The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards in collaboration with Swarovski at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) paid tribute to the winners and honorees of the 2014 CFDA Fashion Awards in collaboration with Swarovski at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center. Film director and screenwriter John Waters was the host for the evening. For the thirteenth year in a row, the evening was generously underwritten by Swarovski.
2,703 projects were submitted from 77 countries for Prix Ars Electronica prize consideration in 2014. This year's competition was held in the following categories: COMPUTER ANIMATION (843 submissions), INTERACTIVE ART (782 submissions), DIGITAL COMMUNITIES (294 submissions), [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant (128 submissions), u19 - CREATE YOUR WORLD (656 submissions) and, for the first time, VISIONARY PIONEERS OF MEDIA ART (117 nominations). The 2014 Golden Nicas go to Universal Everything (in Computer Animation), Paolo Cirio (in Interactive Art), Project Fumbaro Eastern Japan (in Digital Communities), Sarah Oos (in u19 - CREATE YOUR WORLD) and Roy Ascott (in VISIONARY PIONEERS OF MEDIA ART). This year's recipients of [the next idea] voestalpine Art and Technology Grant are Markus Schmeiduch, Andrew Spitz and Ruben van der Vleuten. The awards will be presented, as they are every year, at the Ars Electronica Gala in the Brucknerhaus in Linz on Friday, September 5, 2014.
Academy Award® winner, singer, dancer, writer and activist Shirley MacLaine makes her Segerstrom Center for the Arts debut in her remarkable one-woman show, sharing personal stories, photos and film clips from her illustrious Hollywood career and fascinating personal life on Saturday, September 20 at 8 p.m. in the Rene?e and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. During An Evening with Shirley MacLaine, the celebrated artist will use her trademark wit and candid spirituality to discuss everything from her childhood to her early show business career to hanging out with The Rat Pack, JFK and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. MacLaine will also open her program to a question and answer session with the audience.
Luxury fashion house Reed Krakoff, LLC announced the appointment of Stacy Van Praagh to Global President. Van Praagh will report directly to Reed Krakoff, who will retain the position of CEO, and will be based out of the brands' headquarters inNew York City.
Blake Lively looked like a vision in a shear Chanel dress at the 'Mr Turner' premiere during the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival. Every year the Cannes Festival is filled with stars, major movies and major fashion. Lively's Chanel dress has started the festival off on a high note. She nailed that combination of sexy and chic that can be so difficult for some to achieve.
Gina McKee (Di & Viv & Rose, King Lear, Ivanov, Our Friends In The North, Notting Hill) will play Queen Elizabeth, alongside the previously announced Martin Freeman
Late nights are back at TRUSTUS with the cabaret show, 'The Ladies of Lady Street Late Night Cabaret,' featuring the best in female impersonation on the Thigpen Main Stage!! Join a highly entertaining quartet of both local and guest performers on Friday, June 27 at 11pm. The hour-long show features an entertaining mix of female impersonation, celebrity illusions, showgirl costumes, comedy, glamour and live singing. Vista Queen Emeritus Patti O'Furniture leads a cast that features Dorae Saunders (Tina Turner impersonator from 'America's Got Talent',) Chanel Stevens (The Cher of the South) and Blair Williams (Show Director of the world famous Club One Cabaret of Savannah, GA.)
Powered by the magnetic storytelling of NAKED AND AFRAID, FAST N' LOUD and SONS OF GUNS, compelling characters from returning favorite DEADLIEST CATCH, and freshman series LORDS OF THE CAR HOARDS, Discovery Channel delivered its best April in key demos since 2010 with double digit increases vs. April 2013. Discovery Late Night also experienced increases in key demos vs. the same month last year.
I have said it before and I will say it again: Hailee Steinfeld is girl who knows her fashion! This Valentino Fall 2014 dress is almost too cool. I mean am certainly not cool enough to wear it, and I think very few are. Steinfeld's youth captures the whimsy of the bold print while still showing off her taste and style that far exceeds her age. What makes this dress work best is not her youth though, it's her total confidence.
The 2014 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF), presented by AT&T, announced the winners of the two Heineken Audience Awards tonight at the wrap party in New York City. Two awards – one for narrative and one for documentary – were given to the audience choices for the best films. Chef, written and directed by Jon Favreau, was chosen to receive the Narrative award. Keep On Keepin' On, directed by Alan Hicks, was chosen for the Documentary award; Alan Hicks also was honored at the Festival awards on Thursday with the award for Best New Documentary Director. Each award comes with a cash prize of $25,000. Additionally as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Artists Awards program sponsored by CHANEL, Jon Favreau for Chef receives Untitled courtesy of James Nares and Alan Hick's for Keep On Keepin' On receives Iguaca courtesy of Alexis Rockman. The award for Chef was accepted by actor Bobby Cannavale and Keep On Keepin' On by the director's father Geoff Hicks.
This weekend past weekend, the Philadelphia Museum of Art opened an important retrospective featuring the life and works of fashion designer Patrick Kelly. Almost 25 years after Kelly's untimely death of AIDS in 1990, we continue to experience his profound impact on fashion. Yet, 'Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love' is the first of its kind to comprehensively display the breadth and diversity of this designer's influential work.
MTV, a division of Viacom Inc., today announced a diverse summer programming slate featuring a mix of scripted, reality and competition series including the premieres of new series 'Finding Carter' and 'Snack-Off,' along with the highly anticipated return of 'Teen Wolf' season four and Rob Dyrdek's 'Ridiculousness' season five at its annual Upfront Presentation at the Beacon Theatre in New York City.
Ante la gran acogida recibida por parte del público, el musical familiar dirigido por David Ávila y Albert Gràcia prorroga su estancia en el Teatro Galileo de Madrid, donde actualmente se representa todos los sábados a las 16.30h. La nueva fecha de finalización de funciones será el sábado 17 de mayo.
Maybelline New York announced that London bred beauty Jourdan Dunn is their newest spokesmodel. Jourdan will be joining an elite group of Maybelline models which includes Christy Turlington, Emily DiDonato and a host of others.
Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women Who Care and Edward R. Matthews, CEO of United Cerebral Palsy of New York City, today announced the honorees for the 13th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon.
Calling all Fashionistas!!! Come to Cheryl Fudge Fashion Camp Sunday, May 18, 2014 for an Open House from 10AM to 5PM to express the fashionista in you!! The successful franchise Cheryl Fudge Fashion Camp is now located at 512 Livingston Street, Norwood, New Jersey and is owned and operated by Norwood resident Marlena McMahon. McMahon, who would vacation each summer in Nantucket, was captivated by the concept of the styling franchise and thought to bring the fashion classes, summer camp and birthday party destination to Bergen County. Cheryl Fudge Fashion Camp is equipped with a fashion runway with wireless microphones, a professional Broadway Theater sound system, two State of the Art 75" LED HD display monitors and visual camera system that transforms your child's image and fashion live performance onto the "big screen," there is also a red carpet, step and repeat for photos and so much more all in an effort to making this a true Hollywood experience. A large kitchen area and lounge for parents to sit, relax and actually a moment for "ME Time" while kids are engaged and being creative.