Valentino,“The Last Emperor”

Thanks to ideeli’s fabulous PR Director, a few of us could attend the star studded premiere for the Valentino documentary “The Last Emperor,” at the MoMA Museum last night. Celebs in attendance included: Anne Hathaway, Gwyneth Paltrow, Claire Danes, Padma Lakshmi, Martha Stewart,  Helena Christiansen, Rachel Roy, and Michael Stipe.

The film focuses on the spirited relationship between the very tan Valentino and his long time lover and business partner Giancarlo Giammetti. Mr. Giammetti, who sat right behind us with Anne Hathaway at the premiere,  has been the business mastermind behind Valentino’s fashion empire, valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars for the last 45 years.  The film celebrates their “marriage” of art, commerce, and friendship. It is a touching film that even manages to portray Karl Lagerfeld  in a very endearing light. Valentino, retired from designing for his label after a no-holds-barred party in Rome that is featured in the documentary.

You can catch Valentino making a rare TV appearance on the Martha Stewart talk show, “Martha” on Friday March 21. “The Last Emperor” opens today, March 18th, in limited release around the country.

Premiere: "Confessions of a Shopaholic"

Here is a confession, we know very little about this movie and never heard of the book. BUT we are still dying to see it. Does not make much sense. Neither does our pictures selection for this post. We randomly downloaded pictures that struck our fancy from the movie's NYC premiere last night at the Ziegfeld Theatre .  Claire Danes, shown above, is not even in the flick- oops.

And well, we just thought the picture of Miss American was amusing. We give her credit for being smart enough for being slightly "more dressed" on the red carpet. The rest of the celebrities were strutting around sans parkas in the 20 degree weather.

Finally we get it right, model/actress/Gilmore girl, Krysten Ritter is in the movie (which stars, Isla Fisher). Movie opens nationally February 13th.