With everyone partying, who’s doing the coverage? Arianna Huffington, Rupert Murdoch, Wendi Deng Murdoch and Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Graydon Carter’s Vanity Fair cocktail reception Saturday night. This was the most potent time capsule of Hollywood, D.C., and beyond: Steve Buscemi, Massachusetts’ Republican Senator Scott Brown, Scarlett Johansson, Lance Armstrong, Lawrence O’Donnell, Joel Coen, Rosario Dawson, Jay Roach, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Parker, Palins and Pivens among many others. (Getty Images)
This is probably not the photo the Academy will use in an Oscar memoriam tribute at some sad date in the future – Sean Penn smiling. As the producer of “Love Hate Love”, he cracked and went friendly at Stolichnaya Vodka’s Tribeca Film Festival after-party for the film at the still-hot meatpacking spot Tenjune. (Getty Images.)
Another tough guy showing a soft side at Tribeca: Robert De Niro plants one at Naomi Watts at Chanel’s 6th annual Tribeca Artists Dinner. Adrien Brody, Zach Braff, Matthew Modine, and more came to the Odeon dinner party to honor artists who have contributed works to award-winning filmmakers, such as the late Robert DeNiro Sr. (Photo by BFA)
Even beyond Tribeca, lower Manhattan was packed with starpower week. David Bowie, Iman & Rihanna at the DKMS 5th Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Thursday night. Mary J. Blige performed, Pharrell emceed, and Vera Wang, Eva Mendes, and Leighton Meester were also on board. Katharina Harf presented an award to Rihanna for supporting the fight against leukemia as 900 other guests helped raise $2.5 million in a night for blood related cancers. (Getty Images)
Creative Coalition CEO Robin Bronk (white dress) brought 20 celebs to D.C. to lobby for National Endowment for the Arts funding. The delegation included Simon Helberg, Ariel Winter, Jack McBrayer, Marlon Wayans, Omar Epps, David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, and the least controversial star of “Two and a Half Men,” Angus T. Jones (kneeling). (Photo by Patsy Lynch/Retna)
Director Michael Rappaport continues to tour his documentary: “Beats Rhymes & Life” the A Tribe Called Quest documentary. He joined original member Phife Dog, DJ Bobitto Garcia (pictured) and Remy Martin Cognac to celebrate its the Tribeca screening. (Photo by Wireimage.)
Even further beyond Tribeca, Diddy and others were able to lure people over the bridge or through the tunnel to the Chandelier Room at the W Hoboken for their two year anniversary party. The party king performed for over an hour. As a pre-requisite, Jersey ambassadors Chris and Albie Manzo (“Real Housewives of New Jersey”) were there to greet Garden State arrivers like Audrina Patridge, whose low rated and critically dismissed VH1 show needs all the promotion she can muster. (Photo by Seth Browarnik.)
At Nancy Davis’ Rock and Royalty themed “Race to Erase” MS Gala, royal impersonators (Will, Kate and late-add Pippa) mingled in verbatim fashion knock-offs frantically sewn by Allen Schwartz in the preceding hours. (After the real Kate’s four-minute walk down the aisle, the clothes were likely half finished by the time she reached the altar to make it to Friday night’s gala benefit in time.) Rocker Joan Jett (pictured with Davis) got 1,200 guests out of their seats to sing along to “Cherry Bomb,” “Bad Reputation” and more while others ponied up over $32,500 for private yacht cruises to support Davis’ “Center Without Walls” –- the top seven MS research centers nationwide.
