"Rose Hartman Rose Hartman (born May 16, 1937) is a photographer, travel writer, and author who lives and works in New York. Hartman claims she got hooked on photography during an assignment From DNR (a fashion publication) to shoot an elaborate Hemingway wedding in Sun Valley, Idaho in 1976."" Hartman is the subject of the 2016 documentary film ""The Incomparable Rose Hartman"". Hartman is known for her celebrity portraiture. Her photograph of Bianca Jagger riding a white horse at the Studio 54 nightclub at her 30th birthday party is widely known as her most recognizable photo. Lloyd Grove, writing in"
"Rod Stewart, and the Rolling Stones to New York City. Vanini ran some of the greatest clubs in Europe including Regines. He and Peppo Vanini had met at Studio 54. Madelyn Fudeman was the publicity person. Xenon was regarded as much more of a ""Fashion Crowd"", while Studio 54 was more Hollywood. Still, many celebrities such as Andy Warhol, Halston, Michael Jackson, Jack Nicholson, Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall, Tom Cruise, Richard Avedon, Cher, O.J. Simpson, Christopher Reeve, Elton John, Roger Moore, John McEnroe, Tony Curtis, Brooke Shields, David Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Robin Williams frequented the club."
"Studio 54 Studio 54 is a former nightclub and currently a Broadway theatre, located at 254 West 54th Street, between Eighth Avenue and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building, originally built as the Gallo Opera House, opened in 1927, after which it changed names several times, eventually becoming CBS radio and television Studio 52. In the late 1970s, at the peak of the disco dancing and music trend, the building was renamed after its location and became a world-famous nightclub and discotheque. The nightclub founders spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on professional lighting design and kept"
"when Diana Ross and Liza Minnelli serenaded Rubell and Schrager. Ryan O'Neal, Farrah Fawcett, Mariel Hemingway, Jocelyn Wildenstein, Richard Gere, Gia Carangi, Jack Nicholson, Reggie Jackson, and Sylvester Stallone were among the guests that night. Schrager and Rubell pleaded guilty to tax evasion and spent 13 months in prison. On January 17, 2017, Schrager received a presidential pardon from President Barack Obama. In 1981, Rubell and Schrager sold the building but opted to keep a lease. Later that year, the building was sold to Mark Fleischman with Rubell and Schrager staying on as consultants for six months afterward. Studio 54"
"Loft for a short period in the 1970s as the hottest underground dance party. When Steve Rubell opened Studio 54, he asked Siano to be one of its resident DJs, so while remaining at The Gallery on weekends, during the week he could be seen at Studio 54 or one of the other now legendary discos that appeared at that time. Siano worked the DJ booth at Bianca Jagger's infamous Studio 54 birthday party. He was known for playing underground alternative music as opposed to the disco hits that were dominating the nightclub scene. Siano was fired from Studio 54"
"nightclub in June 1962. In the three years since making her Broadway debut in ""Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"", Mansfield had become the most controversial star of the decade. In April 1957, her breasts were the focus of a notorious publicity stunt intended to deflect media attention from Sophia Loren during a dinner party in the Italian star's honor. Photographs of them were published around the world. The best-known photo showed Loren's gaze falling on actress's cleavage (she was seated between Loren and her dinner companion, Clifton Webb) when Mansfield leaned over the table, allowing her breasts to spill over"
"named one of the world's premier hotel and dining venues by ""Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous"". Tapping into the popularity of disco, Haber opened Cecils, a Chinese restaurant/discothèque on October 1, 1979. The $1.2 million disco rivaled Studio 54 in popularity and attracted celebrities like Kirk Douglas, Sonny Bono, Evel Knievel, Reggie Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Joan Collins, Jack Paar, Mary Martin, Carol Conners, Lola Falana, Lyle Waggoner, Ed Marinaro, Deney Terrio and John Travolta. Haber followed Cecils with a pair of dining ventures in the early 1980s: Saturdays and Doubles. Saturdays was a knock off of the T.G.I. Friday's"
"""Inside Studio 54"" in October, 2017. Many details of his years as owner are detailed as well as his experience buying the club from Ian Schrager and Steve Rubell while they were incarcerated. Famed New York City doorman Haoui Montaug worked as a doorman at Studio 54. Paul Heyman was a photographer, producer, and promoter at the club in the mid 1980s. From 1981 to April 1986, Studio 54 was under the ownership of Mark Fleischman. In April 1989, The Ritz nightclub, which had previously operated at 11th Street and Third Avenue from 1980 to 1987, moved into the former"
