Midtown Movie/ A Diamond is Forever/ Narnia
One never knows the title of the movie he's working on, but Woody Allen stood in the doorway of “the bulldog” carriage house on East 38th Street chatting with Larry David on the set of an up coming film. Ed Begley Jr. grazed at the sidewalk food tables, and ogling pedestrians stepped over wires. No sign of Evan Rachel Woods, who also stars. After the last few films set in Britain-Match Point, Scoop, Cassandra's Dream--Woody's back to making movies in New York. Also in the neighbs on Tuesday, a luncheon hosted by De Beers “Diamonds are Forever,” on the balcony overlooking Grand Central Terminal in Grand Central Station with great views of the zodiac ceiling and an enormous display of roses to show how diamonds, unlike fragile flowers, endure. Attending in honor of Antony Todd were Helena Christiensen, Diane Kruger (in Balenciaga), Elizabeth Hasselbeck, Lakeand Robin Bell, Tory Burch, and Marghuerita Missoni. Model Maggie Rizer said, “It was a simple, elegant lunch with great people that said, 'Diamonds are for everyone.'” She loves diamonds because each one has its own story: “One was given to my grandmother by my grandfather from his mother, one is so small I can barely see it but my dad gave it to my mom when he couldn't afford to; one I bought on a trip to India, and so on . . . .” Natasha Richardson joined the fashion crowd for that pre-Mother's Day event and then was on hand the next night for the premiere for the new “Chronicles of Narnia” at another neighborhood gem, The New York Public Library on 42nd Street. Her husband Liam Neeson is the voice of Aslan, so the library with its signature stone lions looked Narnia-ready and so are the movie's legions of fans, many of whom watched the jugglers, threaded beads and supped on forest fare in one of the city's most spectacular landmarks.
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