Beverly Hills CA (Hollywood Today) 9/20/11

By Karen Ostlund

Tamala Jones

Vienna & Kasey

2nd ANNUAL ‘ENDLESS SUMMER’ PRIMETIME EMMY SUITE.                    Beverly Hills restaurant Gonpachi, opened its 100-year-old wooden moon gate, and welcomed over 100 guests into their beautiful Japanese garden to host the “2^nd Endless Summer” Primetime Emmy Suite & pre-party. As last year,  the lunch and afternoon event was produced by Doris Bergman and Kathy Duliakas, and co-hosted by Oliver Sweeney.    My VitaBath.com was presenting sulfate & paraben free body wash & hand creams. The Vitabath collection has now expanded to 16 fruit & flower fragrances, which line and services was present in their own Vitabath lounge. The products are environmental friendly, and contain vitamin A, B3, B5, C & E and antioxidant blend of Acai, Goji, coffee Fruit, noni, pomegranate, green tea & mangosteen. (myvitabath.com)

Endless Summer Primetime Lounge and pre-party was organized to honor the television industry’s Emmy Nominated actors, former Emmy winners, presenters, stylists and industry VIPS.  In the spirit of giving back, guests were encouraged to donate school supplies, backpacks and money  to the “I Have a Dream” Foundation – Los Angeles (IHAD-LA) which provides academic, social and cultural enrichment services to under-served youth and their families. Among the invited guests were spotted – and the list is long:

Bachelor Pad’ trio Michael Stagliano, Vienna Girardi & Kasey Kahl; Amy Rider (‘Secret Life of the American Teenager’), Andrea Gabriel (Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn), Cheryl Hines, Chris McDonald, Christine Devine, Dee Wallace, Primetime Emmy Nominee Dot-Marie Jones, Eric Roberts, Fiona Gubelmann (‘Wilfred’), Jackee Harry, James Kyson Lee (‘Hawaii:  Five-O’),  ‘Body of Proof’s’ Jeri Ryan, Nicholas Bishop & Windell

 

Middlebrooks, Jillian Rose Reed (‘Awkward’), Joe Mantegna (‘Criminal Minds’), Judd Nelson, Kevin Farley, Lenny Jacobson (‘Nurse Jackie’), Madison Michelle, Malese Jow (‘Vampire Diaries’), Marisa Ramirez, ‘Dancing With The Stars’ Damian Whitewood, Peta Mergatroyd, Chelsie Hightower and Kyle Massey, Primetime Emmy Nominee Randee Heller, Rex Lee from ‘Entourage,’ half-pint darling Rowan Blanchard (‘SPY KIDS’), Sofia Milos, Tamala Jones (‘Castle’), Tommy ‘Tiny’ Lister, Tyrone Davis, Vanessa Lengies (‘Glee), Wes Ramsey (‘CSI:  Miami’), and William Shatner.

 

A five-star lunch buffet of beef, salmon and chicken was created by Executive Chef Yasu Kusano, and sweets were donated by “Crazy Delicious” and “Outstanding” Antonia’s Nuts. Hawaii’s Waialua Soda Works, Neuro healthy  drinks,  and Hawaiian Springs Water stood for the non-alcoholic choices, unless you wanted to try out the Blue Angel Ultra Premium Vodka or Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueurs.

 

Author Lennie Ross was present to talk about her new ‘tongue & cheek’ book entitled “Blow Me” that came out in July this year.:

“It’s not a book about me; It’s about my observations out and about here in Los Angeles”

“Blow Me” is about 3 single women in their late thirties and their sexual experiences” Very much alike “Sex and the City” based in New York City”.

“My characters (Skylar, Dawn & Cloe) in the book are more likely to go to bed with Ari Gold, than someone else”

(blowmethebook.com)

Fashion sponsors included:

Oliver Sweeney – UK couture designer of men’s footwear, soon available at Nordstrom’s.(OliverSweeney.com)

Joya unisex footwear – “It’s a new happy & soft contemporary leather shoe, created by young Swiss shoe developer Karl Mueller Jr., whose father, Karl Mueller Sr., invented the MBT.” The company was sold in 2006, and Mueller then created a shoe called Joya. Joyashoes.com is now representing a new category of comfort footwear, which uses futuristic internationally patented sole technology that delivers a sensation while walking.

Athletic socks were given away by Experia – powered by Thorlo Pads.

