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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

 
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