| EVENT REPORT 09.21.09 4:15 PM |
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Entertainment Tonight Emmy Party Amps Up Exclusivity With Shrunken Guest List, Venue Change
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 | Entertainment Tonight's Emmy party
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FROM LOS ANGELES
For Hollywood types, a good strategy is to gather no moss. And in the spirit of continual reinvention, Entertainment Tonight took its annual Emmy party sponsored by People to Vibiana—after hosting it for the last two years at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Like Disney Hall, Vibiana, an opulent former 19th century cathedral, is downtown, only minutes from the Nokia Theatre, where the Emmy ceremony took place. ET and The Insider executive producer Linda Bell Blue oversaw the party, with planning from the shows' communications vice president, Lisa Summers Haas, who Bell Blue credited with fielding the hands-on challenges and details with grace. The internal team again tapped Bounce Entertainment, headed by Carleen Cappelletti, to produce.
“We've had the party in many locations, and we thought it was time to move to a new place. [Vibiana] reminded me of Europe with all the mosaics and everything,” Bell Blue said. Summers Haas, who noted that TV Guide’s aannual party was cancelled this year, added, “It takes six months to plan this party, and six months ago, people were wondering if there was even going to be a party. Walt Disney Hall just did not seem right—it's grand and huge. But Vibiana—any time you walk through that door you immediately say, 'Oh my god.' It's so beautiful, so intimate."
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| EVENT REPORT 09.15.09 9:00 AM |
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From the Archive: Photos From Emmy Parties Past
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 | Daryl Latter's table arrangements at the 2006 Emmy Governors Ball
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
In anticipation of the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards this Sunday, September 20, here's a look at highlights from Emmy parties from the past three years.
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Emmys, Award Season, Governors Ball, TV Guide, HBO, Grey Goose, Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Tonight, People Magazine |
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| EVENT REPORT 05.12.09 8:00 AM |
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More Correspondents' Weekend Coverage: Bloomberg and Vanity Fair's Exclusive Party, Atlantic Media's Dinner, McLaughlin's Brunch, and More
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As in years past, parties of every kind and color—from movie screenings to exhibit openings to hangover brunches—surrounded this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Here’s a wrap-up of the weekend's attractions:
Bloomberg and Vanity Fair's After-Party
Capitol File may have hosted the weekend's biggest party, but the most exclusive honors went to Bloomberg LP and Vanity Fair, who hosted an impossible-to-get-into shindig for 250 on Saturday night. Taking over French ambassador Pierre Vimont's turn-of-the-century home in Kalorama, the party drew big names from politics and Hollywood, among them Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher, Glenn Close, Eva Longoria, David Axelrod, Desiree Rogers, and the ubiquitous Captains Chesley Sullenberger and Richard Phillips. The party took over the mansion's interior rooms with bars and buffets, and spilled out into the backyard, where the many trees were uplit in blue, pink, and green.
David Bradley's Private Dinner
On Friday night, Atlantic Media owner David Bradley and his wife, Katherine Brittain Bradley, hosted an indoor cocktail reception followed by an outdoor seated dinner at their Embassy Row home. Sponsored by Toyota and Robert Mondavi Winery, the annual event was twice as large as last year, thus requiring for the first time a 40- by 40-foot HDO Productions tent, which Frost Lighting technicians draped with white rope lights.
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| EVENT REPORT 05.11.09 1:33 PM |
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Warhol-Style Portraits, Serpentine Modern Lounge Highlight Jam-Packed Correspondents' Dinner Pre-Parties
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 | The Thomson Reuters cocktail party prior to the White House Correspondents' Association dinner
Photo: Tony Brown/Imijination Photography for BizBash |
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Members of the White House press corps, Washington elite, and A-list celebrities literally rubbed shoulders in a steamy mass of humanity at the cocktail parties preceding the White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday night at the Hilton Washington. Hosted by media organizations and taking place from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m., the pre-parties went from mellow and civilized at the start to decidedly uncomfortable as guests surged into the concourse leading them to security checkpoints and the black-tie dinner. More than one guest muttered “Where’s the fire marshal?” as the likes of Kerry Washington, Al Sharpton, and Donatella Versace fought their way through the crowd.
Secret Service agents, on hand for the arrival of President Barack Obama, and Hilton staff members maintained order the best they could, given the 2,600 dinner guests and hundreds of extras who came solely for the cocktail receptions. Otherwise, there were few decor surprises at the individual parties and the usual smoked salmon and roast beef bites were on offer.
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| NEWS 05.05.09 1:47 PM |
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Hosts Gear Up for White House Correspondents Weekend Parties
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With the approval rating high for the new administration, it appears that a tsunami of V.I.P.s will be in town for this weekend’s line up of brunches, cocktail receptions, dinners, and after-parties surrounding Saturday night’s White House Correspondents Association dinner at the Hilton Washington. (The only big name not mentioned, thus far, appears to be British reality TV sensation Susan Boyle.)
The once-sleepy insider’s dinner and joke fest, traditionally attended by the President of the United States, has never been the same since that day in 1987 when Baltimore Sun reporter Michael Kelly escorted the Iran-Contra scandal’s Fawn Hall. One hot guest still in the paddock is Sir Elton John, reportedly in town this weekend attending the Land Rover America’s Polo Cup, according to the Washington Times.
