it being mid-october, these fall nights are starting to get pretty crowded. if you don<u+2019>t want to take our word for it, ask the actor neil patrick harris. <u+201c>i know everyone has dozens of invitations for tonight,<u+201d> said mr. harris, at the god<u+2019>s love we deliver golden heart awards on monday. <u+201c>and you could have just stayed at home to watch the newest entertaining news cycle.<u+201d> mr. harris also had a second commitment. he and husband david burtka made a pit-stop at spring studios before heading up to the st. james theatre for the hillary clinton broadway fundraiser, where he performed alongside julia roberts, sarah jessica parker and sarah paulson. anna wintour and cynthia erivo were two other high-profile guests who did the same double duty. when you<u+2019>re in demand, you<u+2019>ve got to be flexible, right? before making it to the god<u+2019>s love we deliver event, lily aldridge dropped by zach iscol<u+2019>s headstrong project gala, which supports mental health care for iraq and afghanistan veterans. it likely would have been too hard to make an appearance at the frick collection<u+2019>s autumn dinner, which, in photos, looked particularly pretty, but it did cross our mind to try. despite the fact that the evening honored the restaurateur danny meyer, the fashion model karlie kloss and the longtime volunteer tat leung, monday<u+2019>s golden heart awards was really about michael kors. the charity, which brings free meals to seriously ill new yorkers, has a building on lower sixth avenue is named after the fashion designer. mr. kors stacked monday<u+2019>s guest list with so many television actresses it was almost as if you were on your couch flipping channels. as if anyone does that anymore. among them, all dressed in mr. kors<u+2019>s designs: taylor schilling from <u+201c>orange is the new black,<u+201d> cush jumbo from <u+201c>the good wife,<u+201d> priyanka chopra from <u+201c>quantico,<u+201d> sutton foster from <u+201c>younger,<u+201d> and chrissy teigen from <u+201c>lip sync battle.<u+201d> the rest of his guests, it seemed, were models. so many models. enough models to do a runway show. models we<u+2019>ve never seen or heard of previously. in fact, save for an additional journalist and a photographer, our entire table was filled with models, and two of them were named vanessa. they both live in the same building in the financial district, by the way. their full names: vanessa axente and vanessa moody. <u+201c>but people just call me moody,<u+201d> said ms. moody, noting that her personality is <u+201c>actually quite the opposite.<u+201d> meaning, she<u+2019>s pretty even-keeled. despite all these models, the most important one of the night<u+2014>the one getting her golden heart<u+2014>wasn<u+2019>t there. ms. kloss had apparently accepted one of those other invitations mr. harris was talking about: she was in japan. which was a little bit weird, frankly. there were, of course, some people there who weren<u+2019>t models or television actresses, including blaine trump and steve simon; richard and karen lefrak; sarina and kasra sanandaji; amy astley; lauren and david lauren; terrence meck, and hilary geary and wilbur ross. an auction item of an evening with mr. harris, mr. burtka and chef michael anthony for 10, with mr. harris as bartender, sold for $60,000. ms. teigen and john legend pledged $100,000 to the charity, while aerin lauder and kate hudson gave $10,000 a piece. all of the models at our table pledged $1,000 each, which was very, very nice of them. and contrary to popular belief, they ate their supper, too, pretty much cleaning their plates of an appetizer portion of ravioli with ricotta in saffron brodo and the main course of filet of beef with broccoli pur<u+00e9>e, horseradish sand and marble potatoes with caramel soy sauce. <u+201c>this is actually like the quarter of the size of a steak where i<u+2019>m from,<u+201d> said ms. moody, a texas native. write to marshall heyman at marshall.heyman@wsj.com
standing out in a sea of invitations - wsj
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