EVENT REPORT |
American Music Awards Begin With Redesigned Arrivals, End With Downsized After-Party |
Us Weekly Takes to Voyeur With Scantily Clad Models, Burlesque Feel |
MoMA Gets Suitably Whimsical and Macabre for Tim Burton Tribute |
New Moon Premiere Beckons 10,000 People and 2 Live Wolves |
Chrysalis Benefit Cuts Ticket Prices in Half, Draws Same Crowd |
Wende Museum Closes Wilshire for Cold War Anniversary Celebration |
Dark and Moody Accents, Animal-Inspired Decor Appear on Tabletops at Diffa's Dining by Design |
With Help From Lexus, Cedars-Sinai Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Record |
Hello Kitty's Anniversary Pop-Up Takes Over Japanese-Inspired Royal/T |
Gen Art's Fresh Faces Opens Inaugural Rock Fashion Week L.A. |
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GUEST QUESTIONS |
Sponsors and "Free Sh*t" Abound at Metromix.com's Lollapalooza Music Lounge |
BET Awards Performance Lineup Was "Off the Chain" |
MTV Movie Awards Crowd Liked Celebrity Gaffes, Return of Wayne's World |
Clive Davis's Guests Wowed by Alicia Keys |
Starlight Starbright Staffers Like Their Family-Friendly Party |
Fekkai Staffers Like Venue, Vodka |
CEG Employees Like Holiday Party Games, Snoop Dogg |
What Was the Best Thing About the Victoria's Secret Bash? |
A Media Buyer Gives Her Take on Upfront Week |
Media Buyers Like Shrimp, Debate Whose Is Best |
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News Archive |
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| 11.24.09 1:38 PM |
Obama's First State Dinner Calls on Marcus Samuelsson, Jennifer Hudson
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FROM WASHINGTON
The Obamas are set to host their first state dinner tonight, feting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh under a large windowed tent on the White House South Lawn. State dinners have often been held in the East Room, which only has a capacity of 140, and reports say tonight's head count will be closer to 320.
Although news outlets are still awaiting official details about the dinner and invitees from Michelle Obama's office, details are already trickling out—from the American wines being served and the menu's Indian components (green curry prawns, coconut aged basmati) to the emerald green table linens and performance by Jennifer Hudson.
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President Obama, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, State Dinners, Jennifer Hudson |
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| 11.24.09 9:57 AM |
Art Basel Preview: New Convention Center Layout, Giant Beach Structure for Audi
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Rendering: Courtesy of Creative Time |
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FROM MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA
Art Basel Miami Beach, the international art fair that attracts more than 40,000 people annually, will kick off on December 2 with a V.I.P. Vernissage preview at the Miami Beach Convention Center, the headquarters of the four-day art fair. Within Art Basel will be 10 programs named for the type of art being showcased or the informational programming they provide ("Art Video," "Art Nova").
For the 2009 show, organizers have redesigned the layout of the convention center’s main exhibit floor and created a new 40,000-square-foot temporary exhibition structure on the sand at Collins Park.
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Art Basel Miami Beach, NetJets, AXA Art, USB, Cartier, Creative Time, Audi, ArandaLasch, Dacra Development, Gucci, Fendi, Cynthia Rowley, Miami magazine, Jeff Koons, Pucci |
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| 11.23.09 1:28 PM |
Poll Results: Readers Opting for iPods Over DJs
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When it comes to music, readers have been keeping it cheap lately. More than half of the participants in last week's poll said they made an iPod playlist the last time they needed music for a cocktail party. As for those who brought in outside help, 29 percent went for a less expensive DJ and just 14 percent booked a booked a big name.
This week we want to know if you'll be tuning in for Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Is it inspiration, a nice distraction, or something you just don't have time for? Let us know in the left column of the home page.
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Macy's Thanksgiving Parade |
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| 11.17.09 9:54 AM |
$4 Million MOCA Gala Breaks Fund-Raising Records
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles celebrated its 30th anniversary with a gala on November 14—and the benefit broke fund-raising records for the museum: The event for 1,000 guests—including Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, and Jeff Koons—took in $4 million.
Following a performance piece starring Lady Gaga and dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet, the museum auctioned a Steinway & Sons piano customized in pink with blue butterfly motifs by Damien Hirst—and it alone fetched $450,000.
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MOCA, Lady Gaga, Bolshoi Ballet, Steinway & Sons, Damien Hirst, Broad Family |
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| 11.16.09 1:47 PM |
Poll Results: Informal Nights Out Make Most Appropriate 2009 Holiday Parties
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Holiday parties are about to kick into full swing, and according to our latest poll, they shouldn't be too over the top. Half of the participants in last week's survey think that informal nights out at bars or restaurants feel appropriate this year. Only 13 percent of readers think that full, catered affairs are in order, but even fewer—8 percent—think festivities should be kept inside the office. Still, another 29 percent feel that parties should be judged on a case by case basis, by the performance of the company.
