The wonderful composer and now president and Chairman of the Board of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Paul Williams, came in for makeup the other night. Songs like, Evergreen (Barbra Streisand), Old Fashioned Love Song (Three Dog night), We’ve Only Just Begun (Karen Carpenter), Rainy Days and Mondays, Let Me Be the One and I Won’t Last a Day Without You. The list is endless and he is a sweetie, to boot! I have the best job not only making them up but also hearing their stories.

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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Who would have guessed that in one week, I would work and chat with the likes of Hugh Bonneville, who plays the serious Lord Grantham in Downton Abbey and the infamous Judy Collins whose history is as diverse as the biosphere.

When making up high profile people, I feel I have to listen and ask questions because they know their faces and the image they wish to portray better then anyone. A good makeup artist has to be able to leave their ego at the door.

They also have to read the room.

Happy Holidays!

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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Il Divo came by the other day promoting their new album, A MUSICAL AFFAIR, but also their one week show on Broadway. They were delightful!

Two of the group did their own makeup, the other two put their face in the makeup room’s hands.

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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Ilana Dayan and I met a year ago. I was recommended to her when she came over last year to do a series of interviews with a film producer Arnon Milchan, a renowned Hollywood movie director with such films under his belt such as The War of the Roses, Once Upon a Time in America, Pretty Woman, Natural Born Killers, Under Siege,The Devil’s Advocate, The Fountain, Unfaithful, L.A. Confidential, Unfaithful, Night and Day to name a few.

Milchan was also recruited to LAKAM, a top secret Israeli intelligence organization responsible for obtaining technology and material for Israel’s nuclear program, and other highly secretive programs.

Ilana hired me again this week. Here is a photo of the two of us in Studio A at Fox News Bureau this morning, while we waited for Rupert Murdoch who works with Milchan.

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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I happen to enjoy Vodka and knew nothing about this brand. Then Dan sat in my makeup chair, the other day, and told me that most Vodkas have both citrus oil and anti-freeze in them and his was clean clean clean. Made in Canada, actually, Dan’s home country. Lovely larger then life man.

We talked about the South African accent and he said it was a hard one to pull off. I smiled cheekily and said, “not for me”. We both agreed that Leonardo Dicaprio in Blood Diamond and Matt Damon in Invictus both nailed it and were really believable with their accents.

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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Our teleprompter operator Mike Tursi (“Prompter Mike”) poses with members of the exclusive “Anderson Live” Supper Club, “Top Chef” stars Richard Blais and Padma Lakshmi, and Anderson.

The way the Supper Club works is that staffers contribute $20 for each meal… and Mike does all the work!

A very sad day indeed. Last day of shooting with the most harmonious crew EVER!!!!

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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not for profit that he and his fiance’ Justin Mikita have launched

called Tie the Knot, where the couple will design bow ties that

will be sold at The Tie Bar, benefiting organizations fighting for

civil rights of gay and lesbian Americans. We have met few times

at Good Morning America and Anderson and decided to take this

opportunity to put it on the record.

P.S. Go to www.TieTheKnot.org.

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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He blushed when I mentioned his cuteness.

Nothing like the thrill of making a four star General blush.

He popped into Bloomberg TV for an appearance on Trish and Adam’s show.

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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Got home, changed into something cozy and proceeded to watch an episode of House of Cards.

I had been up since 5.30am  and was in such a daze.  I  needed to chill.

The phone rang.

“Tina Brown wants makeup. She will be flying in from DC and home by 6pm sharp,” her assistant Michele  “with one L”, said.

The thought  of dressing again, customizing and packing a makeup kit to her specifications (very natural, I recalled), then cabbing it over to the opposite side of town was daunting.

But then Tina has always been so fabulous to me.

I was her makeup artist on Topic A with Tina Brown on CNBC.

I consider Tina Brown and Harry Evans two of the loveliest successful people I have ever worked with. Even though Harry was in the midst of writing an article, he brought in a tray, with a fresh pot of brewing tea, milk and sugar and placed it on the dresser in front of the makeup mirror.

The world is spinning faster then ever, but Harry knew, a cuppa would perk Tina up.

They are kindred spirits, kind to one another and nice people.

In less then an hour, I was in cab back home!

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As a well-known beauty expert and makeup artist, lana's work and expert advice has appeared in leading fashion magazines, such as Brides, Modern Bride, Bridal Guide, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Glamour, Mademoiselle and Vogue. She also worked for Project Runway, MTV, VH-1, CBS and HBO. She was Paula Zahn’s makeup artist at CNN, then Tina Brown’s at CNBC. For almost 15 years she worked with Elizabeth Vargas, at 20/20, World News Tonight and Good Morning America on ABC. She was Anderson Cooper’s makeup artist on his daytime talkshow, Anderson Live. She is now contributing to WNET/WLIW PBS stations in the tristate area on shows such as, Nature, Promos for Downton Abbey, Treasures of New York, The Dukes of September, Great Performances at the Metropolitan Opera and with Sting, to name a few. Lana is based in New York City where she also works with personal clients and brides-to-be. She is also available for special events. You can find lana on Facebook and Google+. Contact lana at LanaGersman@gmail.com or call 917.860.1500.

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