 |
 Dream, Succeed and Inspire
 |
| Christine Quinn, Ronald Perelman, Russell Simmons, and Halle Berry at a luncheon at Ronald Perelman's estate to benefit the Jenesse Center in Los Angeles. |
This past Monday night at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York, before the worlds top tennis players took to the courts for their first round matches, they held the Opening Night Ceremonies to officially kick-off the 2010 U.S. Open.
Celebrating the theme of "Dream, Succeed and Inspire," Opening Night Ceremony was hosted by ABC News’ Christiane Amanpour. The program included tributes to four special individuals who have overcome obstacles and adversity to achieve great things in their lives. They honored James Blake, who reached a career high ranking of No. 4 in the world; Esther Vergeer, the undisputed wheelchair tennis champion; the legendary Martina Navratilova, a champion with more titles to her credit than anyone who has ever played the game; and Dori Samadzai-Bonner, a young woman who escaped Afghanistan and has since become an avid tennis player in her adopted homeland, the United States.
Ms. Amanpour told the opening-night crowd that the ceremony honored "those who've dared to dream big." |
 |
| James Blake |
|
 |
| Emilio and Gloria Estefan |
|
 |
| Alec Baldwin |
|
 |
| Anna Wintour |
|
 |
| Gayle King |
|
 |
| Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Diane Taylor |
|
 |
| Roger Federer |
|
 |
| Michael Woodard and Gloria Estefan |
|
 |
| Bode Miller |
|
 |
| Esther Vergeer |
|
 |
| Chef Tony Mantuano |
|
This past Sunday in East Hampton Ronald Perelman and Halle Berry hosted a luncheon at his estate The Creeks for the benefit of the Jenesse Center in Los Angeles which helps women who are victims of domestic violence make new lives for themselves and their children.
Berry told the guests that if she hadn’t been in a car accident thirteen years ago where she had a head injury (requiring 17 stitches in her forehead and giving her amnesia) she might never have found her “calling” which working at the Jenesse Center. In that accident she had been arrested for leaving the scene of the accident and was sentenced to 250 hours of community service for doing so. That sentence changed her life in the most powerful and positive way. |
 |
“It changed my life. I hadn’t been doing enough,” she told the guests in recounting how that same year she went to work at the Jenesse Center. Her own mother had been a victim of domestic violence and Berry herself admitted to having been in violent relationships.
Ronald Perelman also announced at the lunch that his company, Revlon, would donate half the $500,000 that the center needs for a new facility. On hearing the news, Halle Berry ran a lap around the tables and high-fived the crowd. |
 |
| Karen Earl, Angela Parker, Halle Berry, Avis Frazier-Thomas, Karen Bass, and Pat Greene |
 |
| Alan T. Ennis, Tamara Mellon, Daniel Benedict, Sessa von Richthofen, Richard Johnson, Andrew Saffir, and Amanda Brooks |
 |
| Jennine Hannaway, Halle Berry, Kiki Rees, and Michelle Ennis |
|
 |
| Lynn Picard, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, and Meredith Wagner |
|
 |
| Karen Bass, Karen Earl, Halle Berry, Yolanda Jiminez, and Claudia Saitta |
 |
| Aoki Lee, Halle Berry, and Ming Lee |
|
 |
| Martine Williamson, Michelle Ennis, Kiki Rees, and Jennine Hannaway |
|
 |
| Karen Earl, Jerri DeBard , Halle Berry, and Gregg Smith |
 |
| David Sanders, Halle Berry, Lindsay Jackson, and Patrick Delancey |
 |
| Alan T. Ennis, Ronald Perelman, and Halle Berry |
|
 |
| Kiki Rees and Amanda Brooks |
|
 |
| Christine Quinn, Kim Catullo, and Chris Taylor |
 |
| Richard Johnson and Sessa von Richthofen |
|
 |
| Anthony Nobre and Lauren Valdino |
|
 |
| Tamara Mellon, Lindsay Jackson, and Angela Parker |
 |
| Anna Chapman |
|
 |
| Novella Ford |
|
 |
| David Zinczenko and Martine Williamson |
 |
| Patrick Delancey and David Sanders |
Also this past Sunday night in East Hampton, there was a screening at Goose Creek of “Secretariat,” a film based on the famed Triple Crown Winner of the 1970s.
