Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes are planning a lavish New Year’s Eve party at luxury hotel Atlantis the Palm, according to US media reports on Wednesday.
Charlotte gets a taste of it when Ruckus in the Cage comes to the Metrolina Expo on November 14; and Charlotte even has a great representation of hometown fighters in it, so that’ll be exciting to see.
Crowd gets a taste of German celebration as Charlotte hosts the 8th annual Oktoberfest near uptown. Close to 80 breweries were in attendance; from national breweries like Anheuser-Busch, all the way to certified home brewmasters. Oktoberfest 2008 was sold out as the crowd steadily swayed from tent to tent receiving 5oz samples from the participating breweries.
The Ghetto Film School (GFS) held its first fundraiser in Los Angeles at the home of Ellen Goldsmith-Vein. Hosted by filmmakers David O.Russell and Spike Jonze, the star-studded evening helped to raise funds and awareness for New York’s only free non-profit film school among the Los Angeles Film Community.
Chicago artist Keith L.T. Alexander has sent fifty Picasso prints to entertainment industry executives across the country in order to sell his collection of stories entitled Forgery of the Month Club.
Chicago orchestra leader Stanley Paul hosted a Patron’s Tea and Reception on the terrace of his penthouse apartment in honor of Carmen Dell’Orefice, who was the guest speaker the following day at the 7th annual Handbags and Halos luncheon benefiting the Howard Brown Health Center.