Bleeker Street Films hosted a screening of “Trumbo” on Tuesday, November 3rd at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Dalton Trumbo was a top Hollywood screenwriter until he was blacklisted by Hollywood after refusing to name names to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). Despite being jailed and ostracized for his political beliefs and principals, he went on to write two Oscar winning screenplays under various aliases.
The triumph film recounts Trumbo’s wit and grit used to expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger. The all star cast Bryan Cranston, DianeLiane, Helen Mirren, Louis CK, Elle Fanning, Michael Stuhlbarg,screenwriter John McNamara and director Jay Roach attended the screening and after party. Producers Michael London, Monica Levinson, Shivani Rawat, Kevin Kelly Brown reveled with guests Tim Daly, Robert Wuhl, Julie Taymor, Taylor Hackford, Peggy Siegel, Dana Delany, Niki and Mitzi Trumbo to enjoy cocktails and antipasti at Villagio on the Park after party.
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Alessandra Ambrosia in Retrofete Welcome to the party! I was in SoHo this week and noticed the Retrofête pop-up boutique and went in to check out the sexy collection. Yes I have been noticing the chic yet affordable fashion line poping up everywhere. Retrofête Vinci dress From Paula Abdul, Chloe Bailey, Heidi Klum, Gwen Stefani, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Gomez, and Carrie Underwood, models, actresses, and singers are flocking to the line and looking very sensual and fun. Kelsea Ballerini Perfect for extroverts to show out in the evening and parties. Selena Gomez wears Retrofête’s S & G Alphabet Earrings There is casual stuff like midriff tops, splatter jeans, and curvy dresses too that are equally hot. Ohad Seroya and Aviad Klin co-founded Retrofête in 2018, passionate about carving out an underserved market for statement pieces. Mickey Guyton A throwback to the all-out glamour and exuberance of decades past, the New York-based label takes its name from a me
Last year I remembered a documentary I saw produced by Antoine Fuqua called, "Bastards of the Party" about the Bloods and the Crips. The director, a former gang member felt the gang turf wars grew out of the restless generation that came after The Black Panther Party who patrolled to monitor police brutality during the civil rights era. I thought it was fascinating it got me to thinking about Huey P. Newton co-founder and Minister of Self Defense of The Black Panther Party. I started reading everything on his life and work. Truly a labor of love one book on Eldridge Cleaver ( Eldridge Cleaver author of Soul on Ice and Minister of Information became a Republican ) would lead me to a book on Geronimo Pratt and on to a book about his lawyer Johnnie Cochran and so on. I read Alondra Nelson' book, “ Body and Soul The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination” for her extensive research on the Party's healthcare activism. Tumbler is a great