This week we'd like to see what kind of entertainment you've booked recently. What did you do the last time you needed cocktail party music? Let us know by partipating in the poll on the left column of the home page.
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Holiday Parties |
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| 11.13.09 1:42 PM |
MOCA Gala Spawning Arty Online Auction—Including Gehry's Hat for Gaga—Through November 30
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles gala—complete with Lady Gaga performing the world premiere of her new song, "Speechless," with dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet—goes off tomorrow for about 900 guests, but an online auction will continue the fund-raising efforts through November 30. The museum will auction a Damien Hirst-created Steinway & Sons grand piano live at the 30th anniversary event, which will kick off an online auction of artwork created for Francesco Vezzoli’s Ballets Russes Italian Style (The Shortest Musical You Will Never See Again), a one-time performance work commissioned by MOCA for the gala.
Online bidding for the works, which include costumes by artists and designers Frank Gehry, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Miuccia Prada, and Vezzoli, will run through the end of the month, with proceeds benefitting MOCA’s exhibition and education programs. Specifically, the hat worn by Gaga and designed by Gehry, masks worn by Gaga and Vezzoli and designed by Luhrmann and Martin, and costumes worn by Gaga and the dancers and designed by Prada and Vezzoli are among the one-of-a-kind offerings.
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MOCA, Lady Gaga, Bolshoi Ballet |
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| 11.09.09 11:26 AM |
Poll Results: Readers Judge Invitations on Case-by-Case Basis
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Invitations will always make the first impression of any event, and these days, our readers are choosing what impression to make on an individual basis. Nearly 50 percent of respondents in last week's poll said that the type of invite depends on the event. The other half of respondents were split almost equally between those in favor of anything fun and creative and the camp that thinks paperless is always the way to go. One thing planners aren't looking at these days are over-the-top invites. None of the respondents to last week's poll think extravagant invitations are appropriate right now.
This week we'd like to see what you think feels right for 2009 holiday parties. Let us know by checking out the current poll on the left column of the home page.
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Invitations, Holiday Parties |
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| 11.02.09 3:35 PM |
In a Crowded Festival Market, A.F.I. Moves to Offer Free Tickets
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In a congested festival marketplace—and a tough year—the American Film Institute's 23-year-old A.F.I. Fest is offering free tickets to all festival screenings this week. A.F.I. and presenting sponsor Audi made the move this year to supply complimentary tickets to the screenings, including a limited number of seats at the evening shows and galas, including the festival's opening and closing nights.
The idea is known as "See a Film on Us," and as part of the plan, organizers reduced the number of feature films from about 100 to about 60, and short films by half to about 25; all seats are fully committed under the new plan, an attractive arrangement for sponsors.
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American Film Institute, A.F.I. Fest, Audi, American Film Market |
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| 11.02.09 11:19 AM |
Poll Results: 2010 Event Budgets Look Bigger
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Budgeting for the coming year is well under way, and planners seem to have good thoughts about what they'll be working with in 2010. In last week's poll, 41 percent of participants said they're expecting bigger budgets than they received in 2009, while another 33 percent think their budgets will be about the same. Fewer than 1 in 5 readers expect tighter budgets, and just 7 percent still aren't sure.
This week we'd like to gauge your feelings on invitations and which kinds feel most appropriate these days. Have your say in this week's poll, which is in the left column of the home page.
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Budgets |
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| 10.29.09 12:16 PM |
Australian Nonprofit Uses Facial Hair for Guerrilla Cause Marketing
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 | Mustachioed participants at a 2008 Movember party
Photo: Courtesy of the Movember Foundation |
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Movember, an Australian nonprofit that raises money and awareness for men's cancers via mass mustache growth each November, comes from fairly fortuitous beginnings. In its first year, founders just sprouted their whiskers for fun, before realizing the conversations started by ironic facial hair could have a positive effect.
"It just came to us over some beers on a Sunday night in Melbourne," said Movember co-founder Adam Garone. "The original idea was just to bring them back for a joke, and 30 of our friends participated for no particular reason that November. Every guy had a lot of fun, but all of us had gotten grief from bosses and girlfriends over the month."
That was 2003. Garone and his friends had enough fun with their month of mustaches to try it again the next year, but to placate their friends and colleagues, they decided to make it a fund-raising effort.
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Movember, Lance Armstrong Foundation |
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