| 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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| 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 04.28.08 5:35 PM |
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Modern Lounges Accent Correspondents Dinner Preparties
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 | Thomson Reuters's stark white setting and pink lighting
Photo: Lara Shipley for BizBash |
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The cocktail parties before the White House Correspondents Association dinner, held at various sites throughtout the Washington Hilton terrace and lobby, kicked off a long night of shoulder-rubbing and celebrity sightings (with hundreds of tourists and locals waiting outside to get a glimpse) on Saturday evening. News outlets competed to get the best crowd into their rooms, relying on sparse decor, heavy branding, and the tabloid-friendly roster of celebrities they were able to lure—everyone from the Jonas Brothers and Perez Hilton to The Hills' feuding starlets Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag made the rounds.
Thomson Reuters suffered from crowd-flow issues due to a bottleneck (and the large check-in table) at the adjacent Newsweek fete. That said, the company did put some thought into this year's decor scheme. “After having done this event for a couple of years, we knew we wanted a fresh, clean lounge,” said Thomson Reuters marketing communications executive Iris Puerto, who worked with New York-based Watson Productions to create an all-white space, from the short shag carpeting to the low leather seating. Flat-screen monitors showed off the company’s brand-new orange and white logo, while pink lighting gave off a girlish hue.
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| Q & A 11.07.06 12:00 AM |
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Time Inc.'s West Coast Post
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FROM LOS ANGELES
Cyd Wilson
Title: Director of creative development for In Style and People
What She Plans: Wilson throws two dozen events a year around the world. “I am responsible for all the branding events that involve the Hollywood community. I do events internationally for our international publications, anything that’s entertainment-industry related. The events are about a quarter of my responsibilities. I do all of our cause-related marketing between our advertisers and Hollywood charities, as well as all of our philanthropic giving for both of the magazines. I’m also responsible for our larger relationships—like maintaining partnerships in the entertainment industry, such as In Style’s marketing partnership with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.”
Staff: An L.A.-based manager and coordinator
Age: 54
Career Path: Wilson graduated from CSUN with a B.A. in business administration, and then worked in psychiatric hospital administration for 10 years. After taking a decade off to raise her kids, she volunteered with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. From there, she became development director and helped create the Time for Heroes event. Sponsors included People, whose then-president, Ann Moore, recruited her as a liaison between Time Inc. magazines and charities. Wilson began as a consultant in 1995 and moved to In Style when it launched. When its founding editor, Martha Nelson, moved to People, Wilson agreed to work with the weekly as well.
Where She Lives: Brentwood
Where She Grew Up: Born in Hollywood, raised in Van Nuys
Favorite Event Designers: Stanley Gatti, Thomas Ford
Favorite Song: “I Will Survive”
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