Fashion: Backstage Pass Paris

CNN national correspondent Alina Cho is back with a special edition of Fashion: Backstage Pass from PARIS. One-on-one interviews include Donatella Versace on her brother Gianni (Versace founder), Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld on the business of couture, Christian Dior’s new designer Raf Simons on his first collection for the fashion house and Lenny Kravitz, inside his Paris home, on his home design aspirations.

Fashion: Backstage Pass Paris with Alina Cho debuts on Saturday, July 14th at 2:30pm ET on CNN US. The special will also air on CNN International the week of July 27th.

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"Fashion: Backstage Pass" with Alina Cho

Alina Cho anchors "Fashion: Backstage Pass" premiering
Saturday, May 14 at 2:30pm ET.

The half-hour special includes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the Alexander McQueen exhibit at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and one-on-one interviews with American fashion icons, from mega-brand designer Tory Burch, to the inventor of one of the most popular garments in America – Spanx founder Sara Blakely, to the most surprising newest and tallest addition to fashion, New York Knicks star Amar’e Stoudemire. Cho also travels to the heartland – Wichita, Kansas – where she follows one of the hottest models on the catwalk, 17-year-old Lindsey Wixson, to the place where memories are born – her high school prom.




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Alina Cho At The Movies

Last month, CNN's Alina Cho was spotted at several New York City events. She attended The Cinema Society screening of Multiple Sarcasms at AMC Loews 19th Street on April 19, 2010.

On April 30, 2010, she attended Tribeca Talks Ultrasuede In Search Of Halsoton during the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival at the School of Visual Arts Theater.

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Alina Cho Attends Event to Benefit Creativetime

Alina Cho attended a shopping and sipping event hosted by J. Mendel on Thursday at his boutique to benefit Creativetime. Click here for more photos of the event.

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Out of the Box - 10/14/09

Sanjay Gupta was a guest on The Colbert Report on 10/12.

Brianna Keilar recently did a Q&A from a website called The Half Pint Gentleman

Best of luck to Amy Holmes who will be leaving CNN to work for ABC News' digital channel.

Don Lemon will be a panelist at the 2009 BlogWorld & New Media Expo on 10/15-10/17. The panel will discuss the future of journalism. Click here for more info.

Better Late Than Never:

Soledad O'Brien was the host for the AdColor Awards on 10/4.

Alina Cho attended The American Ballet Theater's 2009 Fall Gala

Twitter Pictures:

@sanjayguptacnn posing in Borders with his new book Cheating Death released on 10/12

@sanjayguptacnn and @stephenathome pre-show at The Colbert Report on 10/12

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Out of the Box - End of September Edition

Hi everyone! It's Wednesday and it's time for Out of the Box. Let's see what's going on for some of our favorite CNNers while they're moonlighting. Also, my thanks to Julie for her hard work in finding these tidbits!

What's going on with James Carville?



-James and his lovely wife Mary Matlin are speaking at the Mississippi State University’s College of Business Leadership Summit tonight. According to the Clarion Ledger, "The MSU summit, which began this morning, aims to bring together business, government, education and economic development leaders to examine the state and regional economy and to learn about innovative business ideas. " Find out more here.

-James is headed down to Mickey town (Orlando) in 2010 for the GlobalOptions Group’s 2010 Executive Forum. According to their website, "The annual event is designed to provide a platform for discussion and provide the opportunity to propose solutions for a variety of security and risk issues facing organizations doing business in the U.S. and abroad." The annual event takes place March 3-5th. Check out the press release for the event on their site.



Ali Velshi, superman, continues his trot around the country....




- From the a press report, "Ali Velshi will serve as the keynote speaker for the Saint Peter’s College 38th Annual Regents Business Symposium. Taking place on Friday, November 6, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City on the Hudson, the forum is designed to inform and discuss current events in business and politics. The topic, “Restoring Confidence: From Crisis to Recovery,” will be addressed by three additional business leaders." Read more of the press report here.
(On a side note: It mentioned in the press release that Ali was born in Kenya. Interesting tidbit!)


Alina Cho looking sexy!



-On Sept. 22 Alina attended the 10th annual New Yorkers for Children Fall Gala. Here's a picture taken by Life.

Candy Crowley invades the "Gerg's" territory.

-Ms. Crowley spoke at the Kennedy School of Government's brown-bag speaker series on Sept. 22. She kicked off the series with her conversation on "Obama: Down to the Nitty-Gritty". To read more about her talk visit the Harvard website. (And may I say she's been looking great!)

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Out of the Box - Sept. 16

Hi, I'm back with Out of the Box. I hope you all are having a great week! Let's get started...


