A gathering to celebrate the release of 'Nine' with Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson and more
On Monday, I attended an elegant luncheon at Per Se, Thomas Keller's extraordinary restaurant located in the Time Warner Center in New York City. The reason for the gathering was to celebrate the release of 'Nine,' the vibrant and provocative musical, directed by Rob Marshall, which has been nominated for five Golden Globe Awards! The movie boasts several stars, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, and Kate Hudson. This adaptation of the Broadway musical follows the complicated life of world famous film director Guido Contini and the numerous women he is involved with. This star-studded luncheon was called for 1PM, but the cocktails ran so long that lunch was not served until two. Regretfully, I had to skip most of it to get back to a meeting.
1 Daniel Day-Lewis - the wonderful male star of Nine
2 Rob Marshall - the director of Nine and Daniel Day-Lewis
3 Nicole Kidman - one of the female stars - with Liz Smith - The Grand Dame of Dish - and Tovah Feldshuh - actress, singer and playwright.
4 Nicole is extraordinary! And so is Tovah!
5 Ron Howard - film director, producer, and former actor - remember him as the young Opie Taylor on The Andy Griffith Show and Richie Cunningham on Happy Days?
6 Liz Smith and Peggy Siegal - a well-known publicist. Peggy coordinates many amazing gatherings and premieres.
7 Donald Rosenfeld - movie producer - and me
8 Sandy Brant and Ingrid Sischy - magazine editors
9 The gorgeous Kate Hudson - another star of Nine - with Larry King - interviewer to everyone
10 Here I am with Jill Goodacre - former Victoria's Secret model and her husband, Harry Connick, Jr. - singer, actor, composer, and pianist.
11 Larry King and me
12 The decor at Per Se is crisp, elegant, and simple.
13 A course of pasta and vegetables - like all food at Per Se, a perfect marriage of flavors, color, and texture.
14 Even the bread and butter at Per Se is superb.
Dear Martha.
I'm from Israel. I like so much your show.Every day i am happy to see you on T.V. (I'm sorry for my Inglish). I love so much crafts and i would like to order some of your tools and magazin. (I hope i'l understand the what to do from the magazin becouse of my Inglish). Can you send me a catalog with price list? Thank you and i wish you all the best. YOU ARE WANDERFULL! Zipi
Posted by: ZIPI BEN-PORAT | December 16th, 2009 at 3:48 am
Drat - It's too bad you had to leave this party to return to a meeting. It looks like it was a lot of fun!!
Posted by: Lynn from For Love or Funny | December 16th, 2009 at 8:08 am
He is dreamy!( did i just write that on your blog:)) i also love that he loves to learn new skills such as shoe making in italy.
Posted by: nadia | December 16th, 2009 at 9:40 am
Hi Martha,
I wish I could go to say a third of the places you go to! You get to meet so many people and of course, so many people get to meet you. I plan to see this movie because I admire every one of the stars in it. Thanks for providing us with pictures. Trish
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P.S. Good craft segment on the Today show this morning and Hugh Grant was in the studio also. I never miss his movies!
Posted by: Trish | December 16th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Martha,
You just get younger looking all the time. Holiday glow and healthy living I think!
Posted by: IowaCowgirl | December 16th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Hi Martha!
I love watching your show. I am a crafter and always come away with a new idea!
I was wondering if you were familiar with the crafting community ~ Splitcoaststampers~ ? Your products are heavily used by the artisans there! Check it out if you like!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com
We all scramble to the stores as soon as you come out with a new punch!
Hugs!
Holly McMillen
Posted by: Holly McMillen | December 16th, 2009 at 11:43 am
It looks like you got to capture the highlights, at least, Martha...too bad you had to skip out due to a meeting! [big sigh!]
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This looked like one fantastic gathering, though... As you attested on your show the other day - you DO have a wonderful life!
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Many blessings to you this Christmas season,
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Posted by: Cindy Bricker | December 16th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Thank you Martha. The other day I saw the show where you tested the potency of baking soda and baking powder. Yesterday my chocolate chip cookies looked a little flatter than usual. I checked the date on my newer box of baking soda waiting to replace the opened-nearly-empty box and I was shocked to see that the new box had a use by date of 2004 and the old box a date of 2002. Time really flies!!! Thanks again.
Posted by: Jackie Leipert | December 16th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Martha, what a fun event! I must caution you about standing next to Larry King for pictures, though...you are so vibrant, and he is so vampire-ish, that it seems he might suck the life out of you. Do be careful!
Posted by: Amanda | December 16th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Martha, you look so beautiful and young. I think Peggy needs a little help with the eyeliner. Aren't Nicole and Kate gorgeous? I watched them last night on Larry. Kate said she was going with her mom; too sweet. Love you
Posted by: Pam from Indiana | December 16th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Dear Martha,
My grandchildren have a project at school to bake cookies. We can't understand the amount of ingredients can you please help.
28/7 tablespoons of white sugar
4/16 cups of butter
0.25 cups of butter flavored shortening
3/3 eggs
50/2 teasons of sifted all purpose flour
8/32 teaspoons of baking soda
76/6 tablespoons of chocolate chips
Thank you.
Posted by: charlene williams | December 16th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Martha, I also grew up in a Polish family in New Jersey. Around Christmas my Grandmother always made a poppyseed roll - and I CANNOT find the recipe anywhere. By chance do you have a recipe? I really would love to make it for the holidays - it will bring back so many great memories. Thanks - and I love your blog (very inspirational - I always weed my garden after reading one of your blogs about your farm!) Thanks Martha, Maria
Posted by: maria cerwin | December 16th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
Hi Martha, Your schedules sure get complicated sometimes, don't they?! Looks like you were having a great time at that celebration and sorry you had to leave for a meeting, but that's the way life is. Loved your photos, especially the one of Ron Howard. Haven't seen him for a long time. Was he the director of 'Nine'? Speaking of your schedule, you sure will be busy next week! I know you will be able to accomplish all that you want to do before Christmas. Your Sirius radio 'Ask Martha' was super today and my heart went out to you when you told us all that you wanted to do. You are the best, Martha!!! Another good TV show today, too. Also loved seeing you on the 'Today Show' again today. All of those craft projects were simple and super! Take care and get some rest. Jan
Posted by: Jan Erickson | December 16th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
Martha, I wanted to take a few minutes and thank you very much for your wonderful brine recipe and directions for a turkey. I had never heard of brining a turkey. My aunt told me she used to brine hers, but only in salt water. I followed your directions, even on the baking, to the letter and it was magnificent! My husband hated to see me using the wine in that manner, but he even enjoyed it, and he doesn't eat poultry. It was a beautiful bird. My husband took a picture of it. He was impressed. Thank you very much.
Posted by: Debbie Poe | December 17th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Wow this looks like a lovely afternoon and can't wait to see this movie!!!!!!! It is great to see these uber talented stars in a more casual atmosphere:)
Posted by: Cynthia | December 17th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
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It's nice to know that the prettiest one at the gala is one we can all reach by the touch of a key!
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Posted by: andrea and the weimaraners | December 21st, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I LOVE YOU AND HAVE LEARNED TONS FROM YOU. THANKS MUCH. LOVED YOUR MOM. AM 83 YEARS YOUNG, READ ALL YOUR MAGAZINES. KEEP STRONG--GOOD HEALTH IN 2010.
Posted by: VERNA | December 24th, 2009 at 3:20 am