George Christy Talks About Tom Hanks, Tina Brown, Vanity Fair and more
Download PDF Towering talents. Warhorses going strong. Both of them. Mr. Tom Hanks. Ms. Tina Brown. Whose books are lighting up our holiday season. Twice Oscar-winner Tom Hanks has written...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Chuck Fries, Ava Fries, The Caucus for Producers,...
Download PDF His passion remains steadfast. The Godfather of the Television Movie, our Cincinnati-born Charles William Fries (Chuck) continues to help talented folks year in and year out, as well as...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Kirk Douglas, George Schlatter, Philanthropy and more
Download PDF December 10. Noon. In the prime heartland of residential real estate in Beverly Hills. Michael Douglas flew in from New York and Joel Douglas arrived from Palm Springs to spend the day...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Madelyn and Pete Hammond, Holiday Greetings and more
Download PDF A unique treat at this time of year is finding the holiday greetings from Madelyn and Pete Hammond in our mailbox. Madelyn’s the entertaining industry’s marketing wizard and Pete’s the...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Stephen Tomar, Larry Kudlow, Economic News and more
Download PDF The mystery of creativity. The eighth wonder. Inspiring talent around the world. As it does in Hollywood, where Stephen Tomar, an emigrant from the City of Brotherly Love (Philadelphia)...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About John and Joan Hotchkis, Palm Springs International...
Download PDF Never met a joke he didn’t like. He collected them. Always incorporated a funny reference or two in the early paragraphs of his quarterly newsletter, Economic Notes. John Hotchkis. People...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About The Golden Globes, Seth Meyers, Meher Tatna, Debra...
Download PDF “You know you’re not the first choice when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association asks you in mid-November.” Seth Meyers of Late Night fame told The New York Times’ Dave Itzkoff. Seth...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About The Ear, Grammy Parties, The Producer’s Guild...
Download PDF The Night Before belongs to The Ear. This is the 42nd annual year of his pre-Grammy party. In Manhattan this time around at the Sheraton Hotel, so huge that observers wisecrack “you’ll...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Gypsy Rose Lee, Doris Day, Jennifer Lopez, World...
Download PDF Sometimes what appears to go wrong ends up being right. After college, Uncle Sam trumpeted his bugle for our three years of army service. Where we joined the dozen soldiers integrating a...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About The Academy Awards, How Oscar Got His Name, Peter...
Download PDF Oscar time, and the pickin’ ain’t easy. To paraphrase George Gershwin’s classic ballad, Summertime, And The Livin’ Is Easy. The pickin’s include the Best Picture nominees during this...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Vanity Fair, Oscar Parties, Radhika Jones and more
Download PDF On March 4, The Wallis will be transformed into a multimillion dollar setting for the annual Vanity Fair Oscar party. Designed and produced by the innovative Sara Marks, longtime...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Alan Shayne, Finding Silvia, Cate Blanchett and more
Download PDF An aura of elusive mystery pervades Finding Sylvia. An Alan Shayne novel of pages-filled suspense. Reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. And Laura by Vera Caspary. Both remain...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About David Geffen, Tom Hanks, Agents Of Shield and more!
Download PDF Gridlock at Van Nuys Airport. They’re heading West, the high and mighty for the Oscar weekend in their private aircraft. Some arriving earlier for entertainment mogul David Geffen’s 75th...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About The Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel, Vanity Fair and...
Download PDF Mother Nature was kind to the 90th Academy Awards last Sunday. The rain stopped. Wasn’t the Oscars scenic design at the Dolby Theatre one for the ages! With those Oscars created from 45...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Nowruz, Dr. Safvarti, Marilyn Monroe and more
Download PDF Music and more music. Dancing and more dancing. A night of joy celebrating the Persian New Year (Nowruz) that arrives March 21, the day of the vernal equinox. We were dining in the...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Tom and Paula Escher, San Francisco, LA Downtown,...
Download PDF “What would you like for your birthday?” her husband wondered. “A long weekend in Los Angeles,” was the reply. Husband Tom Escher is the San Francisco owner of the Red and White Fleet, a...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Patricia Morison, John Bowab, ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ and...
Download PDF “Patricia, bless her, is amazing … full of that fighting Irish spirit at 103,” says her friend, producer and director John Bowab, who met her in the long ago. On March 19, host John...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Tennessee Williams, Ready Player One, Steven...
Download PDF “I cover the waterfront…” Truman Capote chuckled one evening in his duplex apartment at The Beverly Wilshire, where Room Service delivered a hugely expensive bottle of vintage Chateau...
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Jim and Ann Gianopulos, Greek Easter, Saint Sophia...
Download PDF A perfect Sunday. Blue skies and sunshine. Long-awaited warmth, after weeks of wintry chill. An ideal afternoon for the picnic in a Westside garden with good food, music and folk dancing....
View ArticleGeorge Christy Talks About Pie n’ Burger, Wendy Goldberg, The Colleagues...
Download PDF Pie ’n Burger conquered the exuberant crowd in Wendy and Leonard Goldberg’s garden in Beverly Hills. The Goldbergs invited their grandchildren’s friends for birthday treats, with...
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