Bill Hersey’s Partyline Column

PEOPLE STEVE HAYNES & PAULA JOHNSONS SANNO  BRUNCH It was a very special group of very special people at Steve and Paula’s…

PEOPLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NORMAN  Still putting on the ritz, but this time high in the sky, while noted art dealer Norman Tolman‘s…

PEOPLE Showbiz luminaries Harvey Fierstein, Jerry Mitchell, and Cyndi Lauper, along with the international cast of the award-winning musical “Kinky Boots” will be…

PEOPLE My thanks to Lilo Maruyama who picked me and Kyoko Spector up at the Grand Hyatt and had her driver take…

PEOPLE Seijoro Udo and his staff at Udo Artists are celebrating the company’s 50th year of bringing top international music to Japan,…

PEOPLE I really felt down over the loss of superstar Prince. I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting him every time Udo…

PEOPLE  Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio was in town for three clays to promote the award-winning film “The Revenant” for 20th Century Fox. Talked with…

PEOPLE I heard a dear friend, Guy Laliberté sold his big and beautiful business the world-famous Cirque du Soleil. He’s done a lot…

PEOPLE Grace, who’s 83 now, is in a retirement home here in Tokyo and unfortunately isn’t able to get out and about…

PEOPLE MIN-ON’S DYNAMIC FLAMENCO SHOW  The highlight of showbiz entertainment for me in December was the  Min—On Concert Association’s Flamenco Show at…

PEOPLE I had the privilege of attending the opening reception for artist Toko Shinoda which was wall—to—wall international VIPs. Long time friends…

PEOPLE Tsukasa Shiga’s welcome party for the F-1 drivers at the Chic Club was wall-to-wall beautiful models and many of the best…

PEOPLE Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba and the U.S. His trip was so full of good things l spent much of…

PEOPLE  Thanks to good people like entrepreneur Raymond Johnson I’ve met so many truly good and interesting people. Recently I was able…

PEOPLE If you follow the column you know for me, people are what it’s all about, and I’d like to open this…

PEOPLE SAYONARA TO CANADA’S LAURIE PETERS It was nice seeing Canada‘s Consul Laurie Peters at a recent National Day party. The only…

PEOPLE Superstar George Clooney, whom we featured on our June cover,  was in town to promote the film “Tomorrowland” for Disney. I…

PEOPLE First, big and sincere congratulations to the Duke of Cambridge,  William, and his beautiful wife, Kate, on the birth of their…

PEOPLE Holy Week was very busy as well. Friends who went to Ash  Wednesday services at the popular Franciscan Chapel were pleas- …

PEOPLE My Cinderella Lesson by Steve Haynes, one of Japan’s most talented and popular foreigners. For his new book, Steve worked with…

PEOPLE STANDING OVATIONS FOR TAO DRUMMERS lt was standing room only at Bunkamura’s Orchard Hall for the Drum TAO Group’s latest show “33…