It was a (mostly male) mass of metal-mesh tops, visible thongs, and the kind of obliques that are worried into deep-grooved submission by multiple daily gym visits. Downstairs, the door was a madhouse of frantic texting to get in. “This is the first time I’ve been to a fucking party with people.”īut that was later: There were hours of pent-up nightlife FOMO jostle to get through before that. “On a positive note,” she said when she finally appeared striding the bar in leather boots, sometime past 1 a.m. And truth be told, God seemed as exultant as any of the rest of us to finally get out of the house. Would she sing? Her faithful fans crowded outside the door of the Standard High Line, desperate, after months and months away, to cram maskless into elevators to go up to the Boom Boom Room on the 18th floor. “God is Cuming,” Madonna had posted three days before she was going to be there. The evening also included an original multimedia art installation, which was projected in Times Square and will be shown at The Standard, High Line for the remainder of Pride Month Madonna's "Vogue" classic got an updated remix called "Vogue Ballroom Function," and played before her entrance.It was the Standard’s post-pandemic Pride Week party, with DJ sets by the Misshapes, Honey Dijon, Kaytranada, and disco god Eli Escobar, but by Thursday night , everybody thought of it as a party for, by, and about Madonna. Michael Turchin and Lance Bass were among the revelers. Madonna's daughter Lourdes Leon was also there, as well as a bevy of "RuPaul's Drag Race" queens including Gottmik, Symone, Gigi Goode, Aquaria and Violet Chachkie. The room was so packed that even VIP attendees were left outside on the street, but several who did make it in include Emily Ratajkowski, Indya Moore, Leyna Bloom, Christian Siriano, Anderson Cooper, Andy Cohen, Adam Lambert, Lance Bass, Bowen Yang, Ziwe, "Real Housewives" star Leah McSweeney and Jon Batiste, to name a few. "Lets POP the cherry on Pride With a Bang!" she wrote in part in the caption. Three more original Polaroids shot by Madonna and Gomes are now part of a silent auction that will benefit the Hetrick Martin Inn and can be found here. Zachary Quinto oversaw the auction, which raised $100,000. One lucky person in the crowd also got a selfie with the pop icon for $10,000. Each was individually framed and personally signed, and "Star Trek" actor Zachary Quinto helped out with the auction, which raised over $100,000 for The Ali Forney Center and Haus of Us in a matter of minutes, according to a news release. Hunter Abrams / BFAīut what was even more stunning was how she auctioned off three new, original Polaroids shot by her and Ricardo Gomes at her home earlier this month, inspired by New York City art. Anderson Cooper (l.) and Andy Cohen were on hand at the Pride event. The legendary singer, 62, was dressed in a combo of her classic mesh fabric look (including a fairly see-through top), long pink fingerless gloves and icy blue air, stunning the entire room.
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