The screening room was filled with equestriens, horse lovers and friends who couldn’t resist the story of an indomitable housewife and mother who took over her ailing father’s stables and against all odds – with the help of a great veteran trainer fostered the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years.
Many believe Secretariat was the greatest racehorse of all time. The champion who was born in 1970 and lived to his nineteenth year. The Disney film will be released in early October. |
 |
Alex Chantecaille |
|
 |
David Post and Emily Post |
|
 |
Candice Bergen |
|
 |
Donna Clower |
|
 |
Elela Lusenti, Brianne Goutal, and Hannah Bomze |
|
 |
Delfina Blaquier and Lupe Roldan |
|
 |
David Richenthal, Dini von Mueffling, Elizabeth Lyons, and Fredrik Carstrom |
|
 |
Elela Lusenti and Suzy Vrasnin |
|
 |
Flor Riccio and Cassandra Seidenfeld Lyster |
|
 |
Jeff Zucker |
|
 |
Grace and McKenzie Frazier |
|
 |
Henry Koehler and Pat Burch |
|
 |
Herb Sambol, Elela Lusenti, Suzy Vrasnin, and Jeffery Welles |
|
 |
Joey Wolffer |
|
 |
Leonel and Nina Griscom |
|
 |
Monica Trim and James Cohen |
|
 |
Zoellen Speelman and Joe Fargis |
|
 |
Masie and Mary Puris |
|
 |
Michael Warren, Marcy Warren, Russell Byers, and Anne Byers |
|
 |
Patrick Demarchelier |
|
 |
Patrick Handreke, Sara Handreke, Maxi Handreke, and Henry Handreke |
|
 |
Peggy Stankevich, George Stankevich, and Peggy Stankevich |
|
 |
Ian and Mary Snow |
|
 |
Nacho Figueras and Nic Roldan |
|
 |
Olivia Chantecaille and Ren Brady |
|
 |
Sarah Maslin Nir and Elizabeth Eggers |
|
 |
Stephanie Porterfield, Chris Porterfield, Dick Cavett, and Martha Rogers |
|
 |
Will Maerov, Bonnie Krupinski, and Charlotte Maerov |
|
| Another screening on Sunday Tory Burch, Cristina Cuomo, Danielle Ganek, Simone Levinson, Rebekah McCabe, Gigi Mortimer, Perri Peltz, Samantha Boardman Rosen, Alexandra Shiva and Kelly Sugarman hosted "Waiting for Superman," a documentary film from Davis Guggenheim, the director of "An Inconvenient Truth," at the Southampton UA Cinema, followed by a dinner at a private residence |
 |
Chris Cuomo and Cristina Greeven Cuomo |
|
 |
Jonathan and Somers Farkas |
|
 |
Kelly and Jay Sugarman |
|
 |
Greg and Brett Haman with Rebekah and Owen McCabe |
|
 |
Jeff Sharp and Dr. Douglas Steinbrech |
|
 |
Charlie and Kristen Krusen |
|
 |
Dan Senor and Jill Gates |
|
 |
Elizabeth Tote and Lesley Chilcott |
|
 |
Jonathan Mark Sherman and Alexandra Shiva |
|
 |
Judith and Ron Sherman |
|
 |
Joana Schliemann, Deborah Kenny, Amy Griffin, and Erica Karsch |
|
 |
Katharina Otto-Bernstein and Nathan Bernstein |
|
 |
Mary Snow and Cynthia Ott |
|
 |
Peggy Fletcher and Maria Bockman |
|
 |
Lesley Chilcott |
|
 |
Karen Watkins, Simone Levinson, and Pamela Baxter |
|
 |
Pam Weir and Charles Best |
|
 |
Pamela Cantor, Al Taubman, and Judy Taubman |
|
 |
Oliver Platero, Ariadne Calvo-Platero, Peter Marino, and Claudio Conti |
|
 |
Holly Peterson and Cristina Greeven Cuomo |
|
 |
Tory Burch and Perri Peltz |
|
 |
Robert Leacock and Robin Baker Leacock |
|
 |
Rosanna Scotto and Alison Brod |
|
 |
Sharene Vanholken, Katharina Otto-Bernstein, Caroline Dean, and Perri Peltz |
|
 |
Judy Taubman, Bruce Bockman, and Maria Bockman |
|
|
|
|
|
