Scene Last Night: Jessica Biel, Zac Efron, Seth Meyers, De Niro
The 10th annual Tribeca Film Institute Inc. benefit last night began with a screening of “New Year’s Eve” at the Ziegfeld Theatre and ended in the ballroom of the Hilton New York, where guests mingled with stars around replicas of the Times Square New Year’s Eve ball.
Robert De Niro, a co-founder of the institute, chatted with board member Todd Wagner, who is chief executive officer of 2929 Entertainment.
Institute co-founder Jane Rosenthal spent time with cast members of “The 2-2,” a new CBS show about rookies at a police precinct in Harlem for which she is a producer. Novelist Richard Price is the writer, and it will air sometime in the spring of 2012.
One of producers for “New Year’s Eve,” Wayne Rice, said he chatted on the red carpet with Jon Bon Jovi about Soul Kitchen, the musician’s restaurant in New Jersey where diners pay what they can.
“He said the middle class is the new face of the homeless,” Rice reported.
One guest asked Zac Efron to dance. “Twist my arm,” Efron said. “I will if you can find Michelle Pfeiffer,” he added, referring to his on-screen dance partner.
Seth Meyers hung out with his on-screen wife, Jessica Biel, on the edge of the dance floor.
Meyers is spending New Year’s Eve performing at the Borgata in Atlantic City. He expects to be able to kiss his girlfriend, Alexi Ashe, at midnight.
“The second show starts at 10:30,” Meyers said, “so worst-case scenario, she comes on stage for the kiss. She’s allowed to do that. It’s in the contract.”
Biel’s Boy
In the film, Meyers spends New Year’s Eve in the hospital as Biel gives birth to a boy. Did the part get him and Ashe thinking about parenthood?
“We try not to let cinema influence our major life decisions,” Meyers said.
Over by the dessert buffet, David Solomon, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) co-head of investment banking, shared his New Year’s Eve destination: Cabo.
“We travel with 10 families,” Solomon said. “It started with one man who invited a bunch of people he knew from all walks of life. Our kids have all grown up together.”
As for beach time, “I don’t tan very well,” he said.
“I tan great,” added his wife, Mary Solomon, who had a quibble with the film: There was no scene at the American Museum of Natural History, where she is a trustee. (The film’s locations include the Queens Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum and Lincoln Center.)
Her husband’s resolution for 2012: “You have to be optimistic, try to have fun and do some good.”
(Amanda Gordon is a writer and photographer for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. Any opinions expressed are her own.)
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Jessica Biel.
Jessica Biel. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Laura Moses, a writer and assistant in film, with Jessica Biel.
Laura Moses, a writer and assistant in film, with Jessica Biel. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Zac Efron and Jake Austin. "We should hang out in L.A.," Efron told his lesser-known co-star in the film "New Year's Eve."
Zac Efron and Jake Austin. "We should hang out in L.A.," Efron told his lesser-known co-star in the film "New Year's Eve." Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Jon Bon Jovi greets Leslie Rice and Wayne Rice, a producer of the film "New Year's Eve," on the red carpet.
Jon Bon Jovi greets Leslie Rice and Wayne Rice, a producer of the film "New Year's Eve," on the red carpet. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Alexi Ashe and Seth Meyers.
Alexi Ashe and Seth Meyers. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Sarah Jessica Parker and Gary Marshall.
Zac Efron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Sarah Jessica Parker and Gary Marshall. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Actress Carla Gugino and director Garry Marshall.
Actress Carla Gugino and director Garry Marshall. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Judy Marte, Jane Rosenthal and Stark Sands. Marte and Sands play rookie cops in a new show, "The 2-2," set to air on CBS this spring.
Judy Marte, Jane Rosenthal and Stark Sands. Marte and Sands play rookie cops in a new show, "The 2-2," set to air on CBS this spring. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Stacey and Matthew Bronfman.
Stacey and Matthew Bronfman. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Roland Betts and Maggie Betts, a filmmaker whose documentary "The Carrier," screened at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Roland Betts and Maggie Betts, a filmmaker whose documentary "The Carrier," screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Mary Solomon, a trustee at the American Museum of Natural History, and David Solomon, co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Mary Solomon, a trustee at the American Museum of Natural History, and David Solomon, co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Replicas of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball served as party decor.
Replicas of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball served as party decor. Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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