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George Christy Talks About The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anna Wintour, Paul McCartney, Miuccia Prada, Coco Chanel and More!

No Author — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:56:00 EST

Asked what�s with his wearing a black lace dress by Commes des Garcons over white boxer shorts, designer Marc Jacobs told reporters that it�s his take on �unconventional thinking.� Marc had arrived at New York�s party of the year, sometimes alluded to as the East Coast�s nod to the red carpet glamour of the Oscars.

George Christy Talks About The Malibu Fire, Princess Lilly Fallah Lawrence, Firefighter Dennis Cross, Madonna and More!

No Author — Fri, 04 May 2012 17:15:00 EST

�Five o�clock after midnight. Santa Ana winds rocketing faster than a freight train. Howling. Gusts faster than 70 miles per hour. Three hundred firefighters are pre-positioned for the worst during the 2007 Malibu fire,� reports the heroic Dennis Cross, battalion chief of the 18th Battalion Westside about facing the uncontrollable conflagration destroying Malibu Canyon.

George Christy Talks About The Amazing Dr. Larry Piro, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Ryan and Tatum O'Neal and More!

No Author — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:58:00 EST

The Amazing Larry P! Looks like a twenty-something frat boy with bright blue eyes. Lean as a teen. Sharp dresser (favors Gucci). Mod hairstyle. Hotshot dancer ready for a whirl on Dancing with the Stars.

George Christy Talks About James Cameron, Titanic, Jim Gianopulos, Barbara Walters, Dr. Charles Schneider and More!

No Author — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:46:00 EST

A moment in time. April 15, 2012, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Coincidentally, we were greeted on this day by Titanic director James Cameron and wife Suzy Amis at Ann and Jim Gianopulos� annual afternoon garden party celebrating Greek Easter. A favorite holiday among Greeks, the day is prescribed by the ancient Julian Calendar, falling on that first Sunday after the first full moon after the Hebrew Passover.

George Christy Talks About San Ysidro Ranch, Ivan Fecan, Sandra Faire, Jennifer Love Hewitt and More!

No Author — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:11:00 EST

A Sunday of golden sunshine in the blue sky country of Montecito. Easter weekend. We visited longtime Canadian friends who find the Santa Barbara countryside irresistible. Seaside beauty, Spanish colonial influences, easy lifestyle, and, yes, our blessed Southern California weather. An alternative from their native Toronto where they reside in baronial splendor in the posh Rosedale area (think Bel Air or San Marino).

George Christy Talks About Lara Spencer, Kathy Griffin, Leonard Goldberg, Blue Bloods and More!

No Author — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:51:00 EST

�They�re generally the same thing. Yard Sale. Tag Sale. Garage Sale. Estate Sale. An estate sale is a garage sale held in a fancy house. Something about that word � estate � gets me. A grand manor filled with a lifetime of collections covered in dust waiting for me to save them?� Admits Good Morning America�s co-anchor Lara Spencer in her everything you wanted to know about finding and bargaining in her colorful and easily readable tell-all, I Brake For Garage Sales, and Flea Markets, Thrift Shops, Auctions, And The Occasional Dumpster.

George Christy Talks About Cartier, Brad Pitt, A Night at Sardi's, Broadway, Alzheimer's and More!

No Author — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:27:00 EST

Composer Harry Warren and lyricist Al Dubin wrote The Lullaby Of Broadway with its catchy phrases for the musical film Golddiggers Of 1935. Lullaby won an Oscar for Best Original Song, and has been recorded through the ages by the Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, Bette Midler, Tony Bennett and other artists.

George Christy Talks About Professional Dancers Society, Mitzi Gaynor, Jerry Bruckheimer, Amici Brentwood and More!

No Author — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:46:00 EST

Madame President, please bow. Madame Chairman, please bow. And, please, will the Mister Wonderful who creates the best montages of film clips, etc., take a deep bow. He is Lee Hale, and the film clips he screens every year during the Professional Dancers Society luncheons are gems. A PDS board member, Lee manages to magically unearth timeless moments on celluloid that date back decades.

George Christy Talks About Mother Dolores, Oscar Weekend, Abbey of Regina laudis And More!

No Author — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:44:00 EST

The day begins at 2 AM with prayers and Gregorian chants. Forty cloistered Benedictine nuns live a life of quiet contemplation, their psalmody resonating all day and all night. So reveals Mother Dolores, Prioress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis in the bucolic countryside of Bethlehem, CT., founded in 1948 and elevated to the status of an abbey in 1976. Regina Laudis translates as Queen of Praise. The Benedictine motto? Prayer and work.

George Christy Talks About Hollywood, Bikes, Steven Rea, Sunnylands, President Reagan and More!

No Author — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:30:00 EST

�Movies and cycling are my passions, which is why I began collecting vintage photos of Tinsel Towners on bikes,� says Steven Rea, author of Hollywood Rides A Bike: Cycling With The Stars. Published by the Angel City Press (founded in 1992 by former LA Times reporter Paddy Calistro and husband Scott McAuley). Steven�s hip collection is a gem. Rare images on every page (150!) of �30s, �40s, �50s and current stars tooting around studio backlots and soundstages on two wheels. The Beatles, Barbra Streisand, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Kim Novak, Ava Gardner, Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Betty Grable, Tony Perkins, Lana Turner, Steve McQueen, Warren Beatty, W. C. Fields, Carole Lombard with her pooch Fritz, Billy Barty, Spencer Tracy, Tom Hanks, and more.

