By Lindsey Cherner 6/06/12 12:00pm

Broadway

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Liza Minnelli and Tony Danza. (Jonathon Ziegler/PatrickMcMullan.com)

Liza Minnelli “Suprised” to Receive Lifetime Achievement (from Mikhail Baryshnikov and Tony Danza!) at Astaire Awards

The Observer stood in front of a less-than-generous red carpet on Monday—more of a red doormat, really—flanked by photographers and awaiting the arrival of fashionably late Broadway dancers, choreographers and filmmakers.

We were at NYU’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts for the 30th annual Fred and Adele Astaire Awards, which recognizes outstanding achievement in dance on Broadway and film each season—the only award show of its kind, so they advertise. Read More

By Drew Grant 3/05/12 1:01pm

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Heather Swicicki and friends

Socialites Awkwardly Holding Dogs on Red Carpet for Smith Valliere’s Humane Society Toast

(Photos via Patrick McMullan)

Posing on the red carpet is an art, and most of the rich and fabulous have already mastered select “looks” that they know accentuate their best features.

Because these stances are done hundreds of times per year, its tough to teach old dogs new tricks. Or to put it another way, you can’t teach socialites how to react to having old dogs shoved at them as props. (Because let’s be honest, there’s very few ways to look elegant when holding someone else’s baby or pet on the red carpet.) Read More