The Greenwich International Film Festival and Warner Bros. Pictures hosted a special screening of the “Entourage” movie on May 26.
Rooftop Films is a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage and inspire the diverse communities of New York City by showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers and musicians.
Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio del Toro, Kathryn Boyd, Trent and Thad Luckenbill, Patrick and Maggie Wachsberger, Sammy Hadida, Isaac and Otis Ferry, and Denis Villenveuve attended the “Sicario” After Party at Baoli Beach during this year’s 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Rachel Weisz, Harvey Weinstein, June Blanchett, Killer Films’ Christine Vachon and Eva Doll, costume designer Sandy Powell, actress Elsa Zylberstein, Emma Miller, actor Gary Michael Walters, Todd Haynes, Stephen Wooley, Elon Musk, Sundance Festival Director John Cooper, Editor-in-Chief of W Magazine Stefano Tonchi and director Francesca Gregorini attended the “Carol” After Party at Baoli Beach during this year’s 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
The 19th Annual Webby Awards hosted by Hannibal Buress brought together the biggest stars from the Internet including Jane Metcalfe, Louis Rossetto, Tinder, Pat Quinn (ALS Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder) and Hollywood like Ellie Kemper, Tituss Burgess, Dave Grohl, Chelsea Peretti, Zach Woods and more at Cipriani Wall Street.
House of Cards creator Beau Willimon presented to Monument Valley, the addictive game made famous by the hit Netflix series. Accepting their first Webby Award, Monument Valley tipped their hat to President Francis J. Underwood: “Even the President plays games.”
Leslie Odom Jr., star of the hit Broadway show Hamilton, presented the Webby Award for Best Actor to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Tituss Burgess who used his five-word acceptance speech to send a special message to the creator of 30 Rock: “Happy f***ing birthday Tina Fey.” Burgess’ co-star Ellie Kemper took home the Webby Award for Best Actress and exclaimed, “So Excited! Live streaming my pants!”
Introducing Tinder, the Webby Breakout of the Year, Webby host Hannibal Buress said “Tinder proved that the most important quality in another person is not their personality, it’s their proximity.” In their five-word speech accepting the honor, Tinder said “Thank you for swiping right.”
For the first time, the Webby Awards featured the stories behind the “Webby Fifty,” a select group of Internet visionaries including Vine Co-Founder Rus Yusupov, Cool Hunting Founder and Editor-in-Chief Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten, Refinery29 Co-Founder and Creative Director Piera Gelardi, and Harry’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO Jeff Raider.
The show was presented by Grey Goose, where guests enjoyed specialty crafted cocktails like Le Fizz, Epiphany, and the Martini Exceptionelle.
Memorial Day Weekend continued on Sunday as revelers partied from sun up to sun down.
OK! Magazine presented its highly-anticipated annual “So Sexy” event in Los Angeles, toasting Hollywood’s sexiest celebrities of 2015.
Helen Keller International (HKI), a leading global nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting the causes and consequences of preventable blindness and malnutrition, continued its year-long Centennial Celebration with the 2015 Spirit of Helen Keller Gala on Monday, May 18, 2015. The event raised more than $1.5 Million in support of its sight- and lifesaving efforts in in 21 African and Asian countries, and in the United States.
The NADA New York art fair from the New Art Dealers Alliance kicked off Thursday afternoon at Pier 36/Basketball City in the Lower East Side.
Christian Louboutin and Bergdorf Goodman hosted a party to celebrate Darren Criss and his return to Broadway in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” at The Jane Hotel.