The Wednesday Party Report
The Museum of the City of New York's Director’s Council held its annual Winter Ball last night. Among the 600 attendees at the Versace-sponsored event were Steve and Christine Schwarzman, Patricia Duff, Allison and Peter Rockefeller, Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss (left), Andrew Rosen, Wilbur and Hilary Geary Ross, Rachel and Ara Hovnanian, Nicole Miller and Kim Taipale, Woody Johnson and Suzanne Ircha, Meredith Melling Burke, Dennis Basso, Valesca Guerrand Hermès, Amanda Cutter Brooks, Helen Lee Schifter, Celerie Kemble, Cristina Cuomo, Sylvester and Gillian Miniter, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Marjorie Gubelmann, Cynthia Lufkin and Dan Lufkin, Debbie Bancroft, Heather Mnuchin, Jennifer Creel, Zani Gugelmann, John Demsey, Jonathan and Somers White Farkas, Mark Gilbertson, Alexandra Lebenthal and Jay Diamond, Byrdie Bell, Allison Brokaw, Peter and Jamee Gregory, Geoffrey Bradfield, Antony Todd, Serena Boardman, Tatiana and Campion Platt, Maggie Betts, Johannes Huebl and Olivia Palermo, Bronson Van Wyck, Douglas Hannant, Karen Duffy, Jack Bryan, Brian Reyes, Yigal Azrouel, and Amy Fine Collins. [PMc, NYSD, MS, WWD, GoaG]
• The School of American Ballet held its annual Winter Ball fundraiser at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on Monday night. Those who turned out for the Van Cleef & Arpels-sponsored event included Sarah Jessica Parker (left), Chelsea Clinton, Stacey Bendet Eisner and Eric Eisner, Blake Lively and Penn Badgley, Moby, Desiree Rogers, Susan Fales-Hill, Alexandra Lebenthal and Jay Diamond, Zang Toi, Sylvester and Gillian Miniter, Pamela Joyner, Liz Peek, Arie and Coco Kopelman, Robert and Effie Fribourg, Duane Hampton, Valentin and Yaz Hernandez, Lisa and Dick Cashin, Patrick McMullan, and David Patrick Columbia. [PMc, MS, NYSD, VF, FWD]
• Andrew Saffir's Cinema Society and Brooks Brothers hosted a screening of The Great Buck Howard at the Tribeca Grand last night, which was followed by an after-party at the Soho Grand. The film's stars, including Tom Hanks and Colin Hanks (left), John Malkovich, and Emily Blunt, mingled with guests like Jane Fonda, Dan Abrams, Regis Philbin, Parker Posey, Lauren Bush, Pat Duff, Debbie Bancroft, Blythe Danner, Jonathan Ames, Beth Ostrosky, Johannes Huebl and Olivia Palermo, Daniel Benedict, Michael Stipe, Rachel Dratch, Jason Schwartzman, Bebe Neuwirth, Rose McGowan, Jackie Astier, Dick Cavett, Debra Winger, and Matthew Settle. [PMc, Wireimage]
• The Museum of Modern Art hosted its annual David Rockefeller Award luncheon to honor Eli Broad yesterday. Just a few of the people in attendance: Marie-Josee and Henry Kravis (left), Donald Marron, Larry Gagosian, Diana Taylor, Jerry Speyer, Sid and Mercedes Bass, Katherine Farley, Kate Levin, Jeff Koons, Agnes Gund, Jamie Niven, Clarissa Bronfman, and Eli's wife Edythe. [PMc, Getty]