In a career spanning almost six decades, the costume designer Ann Roth, 79, has more than 190 film and theater credits, including “Midnight Cowboy,” “The Day of the Locust” and “The English Patient,” for which she won an Oscar. Ms. Roth is working on the film version of “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” starring Tom Hanks, and is nominated for a Tony Award for best costume design of a musical for “The Book of Mormon.” [full story]
JILL SCOTT, 39, a Philadelphia native, has won three Grammys for her R&B, soul and spoken-word recordings. With 5 million records sold worldwide, the singer and occasional actress will release her fourth studio album, “The Light of the Sun,” on Tuesday. Her corresponding Summer Block Party tour begins July 28 at the Jones Beach Theater in Wantagh, N.Y… [full story]
Nur Khan, 44, was a trader on Wall Street for six years before joining the night life industry. The man behind Wax, Sway, Rose Bar and the recently closed Don Hill’s, he’s now often found at Kenmare, his first restaurant venture. [full story]
When not chasing down her 3-, 5- and 7-year-olds, Patricia Lansing, at 37 the youngest of the designer Carolina Herrera’s four daughters, works as a creative consultant for her mother’s line and for the Go Project, a charity serving low-income students. [full story]
ONLY in New York would scaffolding become party décor. That was the inventive solution, anyway, at the Chanel Tribeca Film Festival dinner at the Odeon, where the metal bars were draped with ivy and white roses to form a blossoming entranceway. [full story]