Designer Cynthia Mace traveled from Oregon, to present her jewelry line ROYCEWARE. The line is divided in six collections and made of fine metals & sterling silver chains, beads and semi-precious stones. The Divine Protection, is the contemporary line with a spiritual flair:
”It’s a line of Rosary inspired necklaces and bracelets adorned with a mix of crosses, saints medallions, the fleur-de-lis, plus many different types of charms” – The pet ware line is created from the Divine Protection line”

 

COCO Nouveau line is Cynthia’s clothing line: tops and dresses are made of crepe satin fabrics:” Most of my COCO Nouveau products come with a metal chain and clasp to attach around the neckline – the pendant is attached and hangs at the slit” Sinfully Chic – the urban and edgy line:
”Necklaces and bracelets adorned with charm medallions like skulls, skull & cross Bones, Harley Davidson insignias, keys, wings”

All Saints Jewelry line:  “The saints help us grow in our faith by the stories and legends they tell.  Each saint is carefully chosen for its significance to our lives”.                     .

Twin Jewels line, is made of rich gemstones and sterling silver providing a contemporary look showing artistry and craftsmanship in Euro-ethnic style. (royceware.com)

Fashion-forward dresses were presented by Single by Galina Sobolev; “It’s all about the 2 in 1 dresses for next season. They are combination dresses in lace, sequin or polyester”.  (singledress.com)

The B Bag™ by LisaBerck – leather fashion bags to keep you phone, keys and camera.

The B Bag, is the versatile mini-bag, which is available in more than 150 different leather textures/colors/designs, and measures 6 1/2″ tall by 4 5/8″ wide. It comes with a magnetic closure.  “Aside from wearing the B Bag cross body, you can also double the chain and carry it as an evening bag, or attach it to a belt loop” (MyBbag.com).

Women’s T’s & hoodies by Guerilla Lifestyle. GuerillaLifestyle.com is a revolutionary street wear clothing and accessories company based in Los Angeles. Skateboarding, music, politics and graffiti play a big part in their clothing and accessories design.

Dulcenea is a lace, mesh & cotton lingerie line from South Pasadena. The collection consists of all hand crafted camisoles, slip dresses, mesh thongs, string thongs, full panties, coulettes and bras from bustiers with inner bras & demi bras . (dulcenealingerie.com)

BECCA by designer Rebecca Virtue  is a classic swimwear of lycra,  solid colors for every type of silhouette; “For spring 2012 season we have a new fashion line for women that need a DD or DDD cup” (BeccaSwim.com)

Bootights by Leg Up, is the new innovation by bootights.com – It’s a combination boots high sock attached to a tight – all in one. The product is out in stores October 1st and it comes in booth ankle & mid-calf height.

 

Health & Beauty Products:

Spongeables LLC anticellulite shower sponges that last up to 20 washes. “The sea extract Rhodofiltrat enhances microcirculation together with Multi-Sal muscle toner – both stick to your skin after the shower”.(spongeables.com)

Whirl-a-Style’s new reversible  headband & ponytail extenders, in zebra and leopard textile- prints.

(whirlastyle.com)

Luxury skin care by Stemulation to repair dry, sensitive skin conditions. Stemulation has been developed by capture the growth factors produced by Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells. (stemulation.com)

Prana SpaCeuticals face serum, which contains apple stem cells to increase cell viability. (PranaSpaCeuticals.com)

“Keep that camera-ready face in place” with Model in a Bottle ; “Just spray it on to hold your make-up on place- then take it off with any cleanser” (modelinabottle.com)

Cool down with Cool Off – The Quick Chill Icy Cold Towelettes; “It’s citrus ice-cold towelettes, infused with natural herbs, plants & essential oils,

“It activates on your skin in seconds- and to reactivate the cool, just splash water on the areas where you used the towelette”. (thequickchill.com)

Zestra  Essential Arousal Oils, made of botanical oils and extracts;” Zestra is hormone-free, and clinically proven to increase a women’s feelings within minutes”(Zestra.com)

“Hotty Hoody Cool Sleeve” inventions.

Live In Fitness, an all inclusive Los Angeles fitness retreat.

Rev7 – the new sugar free gum in cool flavors.

Technology products included:

iStick Hands Free Cellular, is the new innovation from http://www.mobigrips.com a thin disc with magnetic starmount:”It’s a  19 inches long hands free cellular stand, to place wherever you want it”

Mobigrips, hands free cellular magnetic starmount

Co-founders Jason Kim and Sean Park of UhHuhh by Intenuum Innovation was introducing a new social media solution for TV domain to provide Web 3.0 products and services for variety of platforms. The TeeVlog is a beta service from Intenuum.com, which will bring new DOs when it comes to TV. The product will be out by the end of September 2011.(Intenuum.com)