Morgan Freeman and Glenn Close were honored this weekend at the SeaChange Summer Party hosted by Oceana, the largest international organization focused 100% on ocean conservation. Oceana’s various boards include actors Pierce Brosnan, Kelsey Grammer, Sam Waterston as well as co-founder Ted Danson.
Danson co-hosted the event which was held at the Villa di Sogni, a [...]
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As many other green sites are noting today, New York City’s newest park is celebrating its grand opening today. But this isn’t your normal piece of green set aside for public use — the High Line Park is actually set in the sky on top of the bones of an abandoned old rail line. What [...]
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First came Planet Earth, which premiered on the BBC and then hit the Discovery Channel. Then, Disneynature rehashed and added footage from Planet Earth for the theatrical release of their first nature doc titled simply EARTH. Now, another documentary from acclaimed photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand is about to hit Discovery Channel and theatres simultaneously called Home. [...]
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We told you yesterday that Glenn Close was spending Arbor Day at Sternberg Park in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn to help plant more than 200 new trees as part of the initiative’s first-ever Arbor Day Tree-mendous Challenge. And we didn’t lie!
Close and Fox reporter Reid Lamberty took a break from their busy world-changing schedule to pose for a candid [...]
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Arbor Day is just around the corner (AKA TOMORROW) and we’re sick of it being just another lame holiday!
To spice it up a bit, Glenn Close will be spending the day at Sternberg Park in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn to help plant more than 200 new trees as part of the initiative’s first-ever Arbor Day Tree-mendous Challenge.
The [...]
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Amidst the economic downturn, it’s great to get good news that at last one online business we’ve profiled in the past is doing well. FetchDog.com — an online shopping and social networking site started by Glenn Close and her husband David Shaw — just finished another round of $4 million in financing. Company execs expect [...]
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Georgio Armani is one bad boy! In case you haven’t heard the news, Armani got the honor of being added to PETA’s list of fur-free designers after he publicly declared he’d no longer use fur. Then, in the cruelest move of the season, Armani released a new line that included fur coats for babies, floral-printed [...]
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You might have already learned from Ecorazzi that Armani has double-crossed PETA in its past pledge to go fur-free. In a huge “Oh no you didn’t!” measure, PETA immediately started asking Armani wearers to boycott the company. Last week we learned that Glenn Close and Cate Blanchett were sent anti-Armani letters, following past letters to [...]
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As Ecorazzi previously reported, Georgio Armani seriously pissed off PETA (and pretty much every other animal-respecting person) when it was announced that his fall collection would include fur coats for babies, floral-printed fur coats, fur-hemmed skirts, and fur-trimmed jackets. You see besides the fact that wearing fur just totally sucks, Armani has been in talks with [...]
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Riverkeeper — one of my favorite NY organizations that exists to promoting a long-term vision for the Hudson River Valley and provides NYC with its drinking water — held it’s Annual Fisherman’s Ball Benefit May 13th at Pier Sixty on the Hudson River. Riverkeeper’s well known Vice Chair, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered an extremely [...]
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