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Great New Films And Parties Celebrated Over The Holidays!

by Jennifer Tuesday

[Excerpt from Dec 23 2009 post] Of course with the Holiday season in full swing the parties are endless – recession or not.Bonnie Comley and husband and producing partner Stewart Lane moved their annual Holiday do to the prestigious Harmonie Club as the guest list – some 300 – was a little much for their New York apartment. Beside the terrific crowd of show folks, Comley-Lane had the most wonderful Santa we have ever seen at a party and the amazing Wendy Baner, “The Pipe Cleaner Lady” who with a flick of the wrist and an assortment of tinsel covered pipe cleaners created faux jewels, Peace signs, musical notes and even dreidels for the gang who acted like little kids each time she wove her magic! You can catch Wendy and her pipe cleaners on Martha Stewart this week for a crash course in creating your own tinsel treasures.

As always, the couple’s parties are truly ecumenical affairs and this was no exception as Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa were all part of the celebration. Enjoying the lavish buffet, we spotted a host of Hamptons’ friends including producers Margo McNabb andJimmy Nederlander, Friar’s Club impresario Randi Levine Miller, actress/writer/directorKate Mueth, publicists Liz Derringer and Robert Zimmerman, society photographer Ann Watt Dylan Page, Mary Ellen Winston, Tony Vargas, Emanuel Sylvano, singer Julie Budd, Steiner Studios’ David andSylvia Steiner, Roger Webster, author Ward Morehouse III, Jason Grant, Caroline Winston and Sherry Eaker. As always celeb photo man Rob Rich chronicled – for better or worse – the partiers!