freelance Curve writer and then goes
ballistic at the Curve magazine’s office because
she didn’t like the review.
To celebrate its contribution to the queer pop culture history,
the magazine threw a huge The L Word gala party at
San Francisco’s chic W Hotel. VIPs scheduled to appear
included The L Word cast members Pam Grier, Kate
Moennig, Leisha Hailey, and producer/creator Ilene Chaiken.
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2007 L-word.com Katherine Brooks, Kate Moenning , Leisha
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The doors were opened at
8 pm for all the guests while DJ Saratonin began spinning
music. The fans and the guest were socializing while
waiting for the celebrities to show up, and I again
was walking around until I met Katherine Brooks, writer
and the director of Loving Annabelle.
At 9 pm the guests watched the screening of the last
year’s Curve/The L Word party, where
Ilene Chaiken and Daniela Sea participated in the event.
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Suzanne Westenhoeffer, who was the MC for the evening, greeted
the crows, thanked DJ Saratonin for the music, and then did
a short comedic routine.
Suzanne introduced Curve magazine Executive Editor,
Diane Anderson-Minshall, who was recently named one of PowerUp’s
2006 Top Ten Amazing Woman in Showbiz and also is the author
of upcoming mystery novel series Blind Curves.
Suzanne Westenhoeffer then introduced Curve magazine
Publisher, Frances Stevens, who started Curve 17
years ago and turned into the nation’s best-selling
lesbian magazine.
Finally, Suzanne Westenhoeffer introduced Ilene who welcomed
the audience and invited Kate, Leisha, and Pam onto the stage
as well. The crowd went wild and honestly, I couldn’t
hear one thing that any of them were saying.
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a Latina fan who was standing close to me and was trying
to get Kate’s attention. Finally, she saw Kate
looking at her and yelled, “I’m your Carmen.”
Kate asked with amusement in her voice, “You’re
my Carmen?” but I couldn’t hear anything
else because the fans beside me began screaming excitedly.
Most of them in front were Latina fans and unexpectedly
Pam Grier began speaking in Spanish, which brought out
more screams, applauses, and consequently, more noise. |
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The cast finally finished their few words, and Ilene introduced
the new episode. They left the room but returned shortly after
to watch part of the episode in the dark corner, surrounded
by the Curve staff members.
Judging by the expressions on the cast members faces, I think
they were pleased by the episode but maybe they were more
interested in the fans’ reaction. They left after the
audience saw the now famous ‘circles’ scene with
Alice and Papi and, as I heard later, Kate and Leisha went
to the Lexington bar for the evening.
The Curve party continued until midnight with all
the guests dancing and drinking. The party was a wild success,
and I hope that they will hold it again next year.
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