David Gergen to speak in Minneapolis







This Friday, David Gergen will speak at a the "Summit of Leadership in Crisis". They will be discussing leading during times of troubles, including domestic and foreign issues. For more information on the summit check out their website.


Fashion Week in Pictures (CNN Edition)

Alina Cho, along with Soledad O'Brien and Betty Nguyen attended several events at fashion week. Here are some photos of Alina Cho.

Another picture of Alina Cho on the Life.com website.


Thanks to Julie for finding these items. Have a great week everyone!

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Out of the Box August 12

Larry King will be on Jimmy Kimmel on 8/12

Fareed Zakaria speaking in Toronto Tuesday, August 18/09 at 2:30-4:00 p.m.

Anderson Cooper will host the upcoming New Yorkers For Children Tenth Annual Fall Gala in late September honoring singer Mary J. Blige for her philanthropy.

Soledad O’Brien at ISU on January 22/10

Christiane Amanpour in Harpers Bazaar

Candy Crowley in Documentary called Backstage at the Campaign

Soledad O’Brien in JamRock magazine

David Gergen in Rolling Stone magazine: Obama So Far Issue

Alina Cho attends a screening of the film “Adam,"

Thanks to Jule for the great finds ~ Sapphire

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Out of the Box August 5

Wolf Blitzer on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on August 5th

Howard Kurtz celebrated his birthday on August 1st. We at All Things CNN send him belated birthday wishes.

David Gergen speaking on Thursday & Friday at The Leadership Summit

Alina Cho attends premier of Julie & Julia

Wolf Blitzer and Candy Crowley are on the “Ask the Expert” lifeline for the return of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire


Thanks to Julie for the great finds ~ Sapphire

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Out of the Box July 1

Empowerment seminars with Donna Brazile, Roland Martin, Soledad O’Brien & others

Kyra Phillips to host awards banquet July 18

Paul Begala to be keynote speaker July 24

David Gergen to speak at leadership summit August 6-7

Better Late Then Never

Alina Cho attends Gigi Levangie Grazer Book Party


Christiane Amanpour and Candy Crowley honored at Women in Media awards June 17

John King speaks at Cleveland Jewish News Event June 18

Tweet from Don Lemon today (6/25) " Flying to chicago. Hosting black in america 2 event.

"Tweet from Soledad O'Brien (6/24) " Just landed in puerto rico for the natl assn of hispanic journalists conference. Technically, I'm working."

That's it for this week. Much thanks to Julie. Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian readers. See you next week ~ Sapphire

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Out of the Box June 17

David Gergen

David Gergen to speak at Leadership Summit 6/23

Soledad O’Brien

CNN to be honored by the Trevor Project at the ninth annual Trevor New York gala on 6/29. The award will be accepted by Soledad O’Brien

Jeffrey Toobin

Jeffrey Toobin to be featured speaker at ABA 2009 Silver Gavel Awards Presentation on 7/1

Better Late Then Never

David Gergen

Info on David Gergen’s talk at the Growth Conference on 6/3

David Gergen to speak at The Willow Creek Leadership Summit 8/6-8/7

Soledad O’Brien

Soledad O’Brien speaking on 6/9 in Boston

Alina Cho

Alina Cho attends party for GQ Creative Director Jim Moore on 6/11

Alina Cho attends party to celebrate Clive Christian’s new furniture showroom in NYC

Thanks again to Julie for the great finds ~ Sapphire

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Out of the Box June 10

Programming News: This morning's New York Times is reporting that Joy Behar is joining HLN to host a 9 p.m. talk show. Behar's program will premier in the Fall and bump the repeat of Lou Dobbs, which hasn't been drawing great numbers. To read more just click on the link.

Larry King

Larry King to sign copies of his book at the Barnes & Noble on Grove Drive in LA on 6/13

John King

John King, who will be the keynote speaker at CJN’s “Making Headlines!” event on Thurs., June 18

Paul Begala

Paul Begala to speak at 2009 Washington Public Policy Conference on September 11

Better Late Than Never

Larry King

Party held for Larry King in Chicago on 5/30

Alina Cho

Alina Cho attends New Yorkers for Children’s Sports Network For Success event on 6/2.

Candy Crowley at Gracies

Here are some pictures of Candy Crowley at the Gracies where she was honored on June 3rd.

Sanjay Gupta & Soledad O’Brien

Sanjay Gupta and Soledad O’Brien attended the National Lupus Foundation of America’s annual gala which this year was in support of Aiden Gallagher, who was diagnosed with Lupus at 11.

Erica Hill & Jessica Yellin

Erica Hill and Jessica Yellin attended the LEAGUE's 2009 National Awards and recognition event at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on June 5, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Ali Velshi

Ali Velshi spoke at New York Press Club on 6/9


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