphere.
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Sex and the City, New Line Cinema, Mercedes-Benz, Vitaminwater, Swarovski |
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