SOCIAL SAFARI | by R. COURI HAY Ariana Madonna @ Rockefeller, Raising Malawi Hannah Selleck and Georgina Bloomberg @ NY Botanical Garden Winter Wonderland Ball

Event planner Harriette Rose Katz @ Animal Ashram

Anne Hathaway @ NY Botanical Prince Pavlos, Garden Princess Marie- Winter Chantal and Wonderland Princess Olym- Bal pia of Greece and Denmark graced Gstaad

Board Members Audrey and Martin Gruss @ Lincoln Center Fund Gala, Georgina Chapman honoring Carolina Herrera hosted a dinner in Gstaad

PARTYGstaad,Valentino, Georgina OF Chapman, THE Botanical Garden, CarolinaYEAR Herrera, Karolína Wilbur Ross, Madonna & Animal Ashram Kurková @ Raising Malawi

TEARS OF A CLOWN artwork by Damien Hirst, Ai Weiwei, Julian Schnabel, Cindy Sher- If parties could win an Oscar, then Madonna’s Raising Malawi baccha- man, Richard Prince, Steven Meisel and a piece by Tracey Emin, nal would take home top honors for 2016. It was a night of a hundred who beamed from the audience when it sold for $550,000. Karolína stars including Leonardo DiCaprio, Adriana Lima, A-Rod, Donna Kurková sold a diamond snake by Bulgari to Prince Alexander von Karan, Len Blavatnik, Jeremy Scott, Natasha Poly, Alexander Gilkes, Furstenberg for $180,000, but only afer she ofered to lick the serpent. P. Diddy, Calvin Klein, Ron Burkle and David Blaine, who smirked Ooh la la! When a Fiat 500 came on the block, she slapped Agnelli as he swallowed a broken wineglass. Tey all played a role in this night heir Lapo Elkann, saying, “Tis car has been arrested along with its of fun, performance and mischief. Madonna’s 11-year-old son, David owner.” Ouch! Banda, whom she adopted from the tiny African nation, said, “I’d like to introduce you to this clown that I call mom.” In a room decorated DONALD TRUMPS BED like a circus tent, the radiant Material Girl used her wicked tongue (she After The Late Late Show host James Corden introduced hilarious sets kissed and twerked with Ariana Grande) and wild antics (she gave lap by Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock, Madonna came back and con- dances) to raise $7.5 million to build a children’s hospital in Malawi. fessed, “Dating is hard. It’s weird to think the love of your life might Sean Penn helped get the riotous auction rolling when he jumped on- not even be born yet,” adding, “I’m very single and haven’t had sex stage, handcufed Madonna and crawled through her legs to help sell in a long time,” before she launched into an inspired set that ranged a trio of their wedding photographs by Herb Ritts. “For once, he’s not from her own “Holiday” to Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” as pictures of The the one being arrested,” Her Madgesty quipped, before confessing “I’m Donald flashed behind her. The Queen of Pop revealed, “I’ve been in still in love with you, in fact I think I love you more now that we’re Donald Trump’s bed,” but professed it was “only for a magazine shoot divorced.” Penn countered with, “As Americans, we’re used to serving and Trump wasn’t there.” Then she took a dig at his sheets, exclaiming, either a queen or a clown, but I’m used to doing both.” Tis unique “They weren’t Egyptian cotton, because we all know how he feels about

strategy racked up $230,000 for the photographs. Other items included Muslims, don’t we.” Meow! MCMULLAN ©PATRICK

112 | AVENUE MAGAZINE • AVENUE ON THE BEACH • FEBRUARY 2017 SOCIAL SAFARI Carolina Guest @ Animal Ashram THE THREE HUNDRED The evening felt like a private affair because 80 percent of the 300 people already knew each other. Tickets ranged from $5,000 (no guarantee of a seat) to $150,000 for a table, but don’t quibble: you got a single plate of French fries (to share) as the only course. Madonna closed the four-hour extravaganza saying, “They think I’m controversial, but the most controversial thing I’ve done is stick around for 34 years.” Want more? There was an after party with Paris Hilton, Rosario Dawson and Courtney Love. At 4 a.m., Madonna swept in and had a tête-a-tête with Sean Penn. What happened after that, only they know, but the Blond Ambition singer wasn’t found handcuffed to her bed; then again, she had the key.

