Partygoers Go for the Green

Partygoers Go for the Green

Published: June 14, 2010 @ 5:13 pm
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By Mikey Glazer

Michael Petersen Cheryl TiegsAgainst the backdrop of the continuing Gulf of Mexico oil-spill disaster, Pierce Brosnan, Amy Smart and Cheryl Tiegs took the stage at Global Green’s 2010 Millennium Awards Saturday night at the Sheraton Fairmont in Santa Monica.

The environmental organization’s president-CEO, Matt Petersen (left, thanking Tiegs for attending; photo courtesy of Michael Caulfield), wore a suit made from recycled cassette tapes. He asked the crowd to pull out Michele Rodriguez Rhona Mitratheir cell phones and make a cash donation via text message on the spot to support the gulf clean-up. (Someone accidentally texted in $27,138, sparking a momentary eruption of enthusiasm in the room. Nonetheless, the stunt pulled in $25,000 in minutes.)

Continuing “Avatar’s” not just global – but intergalactic – broadcast of the climate control message, the film’s Michelle Rodriguez hit the gala and spent time with Rhona Mitra, who stars in ABC’s “The Gates.” (Photo at right courtesy of Charley Gallay)

Smart took the mic to speak about the Gulf, while Brosnan hit on the ban against whaling, a cause whose profile continues to rise in Hollywood through the Animal Planet series “Whale Wars.”

Kevin G. Schmidt Jordan Gavaris Italia Ricci Unnatural HistoryEarlier in the day, Cartoon Network continued its push into live-action, launching the mystery/adventure series “Unnatural History” with an outdoor African bazaar-themed bash with tribal drummers, alligators, porcupines and a red carpet that looked like an outdoor museum. “Unnatural History” cast members Kevin G. Schmidt, Jordan Gavaris and Italia Ricci (left; photo courtesy of WireImage) did a meet-and-greet with a 15-foot python at the world premiere on the Warners lot.

The festivities weren’t just for celebs like Michael “Big Mike” Lynche (“American Idol”) and Malcolm David Kelley; local Boys and Girls Club members also joined in the party.

On the eve of Sunday night’s season premiere, “True Blood’s” Sam Trammell, Chris Bauer and Nelsan Ellis joined castmates for a celebration at H-Lounge. The show’s Carrie Preston and her husband, “Lost” alum Michael Emerson, had crossover fans of both shows excited about the convergence.

“Lost” mini-spoiler alert (if that’s even possible for a completed show): Emerson told TheWrap that he remained outside the church and separated from the rest of the cast in "Lost's" final sequence because he “still had some issues to process” and was not fully “ready” yet. The Hard Times of R.J. Berger premiere party

Skyy sponsored the VIP cabanas for the cross-genre gathering.

After scoring MTV’s highest series-premiere ratings in more than two years on June 6, Jareb Dauplaise, Paul Iacono, Amber Lancaster, creator-showrunner David Katzenberg and the cast of “The Hard Times of R.J. Berger” were ready to celebrate. (Yes, their premiere beat last December’s “Jersey Shore” debut.)

The talent-smart marketing execs and Hollywood’s default ambassadors in the 702, Tao Las Vegas’ Mike Snedegar and Deb Grimmell, quickly lined up a celebratory trip to Las Vegas for a bash at Lavo in the Venetian on Friday night, complete with a high school locker-themed cake.

Tags: Amy Smart, Cheryl Tiegs, Global Green, Mikey Glazer, Millennium Awards, Movies, Party Report, Pierce Brosnan
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Mikey Glazer is always on the list. He’s been covering events since his kindergarten’s Valentine’s Day cookie party, graduating to the Hollywood party circuit. He has contributed from behind the velvet rope for E! Entertainment Radio, US Weekly, and LA Times’ Metromix, and created the popular live celebrity sightings twitter, @CelebSightings. Please send invitations here.
 

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