Times Square Gossip

  Jean Shafiroff With Flo Anthony Michael Spinks And Flo Anthony Spinks Veteran entertainment insider Flo Anthony has passed away from cancer late on Wednesday August 5th. She was 74.  Flo and I go back many many years. In the 80's and 90's I used to give her many items when she was with NY Post Page Six. We used to do many Television shows together Including the Joan Rivers Show at CBS Studios in NYC. Flo was the on air gossip queen and I was the set photographer.   Flo became the first woman to work in the sports department of the New York Post and this skyrocketed her to New York's famous Page Six. Flo made history as the first African American woman to write a column for a supermarket tabloid, writing the gossip column  “Eye on the Stars” for the National Examiner.   Over the years we both did many TV shows together, Flo was the celebrity expert and I was always brought in to talk about my adventures with one celebrity or another.   Later...

  Denise Rich Viennese Opera Ball In a celebration of culture, tradition, and timeless music, the 69th Annual Viennese Opera Ball returned to Cipriani 42nd Street, for one of the most spectacular evenings in New York’s social calendar. This year’s gala held resonance, commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Johann Strauss II, the “Waltz King”. Co-Chaired by Jean Shafiroff and Denise Rich, this year’s Ball benefited Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, and the music therapy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, continuing the event’s legacy of supporting charitable causes through the arts. The evening opened with the presentation of debutantes and their escorts choreographed by Sandra Stockmayer from Svabek Dance School Vienna, followed by a ballet performance featuring Christine Shevchenko, Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre, joined by young dancers from the Rock School of Dance and members of the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), with th...

  Jean Shafiroff Jean Shafiroff With Patrick McMullan Candace Bushnell With Jean Shafiroff And Fern Mallis Jean Shafiroff, philanthropist, author, and humanitarian, hosted an elegant holiday cocktail reception in her Upper East Side apartment to benefit the Mission Society of New York City. The festive gathering brought together a diverse array of guests united by their commitment to philanthropy.  At the reception, the Mission Society of New York City and Jean Shafiroff were presented with citations for their philanthropic work from NYS Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright.  The Mission Society of New York City, a venerable nonprofit founded in 1812, continues to provide life-changing programs for underserved youth and families in New York City. Shafiroff, a long-time supporter of the organization, welcomed guests to her beautifully adorned home, which was elegantly decorated for the holiday season with twinkling lights, and floral arrangements.   Jean Shafiroff With Yog...

Steven Marcano For the past two decades, Steven Marcano has been successful with My Lil Star Baby Products, and most recently, since 2014, Knockout Television.  The SMH Group has secured a development deal with a television network that is in over 81 million homes.This prestigious network has been tapped to air Season 4 of Knockout. According to sources, the SMH Group is casting present champions as well as boxing legends such as 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist/Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion and Heavyweight Champion Michael Spinks, to appear in Knockout. Marcano is also working on foreign distribution deals for My Lil Star Diapers, in addition to the funding being in place for his first film project, Fighting Love. During the first week of 2019, SMH has already put a minimum earning or seven figures on its' balance sheet. However, with all of the deals that Marcano is involved in, he continues to bet heavily on the back-end of projects that the group remains...