"Studio 54 (Las Vegas) Studio 54 opened in Las Vegas in December 1997 and closed in February 2012 at the MGM Grand. Designed to be a replica of the original Studio 54 nightclub, it had most of the original elements and equipment, including the ""Man in the Moon"" and the spoon, however the two were never displayed together. The club was visited on opening night by Elton John, one of the most frequent guests at the original location. It was one of Las Vegas' most popular dance clubs, with a reputation for a strict door policy, but not as strict"
"1963, when Burton began a liaison with Elizabeth Taylor. She divorced Burton in 1963 on grounds of ""abandonment and cruel and inhumane treatment"", receiving a $1million settlement and custody of their children. In 1965, Burton founded a nightclub in Manhattan at 154 East 54th Street, the site of El Morocco; numerous celebrities and well-known artists contributed, including Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein, Roddy McDowall, and Stephen Sondheim. ""Arthur"", as the club was known, (the precursor to Studio 54) became a popular nightclub for celebrities during its short tenure (1965–69). Frequent habitués included Truman Capote, Wilt Chamberlain, Roger Daltrey, Princess Margaret, Rudolph"
"was a doorman during the late 1970s. The band Chic wrote a song in 1978, ""Le Freak"", after being refused entry to the club on New Year's Eve 1977, despite being invited by Grace Jones. In December 1978, Rubell was quoted in the New York newspapers as saying that Studio 54 had made $7 million in its first year and that ""only the Mafia made more money"". This got the attention of the IRS. Shortly thereafter the nightclub was raided and Rubell and Schrager were arrested for skimming $2.5 million. Studio 54 closed with a final party in February 1980"
"to hang out and the store offered free espresso and music from resident DJs – it became known as the daytime Studio 54 because of the disco crowd that gathered there. Fiorucci became friendly with Andy Warhol and gave him a free office in the store in order to set up ""Interview"". Warhol described the store as fun, saying: ""That's all I ever wanted, all plastic"". Fiorucci also offered wall space to artist Keith Haring and gave retail concessions to designers Anna Sui and Betsey Johnson. Famous patrons included Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Onassis and Cher, and the teenage Marc Jacobs"
"in Manhattan. They signed the lease for Studio 54 in January 1977, and six weeks later, it opened. In January 1977, Schrager and Rubell signed the lease for Studio 54, renting a space that had originally been the Gallo Opera House and last served as a CBS studio. They drew on the venue's existing theatrical infrastructure to change the club's look and feel constantly, creating exciting sets that transformed the space. Multiple times each night, they dramatically reinvented the environment, size, and design of Studio 54. They often hosted special ""one-night-only"" theme parties, for which the club underwent complete metamorphosis"
"place where they could gather, but other customers were attracted by the door inside (autographed by visiting celebrities) which gave the club its name, the fine music, and drinks that started at fifty cents."" An upstairs room was used for informal jazz sessions. In its first year, musicians such as Bunny Berigan, Georg Brunis, Bobby Hackett, Billie Holiday, Max Kaminsky, Wingy Manone, and Red Norvo helped establish its reputation. Vocalist Bessie Smith's only 52nd Street appearance was at the Famous Door – for a single date in February 1936. The club was predominantly for white musicians; black musicians Holiday and"
"sound"", and shortly afterward the songs ""Never Can Say Goodbye"" by Gloria Gaynor, ""The Hustle"" by Van McCoy, and ""Love to Love You Baby"" by Donna Summer emerged. In 1977, the opening of Studio 54 in Manhattan, and the success of the film ""Saturday Night Fever"" (which featured John Travolta and music by the Bee Gees), added to the popularity of the disco genre. The following year, Paradise Garage opened in Manhattan's West Village, the New York radio station WKTU became ""all-disco"", and the number of discothèques in the nation reached nearly 20,000. At the 21st Grammy Awards in 1979,"
"late 1970s, Studio 54 was one of the best-known nightclubs in the world, and it played a formative role in the growth of disco music and nightclub culture in general. Several franchises, notably in Las Vegas, have sprung up around the country. Additionally, multiple works of art, entertainment, and media refer to or are associated with the nightclub. Examples include: Studio 54 Studio 54 is a former nightclub and currently a Broadway theatre, located at 254 West 54th Street, between Eighth Avenue and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building, originally built as the Gallo Opera House, opened"
"54 the discothèque that defined an era of nightlife had opened in April 1977. Paramount Pictures had just begun shooting ""Saturday Night Fever;"" by the end of the summer, disco would be America's second largest grossing entertainment business after professional sports. If discos like Studio 54 provided an escape from the ugliness, its punk analog, a dive on The Bowery called CBGB, embraced it, featuring acts such as Television, Blondie, Patti Smith, and the Ramones. ""Broken youth stumbling into the home of broken age,"" wrote Frank Rose in the ""Village Voice"". In the midst of the various threads, Mahler writes"
