The Gaye Watkins Report

Our “About Town” Journalist Gaye Watkins is seen above holding Megan Mylan’s academy award. Mylan, whose name was mispronounced three times during the reading of the nominees and the announcement of her victory (we can relate, man) won this year for best short film…”Smile Pinki.”

Don’t Need No Ticket to Get On Board …Gaye Watkins Reports.

The Smile Train is celebrating 10 years of 500,000 free surgeries for children with cleft lips and palates around the world. Founders Brian Mullaney, Bill Wang and Host
Norah O’ Donnell (MSNBC) were on hand to start the evening on St. Patrick’s Day. Supporters Colin Powell, Candice Bergen, Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), and Christopher Meloni (Law and Order SVU) told a packed house of patrons in the Frederick P. Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center their feelings for the doctors, staff and children who make up Smile Train. Colin Powell spoke of the generous doctors who perform these surgeries and how we all must remember to help each other regardless of our circumstances in this uncertain economic time. Jokingly he added to the patrons not to worry the Dow will rise above 12,000. Jane Kaczmareck spoke of how her favorite event invitations are Smile Train events. She emotionally described her amazement and gratitude of the organization.

Christopher Meloni and Candice Bergen kept things moving along with their stories of visiting families and children in Haiti and India who were having the surgeries and observed during the operations. If you were a donor this past tuesday night it was truly your night. A Filet Mignon dinner, and a one hour concert by Ronan Tynan the Irish Tenor.

4 Open Bars, mini cheesecake lollipops which were my favorite, mini ice cream cones, live Jazz band till midnight and don’t go without having your picture taken with Producer/Director Megan Mylan who won for best documentary short “Smile Pinki” at the Academy Awards this year. Wow, they’re right, those Oscars really are heavy. Just wish I got a chance to thank The Academy, and god, and my family, but I think the other folks waiting to take a picture with Oscar just wouldn’t have stood for that. The Smile Train believes they provide the same services that similar charities do for one tenth the price. One reason for this is they offer training and supplies to doctors and their staff who live in these countries.

They believe in creating self sufficient communities and their biggest hope is to eradicate the overwhelming need for cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries in the world. Without these surgeries some infants cannot feed and are malnourished, Others are shunned in their communities and do not go to school. You cant help but tear up over some of these stories. What a nice thing to know that there really are angels everywhere.

Broderick Gets a Boost

Matthew Borderick blended in perfectly with the two tone brown decor at 1 Oak, temporary Tribeca Film Festival Home of the Boost Mobile Lounge as he celebrated his new film “Finding Amanda” which premiered last night in Tribeca. Broderick is seen here chatting up Amanda, actress Brittney Snow.

Glamwire’s The Partial Truth

Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. has poached Missoni heiress Margherita Missoni as chief executive officer of the company. Ms. Missoni agreed to change her named To “Jill Granoff” as part of the deal.

This allows Ms Missoni to appropriate the real Jill Granooff’s CMV (“A dream of mine for years” Missoni remarked through a spokeperson in Milan), and Cole is hoping, experience and street smarts. Missoni, now “Granoff, ” who has, as Granoff, been Liz Claiborne’s executive vice president of direct brands, will take over the day-to-day responsibilities for the 25-year-old Kenneth Cole brand, which has been trying to elevate itself for the last few years, from Kenneth Cole, who will give up his career-long title as ceo but continue as chairman and chief creative officer.

Niether the real Ms. Granoff nor Ms. Missoni were availiable for comment. Though Kenneth Cole shouted “Do the Right Thing” at our reporter outside of his Manhatten offices, and then offered the reporter a 1.5 liter bottle of Fiji Water, mumbled something about “Alkaline Balance” and went back inside.

More fashion legends we at Glamwire admire: 0339 Italy, Fashionhaus, 39 sixtyone, Marty Allen, Findings New York, A&G Cashmere, Showroom Seven, Alexandra Lunn, Talulah, Abaete, Poull Brien, Abigal Glaum LathBury, Afshin Feiz, Bijon Notash, Riot Showroom, Aimee G., Akiko Ogawa, Alexander Mcqueen, Libby Estabrook, Mort Sahl, Alexander Wang, The News, Allisa Norton, Mell Ott, Allude, Frank Macgannon, Tom Sachs, Allure Blues, American Retro, And I, Bud Collins, Yanick Noah, Luc Besson, Ani Alvarez Calderon, Dan Lecca, Jeff Beacher, Randy Weiner, Diane Paulus, Beacher’s Comedy madhouse, Victoria Leetsi, Anotonio Berardi, Antonio Marras, The Eden Roc Hotel, Arthur Mendonca, Juju the showroom, Gibo Iris, The Venetian Hotel, AND Richie From Totally Cool Magazine.

Hunger Strike At Cannes

Milon Henry Levine seen above at the 50th Cannes Film Festival, claims he will hunger strike on behalf of the power of the individual at the 6oth Cannes Film Festival. He is currently in training at at undisclosed location. “The individual is powerless over large corporations, which actually prey off of citizens, in many cases ‘legally’ stealing money from them. ” He says that he is striking for the passage of Hr. 811, Rush Holt’s voting legislation that will make electronic voting machines accountable. “Its the first step towards auditing machines that are assaulting people on behalf of big companies. “”

Captain Reed Stowe And Soanya Ahmad Take Off!

Reed Stowe and girlfriend Soanya Ahmad took off for a thousand day sail , to be done without seeing dry land. The sail will set a record for the longest unsupported voyage in history. Reed, an old freind of Glamwire’s, has been dreaming of this voyage for at least 20 years. Its day four today! We congratulate both Reed and Soanya for the courage and spirit of adventure!