MARCHESA TAKES GSTAAD Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman and Harvey Weinstein had a dinner for director Quentin Tarantino at Gstaad’s Palace Hotel, which at 104 remains the life and soul of the village. Patricia and Henry Hay’s dashing son, Julian Hay, lead the young set to the hotel’s notorious GreenGo nightclub, where all the ritzy students from Le Rosey dance until dawn. Regulars in this tiny alpine enclave include Val- entino, who entertained Prince Pavlos and Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and their daughter, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece; Naty Abascal; Mar- gherita Missoni; and Tatiana Santa Domingo at his Chalet Giferhorn. Other regulars at the very private Eagle Club include Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark and Princess Tatiana, Pia Getty, Lady Liliana and Lord William Cavendish, Janna Bullock and Roman Polanski. Te Alpina Hotel, the ul- trachic newcomer favored by Tarantino and Elton John, is a must-do for their Sixth Sense Spa experience and New Year’s Day brunch, as well as the end-of- the-year freworks extravaganza orchestrated by owners Marcel Bach, Jean- Larry Wohl and Leesa Claude Mimran and his sons David and Nachson Mimran. Rowland@ Animal Ashram CHEERS AT DOUBLES Hilary Geary and Wilbur Ross got more attention than Santa Claus at Jay and Anne Hearst McInerney and George Farias’ festive party at Doubles.

Princess Tatiana and Ross confded they had gotten a house suitable for entertaining in Washington, Prince Nikolaos of where he will become secretary of commerce. Mufe Potter Aston said that Greece and Denmark do Gstaad Hilary will be “the hostess with the mostess in DC.” In the mix were Patricia Hearst Shaw, Michael and Tara Rockefeller, Candace Bushnell, Agnes Gund, Diandra Douglas, Judith Giuliani, Carol Mack, Deborah Norville, Donna Tartt, Hunt Slonem, Amanda Hearst, Robert Zimmerman, Carol Alt, Chuck Scarborough, Ann Dexter-Jones, Wendy Carduner and 200 others more or less just like them.

WINTER WONDERLAND BALL Anne Hathaway led the perfumed pack to the New York Botanical Garden’s Win- Alexandra ter Wonderland Ball. Te night showcased their Holiday Train Show winding Valentino Lebenthal through a sprawling landscape of iconic New York landmarks made of natural and entertains Sharon Naty Abascal materials. Among those enjoying a sumptuous dinner by Starr Catering Group Bush @ in Gstaad Animal were Gillian Hearst Simonds, Natalie and Georgina Bloomberg, Kick Kennedy, Ashram Ariana Rockefeller, Alexandra Lebenthal, Cristina Cuomo, Whitney Fairchild, Alexandra Lind Rose, Ben Diamond and Emil Gotshall. Te Garden is one of our city’s treasures and should be visited every season. nybg.org

ANIMAL ASHRAM Cornelia Guest and Leesa Rowland organized a beneft for Animal Ashram, which helps homeless pets fnd forever families. Miss Guest served a vegan dinner with Urbani trufes for 80, paired with Dom Ruinart champagne and Whispering Sibylle Eschapasse Angel rosé. Guests included Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, Sharon Bush, Jennifer and entrepreneur Royce Pinkwater Creel, Somers and Jonathan Farkas, artists Peter Max and Robert Cenedella, unveil $25 million Maggie Norris, Patrick McMullan, Dr. Chris Calapai, and others of that ilk and townhouse @ 14th East 11th Street stripe. Chef Josh Tanner of New York Prime Beef prepared Kobe and Wagyu ✦

steaks for the carnivores. animalashram.com MCMULLAN ©PATRICK

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