GENTRY SIMPLY LUNCH WITH RADIANT BEN AFFLECK & Sharon MATT DAMON? Stone Two Stanford Grads make Dazzles Omaze-ing Dreams Come True GEORGE LUCAS GENTRY’s & FRANCIS FORD 5TH ANNUAL COPPOLA A Look Back at the HOLLYWOOD Early Days of ISSUE Zoetrope Studios PINOT & More Than a POPCORN Mere Politician THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE An Insider’s Look at the AND TIMES OF PRESIDENT Napa Valley Film Festival HERBERT HOOVER + OCTOBER 2015 WWW.GENTRYMAGAZINE.COM The Autumn Issue of GENTRY HEALTH FEATURES OCTOBER 2015 // VOLUME NO. 23 // ISSUE NO. 7
98 114 HOLLYWOOD NORTH GEORGE LUCAS, FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA The very first moving picture made took place on Leland & THE EARLY DAYS Stanford’s farm in Palo Alto. Made in 1878 by Edward OF AMERICAN ZOETROPE Muybridge, the film, titled “Horse in Motion,” showcased Award-winning author Steven Travers examines groundbreaking motion photography. Nearly a century-and- the brilliant Northern California-based figures behind some a-half later, the Bay Area’s ties to the film industry and of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. visual technology are stronger than ever. 120 108 NOTHING SHORT OF OMAZE-ING! HOLLYWOOD & VINE Stanford grads Matt Pohlson and Ryan Cummings Under the direction of Marc and Brenda Lhormer, the annual want to make your Hollywood dreams come Napa Valley Film Festival has become a high-wattage gather- true and raise a bundle for charity. Kristy Gustafson ing of celebrated personalities and films. interviews this dynamic duo.
ON THE COVER: Oscar-winning actress Sharon Stone. Photography by Art Streiber/AUGUST.
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hile Oscar- winning actress Sharon Stone spends most Wof her time in L.A. nowa- days, San Francisco still tugs at her heart. After all, San Francisco was the setting of her star-turn as Catherine Trammell in Paul Verhoeven’s block- buster Basic Instinct, and again while married to SF Chronicle’s Phil Bron- stein. Everyone in town remembers her strutting the catwalk at the HOTTER San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary fashion show fundraisers and coaxing big bucks out of the audience as auctioneer extra- THAN ordinaire—her sheer charisma and sultriness doubling the donations. This August the Drever Family Foundation (run by Jan and Maxwell EVER Drever and their children) convinced Stone to work her magic again and Sharon Stone dazzles at the recent serve as guest auctioneer at their annual “Hotbed” fundraising gala in Tiburon. “Hotbed Gala” to raise funds for non- profit 10,000 Degrees that specializes in Sharon Stone wears a gown, complete with feathered providing educational opportunities wings, by T. Rains at the Hotbed Gala in Tiburon. E W ALTIZER
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Joe Jonas for at-risk youth. The gala featured a Fund-a- Justin Fichelson Need live auction, art gallery, fashion show by and Ryan Biggs T. Rains, and dancing. Singer Joe Jonas served as the after-party celebrity DJ. But the star of the evening was Stone. From the moment she walked onto the Drever estate in Tiburon sheathed in a T. Rains custom-made ethereal gown, complete with feathered wings, all eyes were on the 57-year-old actress whose beauty seems only to improve with time. Donald and Lisa Pliner Stone left the set of Agent X, her new televi- sion series (launching this fall on TNT) where she plays the U.S. Vice President, to be part of the Hotbed Gala. Her sex appeal and magic touch as auctioneer have not waned, and she was able to double the amount of funds raised last year. She auctioned nine lots of priceless
Joe Jonas and Keila Crounse and Sharon Stone Matt Nordgren on stage
Isabelle Drever and her father Malcolm Drever
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Stone (pictured on stage at the Hotbed Gala and taking a selfie with partygoers, below) has dedicated much of her life to helping those in need, supporting a wide range of charities like The Elton John AIDS Foundation, Habitat For Humanity, and Lupus LA. She has served as the Global Campaign Chair for amfAR for over 20 years. And at the 2014 Cinema Against AIDS event, she helped raise a record $35 million in a single evening!
experiences and trips, including the Masters Golf Tournament, a Columbus Zoo and Safari visit with Jack Hanna, a six-night/seven-day Costa Rican Adventure, a guitar signed by five-time Academy of Country Music Award- winning artist Jason Aldean, an Ameri- can Music Awards experience for two in L.A., trips to Maui, Rome, and more. You can bet the Drever’s will lobby to get her back again next year.
Joe Jonas poses for the camera at the Hotbed Gala. PHOTOS: DREW ALTIZER
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