"over 500,000 copies, although the album went on to sell almost a million copies. Despite the album's success, it has been out of print since its original release and has not been re-released on compact disc. Nightclub and discotheque Studio 54, located at 254 West 54th Street, between Eighth Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan, New York City, was founded and opened by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager in 1977, and by 1979 it had become a world-famous front for disco music. The genesis for ""A Night at Studio 54"", a compilation featuring music from the club, came about when was"
"Anita Sarko Anita Sarko (c. 1947 – October 18, 2015) was an American DJ and journalist. She grew up in Detroit. attended the University of Arizona and graduated from the Michigan State University. She moved to New York City in 1979 and was soon the DJ in the VIP room at the legendary Mudd Club where she was known for the extraordinarily eclectic array of music she played. In 1983 she began spinning at another legendary NYC nightspot Danceteria. In 1985 she went to work for Studio 54 founder Steve Rubell at his new club the Palladium, becoming the musical"
"who were dressed in flamboyant red and gold costumes designed by the couturier Thierry Mugler. And on opening night, 1 March 1978, the Palace set the tone for the future by offering an extravagant spectacle in which Grace Jones sang La Vie en Rose surrounded by dry ice and shining roses while perched atop a pink Harley Davidson. To complete the dramatic experience at the club, the Palace, not content with one laser, had three, along with descending disco balls, and installations by some of the time's most extravagant sculptors and stage designers. There were different lighting effects every night"
"cultural phenomenon of the disco era: rampant promiscuity and public sex. While the dance floor was the central arena of seduction, actual sex usually took place in the nether regions of the disco: bathroom stalls, exit stairwells, and so on. In other cases the disco became a kind of ""main course"" in a hedonist's menu for a night out."" Famous 1970s discothèques included celebrity hangouts such as Manhattan's Studio 54, which was operated by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. Studio 54 was notorious for the hedonism that went on within; the balconies were known for sexual encounters, and drug use"
"Waldorf-Astoria, Central Park, and Rainbow Room. When former Vogue editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland became special consultant to the Costume Institute in 1972, the Gala began to evolve into a more glamorous affair, although one that was still aimed at the societal set. The event started to become more celebrity-oriented with attendees like Andy Warhol, Diana Ross, and Cher intermixing with the city's elite. It was during the Vreeland years that the Gala was first held at the Met and that Gala themes were introduced. By the time Vreeland died in 1989, the Met Gala was well known as a luxurious, blockbuster"
"54 (film) 54 is a 1998 American drama film written and directed by Mark Christopher, about Studio 54, a world-famous New York City discotheque, the main setting of the film. It stars Ryan Phillippe, Salma Hayek, Neve Campbell, and Mike Myers as Steve Rubell, the club's co-founder. Prior to its release in 1998, the film was extensively reshot and recut, and then released to poor critical reaction, but somewhat respectable box office. In 2008, a bootleg version of the director's cut was screened at Outfest, leading to interest for its release. In 2015, Christopher and Miramax premiered a new edit"
"license. Mancuso's success at keeping his parties ""underground"" and legal inspired others, and many famous private discothèques of the 1970s and 1980s were modeled after The Loft, including the Paradise Garage, The Gallery, 12 West, The Flamingo and later The Saint. Mancuso also helped start the ""record pool"" system for facilitating the distribution of promotional records to the qualified disc jockey. Elements of Mancuso's influence can also be seen in the famous nightly scene outside of New York City's Studio 54, where legendary owner Steve Rubell and 20th Century Fox vice President Billy Smith a.k.a Billy Amato understood the appeal"
"fit the bill. He was handsome and charming. When Guy Cuevas took over at the turntables, the Sept became the ""epicenter of disco"" , attracting all of Paris. Visitors might see Francis Bacon, Nureyev, Roland Barthes, Bianca and Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol, Fred Hughes, Karl Lagerfeld, Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo. And after a visit to New York in 1977, Emaer returned with even greater ambitions—to create the Parisian answer to Studio 54 which he found impressive and repulsive at the same time. ""It is completely sterilized, a ghetto for model agencies and Régine's emirs..."" He sneered at the clientele"
