Shawn Levy, Heléne Yorke, Celine Song and More Toast Variety’s New York Issue With TikToks and Dancing
variety.comMichaela Zee New York’s entertainment industry elite gathered at Loosie’s Nightclub on Thursday night in celebration of Variety’s annual New York issue.
Beneath a ceiling of disco balls, the 2023 class from the New Power of New York List drank Jack Daniels specialty cocktails, filmed TikToks and discussed everything that they love about the greatest city in the world.
Notable guests like CNN’s Abby Phillip and Oscar-winning director Roger Ross Williams sipped champagne on the red carpet before heading down two stories underground to the party bunker where DJ KellyFrost played everything from Ice Spice (the 2023 New York Issue cover star) to disco-era classics.
Ross Williams reminisced about hitting Studio 54 as a teen and seeing his documentary subject Donna Summer perform. Inside, “The Other Two” star Heléne Yorke and her husband Bary Dunn said they hired a sitter so they could celebrate her spot on the impact list, much to the delight of TikToker and co-honoree Sabrina Brier who posted a photo with Yorke writing, “My Roman Empire.” Kwame Onwuachi, chef and owner of New York’s red-hot restaurant Tatiana, joked if he could evict one inhabitant from the city, it would be “all of the rats!” Additional honorees in attendance included “Past Lives” director Celine Song, “Succession” actor Arian Moayed, Broadway’s “Some Like It Hot” Tony winner J.
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