GBK, the luxury lifestyle gift lounge and special events company & Tic Tac® Mints held their annual Emmy Awards Gift Lounge at the W Hollywood Hotel. GBK is known for adding that extra special element that makes his gift lounges magical, and GBK’s 2011 Emmy Lounge exceeded all expectations. The beautiful backdrop of the W Hollywood was perfect for the grand gift lounge, as a red-carpeted spiraling staircase took you to the entrance of a plethora of heavenly suites, and unveiled the piece de resistance: the red carpet-inspired gown comprised 100% of limited edition Pink Grapefruit, Power Mint and Fresh Mint flavor Tic Tac® mints. The inspiration behind GBK is providing charities an audience and support, and, as in their typical tradition, Tic Tac® donated whopping $100,000 to CancerCare, an organization focused on supporting all people affected by cancer.
Camille Grammar and Tic Tac Gown
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GBK Emmy Gift Lounge Charities
As always GBK raises awareness and funds for charities at each gift suite they host. For this year’s Emmy Gift Lounge, The Art of Elysium, Teach for America, and A New Way of Life Reentry Project were featured.
The Art of Elysium encourages working actors, artists and musicians to voluntarily dedicate their time and talent to children who are battling serious medical conditions. We provide artistic workshops in the following disciplines: acting, art, comedy, fashion, music, radio, songwriting and creative writing. They will also be gifting The Book Just Like You by Robert Kroupa. www.theartofelysium.org
Author Robert Kroupa and his anti-bullying book, “Just Like You”.
Teach For America is the national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong leaders in expanding educational opportunity. This fall, 9,300 corps members will be teaching in 43 regions across the country, while nearly 24,000 Teach For America alumni continue working from inside and outside the field of education for the fundamental changes necessary to ensure educational excellence and equity. www.teachforamerica.org
Teach For America offers leadership opportunities in education.
A New Way of Life Reentry Project is a non-profit organization in South Central Los Angeles with a core mission to help women and girls break the cycle of entrapment in the criminal justice system and lead healthy and satisfying lives. As a community advocate, A New Way of Life provides housing and reentry support for women and children, advocates for the human and civil rights of people in prison and people with past convictions, and builds leadership of formerly incarcerated women.
A New Way of Life founder, Susan Burton featured in Top 10 CNN Heros of 2010.
Simmons™ The ComforPedic Mystic Mattress: Nominees and Presenters loved the ComforPedic Mystic mattress featuring NXG® Advanced Memory Foam. The ComforPedic Mystic comes in either firm or plush, and features the most 5.5lb NXG® Advanced Memory Foam and Progressive Support Latex Foam. All foam is CertiPUR-US® Certified, and includes a 360° Gradient Edge® Support System, and each mattress has a 13.5″ profile height, to ensure your best night’s sleep. ComforPedic mattresses are covered with a stretch knit removable and dry suede cleanable cover, and they offer a 25-year limited warranty for every purchase. Along with the Mystic mattress that the celebrities were taking home. You can see all the entire ComforPedic Collection at www.comforpedic.com
Young And The Restless’ Kate Linder trying out the luxurious ComforPedic mattress.
Bond St Custom Clothiers (www.bondstcustomsuits.com)- Providing the high quality and luxury of bespoke, custom-made suits, shirts, and tuxedos to clients worldwide for very competitive prices. Bond St is a premier online resource for all of your custom-fitted clothing needs and offer their unmatched expertise at competitive prices, no matter where you are located. Justin Lurie, founder of Bond St, wanted to create a company to give people the best value dollar-for-dollar, on clothing fit around them, using only the finest of fabrics. Lurie built his business for the shopper looking for quality, affordability, and their own ultimate style. Start your custom-fitted item today. Pick out your colors, your choice of material, enter your sizes and in return you will receive the custom-made suit of your dreams, at easy as that!
Bond St specializes in custom made clothing and ties.
Caribbean Living Magazine: Celebs were all a buzz when they received a one-week stay in the Caribbean compliments of Caribbean Living Magazine. To get great ideas on where to stay, fun family traveling ideas, and to view romantic getaway itineraries, visit www.CaribbeanLivingMagazine.com
Melissa Joan Hart grabbing her issue of Caribbean Living magazine.
The Children’s Place was offering celebrities and special guests the opportunity to pick out their own stylish pieces online, with a $100 gift card. Guests also took home adorable beanies and headwear from their Winter 2011 collection, which features bright colors, cute characters, and fun designs.
The Children’s Place
Children’s Place offers international shipping and sizing from newborn up to kids 4-14. They have selections of shoes, pants, skirts, sweaters, dresses, headbands and hats, and holiday collections that are stylish, edgy, and ultimately fun for any kid to wear. Children’s Place also offers comfy and cozy basics, such as socks and onesies, which are the highest quality, yet surprisingly affordable. You can check out their latest styles at www.childrensplace.com
GREEN SMOKE, the Presenting Sponsor and host of the GBK Emmy “Green Room” featuring a selection of eco-friendly products, Green Smoke® gifted the Electronic Cigarette Starter Kit, a leading electronic cigarette manufacturer and the pioneer of the innovative 2-piece e-cigarette design, provides the most authentic smoking experience without smoke, ash, butts or odor. www.greensmoke.com
Beverly Mitchell with the Green Smoke Electronic Cigarette girls and US Army Officer Varn.
Another charity at the lounge was Soldier’s Angels – “May No Soldier Go Unloved”. Their Adopt A Soldier program provides aid & comfort to all deployed soldiers, especially our wounded. Many don’t have anyone sending mail or support. To adopt a soldier, you are asked to send 2 letters & 2 care packages a month. The support means everything to them. Sign up here: www.SoldiersAngels.org. Make all the difference for someone who is putting their life on the line for you!
