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| Harrison Ford, Megan Crowley, Keri Russell, Brendan Fraser, John Crowley, Aileen Crowley, Patrick Crowley, and John Crowley Jr. at a screening of Extraordinary Measures, hosted by The Cinema Society and John and Aileen Crowley. |
Thursday night was the benefit preview of the annual Winter Antiques Show at the armory on 67th and Park. This is the 56th annual, benefiting the East Side House Settlement in the South Bronx. The East Side House Settlement benefits from the net proceeds of all preview parties and all general admission receipts from the show.
The East Side House Settlement is located in one of the poorest congressional districts in the United States, the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx. East Side House provides educational services, computer technology training, counseling and other forms of assistance.
Peter Brant, the well known art collector, was Honorary Chairman of the evening. Arie Kopelman is Chairman of the Winter Antiques Show Committee and Sallie Krawcheck, President, Global Wealthy & Investment Management of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was Opening Night Party Chair. |
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Cetie Ames |
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William Singer and Catherine Sweeney Singer |
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Deb Fitzgerald and Sara Sterato |
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Deborah Terhune and Amelia Prounis |
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| Nikisha Nives, Guest, Guest, Martha Stewart, and Dollie Figueroa |
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| Morley Safer and friends |
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| Christopher Buck and Deborah Buck |
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| Cece Black and Lee Black |
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| Tom Gates and Margo Langenberg |
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| Susan Magrino, Christopher Mason, and Jim Dunning |
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| Ellie Kim, Anne Kennedy, and Kelly Carparotta |
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| Karen Wadkins-Levy, Olivia Wright, and Lu Willard Hoffman |
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| Marilyn and Larry Friedland |
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| Carrie Barratt |
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| Dollie Figueroa and Nikisha Nives |
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| Joyce Cowin |
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| Carl Nold, Sally Krawcheck, and Arie Koppelman |
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| Lucinda Ballard and Peter Brant |
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| Martha Stewart |
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| Celerie Kemble |
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| Margo Langenberg |
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| Leigh Wishner |
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| Guests of the Event |
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| Virginia White and Betsy Butera |
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| Christina Gerber and Shelli Galati |
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| Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch |
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| Pamela Fiori |
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Allen and Julie Behr |
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Alex Papachristidis |
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Alexandra and Sheila Kotur |
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Beth Rudin DeWoody and Debbie Bancroft |
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Kimberly and Kelly Schrimsher |
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Coco Kopelman, Arie Kopelman, Katherine Bryan, and Carol Mack |
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Mariana and George Kaufman |
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Diane van Amerongen |
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Elihu Rose and Kathy Steinberg |
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Francesca Petrucci and Stephen Corelli |
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Heather Hahn |
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Leslie Bowman and Thomas Jayne |
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Cynthia Lufkin, Mark Gilbertson, and Laura Freeman |
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Mary Millner and Claudia Scier |
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Gillian and Sylvester Miniter |
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Harvey and Linda Saligman |
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Irene Aitken |
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John M. Davis |
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Peter Foley |
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Polly Onet, Bronson van Wyck, and Claudia Overstrom |
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Will Kopelman and Heather Hahn |
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Leigh and Leslie Keno |
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Meg Hayes and Cameron Shay |
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Joan McGivern |
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Judie and Bennett Weinstock |
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Katherine Bryan |
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Katie Kindt and Oliver Colt |
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Peter and Jamee Gregory |
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Jennifer Garland Ross, Valerie Kimball, and Jane DeFlorio |
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Reed and Delphine Krakoff |
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Lorry Newhouse |
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Leigh Wishner and Sarah Halle |
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Nicholas Vincent and Catherine McKay |
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Zandra Foxx |
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Shari Markbreiter and Roger Siboni |
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Dr. Robert Grant, Jane Schott, and Dr. Kevin Plancher |
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Stephanie Stiefel and Robert Cohen |
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| Photographs by Patrick McMullan
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This past Thursday at the School of Visual Arts on 333 West 23rd Street, the Cinema Society and John and Aileen Crowley hosted a screening of Extraordinary Measures in the presence of the film’s three stars, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell and Harrison Ford and the film’s director Tom Vaughan.
This was a very special and moving evening. Extraordinary Measures, produced by Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher, was inspired by the incredible true story of John Crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his family's future to pursue a cure for his children's life threatening disease.
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| Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, and Harrison Ford |
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Crowley, played by Brendan Fraser, had begun to taste success in corporate America with his career taking off, when his two youngest children are diagnosed with a fatal disease. With his wife, played by Keri Russell, Crowley teams up with a brilliant, but unappreciated and unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford). Together they form a bio-tech company focused on developing a life-saving drug.
One driven to prove himself and his theories, the other by a chance to save his children, this unlikely alliance battles the medical and business establishments in a fight against the system, and time. But when it appears that a solution has been found, the relationship between the two men faces a final test — the outcome of which will affect the fate of John's children.
Shamberg and Sher also produced World Trade Center and Erin Brockovich. Robert Nelson Jacobs (The Water Horse, Chocolat) wrote the screenplay, which was inspired by the book The Cure by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Geeta Anand.
After the screening, the star-packed crowd moved on to the Bowery Hotel for a dinner and party which went until after midnight. |
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| Andrew McCarthy |
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| Marcus Schenkenberg |
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| Jason Rogers |
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| Steve Guttenberg |
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| Keytt Lundqvist and James Lowther |
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| Neel Shah and Kate Greer |
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| Roxy Olin |
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| Tony Bennett |
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| Brooke Shields |
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| Michael Mullett, Tim Morehouse and Miguel Fabregas |
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| Adrien Brody and Gerard Butler |
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| Julian Lennon |
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| Donna D'Cruz |
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| Jennifer Creel |
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| Gerard Butler |
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| Haleigh Breest and Jason Rogers |
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| Andrew Saffir (Founder of The Cinema Society) and Harrison Ford |
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| Julie Henderson |
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| Carla Santos Shamberg, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher (Producers) |
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| Reshma Shetty |
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| DJ Alexander Dexter-Jones and Charlotte Ronson |
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| Jay Sean |
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| Lucy Lawless and Andy Whitfield |
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| Daniel Benedict, Olivia Palermo, and Johannes Huebl |
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| Susan Woo and James Lowther |
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| Tom Vaughan (Director) and Maggie Vaughan |
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| Noel Ashman and Kat Mack |
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| Keytt Lundqvist and Alex Lundqvist |
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| Robert Nelson Jacobs and Hilary Jacobs |
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| Sabine Heller and Kiera Chaplin |
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| Yvonne Force Villareal, Donna D'Cruz, and Amy Sacco |
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| Georgianna Robertson and Caroline Pires |
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| Carson Kressley |
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| Jennifer Esposito |
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| James Shamberg |
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| Photographs by Patrick McMullan
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