George Christy Talks About Prince Albert, Wolfgang Puck, The Academy Awards And More!

No Author — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:56:00 EST

Prince Albert Grimaldi II of Monaco is the first Head of State to attend the Oscars, as he did this week with his statuesque Princess Charlene. Flying for 15 hours from Monte Carlo to Los Angeles on the Royal Falcon jet, Their Serene Highnesses arrived Friday evening for a three-day Oscar weekend, lodging at The Beverly Hills Hotel.

George Christy Talks About The Mob, Las Vegas, Al Capone, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson and More!

No Author — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:30:00 EST

For Los Angeles folks, Las Vegas seems like a suburb. Ditto Palm Springs, Montecito and Santa Barbara. For many locals, weekends in Las Vegas are special. Gaming tables, Broadway shows, fine restaurants, the grand hotels with their neon glitter lighting up the Nevada skies.

George Christy Talks About Zsa Zsa Gabor, L.A. Opera, Brigitte Bardot And More!

No Author — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:54:00 EST

�Connie Stevens cried ... and said these are tears of love,� informed John Blanchette. Connie was moved, when John, who�s been Zsa Zsa Gabor�s PR maven since the early �80s, escorted her and longtime friends to visit Zsa Zsa in her bedroom. �They kissed, laughed, and joked. Zsa Zsa was in good spirits, and thrilled to see the flickering candles on her Black Forest birthday cake baked by Spago�s Sherry Yard. Husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt brought it to her bedside.�

George Christy Talks About Vanity Fair, Steroids, Marilyn Monroe, Anjelica Huston, Judd Apatow And More!

No Author — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:49:00 EST

Where to begin? That�s the question with Vanity Fair�s Hollywood Issue that arrives every year during Oscar month. This being the �18th Anniversary Collector�s Edition,� as described on the threefold cover with its bevy of 11 cinema beauties in clingy satin gowns designed by Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, Carolina Herrera, etc. The young stars were posed by photographer Mario Testino against a white Art Deco background inspired by that all-white signature décor of Syrie Maugham, the Brit decorator from the �20s who was wed to author Somerset Maugham.

George Christy Talks About Elizabeth The Queen, Tom Brokaw, the Diamond Jubilee, The Screen Actors Guild Awards And More!

No Author — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:36:00 EST

Queen Elizabeth likes her martinis neat. Only one during dinner. Prince Philip prefers his shaken. At lunch, she likes equal parts gin and Dubonnet. Again, one drink. She favors simple foods, and isn�t happy with spaghetti and its messy sauces. She's known to serve lunch to friends, and clear the table herself.

George Christy Talks About Sophia Krevoy, Brad Krevoy, Bat Mitzvahs, Dumb and Dumber And More!

No Author — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:44:00 EST

�Everything happens at parties.� A truism expounded by Jane Austen in one of her novels. The good news happened the evening of Sophia Krevoy�s call to the Torah as a Bat Mitzvah, when her parents Susie and Brad Krevoy respected Sophia�s wishes. She had asked for a gathering of only 50 for her Bat Mitzvah at the Krevoy residence, the Santa Monica manorial estate previously owned by Julie Andrews and Blake Edwards.

George Christy Talks About Ricky Gervais, The Artist, The Golden Globes, Joan Rivers And More!

No Author — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:57:00 EST

If you loved The Artist, you applauded the finale�s smashing tap dancing sequence (a la Gene Kelly). With the film�s charismatic co-stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo, who are marvels. You�ll even be more surprised if you�ve haven�t seen The Artist and will now know what we�ll reveal.

George Christy Talks About Mont Reve, India Irving, Gossip, Barbara Walters And More!

No Author — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:42:00 EST

After romancing through Europe during the holidays, they returned to California on Air France, with The Artist�s Berenice Bejo and her director-husband Michel Kazanavicius also aboard in Business Class. Coming home, how exciting and thrilling it was for USC�s India Irivng and Mario Rivelli to find their movie, which India wrote, and they produced and star in, will be distributed by Entertainment 7 with release sometime this year. Could 2012 begin with better news?

George Christy Talks About Sidney Korshak, Billy Wilder, the Mob, Mitzi Gaynor and More!

No Author — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:58:00 EST

In days of yore, Hollywood lore labeled a dapper gentleman by name of Sidney Korshak as the most powerful labor attorney in the entertainment industry. The FBI countered that Sidney was �the most powerful attorney in the world.� Known as �the fixer,� Sidney had Hollywood at his beck and call, and an invitation to his New Year�s Eve parties at the Bistro, where Mastros is located today, was a golden one. If you weren�t on Sidney�s list, you feigned that you were called out of town. Or in the hospital.

George Christy Talks About Yuki Takei, Eduardo Baldi, La Perla and More!

No Author — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:38:00 EST

Friends wonder what makes us and others like a restaurant? We asked the Ivy�s Lynn von Kersting, who replied right off, �When you feel at home.� Agreed. Translating that as the ambiance and staff creating a comfortable mood and an inviting feeling. Add to that: good food. Fresh, and of quality. Simple and special tastes that become palate-favorites that we want to order again. Consistency�s a must. A nice waiter who gets to know you (nice is the operative word), who remains politely helpful, and serves on silent cat feet. But never falling into the trap of �dinner interruptus.� �Hold the g.d. biography!� yells director John Waters.