Celebrities and Philebrities were out and about this past weekend in Philly, as well as Philly folks running into celebrities elsewhere.
night at Fire and Ice in Old City.
Celebrities and Philebrities were out and about this past weekend in Philly, as well as Philly folks running into celebrities elsewhere.
The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (ABC)
strengthens our creative sector, including arts, culture and for-profit
creative businesses, by engaging the business, legal & technology
communities, providing capacity-building services, and serving as a
thought leader and a convener. ABC, with the support of the Greater
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, is uniquely positioned to actively
connect the creative sector with the business, legal and technology
communities. T
Tim Brown, President and CEO, IDEO— on The Collective Genius book.
“The leadership of innovative teams and organizations is perhaps the most confounding mystery in business today . . . Collective Genius
reveals the principles by which we can unlock the collective potential
of our colleagues and release the creative potential of our
organizations.”
Co-authors on the book are pretty impressive to boot:
Greg Brandeau, long-time head of technology at Pixar Animation Studios, is a former EVP and CTO for The Walt Disney Studios.
Emily Truelove is a researcher and PhD candidate at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Kent Lineback
has spent more than twenty-five years as a manager and executive and,
before that, several years as a consultant and a creator of management
development programs. He has collaborated on several books, including Being the Boss.
A few weeks ago I headed to the Simone Automobile Museum to attend the NFL Cheerleaders Alumni Reunion – 65 Years of Cheering for the Philadelphia Chapter ie The Eagles.
There’s a lot of classic beauties there, which brings me to the ladies who once brought smiles to the faces of millions of fans.
Here’s my trip to Lancaster , PA last Sunday. I think you’ll be able to eek out one more weekend of decent colorful landscape’s before they look dull and boring. (I had a shoot last night, and another this morning at 8AM so I did this quick column for today. Tomorrow I have lots of fun party photos and that Eagles cheerleading reunion I’ve been telling you about…)
The Stapler Building has finally found an tenant. Empty since 2006, the building was bought by the Spain family and then renovated in hopes of finding a tenant. It’s been a long time coming
A couple people asked me the other day what happened to my “Woof Woof Wednesday posts, that their pets really liked their 15 minutes of fame. I just got so busy I hadn’t collected any pixs for the piece, but I’m going to bring it back. I live in a no pet building, so I get to vicariously live through you all and your pet adventures. Here we go…
Based on the true story of Olympic Wrestling Champion Mark Schultz and
paranoid-schizophrenic millionaire coach John du Pont, who murdered
Schultz’s brother, Olympic Champion Dave Schultz in 1996 on du Pont’s
estate Foxcatcher in Newtown Square, Pa.
Director Bennett Miller (who
directed Capote), won the Best Director Award at the 2014 Cannes Film
Festival for Foxcatcher, was also on hand as was Dave Schulz’s wife
Nancy.
Sixteen Candles star Anthony Michael Hall (he plays duPont’s
assistant in the movie), is all grown up, he brought his beautiful fiance actress Lucia Oskerova,
(proving that geeks are sexy and get teh babes.) The movie also stars Steve Carell as
John Eleuthère du Pont, Channing Tatum as Mark Schultz, an Olympic gold
medal-winning wrestler, Mark Ruffalo as Dave Schultz, Mark’s older
brother and du Pont’s longtime friend, and an Olympic gold medal-winning
wrestler, Vanessa Redgrave as Jean Liseter Austin du Pont, John’s
mother and
Thursday night at DelFrisco’s the Young Friends of the Academy
Music held their annual Monster Ball. Proceeds
from the event go to the Academy of Music Restoration Fund. This year the
Academy’s 158th Anniversary Ball and concert will be held on Saturday, January 24, 2015 , with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Music
Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Guests enjoyed
light bites, cocktails and danced to the tunes of DJ Eddie Tully, drummer Fizz
and songstress Jessy Kyle.