Books

In an exclusive interview, Kevin Hart, the star of hit comedies including The Wedding Ringer, Get Hard, Central Intelligence and Ride Along, gives Parade magazine a preview of his new memoir, I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons (written with Neil Strauss), available June 6. His latest movie, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, in which he provides the...

Barbara Tober (chairman emeritus) and Michele Cohen (chairman) at the Museum of Arts and Design hosted a glamorous evening in honor of Joan Juliet Buck celebrating her new memoir The Price of Illusion, and Candace Bushnell, Candace Bergen and Isaac Mizrahi were just some of the famous faces in the crowd. Barbara, the former longtime editor of Brides magazine, and Joan, former...

Hells Kitchen maestro Gordon Ramsey has just delivered his newest book: BREAD STREET KITCHEN, 100 fresh new recipes to cook at home, from his award-winning team at Bread Street Kitchen, one of his many restaurants in London. Ramsay, already an author to about 18 books, many of which have become bestsellers around the world, most notably his autobiography, Roasting in Hell's...

Cristina Cuomo gathered 60 of her friends last week to fete The Knockoff, the latest book by Lucy Sykes—bestselling author of Bergdorf Blondes and former fashion director of Marie Claire. In the stunning model unit at 12 East 88th Street, an iconic Rosario Candela condo conversion developed by Simon Baron Development, Lucy shared details about the novel that tells the story...

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW), led by lawyer and journalist Star Jones, hosted an exclusive NAPW Power Networking Event at Midtown Loft and Terrace last week, and the power women showed. Featuring keynote speaker Jean Shafiroff, a prominent philanthropist, socialite and author of Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life by What You Give – a guide to modern philanthropy, the...

Legendary talent manager Shep Gordon was joined by longtime friends in the food and music industry to celebrate the launch of his much-anticipated memoir via Anthony Bourdain’s label ECCO, They Call me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock ’n’ Roll. Guests at the Shinola Tribeca party included longtime friend/client Alice Cooper, Mike Myers, Clive Davis, Fab 5 Freddy, chefs...

  Author Tony Cointreau hosted a cocktail party at legendary Michael's celebrating his second publication, "A Gift of Love - Lessons Learned from My Work and Friendship with Mother Teresa." In his second book, the author, singer, humanitarian, and scion to the French liqueur family reveals what he gained from working so closely with Mother Teresa during their 12 years together at the...

Famed writer Candace Bushnell from Sex and the City will be part of a panel of distinguished writers including Jacqueline Weld Drake, Gregory Hedberg, and Bob Morris, at a reading on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 5:00 PM at Marders (120 Snake Hollow Rd, Bridgehampton, NY 11932). The reading presented by The Parrish Art Museum and Bomb Magazine editor-in-chief and publisher Betsy Sussler, is free and open to...

An exhibition devoted to Edgar Degas' Little Dancer opened last week at The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) in its Skyroom. Curated by Dr. Gregory Hedberg, author of a new Degas’ Little Dancer Aged Fourteen: The Earlier Version That Helped Spark The Birth Of Modern Art, he celebrated with wife Margaret, and 200 friends including Dirk Allgaier, Christine Biddle, Sharon Bush, The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Dr. Roberta Carroll, Peter and Faith Coolidge, Suzi Cordish, Zita Davisson, Carmen...

Fans of Empire, Scandal, and Downton Abbey, as well as readers of Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicles series should check out the second thrilling novel in the Bourbon Kings series from #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward:  THE ANGELS’ SHARE. The second book in Ward’s series from New American Library being releases July 26th for $28.00, is set in Kentucky’s Bourbon Country and described...