AVENUEinsider August 1, 2011 by AVENUE Magazine

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DEBBIE BANCROFT

All In The Family Generations of party-goers turn out to support new ventures, new movies and new reality T.V. shows

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hat keeps us cool in the steamy doldrums Jenna Bush Hager (you know her daddy, but he wasn’t there) of August? Cool, in fact, year-round? Our and The Ruffians (the design team—ask your kids). children. I refer, of course, to the stylistic cool. My own cool kids accompanied me to Andrew Saffir’s Cinema Beth DeWoody, high priestess of cool, stays Society screening of The Ledge, a provocative, beautifully acted that way with the able assistance from her kids, Kyle and film about love and faith, and what happens when they’re in Carlton. Kyle, with Manish Vora of www.artlog.com, conflict. Patrick Wilson, who I would see in anything, stars, has created a company called Grey Area. and told me I can see more of him starting this fall in a This online store fits in that grey area new series about a neurosurgeon whose deceased wife between a gallery and a store, offering keeps him company in the form of a ghost. I don’t artist-designed objects. “Artists experiment blame her. The radiant Liv Tyler brought her mom, with functionality,” Kyle explains. “Shelter Bebe Buell, and new beau, Theo Wenner, son of Jann Serra created a fake Rolex. They made art (gawd, I love themes!). out of function.” The glam group moved on to the The launch was celebrated at The Penthouse at The Dream Hotel (my Wooly, the hot new club in The kids went home—no need to report Woolworth Building from another me), and enjoyed the evening on the cool parent-kid connection. Owner wraparound terrace—far away from Eric Adolfsen first learned of “the ledge,” especially after the the Woolworth Building when he shocking end of the film . . . Safe visited his dad at his law firm revelers included Rupert Friend, located there. “I used to make art on David Schwimmer, Paul Haggis, his Xerox machine,” Eric remembers. Kellan Lutz, Genevieve Jones, His dad, Louis, no creative slouch Kathleen Turner, Stephen Baldwin, himself, saw the need for a restaurant Jack McCullough and Lazaro for the City Hall crowd, so he went Hernandez, Rachel Hunter, Olivier ahead and opened one there. Eric Sarkozy and Stella Schnabel, Duncan wondered if he might carve a club out Sheik, Sebastian Stan (ex-beau of of the extra space, and voilà: The Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester, current Wooly was born. of Glee’s Dianna Argon—tell your Kyle and Carlton helped decorate teen this and be a cool parent, too), with recycled vintage pieces and Eric’s director Matthew Chapman (great-great own artwork. They scored some grandson of Charles Darwin—I dig deep sconces—and even liquor—from the for a theme) and producer Michael Mailer Plaza when it changed hands. And like (yes, son of). Kyle’s event the prior night, they continually And I can’t resist telling you about my curate the club with new artwork. Art on the last parent-child event. Kathy and Rick walls and on guests. Mom Beth wore an Orly Hilton had a little dinner to sup, chat and Genger rope bracelet. Alex Papachristidis watch Paris’ new reality show, The World ordered the Shelter Serra “Birkin” bag. Tom According To Paris. Just a regular night Cashin popped a pair of Rob Wynne’s “blood” at home with the Hiltons. In this new jewelry on his cuffs, and Joanne Casullo series, Paris is the wise counsel to pals dripped a chic “blood” necklace on her less grounded. Charlie Sheen’s ex, for décolletage. Others milling around the Grey Area example, is one of them. Paris has included Helen Schifter, Casey Fremont and grown up and left the bad behavior to dad Vincent, Michele Oka Doner (whose work is others. I asked some of the guests what on the site) and son Jordan (the family theme their reality show would be. Anne Hearst Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson just goes on . . .), Anne Pasternak, Kiki Smith, McInerney thought a show based on the