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Thalia y Tommy Mottola en Robin Hood Foundation Gala 2013

Thalia y Tommy Mottola en Robin Hood Foundation Gala 2013

Big money on Wall Street translates into big donations for the Robin Hood Foundation, a poverty-fighting non-profit organization advised by some of Wall Street’s top hedge fund managers.

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Thalia – Robin Hood Benefit Gala

The Foundation raised $80.7 million at its annual gala Monday night, including $25 million from two anonymous donors. The total haul was up 33% from the $59 million generated last year, and is a staggering increase of 72% from 2011, when the gala raised $47 million.

Fundraising at this gala is often considered a bellwether for what the top titans of Wall Street expect to earn.

As its Robin Hood name implies, many of the top donors to the foundation are some of the wealthiest hedge fund managers and bankers on Wall Street. Money raised from its year-round fundraising efforts and its annual gala is used to further the foundation’s mission of fighting poverty among children in New York.

As worries surface about a potential bubble brewing in both the stock and bond markets, charitable donations are perhaps one positive aspect of any other Wall Street excesses.

The star-studded gala was held at the Javits Center in New York, and featured performances by Elton John, Mary J. Blige, Jimmy Fallon and comedian Louis C.K.

The Robin Hood Foundation was founded in 1988 by hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones, and hedge fund managers David Einhorn and Steven A. Cohen both serve on the board.

Board members cover the organization’s cost of doing business, so that all the funds it raises go directly to helping children in New York. Robin Hood is considered to be a model for innovation in non-profit financing.

The foundation’s recipients include New York City public, private and parochial schools. Roughly 250 graduating seniors who attended these schools were at Monday night’s gala.

While Elton John and Bono captivated the audience, the Foundation’s executive director David Saltzman said that Ashley Ceron, a graduating senior from a Robin Hood-financed high school “moved the crowd in a way no one else did.” She will be attending Franklin & Marshall college in the fall on a full scholarship.

Source: CNN Money

Thalia With Sequins and Tommy Mottola at MET 2013 Gala

Thalia With Sequins and Tommy Mottola at MET Gala

Jennifer Lopez no fue la única Latina en caminar la alfombra roja de la Gala MET Gala el lunes! Thalia también estuvo presente! Lució bella de negro y con lentejuelas acompañada por su esposo Tommy Mottola. Basta ya con los rumores de una separación!

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Source: Latin Gossip

 

Who’s Sitting Where?

So far, Tommy Hilfiger’s table has the lion’s share of star power. According to WWD, Nicki Minaj, Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill, Debbie Harry, Lily Aldridge, Zooey Deschanel, and Tommy and Thalia Mottola will all be at the designer’s table and will all wear his clothing.

Source: Fashionologie.com

Lo que no se vio de la Gala del MET

@thalia, @nickiminaj y @tommymottola platicaron un rato durante la fiesta y plasmaron su buena amistad en esta fotografía.

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Source: Mural

Thalía: `Con Tommy no hay divorcio´

Thalía: `Con Tommy no hay divorcio´

La cantante acudió a un programa español donde habló de su relación con su esposo e hijos. Dijo que no los expone porque ella es la famosa, no Sabrina, ni Alejandro.   thalia_mottola_and_tommy_mottola_2013_dinner_no_divorce_report_marzo_2013 De manera tajante, la conocida cantante mexicana negó los rumores que durante el último mes han insistido en la mala salud de su matrimonio con Tommy Mottola,una de las relaciones más longevas de la industria musical.   “Con Tommy no hay divorcio. Se ha dicho que estamos en crisis desde que nos conocimos. Me acuerdo cuando empezamos, que dijeron que estaba con Cher. Es algo ridículo”, aseguró Thalía en el programa de Televisión Española ‘Las Mañanas de la 1′.     Además, con el productor musical -vinculado a las carreras de Jennifer Lopez o Ricky Martin- la simpática estrella ha conocido sus mayores éxitos y además ha podido desarrollar su faceta como empresaria, como la que ahora lleva a cabo como productora en dos nuevas obras en Broadway. Sin embargo, Thalía no hizo mención a su posible trabajo como actriz en el musical ‘Do That Conga!’, en el que se especula que podría dar vida a su amiga Gloria Estefan en los mismos escenarios neoyorquinos.     Tommy me entiende y me escucha. Siempre le pido opinión por su gran trayectoria, si yo no le escuchara, sería absurdo. Me ha ayudado muchísimo en el último material y casarme no me ha apartado del mercado, en absoluto. Mis últimos discos han sido los más exitosos de mi carrera, tanto ‘Primera Fila’ como ‘Habítame Siempre’. Empresarialmente, olvídate, estoy en la mejor época. Yo me he encontrado con dos opciones: o haces todo lo que te ofrecen para estar presente y que te vean todo el tiempo, o haces cosas puntuales que te lleven a lo más alto, y yo ahora prefiero eso”, explicó.   Thalía ha encontrado una estabilidad y una sintonía perfecta con su marido, doce años después de su boda en Nueva York, donde todavía residen. Además, con él compagina el cuidado de sus hijos en un verdadero “trabajo en equipo”, la única manera para poder conseguir todas sus aspiraciones profesionales.   “Todo es un balance y el trabajo de equipo es muy importante, delegar responsabilidades en gente que vele por tus sueños, y los míos en concreto son ser cantante, actriz y empresaria. Cuando trabajo, el papá se queda cuidando a los niños, pero también tengo a mi equipo con la canguro y la gente que me ayuda en casa”, señaló.     Aunque Matthew Alejandro sólo tiene dos años, la primogénita de la pareja ya ha cumplido seis, lo que hace inevitable que ya empiece a intuir la popularidad de sus padres. Sin embargo, Thalía ha intentado mantener a la pequeña Sabrina tan alejada de los focos como ha podido.     “Soy muy privada en lo que es mi esposo y mis hijos, eso es hermético para mí; no quiero exponerlos, porque yo escogí ser famosa, pero ellos no. A Sabrina nunca la he expuesto a mis novelas o a mis discos y ella no entiende que mamá también salga en la tele. Le cuento cosas, pero no mucho, aunque evidentemente sabe que los papás tienen que ver con esta industria”, expresó. En la calidez de su hogar, la artista encuentra hoy en día el mayor de los apoyos después de perder a su adorada madre en 2011, con quien mantenía también un vínculo profesional al igual que con su marido.   “Esos inviernos nevados hacen que florezcas, no matan la semilla y hacen que ese árbol crezca más fuerte. La falta de mi madre es evidente cada instante del día. Antes de subir al avión la iba a llamar: ‘Mami, mándame la bendición’, pero y nada. Y en el avión me ponen unas nueces que le encantaban, y no puedo compartirlas con ella. Mi madre vive en mí, por eso llamé el disco ‘Habítame Siempre’, porque ella vive en mí siempre”, compartió Thalía desde España, donde se encuentra promocionando su último álbum.   Source: Quien

