Claire Danes and Mamie Gummer Among Stars to Attend Newport International Film Festival Closing Party at Host Brian O'Neill's Home.Members of the star-studded cast of the new film Evening to attend June 9th post-screening party hosted by Brian O'Neill Brian Francis O'Neill (born January 25, 1929 in Montreal, Quebec) was an executive within the National Hockey League. O'Neill oversaw the NHL's expansion draft in 1967 and later looked after the NHL Entry Draft until he took over as executive vice-president after Clarence in his Oakwood home PORTSMOUTH, R.I. -- Hollywood arrives in Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. on June 9, when Brian O'Neill, Chairman of The Carnegie Abbey Club and O'Neill Properties Group, hosts a party at his Oakwood home for the cast of the new film, Evening. O'Neill will play host to the sold out Newport International Film Festival's ever popular Closing Party, following the special screening of Evening that day. Members of the star-studded cast include Claire Danes, Toni Collette, Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. She is also a social activist for human rights. , Patrick Wilson, Hugh Dancy Hugh Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor. Biography Early life Dancy was born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, the son of eminent British philosopher Jonathan Dancy, a professor at the University of Reading and the University of Texas at Austin. , Natasha Richardson, Mamie Gummer Mamie Gummer (born August 3, 1983) is an American actress. Gummer was born Mary Willa Gummer,[1] the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer. She grew up in Los Angeles and Connecticut. , Eileen Atkins, Meryl Streep, and Glenn Close. "The Rhode Island Film Office has brought some incredible talent to both film motion pictures and television shows here in the area. We're proud to support them and the Newport International Film Festival by hosting the Closing Night Party at Oakwood, which I felt was the perfect setting for this celebration since Evening was filmed amidst the beautiful mansions of Newport," says O'Neill. Filmed in Newport, Evening was produced by Focus Features and directed by Lajos Koltai. It is based on Susan Minot's best-selling novel of the same name. ABOUT THE CARNEGIE ABBEY CLUB The Carnegie Abbey Club, chaired by Brian O'Neill of King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa.-based O'Neill Properties Group, is a private sporting estate comprised of over 400 acres featuring a Scottish links-style golf course, a yacht club, an equestrian center, tennis facilities and a European spa. A dominant architectural feature of the Carnegie Abbey development is The Carnegie Tower, a dramatic, 220-foot, 21-story condominium tower with breathtaking views currently being built on the site of a former aluminum factory adjacent to The Carnegie Abbey Club's grounds. |
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