By Arlene B. Isaacs 12/14/12 5:40pm

Mariska Hargitay with guests at the Me&Ro Holiday Event Benefiting her charity Joyful Heart Foundation yesterday after the awards. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Honoree Mariska Hargitay Tearfully Remembers Mom and Hints at Broadway Dreams at Annual Muse Awards

Last Thursday, more than 1,100 people packed the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Midtown for the 32nd Annual Muse Awards of the New York Women in Film and Television. This wasn’t your typical ladies-who-lunch affair, as a dazzling gaggle of silver screen honorees were acknowledged for their “outstanding vision and achievement.”

The Observer  has attended many a high-powered New York City event, but at this one the atmosphere seemed a bit more genuine with enthusiasm and pride. And no wonder, given how deserving those honored were. Awardees filmmaker Lisa F. Jackson, Kim Martin of WE TV, Lucy Liu and Mariska Hargitay were all celebrated for being women who have persevered, not only having achieved professional success, but having demonstrated commitment towards improving the lives of others. For an industry famed for its self-indulgence, celebrating these women for the opposite was a welcome change.

Debra Zimmerman, executive director of nonprofit Women Make Movies, received the Loreen Arbus award. Read More

By Daniel D'Addario 12/13/12 8:00am

The Eight-Day Week

Lucy Liu

To Do Thursday: We Love Lucy

We thought ladies’ lunches were the province of the warmer months—when you just can’t wait to sneak away from the office (or the manse) for a cool glass of white wine and some cursory salmon destined to be left uneaten—but the Muse Awards are proving us wrong. This ceremony honoring women in the entertainment industry Read More

By Kat Clements 8/03/09 5:13pm

Hey, Hey Hargitay: Famous Moms Splash into Water Mill for Super Swag-turday

“I keep being surprised by how beautiful it is out here,” the actress Edie Falco said as she cooled off inside of the air-conditioned VIP tent at “Super Saturday,” the Brobdingnagian benefit in Water Mill benefitting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund on Saturday, August 1. “I can’t believe I grew up in a place that Read More

By Christopher Rosen 5/05/09 12:51pm

Ranking NBC’s New Shows

While NBC still has another two weeks to finalize their fall schedule—fans of Medium, Law & Order and Chuck will have to continue to hold their respective vigils until May 19th, when a decision on those series’ fates is expected to be rendered—it’s never too early to start handicapping! In addition to the post-apocalyptic Day Read More