MSNBC’s newest daytime anchor, Stephanie Ruhle, and legal powerhouse Kirkland Ellis LLP, were recently honored by Girls Inc. of New York City, the local chapter of a group that helps over 140,000 young women throughout the US and Canada. Michelle Obama serves as honorary board chair of the non-profit.

The trendy brand collaborated with such fashionables as Ciara, Hailee Steinfeld, Jennifer Hudson, Lucky Blue Smith, Pyper America Smith, and Amber Valetta for this year’s Met benefit— always the most photographed and reported on night in fashion.

Bono accented this year’s Humanitarian Award and Carter, the Mattie J.T. Stepanek Award, from broadcast journalist Soledad O’Brien, who served as the gala’s host. WAFF’s Visionary Award went to Adobe Project 1324.

The spring art auctions in New York have long served as a litmus for what’s happening in the chronically over-heated contemporary art world. Here we take a look insides at Christie’s upcoming offerings, which will be drawing big name collectors (and their advisors) from all over the world. Viewings began on April 30th.

We doesn’t love a great birthday bash? The other night Max Mara proved they sure know how to throw one.

We talk to Chef Chad Brauze, the mastermind behind the Backroom at One57, the restaurant for Park Hyatt New York located in billionaire favorite One57 (that’s the mega-priced, 90-story condo where apartments can sell for over $100 million dollars). Here Brauze muses on the New York food scene and what it was like to work with such culinary superstars as Daniel Bolud, Thomas Keller, and Ferran Adria.

Have you ever wondered what celebrities do when they turn up at an event filled with dozens of other celebrities? They schmooze, gawk, and ask for selfies just like the rest of us!

Housing Works honored the actor, producer and activist Zachary Quinto, interior designer Jamie Drake and activist Mary Fisher at their annual Groundbreaker Awards Dinner, held this year at the Metropolitan Pavilion.

“Most actors strive for authenticity and dignity. Morgan doesn’t have to strive, he has it.” Helen Mirren said when presenting Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman with the prestigious Chaplin Award at The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s annual gala.