The Wednesday Party Report
Andrew Saffir's Cinema Society hosted a screening of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh last night at the Landmark Sunshine Theater. Guests at the screening included the film's stars Sienna Miller and Peter Sarsgaard (left), along with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Anna Wintour, Russell Simmons and Julie Henderson, Gilles Bensimon, Rachel Roy, Amy Sacco, Rachel Zoe, Beth Ostrosky, Olivia Palermo and Johannes Huebl, Jessica Joffe, Zoe Kravitz, Stefano Tonchi, Marina Rust Connor, Jennifer Creel, Richard Johnson and Sessa von Richchofen, Carlos Souza, Marcus Schenkenberg, Rosanna Scotto, Emma Roberts, Brittny Gastineau, Irina Pantaeva, Kiera Chaplin, Lisa Anastos, Jackie Astier, Kim Heirston, Nur Khan, Gilles Mendel, Bobby Kennedy III, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Olympic fencers Tim Morehouse and Jason Rogers. [PMc, Wireimage, VF, Paper, FWD]
• Anne Hearst, Candace Bushnell, and Nicole Miller hosted a party to celebrate the release of Jay McInerney's latest tome, How It Ended, at Cru on Monday night. They were joined by Amanda Hearst, Christian and Gillian Hearst Simonds, Rudy and Judith Giuliani, Andre Balazs, Charlie Rose, Pat Duff, Muffie Potter Aston, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Morgan Entrekin, James Lipton, Richard Johnson and Sessa von Richthofen, Karen Duffy, Debbie Bancroft, Somers White Farkas, Bettina Zilkha, Bobby Zarem, Marty Bregman, Gary Fisketjon, Mary Boone, Steve Kroft, Michael Gross, Binky Urban, Ken Auletta, Rob Wiesenthal, Andrew Saffir and Daniel Benedict, Patrick McMullan, Campion Platt, Sharon Bush, Alina Cho, Helen Lee Schifter, Kimberly Rockefeller, R. Couri Hay, Jana Bullock, Brad Gooch, Dirk Wittenborn, Terry McDonell, Roger Waters, and Bushnell's husband Charles Askegard, [PMc, VF, GoaG]
• Nathan Lane hosted the Roundabout Theatre Company's 2009 spring gala at the Roseland Ballroom on Monday night. On hand for the occasion: Brooke Shields, Cynthia Nixon, Edie Falco, Matthew Broderick, Mario Cantone, Audra McDonald, John Glover, Bill Irwin, Cherry Jones, David Hyde Pierce, Julie White, Cheyenne Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Martha Plimpton, Steven Weber, and Eddie Izzard. [PMc, Wireimage, BW, TM]
• James Franco was front and center at the Gucci-sponsored screening of Erased James Franco at The Museum of Modern Art on Monday evening, which was followed by an afterparty at The Modern. He was joined by his brother Dave (left) and mom Betsy, along with the film's director, Carter, and guests like Terence Koh, Nate Lowman, Jen Brill, musician Martha Wainwright, Gucci president Daniella Vitale, and Ahna O'Reilly. [PMc, VF, WWD, GoaG]