August 8, 2013: MTV Forces Daft Punk to Cancel 'Colbert,' Google Glass Meets Fashion Week, How to Pay for an Oscar Campaign

1. MTV FORCES DAFT PUNK TO CANCEL 'COLBERT': Reflecting the cut-throat world of music bookings, Daft Punk canceled a performance on the Colbert Report Tuesday because it could endanger the band's slot in the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards. The "Get Lucky" singers are slated to make a "surprise appearance" at the V.M.A.s, but they had also committed to Colbert. In the end, MTV won. The New York Times: "For Daft Punk, or any other act, a successful appearance on the Video Music Awards can be valuable promotion. The 2011 awards—featuring Kanye West, Jay Z, Beyoncé and Lady Gaga dressed as her male alter ego, Joe Calderone—drew a record 12.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen." http://nyti.ms/1cxe4sx

2. GOOGLE GLASS MEETS FASHION WEEK: Marie Claire's Nina Garcia will wear Google Glass to New York Fashion Week next month. Women's Wear Daily: "As the first editor to cover N.Y.F.W. in this vein, Garcia’s photos, videos and other Lincoln Center-ized insights will be beamed live across several of Garcia’s and Marie Claire’s social media channels, including Vine, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and the magazine’s Web site. Hearst is flagging the initiative as 'Be Nina.'" http://bit.ly/13POjv5

3. HOW TO PAY FOR AN OSCAR CAMPAIGN: Getting a documentary into the Oscar race is expensive, so one director has started a $50,000 Kickstarter fund-raising campaign to rent screening venues and market the film. Entertainment Weekly: "The money … will be used to book the theaters, pay for advertising, hire a publicist, do a technical finish to the sound and picture, pay for final music, and stock footage licensing,” said director Steven Charles Jaffe of his film Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird. http://bit.ly/132Gdob

* LOCAL NEWS *

BOSTON:  The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau will host Restaurant Week Boston August 18 to 23 and 25 to 30. Participating restaurants including Haru and Aura at the Seaport Hotel will offer two- and three-course lunches and three-course dinners for special prices.

CHICAGO:  The Green Tie Ball is September 7 at A. Finkl & Sons. This year's theme is "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." 

The Greater South Loop Association's "Bash on Wabash," a South Loop street festival, is August 24 and 25. The event offers food trucks, a kid's stage, and attractions ranging from yoga classes to an animal costume contest.

The Midwest Produce Conference & Expo is August 19 to 21.

LOS ANGELES:  The Paley Center for Media will present the ninth annual PaleyFestPreviews: Fall TV on September 6 to 13 at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, and on September 7 to 8 at the Paley Center for Media in New York. Citi is official card of the weeklong festival, and TV Guide magazine returns for the sixth year as the festival’s media partner.

Local event listings from Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/losangeles

MIAMI/SOUTH FLORIDA:  Metropolitan by Como, Miami Beach, the first U.S hotel from Como Hotels and Resorts, is slated to open in December. The 74-room hotel will have two restaurants: the seafood fine-dining concept the Traymore, and a poolside restaurant. Other F&B outlets include Met Bar, with premium spirits and Champagnes, and the rooftop Como Shambhala juice bar. The hotel will also have a four-room spa and rooftop hydrotherapy pool.

NEW YORK:  Ace Hotel New York will host its first codeathon Friday through Sunday, challenging interactive and game design master students to build an original and functional application prototype that has to do with health and wellbeing. Tumblr, the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Health Matters Initiative, Jawbone, Exhale, and Sweetgreen are participating in the event, which will incorporate healthy living aspects such as nutritious food, physical activity breaks, and electronic monitoring of sleep patterns.

LUNGevity Foundation’s Celebration of Hope Gala is October 2 at the Pierre Hotel. Pfizer will be honored with the Hope Award for Corporate Leadership.

Local event listings from Masterplanner: http://www.masterplanneronline.com/newyork

SAN FRANCISCO:  Got Light produced the lighting design for Internet mogul Sean Parker's buzzed-about wedding to Alexandra Lenas at the Ventana Inn and Spa. Paula LeDuc Fine Catering catered the event.

TORONTO:  The Pilaros Taste of the Danforth is August 9 to 11. The event will feature live entertainment, a sports zone, and activities for kids along with plenty of Greek food.

WASHINGTON:  The Shakespeare Theatre Company has selected Downton Abbey actress Elizabeth McGovern to receive this year's William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre, known as the Will Award, at the Harman Center for the Arts Annual Gala October 6 at Sidney Harman Hall. KPMG will be awarded the Sidney Harman Award for Philanthropy in the Arts.

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With contributions from Jenny Berg in Chicago, Alesandra Dubin in Los Angeles, Mitra Sorrells in Orlando, and Beth Kormanik, Lauren Matthews, and Anna Sekula in New York.

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