
For the Museum of Modern Art’s film benefit on November 15 in New York, the celebrity arrivals backdrop wasn’t a step-and-repeat of logos but rather a wall of 20,000 fresh crimson-colored roses.
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Playing off the mobile of paper butterflies hanging above David Stark's literary-themed Benjamin Moore table, guests' names were laser cut onto book pages cut into the shape of butterflies.
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Neutral Palettes

Several of the tables had organic, neutral palettes. Ralph Lauren Executive Vice President and CRO Alfredo Pares (who received the inaugural David Rockwell Diffa Service Award this year) hosted an natural-looking table designed by Mark Cunningham Inc. A woven Kwangho Lee lighting fixture dripped into a metal bowl filled with oversize leaves.
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Foreigner closed the show with a performance on the main stage.
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A dessert buffet at Sanuk's spa event included cupcakes topped with mini flip-flops rendered in candy.
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In a surprise flash-mob-style performance at Wednesday's dinner, the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington (wearing TEDMed T-shirts under sport jackets) assembled on the Jefferson Building's staircase to sing a three-song medley that began with "Let It Be."
Photo: Kaveh Sardari

The bright colors of the "NEXT at the Corcoran" exhibit, which showcases the works of graduating seniors at he College of Art and Design, inspired the tables on the second-floor bridge just outside the gallery.
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Google and 'The Hollywood Reporter' White House Correspondents’ Dinner Party

Friday's event was the first time Google and The Hollywood Reporter teamed for a White House Correspondents’ Association weekend party.
Photo: Daniel Schwartz

As part of the series of "Digital Content NewFronts," AOL took over west Chelsea's Highline Stages for an upfront-style presentation on Tuesday. In the arrivals tent, greeters wore red T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase "Promises a well-hung coat," and placed bags and coats in a truck parked on 15th Street.
Photo: Phillip Angert