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Daniel Boulud Makes Shock Met Opera Debut, Machine Gun Kelly Talks (Espresso), and Different Sightings

The celebs had been on stage final week.

Daniel Boulud shocked followers with an look within the Metropolitan Opera’s manufacturing of “La Bohème” final Friday.

The well-known chef will be heard crossing the road to his new restaurant, Brasserie Boulud, earlier than taking the stage throughout Act II.

Daniel Boulud made a shock look final Friday through the efficiency of “La Bohème” on the Metropolitan Opera (see above). Karen Amande / Met Opera
We’re informed that he appeared in Act II (as seen above). Karen Amande / Met Opera

The scene, during which Boulud performs the chef and proprietor of the bustling Café Momus in Paris’s Latin Quarter, encompasses a energetic restaurant ambiance, with waiters, diners, road distributors and the arrival of Musetta, who performs the well-known aria “Quando me’n vo'” (“Musetta’s Waltz”).

Many stars have already been noticed at Boulud’s French Lincoln Heart since its opening earlier this month, together with Fran Drescher, Andrew McCarthy, Al Roker, Deborah Roberts and Yo-Yo Ma.

Culinary legends additionally got here to assist Boulud, resembling Alain Ducasse, Eric Ripert and Jean-Georges Vongerichten.

On Sunday, Machine Gun Kelly joined Anthony Anderson and pageant founder Lee Brian Schrager on stage to kick off Espresso Tradition, the New York Metropolis Wine & Meals Pageant’s first-ever alcohol-free occasion.

Machine Gun Kelly and Anthony Anderson mentioned the rapper’s The 27 Membership Espresso venture at NYCWFF’s first alcohol-free occasion this weekend (seen above). Getty Photographs for NYCWFF
MGK and Anthony Anderson had been joined by pageant founder Lee Brian Schrager for the October 18 dialogue (see above). Getty Photographs for NYCWFF

We’re informed MGK has mentioned 27 Membership Espresso, his rock ‘n’ roll-themed espresso store with areas in Cleveland and Miami, and is contemplating opening a retailer in Brooklyn.

He spoke about “his ambition to develop as an entrepreneur and create a constructive expertise for friends,” a supply informed us.

The “Bloody Valentine” artist additionally had an unexpectedly candid response when Anderson requested him how he acquired into the restaurant enterprise.

“He playfully mentioned he ‘stopped doing cocaine and was searching for a greater excessive,'” our supply defined.

We’re informed MGK’s new girlfriend, Dakota Johnson, wasn’t on the occasion.

Sylvester Stallone and Jennifer Flavin spoke on a panel on the pageant on October 16 (see above). Getty Photographs for NYCWFF
Bryan Cranston handed out Dos Hombres cocktails on the Oct. 16 occasion (see above). Getty Photographs for NYCWFF

Just a few days earlier, Sylvester Stallone kicked off the NYCWFF commerce day by internet hosting a Q&A session along with his spouse, Jennifer Flavin.

“Stallone talked about his new vodka, Carbonadi, and mentioned every little thing from elevating three daughters to how selling a liquor model is like selling a film — it’s important to put your self on the market,” the supply mentioned.

Elsewhere on the occasion, Bryan Cranston poured glasses of his Dos Hombres mezcal for attendees whereas interacting with followers and posing for pictures.

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