Few details have emerged ahead of Friday night’s Time Inc. joint party for Time and People at the Astor Terrace of the St. Regis or the joint fete Bloomberg News and Vanity Fair are teaming up to host Saturday night for 300 guests at the residence of French Ambassador Pierre Vimont. Other media organizations, however, are sharing details.
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| NEWS 04.17.09 1:53 PM |
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People and Time Team Up for White House Correspondents Weekend Party
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Cohosting, it appears, is the order of the day for media companies throwing parties before and after this year’s White House Correspondents' Association dinner Saturday, May 9, at the Hilton Washington.
Time Inc. publications Time and People will jointly host a cocktail reception Friday evening at Astor Terrace at the St. Regis. Expected to attend are some of the entertainers who will be at the People table the following night: Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, along with Miranda Cosgrove, Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Jon Hamm, Eva Longoria Parker, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, and Brooke Shields and her husband, Chris Henchy. Time has not released its dinner guest list.
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| EVENT REPORT 01.26.09 12:24 PM |
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People's SAG Awards After-Party Gets Fabric-Heavy Look From New Design Team
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 | People's SAG Awards after-party with the Entertainment Industry Foundation
Photo: Nadine Froger Photography |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
Last night, following the Screen Actors Guild's eco-friendly awards program, People magazine and the Entertainment Industry Foundation hosted the official after-party on the back lot of the Shrine Exposition Center for the 13th year. The event, overseen by Cyd Wilson for Time Inc., honored the philanthropic causes and deeds of the members of the guild, and benefited the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.
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| EVENT REPORT 09.22.08 1:29 PM |
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With Billy Idol at Disney Hall, ET Emmy Bash Draws Swelled, Celeb-Heavy Crowd
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 | Billy Idol at Entertainment Tonight's party
Photo: Alex Berliner/BerlinerStudio/BEImages |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That was essentially the philosophy adopted by Entertainment Tonight and The Insider's communications vice president, Lisa Summers Haas, who plans ET's annual Emmy party, sponsored by People. After moving the party last year to the venerable Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall downtown, Summers Haas took stock of the event's success, and its ever-growing importance on the Emmy-night scene, and decided to keep the party exactly where it was for last night's incarnation—minutes from the award show's new venue, the Nokia Theatre.
"Last year, we were nervous. We were the first party to go downtown, and would anybody want to go downtown?" said Summers Haas. "Lucky for us, the event turned out to be fantastic. The Disney Hall formula worked—everything fell into place, so it was a no-brainer this year." Another bonus of the unmistakable-from-above Disney Hall: "ET and The Insider executive producer Linda Bell Blue wants something visually beautiful on the show." A chopper overhead captures the party's red carpet and bold logo gobos for TV.
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Emmys, ET, People Magazine, Billy Idol, Cole Haan, Maybelline, Garnier |
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| NEWS 09.17.08 11:50 AM |
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Emmy Parties and Suites: Who's Going Where
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 | The scene at HBO's 2007 Emmy party
Photo: Gabor Ekecs |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
A scant couple weeks after MTV's Video Music Awards brought a less-than-staggering number of big events into town, the 60th annual Emmy awards show will take to the Nokia Theatre on Sunday night with an anything-but-underwhelming slate of parties and suites on its heels.
On Saturday night, Entertainment Weekly's sixth-annual pre-awards bash, presented by Revlon, will take to the Beverly Hills Post Office. ID-PR is handling publicity.
Sunday night following the awards is when the crush of competing events takes over town. The Academy of Televsion Arts & Sciences' Governors Ball will be held in the Los Angeles Convention Center's West Hall with a "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"-inspired look, produced by Sequoia Productions. Meanwhile, TV Guide’s sixth annual party will take over the Kress, with design by Event Eleven. And HBO's party will take over the Fountain Plaza at the Pacific Design Center with over-the-top design, as is typical, by Billy Butchkavitz.
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| NEWS 09.16.08 8:00 AM |
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Emmy Event Design Preview: Governors Ball, ET, HBO, and More
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 | A preview of the centerpieces at the Governors Ball
Photo: BizBash |
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FROM LOS ANGELES
With so many competing Emmy-related events on the night of the show—and so many celebrity guests attending them—event producers tend to go downright decadent when it comes to design. Here, a sneak peek at the looks behind some of Emmy night’s biggest events, plus the show's glittering greenroom:
Dwight Jackson, co-chair of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Governors Ball committee, found his design inspiration for this year’s diamond anniversary ball in Marilyn Monroe’s performance of “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend” in the classic film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Jackson turned to Sequoia Productions’ Cheryl Cecchetto to produce the event, which will feature diamond-shaped chandeliers hanging from the ceiling of the Los Angeles Convention Center’s West Hall, and Schiaparelli pink (the shade of Monroe’s dress in the musical number) tablecloths and roses on tabletops spread throughout the 147,500-square-foot space.
TV Guide’s sixth annual party will take over the Kress, where event designer and producer Tony Schubert will channel Japan in his creation of an outdoor Zen-like garden complete with koi ponds, bamboo walls, and oversized bonsai trees. Other Eastern-influenced decor elements include a red drawbridge guests will have to cross in order to enter the event, 20-foot-tall images of cherry blossom trees, and a centerpiece in a tented area made out of 1,000 origami cranes.
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Emmys, TV Guide, People Magazine, ET, HBO, Architectural Digest, Hearts on Fire, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
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