Thalia & Tommy Mottola attend the 2013 Everglades Benefit

Thalia & Tommy Mottola attend the 2013 Everglades Benefit

 

The Palmetto Bay-based Everglades Foundation traveled up I-95 to find really deep pockets to help restore the Everglades over the weekend.

And as the University of Miami did two weeks ago, the foundation found tons of cash in Palm Beach at its yearly fundraiser at The Breakers.

With more than 650 in attendance, the star-studded affair has become one of South Florida’s biggest society galas.

It’s the function that usually attracts major acts for the entertainment (StingDave MatthewsKenny Chesney and Jimmy Buffett over the past years) and lures big names among guests.

This time around,  comedian Jerry Seinfeld and the rockers of ZZ Top performed — free of charge!

And seen pressing the flesh at the cocktail hour: singers Jimmy Buffett and Thalia [and Tommy Mottola], TV home-improver Bob Vila, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy, author Carl Hiaasen, and golf legend Jack Nicklaus, among plenty of swells.

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Source: Gossip Extra / New York Social Diary

Tommy Mottola: “If You Want to Get Married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Be Prepared to Write A Check”

Tommy Mottola: “If You Want to Get Married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Be Prepared to Write A Check”

 

Some years ago, I wrote a story — probably on Foxnews.com–about how Tommy Mottola got married to singer Thalia in St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Because he had converted to Judaism for his first marriage, and because Mariah Carey wouldn’t give him an annulment, Mottola was in a bind. To married in the Catholic Church, he needed a “get” from wife number 1, and an annulment from wife no. 2. Neither was forthcoming. So he went to Cardinal Egan at St. Patrick’s, listened to him play the piano, and wrote him a check for $500,000 for an album advance– that’s right, an album. Check amazon.com. We have never heard “Cardinal Egan Plays the Best of Elton John and Rachmaninoff.”

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Now, reading Esquire, I see that Mottola tells the writer of his new book, “Hitmaker,” an important lesson: “If you want to get married at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, be prepared to write a check.” http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/tommy-mottola-interview-15033392?click=main_sr

“Hitmaker” is part fact and part fiction. I’m assuming some of it is fact. It’s a good read, anyway, as reimagined by writer Cal Fussman (the Esquire guy). The beginning part is good because it’s about growing up, Mottola’s family, his early days. It’s nostalgic and poetic. The whole early part of his career, managing Hall & Oates, getting his name in “Cherchez La Femme,” was all interesting and well told. Is it true? I’m sure there are people with other perspectives.

“Hitmaker”–which was given out for free at a Grammy party by the truckload–is a good read. It’s also a gauzy version of everything that happened during Mottola’s rein as Mariah Carey’s husband and the head of Sony Music. Call it historical fiction. I don’t know how many people are interested in either version– Tommy’s or the real one–and this may be the only one ever to be published.

Suffice to say that the real stories from Sony about Mottola, Mariah, Donnie Ienner–Tommy’s right hand man, etc– would really be hair-raising. When one Mottola exec met with another record company head about a possible job, the man was dragged out of the Black Rock building on 52nd St. by security guards, with no notice. And that’s just the beginning.

Mottola’s was a rein of terror.

So there’s one anecdote in the book that sort of says it all. I’m surprised it’s included, but maybe Mottola thinks it’s funny. It’s on page 145, and it’s a recollection by another right hand man, Jeb Brien. Mottola was unhappy with the “prick of a manager” who ran the group Split Enz, named Nathan Brenner. Brenner had had a fight with Mottola’s best pal and partner in his management company, Randy Hoffman. They ran into Brenner at a Grammy party; he was wearing a blue brocade tuxedo. Mottola told Hoffman, “This will be your payback.” He went to the bartender and had him mix up a concoction of stain producing items–red wine, whipped cream. blueberries, etc. And he dumped it on Brenner.

This page is omitted on purpose from the amazon.com search version:

“Hey Nathan,” Tommy said, “How you doin’?” Brenner gave him a what-the-fuck-do-you want-look. Tommy said: “This is compliments of Randy Hoffman.” Then he tipped the glass over Brenner’s head and emptied the entire contents all over him. Brenner was freaked. He didn’t know what to do. “And another thing,” Tommy told him. “You are hereby banned from entering the United States. You are never allowed to come back into this country unless I say you can.”

Source: Show Biz 411