Ugly Betty’s and Gavin Kielly
Bread Basket Cake: Emmy Gift Lounge guests nibbled on Dark Chocolate Red Velvet Truffles by Bread Basket Cake. www.breadbasketcake.com
Bread Basket’s EMMY cake was a show-stopper for guests attending the GBK suite.
Christine’s Gourmet Toffee: Unbelievably delicious! They gifted an indulgent mix of Wisconsin Butter Candies including sea salt & chai caramels and bacon, coffee, pistachio, pecan and butter toffees and Belgian chocolate toffee bites, which got us addicted! This is an LA’s The Place THElist 2011 inductee! www.christinestoffee.com
Christine’s Gourmet Toffee creates perfect blends and flavors for any occasion.
DTLA Bikes: Living in a city with perpetual sunshine, gift certificates for custom-built steel frame fixed gear bikes from stylish DTLA Bikes were much appreciated by celebs. www.dtlabikes.com
Ancestry: The world’s largest online family history resource gifted a one-year World Deluxe membership and will conduct on-site family history searches. Celebrities may be able to find information such as a photo of a distant relative, a passenger list from a ship with an ancestor or a relative’s War Draft Registration Card. www.ancestry.com
Ancestry.com offered a chance for celebrities to take a look into their past.
BLENDR, LLC: A social network to meet people in your area with common interests, provided custom-branded solar universal phone chargers to celebrities at the gift lounge and was this year’s host for GBK’s exclusive sneak peek Emmys Mixer Thursday evening. The Emmy Mixer was a night of hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and gifts to showcase their new social media platform. www.blendr.com
The Knot Genie: A brush that is an amazing detangling tool designed to gently remove knots as well as the drama that comes with brushing unruly hair. www.knotgenie.com
“Fairly Legal”‘s Michael Trucco with his Knot Genie.
Onsen Secret: Onsen gave its most powerful skin care revolutionary products derived from Japanese Hotsprings Minerals, such as, Nail Care Kit (Complete hand and nail care system), Pure A Peel (Skin Renewal Facial Peel), True Hydration (Skin Regenerating Facial Moisturizer), Milk Clarity (Hydrating Cleanser), Powder Technology (Active Enhancer), and Shichi Antioxidant Bath (Skin detox bath). www.onsensecret.com
CARITA: Celebrities’ skin will be all a glow after receiving CARITA’s legendary product, developed in 1956, Fluide de Beauté 14 – an ultra fine and silky dry oil that penetrates, leaving a velvety smooth face, body and hair. www.caritadirect.com
Carita offered a scented dry oil for guests to take home and pamper themselves with.
EcofirstArt: Designer of the GBK “Green Room” featuring eco-friendly products, EcofirstArt provided Nominees and Presenters with a $1,000 gift card for the website and a choice of earrings, cufflinks, bracelets, paintings or bathrobes. Here’s to eco-savvy celebs! www.EcofirstArt.com
EcofirstArt supplied the furniture for the suite room as well, all made out of recycled products.
Exclusive Sedan: Gifted gift certificate for luxury car service – a much-needed service for LA’s car-centric lifestyle. www.exclusivesedan.com
Gavin Keilly and Emmy winner Margo Martindale
Haan Therapeutics: GlyMed Plus Cell Science® DNA Reset Face & Neck Cream with Epidermal Growth Factors were graciously gifted. It contains the most advanced ingredients available to help restore skin to a youthful state and fight the DNA damage. www.haantherapeutics.com
Kurtz-Ahlers: Provided hotel stays at one the following stunning resorts: Imanta, Six Senses Con Dao, Six Senses Laamu, The Bristol, and The Bristol Buenaventura. www.kurtzahlers.com
James Woods picking his Kurtz-Ahlers destination getaway.
Margo Petitti: To get celebs ready for winter in Los Angeles, limited edition luxury scarves made from Italian cashmere, mink, silk and fine wool suiting were gifted; made in the USA. www.margopetitti.com
Reflect It Apparel: Apparel for exercise or everyday with messages of motivation & inspiration to lead a healthy lifestyle. www.reflectitapparel.com
Gavin Keilly with “Mike & Molly” actor Billy Gardell.
Piggy Pillows: Fabulous Fashion Insoles for Flip Flops, Sandals and Shoes. Created after the founder was slipping around in her flip flops from the lotion from a pedicure! They are many designs and patterns to choose from- who says comfort insoles can’t be stylish? www.PiggyPillows.com
Piggy Pillows make walking in flip flops after a lotion-packed pedicure easy and comfortable.
Beauty Foods: Gifting guests their first product – Nightly Beauty, the first beauty drink created to give you delicious sleep and gorgeous skin. www.beautyfoods.com
Gifting also include the children’s book Just Like You written by Robert Kroupa.
To find our more info about GBK Productions,
GBK, (formerly GBK Productions), is a luxury lifestyle gifting and special events company, specializing in entertainment marketing integration. Formed in 2000 by Gavin Keilly, the company’s Founder and CEO, GBK consists of five divisions: GBK Celebrity Gifting, GBK Special Events, GBK Weddings, GBK Charitable Consulting and GBK Marketing/Public Relations. Widely known in the entertainment industry for bringing that little extra something into the Gifting Lounge environment, GBK offers its clients a full range of marketing services. For more information on Gavin B. Keilly (CEO), Carla Domen (VP) or GBK, please go to www.GBKproductions.com
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