Manhattan born writer/director Tony Gilroy doesn’t direct everything he writes, but in a way he feels he’s always directing, at least in his mind.
His new movie “Behemoth!” — screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival last week — has him in both jobs for the first time since 2007’s “Michael Clayton,” starring George Clooney.
“Really great writing is about journalism that’s in your head. Even in the beginning, I was directing every movie I ever wrote, in my head. I think you have to,” Gilroy said.
“Behemoth!” stars Pedro Pascal as a concert cellist. Olivia Wilde plays one of many former girlfriends.
“You can’t write well if you’re not directing the movie in your head. How are you going to tell anyone about it?” he adds.
And does he edit in his head? Nope. He leaves that to his brother John, who was standing next to him on the red carpet.
Before they were in show business they tended bar in New York during “the blender years,” John tells me. “I could make you a melon ball right now.” Cheers.
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Interior designer Geoffrey Bradfield raised eyebrows at his 80th birthday party at the Lowell Hotel with a group of nearly naked male models body-painted in safari garb.
Clothed safari guides in white hats and suits with fake mustaches greeted the guests, who included Sharon Bush, Peter Thomas Roth, Susan Gutfreund, Lucia Hwong Gordon, Paola Bacchini, Leesa Rowland, and Jacqueline Weld Drake.
Bradfield also had Jeff Koons-inspired balloons of wild animals — including a camel, rhinoceros and lion — which Bradfield had produced in China especially for the party.
Zebra tablecloths and napkins completed the safari theme, and the walls were decorated with faux magazine covers of Bradfield and his partner, auctioneer William Featherby.
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Since Frederique Constant watches were on display Wednesday night at a Rainbow Room fashion event, we had to ask a few influencers and icons: “Is it better to be fashionably early or fashionably late?”
“I think personally, fashionably early,” Vera Wang regally told us. “But I’m late, so I can say that,” she said with a sly smile. “It’s less stressful and more respectful to arrive early. It’s happened a few times and I usually go to the bar.”
Designer Christian Siriano “shows up early for the people and I’m always looking for someone to hire.”
Instagram knockout Paige Paul said, “I’m always fashionably late but I’m working on it.” Hey, maybe they all need a new watch.
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America’s obsession with the Kennedys continues due to the FX series “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette.”
If you want to own a piece of Camelot magic, M.S. Rau in New Orleans is offering a 1961 rocking chair owned by President John F. Kennedy that he used to help soothe his chronic back pain in the White House for $498k.
It is the only Kennedy rocker known to have been gifted by the President; he gave it to his friend W. Averell Harriman.
The bond between the families ran deep: following JFK’s assassination, Jackie Kennedy and her two children stayed at Harriman’s house in Georgetown.
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Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), the world’s largest dance network based in New York, will present a series of performances at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts this weekend (Oct. 16 to 18).
The Fresh Voices in Dance series will spotlight the next generation of choreographers and ballet talent.
The program features works developed through the Marcella Hymowitz Creative Fellowship for Choreography, made possible by a million-dollar gift to YAGP from her husband Gregg Hymowitz.
The featured choreographers come from all over the world, including “So You Think You Can Dance” finalist Braylon Browner, Swiss-Brazilian Davidson Farias, Rio de Janeiro’s Manoela Gonçalves, Afro-Italian choreographer Nnamdi Nwagwu, and My’Kal Stromile.
Now in its 28th season, YAGP has supported more than 300k young dancers through scholarships, education and performance opportunities.
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Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose was set to join fellow rock star Yoshiki on stage at the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in front of 60K people before the event was rained out.
The two rehearsed together and planned to perform Yoshiki’s hit “Red Swan.”
“I’m heartbroken that the festival was canceled. Axl’s kindness helped me get through all of this. I hope we’ll have another opportunity to rock together soon.”
This week, Josh Groban and the Japanese rock star released their music video “Forever Love,” which is being considered for multiple Grammy categories, including Best Asian Pop Music Performance.
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Out & About: Pharrell, Halle Berry, Naomi Campbell, Gigi Hadid, Jennifer Lopez and Dionne Warwick are among the stars who have been interviewed by beauty writer Kayla Greaves. The journalist moderated a panel on the documentary “Does Beauty Matter” with PARK Magazine editor Julie Sagoskin and industry leader Francis Tesmer … Conservation photographer Prince Hussain Aga Khan will present “Animal Voyage” at Isabelle Bscher’s Galerie Gmurzynska’s Eastb 57th Street location on Oct. 28. The exhibition will showcase photos of wildlife, including cheetahs, lions, parrots, and sharks … The Peter Max retrospective at Park West Gallery SoHo drew Neil deGrasse Tyson, Marky Ramone, Jamie DeRoy, Neil Patrick Harris, Dr. Judy Kuriansky, caricaturist Ken Fallon, and Steve and Debbie Garrin … Radmila Lolly held her song release party for “We Cute” at the WYN 317 art gallery in Miami last weekend.