Last night, Monday, April 29th, Chanel hosted the 14th annual celebration of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Artists Program at Balthazar in New York City. The evening honored the artists who have contributed original artwork to the festival’s award-winning filmmakers. This year’s contributing artists included Jeff Koons, Shepard Fairey, JR, Eddie Kang, Swoon, Stephen Hannock, Jane Dickson, Fred Tomaselli, and Walter Robinson.
On Monday, April 23rd, CHANEL hosted the 13th annual celebration for the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival Artists Program at Balthazar. As always, the fête honored the artists who have contributed original artwork to the award-winning filmmakers. Since art plays a huge role in fashion, including CHANEL’s history, the iconic brand supports the Festival and celebrate the artists of this year and years past.
Who: Resident Magazine, Wendy Williams, Michael Travin, Melissa Kassis, Hillary Latos, Don Lemon, Kim Alexis, Ramona Singer, and Dorinda Medley.
What: Resident Magazine’s Publisher Michael Travin, Associate Publisher Melissa Kassis, and Editor-In-Chief Hillary Latos hosted a party to celebrate Wendy Williams, on the cover of Resident Magazine’s April 2017 issue. The invitation-only event was held at the newly opened Lovage Rooftop in midtown Manhattan.
Last night we stopped by IWC Schaffhausen’s 3rd annual “For the Love of Cinema” Gala, which kicks off Tribeca Film Festival. The gala was held at Spring Studios and hosted Joel McHale, known for his hit show The Soup on E! and Community. IWC CEO Georges Kern cohosted the evening with Tribeca Film Festival founders Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro, and Craig Hatkoff.
Before the dinner, guests mingled while enjoying a fabulous cocktail reception. Christoph Waltz and Robert De Niro were discussing upcoming projects saying, “It’s time we get something in the books!” and work together. I cannot wait to see that happen! I also spotted the beautiful Dakota Fanning who was gushing about her new film Franny, which premieres at Tribeca Film Festival.
Coming off the heels of it’s Tribeca Film Festival opening night debut, Tribeca Film announced that the company is acquiring North American rights to One9’s Time Is Illmatic, which had its world premiere as the opening night of the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival. The documentary is directed by multimedia artist, One9, written by Erik Parker and produced by One9, Parker, and Anthony Saleh. It follows the trajectory of Nas’ 1994 landmark debut album, Illmatic— widely considered one of the most important and revolutionary albums in hip-hop.
The biggest names in New York and Hollywood – including Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Carmelo Anthony, Olivia Palermo and Karolina Kurkova – celebrated at the exclusive IWC “For the Love of Cinema” celebration with the Tribeca Film Festival.
The evening featured an exclusive performance by Grammy Award-winning singer Estelle, who debuted a new song for the first time ever off her upcoming album, the private cocktail and dinner party celebrated luxury watch manufacturer IWC’s commitment to supporting the film industry as the Official “Festival-Time Partner” of the Tribeca Film Festival.