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 Hosting up a storm
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Natalie Portman at a screening of Brothers, hosted by The Cinema Society with Details and & DKNY Men. |
In the past week and a half our friends at The Cinema Society have been hosting up a storm as the film industry heads toward the end of the year and the New Year’s Oscars.
A week ago Thursday at the Landmark Sunshine, CS’s founder Andrew Saffir, along with D&G hosted a screening and party for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which went on to have the biggest midnight opening of any movie ever, and the biggest opening day of any movie ever!
Not surprisingly the screening was Celebrity City considering that it was attended by its stars, the hottest heartthrob of the moment, Robert Pattinson and his heartthrob of the moment (or forever, or not anymore – depending on who’s keep track), Kristen Stewart. Furthermore, the after party was at The Box. So, no disappointments all around. |
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Robert Pattinson |
| Among the "Twihards" in attendance who joined cast members Pattinson and Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Elizabeth Reaser, and the film’s director Chris Weitz, were: Natalie Portman, Agyness Deyn, Abigail Breslin, Patrick Wilson, Mark Sanchez, Eric Mabius, Ed Westwick, Fergie & the Black Eyed Peas, Kings of Leon, Alexa Chung, Emma Roberts, Howard and Beth Stern, Ivanka Trump, Taylor Momsen, Jill Goodacre, Sarah Wynter, Oliver Platt, Jessica Szohr and Amanda Setton (“Gossip Girl”), Joan Jett, Alison Mossheart, Ian Schrager, Liya Kebede, Jessica Stam, Irina Lazareanu, Lily Aldridge, Veronica Webb, Rachel Roy, Katie Lee, Lydia Hearst, Fabiola Beracasa, Olivia Chantecaille, Dan Abrams, Daniel Benedict, Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl, Amanda Brooks, Marina Rust Connor, Genevieve Jones, Bee Shaffer, and producer Wyck Godfrey. |
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Robert Pattinson |
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Beth Ostrosky, Howard Stern, and Ashley Stern |
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Taylor Lautner |
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Natalie Portman |
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Daniel Benedict and Johannes Huebl |
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Elizabeth Reaser |
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Amy Astley |
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Agyness Deyn |
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Amber Rose |
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Lauran and Justin Tuck |
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Nikki Reed |
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Mark Sanchez |
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Ashley Greene |
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Mercedes Martinez and Chris Weitz |
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Kristen Stewart |
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Bettina Zilkha and Laetitia Krisel |
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Veronica Webb |
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Eleanor Ylvisaker |
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Fabiola Beracasa |
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Kenneth and Katie Cole |
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Kellan Lutz |
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Roberta Armani |
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Patrick Wilson |
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Ivanka Trump |
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Jessica Stam |
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Jill Kargman |
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Taylor Momsen |
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Rachel Roy |
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Sarah Brown and Marina Rust Connor |
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Trey Songz |
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Justin Kirk and Elizabeth Reaser |
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Derek Blasberg and Noah Mills |
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Alison Mosshart |
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Nur Khan and Irina Lazareanu |
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Amanda Setton |
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Ed Westwick |
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Jared Followill |
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Abigail Breslin |
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Agyness Deyn |
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Dan Abrams |
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Omeed Malik and Ashley Lloret |
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Peter Facinelli |
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Emma Roberts |
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Genevieve Jones |
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Irina Lazareanu |
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Joan Jett |
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Lydia Hearst-Shaw |
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Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl |
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Tiiu Kuik |
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Jessica Szohr |
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Keytt and Alex Lundqvist |
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Laura Brown |
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Liya Kebede |
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Sarah Wynter |
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Todd DiCiurcio and Richard Phillips |
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Andrew Bevan |
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| Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com.
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Then, last Sunday night (a week ago), Cinema Society along with Details & DKNY Men hosted the New York premiere of Brothers, directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, In America), and which stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman.
For the Brothers screening, Mr. Maguire and Ms. Portman were on hand for the premiere and Skyy Vodka sponsored the after party which followed at Abe & Arthur's, the massive, shiny lounge restaurant in the Meatpacking.
