Party Pictures 8/8/05 - Power of Pink Luncheon; Grand Classics Film Series cocktail party and screening of Ken Loach’s film “Kes” benefiting the American Film Institute

The Women’s Council of Monmouth Medical’s Leon Hess Cancer Center held its annual Power of Pink Luncheon

Luca Luca models

Donna Crosson

Debi Cantor and Karen Benson

The Women’s Council of Monmouth Medical’s Leon Hess Cancer Center honored Lynn Redgrave at their annual Power of Pink Luncheon. This event celebrated a decade of the Women’s Council’s commitment to offering women the latest information on health and well-being; providing support for women and children during the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and raising funds for the Leon Hess Cancer Center and its state-of-the-art services.

Lynn Redgrave

Redgrave and her daughter Annabel Clark were the keynote speakers.

They’ve collaborated on a book Journal, A Mother’s and Daughter’s recovery from Breast Cancer, which was published this year.

Redgrave, who spoke about her personal battle with breast cancer and its impact, has fully recovered. She is currently starring on Broadway in “The Constant Wife” and is about to tour the country in the production of “The Importance of Being Earnest."

Patti Sciafa Springsteen, guitarist, vocalist and a local resident of the Monmouth Medical area, introduced Ms. Redgrave. She also donated copies of her first solo CD album to each luncheon guest.

Judith Stanley Coleman and guests

Proceeds from this event will provide for the purchase of MRI Guided Breast Biopsy equipment to diagnose and stage suspected breast cancer. This advanced equipment is available in very few breast centers across the country. Monmouth Medical Center surgeons, oncologists and patients will benefit greatly by its technologically advanced abilities. Additionally, funds will be directed to the Hereditary Risk Assessment Program, designed for individuals and their families concerned about the hereditary risk for developing cancer.

In addition to Redgrave’s address, the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation provided music by “Outside The Box,” a jazz band of teenage musicians. There was an informal modeling of Luca Luca women’s apparel; and Gem of An Idea, a Fair Haven-based jeweler sponsored an intriguing sweepstakes to win a pearl necklace valued at $20,000.

Jane Whittemann

Lynn Redgrave was flown in by Helicopter, compliments of Elliot Vernon

Candice Bednar

Maureen Bay and Cheryl Russo

Chelsea Palermo singing the National Anthem

Susan Kyrillos, Andrea Forrester, and Mary Weir

Luca Luca models

Beata Drozd

Susan Kyrillos, Judy Stanley Coleman, Bonnie Levin, Lauren Vernon, and Bridgette Murphy

Judy Stanley Coleman at the mic

Paige Benigno

Isabelle Abry

Bonnie Levin and guests

Debbie Ansell, Gale Grossman, Claire Knopf, and Ann Unterberg

Lauren Vernon, Charlene and Connie Masselli, and Ellen Gazzola

Beata Drozd and Trisha Walsh-Smith

Two views from the home of Judith Stanley Coleman in Middletown, N.J.

Photographs by Rob Rich/516-676-3939

Grand Classics Film Series cocktail party and screening of Ken Loach’s film “Kes” benefiting the American Film Institute

Annie Churchill

Famke Janssen

Julia Stiles

Mark Langrish and Emma Snowdon-Jones

Last Tuesday night (July 26th), Daniel Day-Lewis and Rebecca Miller hosted a special invitational Grand Classics Film Series cocktail party and screening of Ken Loach’s film “Kes” benefiting the American Film Institute (AFI) at Manhattan’s Soho House. THE WEEK and Hugo Boss sponsored the evening, which raised money and awareness for film preservation. It is the latest in the film series, co-founded by Katrina Pavlos and Vanessa Wingate of Indyssey Entertainment to celebrate the power of film to inspire.

Rebecca Miller and Daniel Day Lewis

In the screening room and at the pre-party, featuring STOLI ELIT VODKA, were Sam Rockwell, Tom Hulce, Julia Stiles, Patricia Clarkson, Famke Janssen, Amy Ryan and Chris Messina, Bingham Ray, Jim Deutch, Sofia Sondervan, Leopoldo Gout, Ellen Kuras, Emilia Fanjul Pfeifler, Lucy Sykes and Euan Rellie, Tinsley Mortimer, Dabney Mercer, Annie Churchill, Mark Langrish, Emma Snowdon-Jones, Nadine Johnson, Bobby Zarem, Glenda Bailey, Sally Singer, Jillian Demling, Glenn Kenny, Lionel Geneste, Mary Ellen Mills, Nigel Croft Adams, Emma Shillinglet, Carlo von Zeischel, Ashleigh Verrier, Paola Mello and Caroline Cameron.

Recent screenings in London: Michael Caine presented Casablanca to the likes of Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Harold Pinter and Isabella Blow; Jonny Lee Miller presented Singing in the Rain to a very enthusiastic audience including Betsy Blair, Blur’s Damon Alburn, James Purefoy, Edoardo Ponti. Future hosts from the Grand Classics committee will also include Rachel Weisz, Anjelica Huston, Susan Sarandon, Rupert Everett and Charlize Theron.