By Lance Avery Morgan
Here’s the deal: Academy Award™-winner George Clooney is this generation’s Cary Grant. Sunday night he received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmy’s for his extensive philanthropic contribution to the planet. And, he’s a heck of a good actor, too.
Brilliant got a sneak peek at his new thriller film, The [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
The place to be recently was at the U.S. launch event for the new BlackBerry Torch from AT&T in sunny L.A. Celebs by the boat load descended into the party spirit to see what all the electronic hoopla was about.
The occasion? The shindig celebrated the new phone of the moment [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
Lights up and places, please! The North Dallas home of Bryan Carr and Mark LeDoux was buzzing with excitement as members of the Dallas Summer Musicals Guild hosted the cast and company of the hit show Wicked.
“It was our pleasure to welcome the cast and company at this party in their [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
In the Brilliant world, we consider ourselves pop cultural mavens of the past, present and future and recently we found something that hits the nail on the head: the debut of the 30-year library of Tonight Shows starring media legend Johnny Carson.
Before there was social media there was Carson. He was [...]
By Jake Gaines
The event you’ve been looking forward to all summer starts this weekend. Austin Fashion Week will feature over 100 events throughout the city from the kick off party on August 14 through August 21. From the pool of participants, designers will be selected to “showcase” by a team of experts comprised of Linda [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
It might just become one of your favorite films of the year. Surely the Motion Picture Academy will think that when they hand out Oscar nominations this next time around. It’s the most talked-about movie around the brainy set, those who aren’t doing the summer blockbusters, as it was the talk [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
The Austin Fashion Week kick off and teams have been announced and the big kick off model search at the Driskill hotel this week had models walking, tongues wagging and cocktails flowing. The brainchild of Launch 787’s Matt Swinney, it’s all in preparation for the week of official AFW shindigs taking place [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
It’s finally happened. The over-the-top experience of screening a film has come to Texas, specifically in Austin at the luxe Domain shopping area. The smart folks at Gold Class Cinema have married the hipster lounge vibe of Vegas with the opulence of a private screening room in Beverly Hills that creates a [...]
by Danielle Kaplan and Lance Avery Morgan
A chance to save a part of history and attend a grand ball in France? Sounds like more than a worthwhile cause to us. Pack your bags and clear your schedule on June 23-28 for the Grand Ball at Versailles - and its surrounding events in Paris and at [...]
by Lance Avery Morgan
The recent, 3rd Annual Beyond the Lights Celebrity Golf Classic at the Hyatt Lost Pines course in Bastrop, TX was a huge hit… and a blast for everyone who participated.
Brilliant Magazine was a proud media sponsor, helping “Friday Night Lights” stars Kyle Chandler and Brad Leland work their magic again [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
It’s no secret that Houston loves art and also, loves a good party. Mix the two with a dash of a fun crowd, stir with great energy and voila’, you have an art opening as bubbly as a fresh glass of champagne. Leave it to Carolyn Farb and Deborah Colton [...]
by Lance Avery Morgan
Recently, at the Headliner’s Club in Austin, at a small luncheon honoring Ambassador Roy Ferguson and his wife, Dawn, the vitality of New Zealand was front and center.
The views of the city surrounded the gathering, hosted by former Texas Secretary of State Geoffrey Connor for the Ambassador and his wife, who [...]
by Lance Avery Morgan
The 25th anniversary Cinderella’s Ball gala honoring the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central & South Texas was certainly the place to be recently. The sold out and almost standing-room- only crowd was wowed with the transformation of the Four Seasons Hotel ballroom fit for royalty – and the 600 guests. Miles of [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
The Austin Children’s Shelter recently partnered with Saks Fifth Avenue for a stellar evening of high fashion and philanthropy, Fashion for Compassion. The spring style show was socialebrity-studded, yet you’d think these gal and guy models were catwalk pros. They strutted their stuff for a great cause, the Shelter, while the audience [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
If you thought the world of lush life cabaret - with its sophisticated ladies (and gents) – just couldn’t be found anymore, guess again. And it ain’t misbehavin’, either. Well, ok, maybe just a little. The Austin Cabaret Theatre is bringing the often imitated, yet never duplicated Jim Caruso in his open [...]
By Dee Covey
“’WHAT house in Alpine?’”
“’The century-old adobe we just redid. Our daughter Cristina opened a really cool store on Murphy Street and our intention was to create a space so friends could finish their creative projects. We rent it out sometimes, too. If you can get out there soon, Cinco Estrellas is yours,’” [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
It’s finally happened. The king of pristine lines has brought his passionate design vision to a city that is known for design that is, uh, not considered as pristine. By all estimations, it might that the hotel that just opened yesterday could become the new Middle Eastern luxe icon hospitality destination. [...]
by Lance Avery Morgan
Friday Night Lights’ star Kyle Chandler
You know it’s springtime when the Beyond the Lights Celebrity Golf Classic is tee’d up to raise money for charity. This third annual golf tourney and event will again be hosted by Kyle Chandler (Brilliant’s cover man in May 2009) and Brad Leland of NBC [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
The hit AMC series “Mad Men” is re-shining the spotlight of the advertising world in the 1960s. Heck, what little boy of a certain era and a certain pop cultural affinity didn’t want to grow up to be Darren Stevens on “Bewitched”, with its cool advertising campaigns and taglines aplenty? Now, [...]
by Lance Avery Morgan
It’s not every day that something important turns 25, is it? This year the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Central & South Texas is having a real ball to celebrate its position in the community since 1984. To celebrate this very special night the organization’s first-ever black-tie gala event, Cinderella’s Ball, will be [...]
by Lance Avery Morgan
When the curtain goes up on this year’s Dallas Summer Musicals gala, the star-packed night will not only focus on the DSM children’s outreach programs, but also will focus on the seven music-filled decades of entertainment that has graced the stage in Dallas. Six talented singers (and one Tony™ Award=winning ventriloquist) [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
Meryl Streep, Mike Nichols, Malcolm Gladwell, and Kristi Yamaguchi are just a few who are showing their roots these days in the new “Faces of America” PBS series soon available on DVD.
In America, we all came from somewhere. With The Great Melting Pot of the United States that we call [...]
by Valerie Hausladen, author, Your Professional Destiny
The journey into doing what you love is not all airy-fairy. The beginning can be downright tough. It takes strength, discipline and an unwavering commitment. At times, it even can feel like you’re pushing a massive boulder. In the beginning you need to clearly set your vision and become [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
There are galas and then there are galas. Last night was a real gala – and for a great cause – Austin’s premiere performing arts venue, The Long Center. Yes, Saturday, March 27 was the to place to be for the “Shades of Purple” theme, co-chaired by tireless and super stylish philanthropists [...]
by Lance Avery Morgan
Audrey. Jackie. Grace. There are very few style icons of the 20th century we can recognize by just their first names. Grace Kelly, also known as Princess Grace of Monaco, still influences a legion of women, both young and young-at-heart with her iconic style.
Want to see the how the real deal [...]
By Lance Avery Morgan
On Wednesday night at the Paramount Theater in Austin, Klieg lights spun and fans cheered as veteran stars Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and native Texan Sissy Spacek strolled the red carpet, likely knowing they have a huge hit on their hands with the new film that premiered, “Get Low”. Executive Producers Joey [...]
