The Tuesday Party Report
Tom Hanks was honored with the Chaplin Award at the at the 36th annual Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute last night, where he was joined by an A-list crowd including Julia Roberts, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Charlize Theron, Sally Field, Glenn Close, Adrien Brody, Mike Nichols, Graydon Carter, Sam Mendes, Christopher Walken, Christy Turlington and Ed Burns, Christie Brinkley, Lorne Michaels, Jeff Zucker, Nora Ephron and Nick Pileggi, David Gregory, Joy and Regis Philbin, John Patrick Shanley, Bruce Springsteen, Ninah and Michael Lynne, Leslie and Robert Zemeckis, Roger Waters, Jonathan Demme, Jeremy Irons, Abby McGrew and Eli Manning, Ken Burns, Nigel Barker, Rob Wiesenthal, and Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, along with Tom's wife Rita Wilson and son Colin Hanks. [PMc, Wireimage, FWD, USA Today, People]
• The annual New York Women in Communications Matrix Awards took place at the Waldorf yesterday. This year's honorees and attendees included Julianne Moore, Linda Wells, Campbell Brown, Jessica Lange, Joan Ganz Cooney, Meredith Vieira, Deborah Roberts, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sigourney Weaver, Wendy Diamond, Dany Levy, Ann Shoket, Leslee Dart, Sherrie Rollins Westin, Linda Sawyer, Monica Langley, as well as a handful of men including Jeff Zucker, Donny Deutsch, Brian Williams, Kurt Andersen, Paul Steiger, and Tom Hanks. [PMc, Wireimage, WWD]
• Samantha Boardman Rosen and Inès de la Fressange hosted a dinner for Roger Vivier at La Goulue last night. Guests included Jamee Gregory, Lauren duPont, Jennifer Creel, Charlotte Sarkozy, Marjorie Gubelmann, Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Allison Sarofim, Andre Leon Talley, Glenda Bailey, Amanda Brooks, Allison Aston, Alexandra Lebenthal, Renee Rockefeller, Annie Churchill, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, and Lee Radziwill. [PMc, WWD, GoAG]
• Matthew Broderick was the center of attention at the opening night of The Philanthropist at the Roundabout on Sunday night. In attendance was Broderick's wife, Sarah Jessica Parker, along with Nathan Lane, Swoosie Kurtz, Eric Bogosian, Jerry Stiller, Philip Glass, Martha Plimpton, Bill Irwin, Debra Monk, Jefferson Mays, Tiana Silliphant and Christopher Hampton, Boyd Gaines, Steven Weber, and Ron Rifkin. [PMc, Wireimage]
• Stuart Parr threw a party for the launch of Natalie Portman's new Web site, MakingOf.com, at his Tribeca apartment on Friday night. Guests at the event, which was co-hosted by Alex & Ani and Interview’s Glenn O'Brien and Christopher Bollen, included Natalie's business partner Christine Aylward, Anne Hathaway, Debbie Harry, Rashida Jones, Allison Sarofim, Fabiola Beracasa, Francisco Costa, Julie Gilhart, Max Minghella, Yigal Azrouël, Tom Sachs, Nadine Johnson, Nat Rothschild, Jon Patricof, and Lyle Maltz. [PMc, Wireimage, SF]