Friends at Harper’s Bazaar had their skates on this morning. On the heels of Michel Hazanavicius beating Martin Scorcese at last night’s Academy Awards for Best Director bragging rights for his equally praised “The Artist,” which took the ceremony’s top honor as Best Film of the year, the magazine unveiled just minutes ago a portfolio appearing in the April issue inspired by the film and created in collaboration with Michel. […]
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Life is good for Gary Oldman. As he charms his way through interviews and parties in L.A. this week in the run up to hearing his name announced in the best actor category at this Sunday’s 84th Academy Awards, he also marked the opening of his collaborative photography exhibition with lensman Jack English Thursday night at the Paul Smith flagship on Melrose Avenue. […]
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Part of the pleasure of a road trip is the discovery of delicious places to fill our bellies. On our somewhat-spontaneous adventure to San Francisco this last week (to catch the final hours of the SFMoMa show on elderly design icon Dieter Rams, and, across town, the first days of the nascent star Miss Nora Woods) , we found such a place for lunch after our first night out, in wine country Paso Robles. […]
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It’s a Valentine made in Hollywood, this evening’s installment of “Jane By Design” on the ABC Family network featuring yours truly in what will no doubt be a blink of a cameo on the new hit series. […]
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…being able to get silly every Valentine’s Day with talented pals such as photographer Ramona Rosales and Nina’s dear “uncles” Joseph Brooks and Garry George, who returned from India with this fab frock which immediately served as the inspiration for this year’s theme. […]
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No one can describe me as having a green thumb. More often than not, I massacre plants. But in an effort to meet one of my 2012 resolutions, I spent some time Sunday planting thyme, Italian parsley and oregano plants we picked up at the Hollywood Farmer's Market that morning. […]
Andy got back a week ago from a whirlwind trip to Paris to scour the Maison et Objet for new products for A+R.
The upshot? There was plenty of design, but only a select few pieces made the A+R cut. […]
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Sparkling shout-out in this week's Wall Street Journal by Marshall Heyman on the recent party for the Tony Duquette-Coach collaboration collection that I co-hosted with pals Nina Clemente and Tracee Ellis Ross (the trio of us pictured above). […]