For this one, Andrew Saffir welcomed another star-studded group that included Sam Shepard, The Edge, Jessica Lange, Ang Lee, Bill Pullman, Amanda Peet, Terrence Howard, Harvey Weinstein and Georgina Chapman, Kevin Connolly, Olympia Dukakis, Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr, Emma Roberts, Sebastian Stan, Katharine McPhee, Guillermo Diaz ("Weeds"), Stephen Dorff, Rick Yune, Kelly Rutherford, Matt Bomer ("White Collar"), Charlie Bewley (Twilight Saga: New Moon), Ralph Macchio, Cheyenne Jackson, Billy Connolly, Ben Shenkman, Terry George, Agyness Deyn, Rosanna Scotto ("Good Day New York"), Rachel Roy, Fern Mallis, Joe Zee, Anne V, Andre Harrell, Daniel Benedict, Ross Bleckner, Shoshanna and Josh Gruss, Olivia Palermo ("The City") and Johannes Huebl, Bettina Zilkha, writer David Benioff, producers Ryan Kavanaugh and Sigurjon Sighvatsson, and Details Editor in Chief Dan Peres. I mean, do these kids ever stay home? No. |
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Bailee Madison, Natalie Portman, and Taylor Geare |
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Agyness Deyn |
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Irina Pantaeva |
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Bailee Madison, Tobey Maguire, and Taylor Geare |
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Ang Lee and Jim Sheridan |
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Bettina Zilkha and Ashley Baker |
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Anne V |
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Rachel Roy |
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Amanda Peet and David Benioff |
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Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl |
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Billy Connolly |
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Bailee Madison, Tobey Maguire, Taylor Geare, and Ryan Kavanaugh |
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Terrence Howard |
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Rick Yune |
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Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer-Maguire |
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Geoffrey Fletcher |
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Sebastian Stan |
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Justin Guarini |
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Emma Roberts |
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Fern Mallis |
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Ryan Kavanaugh, Stephen Dorff, and Tucker Tooley |
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Dan Peres, Natalie Portman, and Jarrod Weber |
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Katharine McPhee |
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Josh Gruss and Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss |
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Bill Pullman |
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| Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com.
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And then, the following night CS, along with Screenvision and Brooks Brothers hosted a screening of the new Richard Linklater film, Me & Orson Welles which stars another heartthrob of the moment (there’s always room for another) Zac Efron and Claire Danes, and those two stars were also present for the screening the after party which was sponsored by Three Olives and held on the roof of the Gramercy Park Hotel.
Based in real theatrical history, Me & Orson Welles is a comedic coming-of-age story which takes place in New York in 1937 is about an actor who lucks into a role in Julius Caesar as it’s being re-imagined by the brilliant, impetuous Wunderkind director Orson Welles who with John Houseman had recently founded the Mercury Theatre Company.
For this celeb-fest and fun evening, Mr. Saffir drew a group that included Hugh Dancy, Courtney Love, Zac Posen, Zoe Kazan, Mamie Gummer, Gabourey Sidibe (Precious), Madeline Martin (“Californication”), Rick Yune, B.J. Novak, Stephen Dorff, Aasif Mandvi (“The Daily Show”), Michael Cunningham, Ben Shenkman, Duncan Sheik, Ian Schrager, Bee Shaffer, Lydia Hearst, Amber Rose, China Chow, Irina Pantaeva, Frederique Van Der Wal, Debbie Bancroft, Fern Mallis, Daniel Benedict, Olivia Palermo (“The City”) and Johannes Huebl, Olympic medalist Tim Morehouse, Brooks Brothers’ Claudio del Vecchio, producers John Sloss, Mark Samuelson and Ann Carli, writers Robert Kaplow, Holly Gent Palmo and Vincent Palmer Jr. A winner all around. |
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Zac Efron and Amber Rose |
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Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy |
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Gabourey Sidibe and Olivia Palermo |
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Mamie Gummer |
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Madeline Martin |
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Lydia Hearst |
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Jacqueline Jablonski and Nika Lauraitis |
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Gabourey Sidibe and Zac Efron |
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Daniel Benedict, Andrew Saffir, and Jeffrey Sharp |
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Carlos Souza |
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Duncan Sheik |
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Frederique Van Der Wal |
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Richard Linklater and Ann Carli |
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Jeffrey Sharp and Hugh Dancy |
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Aasif Mandvi |
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Debbie Bancroft |
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Irina Pantaeva |
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Jackie Astier and friend |
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Vince Palmo and Holly Palmo |
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George Wayne and Gabourey Sidibe |
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Gregg Bello |
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Loree Rodkin and Courtney Love |
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Stephen Dorff |
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| Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com.
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