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HSH Prince Albert II with honoree Mikhail Baryshnikov at the Princess Grace Awards Gala.

Julianna Margulies.

Event co-chairs Gillian and Sylvester Miniter.

Diane Sawyer.

Susan Fales Hill with co-chair Valesca Guerrand-Hermès at the Trophée des Arts gala.
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco presented the inaugural Prince Rainier III award to Mikhail Baryshnikov at the 2005 Princess Grace Awards Gala held at Cipriani 42nd Street. Meryl Streep served as honorary chair of One World One Child, a benefit for Arts for Healing and the Children's Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC) held at the Pierre Hotel. Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani and the New York Mets were honored at a fundraiser in New York City benefiting Tuesday's Children, a nonprofit, family-service organization founded by family and friends of September 11th victims. More than 450 guests attended the New-York Historical Society's History Makers Gala, which honored Chelsea Piers founders, Roland Betts and Tom Bernstein. The French Institute Alliance Française awarded its highest honor to Cirque du Soleil at its Trophée des Arts gala held at the Rainbow Room.

Karen Nisenson, founder of Arts for Healing; Meryl Streep; Nancy Chuda, co-founder & president of CHEC, and her husband, Jim, co-founder and vice-president of CHEC; at the One World One Child Benefit.

Honorees Roland W. Betts (left) and Tom A. Bernstein (right) with honorary chairwoman First Lady Laura Bush at the New York Historical Society's History Makers Gala.

Brian Kelly; honoree Jeff Wilpon, Mets senior executive vice president and COO; Judith Giuliani; honoree Rudolph W. Giuliani; Chris Burke and Jane Hanson at the Tuesday's Children benefit.


Honoree the 12th Duke of Devonshire, co-chair Christine Hearst Schwarzman and board member Stephen A. Schwarzman at the Frick Collection Autumn Dinner.

Board member Howard Phipps, Jr., and co-chair Mary Stone.

Mercedes and Sid Bass.

Carolyn Roehm and Katherine Bryan.

Ambassador Walter J. P. Curley and Mrs. Henry Clay Frick II.

Brooke and Peter Duchin with Anne Bass.

General chair Princess Yasmin Aga Khan at the Alzheimer's Association Rita Hayworth Gala.

Gala chair Somers Farkas with honoree Dennis Basso.

Hilary and Bryant Gumbel.

Jay McInerney and Anne Hearst.
The Frick Collection held its Autumn Dinner in honor of the Duke of Devonshire. The focus was on the important and inspirational role that his family has played via the stewardship and preservation of Chatsworth, their great country house. This year's event, which raised $500,000 in support of The Frick Collection, was the largest ever held.
The Waldorf-Astoria was transformed into the glamorous Stork Club for this year's Rita Hayworth Gala. Over 800 guests attended the event, which honored Dennis Basso and Robert Benmosche. The gala raised $1.9 million for the Alzheimer's Association.
Photo credit:
First row, image 1: Jerry Lacay; image 4: Patrick McMullan; second row, image 1: Chance Yeh/Patrick McMullan, image 2: Patrick McMullan, All rights reserved; third row, image 1: New York Historical Society/Chris Trotman, image 2: Karen Furth; fourth row, image 1: Christine A. Butler, image 2: Alan Klein, image 3: Alan Klein; fifth row, image 1: Christine A. Butler, image 2: Christine A. Butler, image 3: Alan Klein; sixth row: Patrick McMullan
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