Bill’s Partyline August 3rd, 2001
PEOPLE Really enjoyed some prime time with 13-year-old actor Haley Joel Osment and his family backstage at Budokan where Warner Brothers held…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline Column
Bill’s Partyline July 13th, 2001
PEOPLE I got a sneak preview of W.B.’s “Rock Star” starring Mark Wahlberg. This was especially interesting and timely, as I was…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline June 29th, 2001
PEOPLE Hollywood has certainly come to Japan the last few weeks, and you’ve got blockbuster films such as Steven Spielberg’s “A.I.” (Artificial…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline June 15th, 2001
PEOPLE Saturday, May 19, and I’m starting this column on Northwest’s two-hour Flight 83 to Seoul. I’ve been to Korea many times,…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline June 1st, 2001
PEOPLE Dear friends and good people scheduled to leave soon include Argentine Ambassador Alfredo V. Chiaradia and his wife Ercilia who will…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline May 4th, 2001
PEOPLE People often ask me if I don’t get tired of all the parties, the people and hanging out at the Lex…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline March 16th, 2001
PEOPLE My sincerest congratulations to a really great woman, Teri Ritzer, on her marriage to Stephen Meyer at Belvedere Castle in Central…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline March 2nd, 2001
PEOPLE I can say the same about Princess Takamado and, as Linda lnoki wrote in her interview for the July 1 Financial…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline February 16th, 2001
PEOPLE Asia Ireton on her recent appointment as managing director of the History Channel. I’ve worked with Asia for Movie/TV Marketing magazine…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline February 2nd, 2001
PEOPLE Massy’s just taken off for a golf holiday in Malaysia, and I introduced him to former Malaysian Ambassador H.M. Khatib and…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline January 26th, 2001
PEOPLE I really enjoyed hanging with some of the world’s top tennis players in Japan to play in the Sony-sponsored Japan Open…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline January 12th, 2001
PEOPLE Had a nice surprise when Geraldine Twilley of Tokyo International Players baked a really delicious pumpkin pie for me for the…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline December 15th, 2000
PEOPLE Togo Fine Art hosted a reception on Nov. 26 to open an exhibition, “Traces of Picasso,” which continues through Feb. 28….
Bill Hersey’s Partyline December 1st, 2000
PEOPLE On Monday, Nov. 13, renown designer Hanae Mori presented her Spring-Summer Pret-a-Couture Collection at the Hanae Mori Building on Omote Sando….
Bill Hersey’s Partyline November 17th, 2000
PEOPLE My thanks to 20th Century Fox man-in-Japan Geoff Bossiere for allowing me to take Yuki Kano of Continental Airlines to the…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline November 3rd, 2000
PEOPLE Happy to read that long-time friend and noted Filipino designer Petoy Moreno was just presented with yet another special award, The…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline September 15th, 2000
PEOPLE Earlier this summer, i had the privilege and pleasure of going to Berlin for the grand opening of the Sony Centre…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline September 1st, 2000
PEOPLE My thanks to long time friend, New York City (U.N.) lawyer Chris Lynn, for the videotape of the Broadway musical “Victor,…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline August 4th, 2000
Konishiki is on the cover of its fifth anniversary magazine and is looking good. From time to time, when I’m standing in…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline July 21, 2000
PEOPLE Thanks to Chi Chan Plessner, I was able to spend a couple of laid-back hours with one of Tokyo’s best liked…
Bill Hersey’s Partyline July 7th, 2000
The big party to open the futuristic Sony Center in Berlin on June 14 was special and spectacular. As part of the…