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Demetria Daniels

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718-885-6576 A chatty, informative column of New York events featuring places, people and personalities and celebrities. demetriadaniels@gmail.com

 
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND A JOYFULL NEW YEAR FILLED WITH PEACE AND HARMONY.

Recently, at an art opening the AMBASSADOR OF RWANDA - DR. ANASTASE GASANA and his beautiful wife spoke about peace and how important it is for the United States to convince our allies that we want Peace.

At the Sundaram Tagore Gallery there was a reception for ISHMAEL MERCHANT of the famous IVORY MERCHANT team that has brought us Remains of the Day with CHRISTOPHER REEVE, whom we all love and admire and who has been chosen to bring in the YEAR 2003 at Times Square. The reception was in honor of his new book MY PASSAGE FROM INDIA about his journey from India to Hollywood. Look forward to a private intrview with him on GOTHAMGOSSIP.

At this time last year I was at the NYU 35th anniversary of the Tish school. Among its notable alumni that joined the celebration were BILLY CRYSTAL and ALEC BALDWIN who does great events for breast cancer in Long Island. I have also met Alec at the Creative Coalition's dinner hosted by ROBIN WILLIAMS,and at RIVERKEEPER.

We see YANNI is coming to Madison Square Garden in the Spring. So to all my Greek Friends including the Counsel in New York - MR. PLATIS- and AMBASSADOR LOUCAS TSILAS of the ALEXANDER ONASIS CENTER and to U.S. AMBASSADOR NEGROPONTE,"kalla christouyennia".

I hope Santa brought you all lots of presents. He brought me a new dog - a white poodle named RUFFI.

This column is for PRECIOUS.
posted by Demetria at 7:14 PM

 
20th Century FOX's President JAMES GIANOPULOS was in New York receiving accolades from the Greek Chamber of Commerce. at a very private dinner at the Metropolitan Club hosted by JOHN CASIMATEDES, the supermarket tycoon and his beautiful and talented wife, MARGO. - they made the movie Moulin Rouge starring NICOLE KIDMAN.He danced and spoke brilliantly. I also met this week the film's very talented director, the wonderful BAZ LUHRMAN, who is also directing the new opening of LA BOHEME (in Italian) on Broadway. He told jokes at Barnes & Noble and signed lots of books about the opera. He pranced around filled with vital energy and humor. Keep watching this column in the coming weeks for an interview with Mr. Luhrman and learn his secret to success.

  

Hosting a brilliant evening at Laura Belles was ROSIE O'DONNELL (she loves to tell jokes) and FRANK MCCOURT (he loves to tell stories) for THE MOTH. That is a literary society which spins tales and tells stories at its events around town. They have storytelling workshops and they have worked with hoemless men and women, at-risk teenagers, children touched by AIDS. They are going national with the television series THE MOTH; AN EVENING OF STORYTELLING, Channel Trio.

  

Starting the holiday season, FLORENCE BOCARIUS held a unique musical celebration for Switzerland. A black-tie formal event in her home was attended by AMBASSADOR JENO C.A. STAEHELIN of Switzerland who called her a "bridge" to peace and love; also attending - the AMBASSADOR of UKRAINE; I chatted with the COUNSEL GENERAL OF INDIA, PRAMATHESS RATHA- we spoke alot about the Mahabarata. As the holidays approach lets all go to church, synagogue or mosque to pray for peace and an end of war.

This column is always written and dedicated to my dog PRECIOUS.
posted by Demetria at 3:23 PM