"A Night at Studio 54 A Night at Studio 54 is a compilation album issued by Casablanca Records in June 1979, featuring disco music played frequently at New York City's famous nightclub Studio 54. Conceived by the label and direct response television company I&M Marketing with the co-operation from Studio 54 founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, ""A Night at Studio 54"" was also a double album, with its music segued between tracks by disc jockeys Marc Paul Simon and Roy Thode for continuous playing, reminiscent of the nightclub itself. The album was originally going to contain crowd noise recorded"
"by a disguised Elizabeth Taylor during a 1961 performance, in a year which saw Dinah Shore booked for her fourth performance and debut Vegas performances at the Desert Inn by both Benny Goodman and Rosemary Clooney. In 1979, ""Jet"" magazine noted that Wayne Newton was ""enthroned"" at the Desert inn as king of entertainment idols"", earning $10 million a year, which made him the highest-paid nightclub performer of all time. Other performers in its famous ""crystal showroom"" over the years included Patti Page, Ted Lewis, Joe E. Lewis, Bobby Darin, Jimmy Durante, Tony Bennett, Paul Anka, Dionne Warwick, Louise Mandrell,"
"reopened on September 12, 1981, with a guest list of Andy Warhol, Calvin Klein, Cary Grant, Lauren Hutton, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mark Gastineau, Gina Lollobrigida, and Brooke Shields. Studio 54's Talent Executive Billy Amato (Billy Smith) promoted Z100/WPLJ Saturday night radio parties and Michael Fesco's ""Sundays at the Studio"". Billy Amato's Saturday night radio parties were broadcast from the club. Artists who performed during this period included Madonna, Wham!, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, The Weather Girls, Culture Club, Lime, Spandau Ballet, Sylvester, Roberta Flack, Menudo, Denise McCann and Run-DMC New York City Breakers. KISS held a concert at the club in"
"attended by many dozens of Hollywood glitterati, including Elizabeth Taylor, Sammy Davis Jr., Cher, Bob Fosse, Johnny Carson, Goldie Hawn, Cesar Romero, Priscilla Presley and other stars, past and present. The soiree was so grand that Sunset Boulevard was temporarily blocked by police to allow Hollywood royalty to arrive in their limos unmolested by photographers and reporters. Beginning in 1979, The Comedy Store served for many years as the host location for the annual ""HBO Young Comedians"" specials. Also in 1979, stand-up comedians formed a short-lived labor union and demanded to be paid for their appearances at The Comedy Store."
"to those who met his pedantic standards. Rubell also dealt with the club's celebrity patrons, ensuring that they were thrown lavish parties. His approach worked and the club made $7 million during its first year. In December 1978, Studio 54 was raided after Rubell was quoted as saying that only the Mafia made more money than the club brought in. In June 1979, Rubell and Schrager were charged with tax evasion, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy for reportedly skimming nearly $2.5 million in unreported income from the club's receipts, in a system Rubell called ""cash-in, cash-out and skim."" Police reports"
"ultra-hip has discovered new turf on which to flaunt its manic chic. It is the Mudd Club... For sheer kinkiness, there has been nothing like it since the cabaret scene in 1920s Berlin"". After its first few years, Studio 54 celebrities like Andy Warhol, Grace Jones and David Bowie began to show up. In 1981, the Mudd Club's Steve Mass began showing up at the more informal Club 57 on St. Mark's Place, and began hiring the Club 57 crowd (including Haring) to help acquire part of that downtown scene. The Mudd Club closed in 1983. Some regulars noted, ""At"
"a CBS studio. Musicians who played for others in the early evening played for themselves on 52nd Street. In its heyday from 1930 through the early 1950s, 52nd Street clubs hosted such jazz legends as Miles Davis, Harry Gibson, Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, Nat Jaffe, Marian McPartland, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Louis Prima, Art Tatum, Fats Waller, Trummy Young, and many more. Although musicians from all schools performed there, after Minton's Playhouse in uptown Harlem, 52nd Street was the second most important place for the dissemination of bebop;. In fact, a tune called ""52nd Street Theme"" by Thelonious Monk became"
"Holiday on St. Mark's Place, and created new clubs where there previously were none, as was the case with Club 57 (in the basement of a church), and 8BC, on a block of abandoned tenements. The club became a hangout for ""a new breed of politicized drag performers"" like Lypsinka, Lady Bunny, and RuPaul, whose first New York City show was at the Pyramid Club in 1982. On Labor Day 1985, Pyramid performer Lady Bunny hosted the Wigstock Festival in Tompkins Square Park. Andy Warhol and Debbie Harry dropped in the Pyramid to do a feature on the club for"