WHAT:
The inaugural Blue Jacket Fashion Show and Dinner was held Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Pier 59 Studios during New York Men’s Fashion Week. In partnership with Johnson & Johnson, the Blue Jacket Fashion Show benefited the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), founded by philanthropist and financier Michael Milken. Money raised will go towards funding cutting-edge research that will save, extend and improve the lives of not only prostate cancer patients but other cancer patients as well.

The Blue Jacket Fashion Show brought together the fashion, entertainment, sports, healthcare, and media worlds around a national platform to openly discuss men’s cancer issues, with an emphasis on prostate cancer. Coinciding with February’s Cancer Prevention Month and New York Men’s Fashion Week, the Blue Jacket Fashion Show included designers such as John Varvatos, Nick Graham, Joseph Abboud, Nicole Miller, Rag and Bone, Proper Cloth, Stephen F, Maggie Norris, Gustavo Moscoso, Thom Browne and Haspel who used their creative talents to “reinvent” the traditional blue blazer.

Those walking the runway wearing one-of-a-kind blue jackets included models, actors, athletes, members of the media, and business titans. Among those walking were actor Mario Cantone, musician and model Ian Mellencamp, New York Giants Wide Receiver Victor Cruz, TV personality Carson Kressley, science educator and host of the forthcoming Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World Bill Nye, New York Yankees Pitcher CC Sabathia, New York Post’s Richard Johnson, model Alex Lundqvist, and CNN Anchor Don Lemon. Several of the specially designed jackets modeled during the show will be auctioned off with proceeds going to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

The fashion show was followed by a cocktail reception and a 3-course dinner, featuring seasonal ingredients and Mediterranean inspired dishes, designed by Executive Chef Simone Cucchiara. While guests were enjoying dinner, President and CEO of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, Dr. Jonathan Simons, addressed the attendees and thanked them for making it a memorable first Blue Jacket event in support of prostate cancer research and hoping to see everyone next year, making the Blue Jacket Fashion Show and Dinner a new annual event. A silent auction was also held, featuring sought-after sports memorabilia and original artworks, all proceeds benefiting the Prostate Cancer Foundation.

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(Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
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WHEN: Wednesday, February 1, 2017

WHERE: Pier 59 Studios
Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex
59 Chelsea Piers #2
New York, NY 10011

About The Prostate Cancer Foundation
The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world’s leading philanthropic organization funding and accelerating prostate cancer research. Since 1993, PCF has raised more than $698 million and provided funding to more than 2,000 research projects at nearly 200 cancer and universities in 23 countries around the world. Today, prostate cancer remains the second leading cause of death in American men, with a man being diagnosed with prostate cancer every 3.3 minutes.

Despite these statistics, PCF has helped lower the prostate cancer death rate by more than 50% by funding ground breaking research with a streamlined funding model that has been replicated by leading research organizations across the country. Today, by accelerating public awareness and advancing medical solutions with more promising drug candidates in the pipeline, PCF is empowering men and their friends and families to proactively manage their lives and live longer and healthier lives. For more information about the Prostate Cancer Foundation, please visit pcf.org.

For further information on the PCF, please visit http://www.pcf.org/
F: www.facebook.com/PCF.org | T: www.twitter.com/PCFnews

About The Blue Jacket Initiative
The Blue Jacket Fashion Show is the kick-off event for The Blue Jacket Initiative founded by Frederick Anderson and Laura Miller (Anderson/Miller). The Blue Jacket Initiative is a national awareness campaign designed to demystify and create a platform to openly discuss men’s cancer issues. Anderson/ Miller is a marketing and promotion agency based in New York City.

For more information about The Blue Jacket Fashion Show, please visit bluejacketfashionshow.org
Follow the Blue Jacket Fashion Show on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using the hashtags #BlueJacketFashionShow and #MyBlueJacket.

PRESS CONTACT (for PCF):
Norah Lawlor | Lawlor Media Group | www.lawlormediagroup.com
Norah@lawlormediagroup.com | Tel: (212) 967-6900
Facebook: LawlorMediaGroup | Instagram: lawlormedia | Twitter: @LawlorMedia

Carson Kressley (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Mario Cantone, Jack Griffo (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Melba Moore (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Maggie Norris, Nicole Miller (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
CC Sabathia (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Nick Graham, Bill Nye (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Victor Cruz (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Don Lemon (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Ian Mellencamp (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Richard Johnson (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Simon Doonan (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Gustavo Moscoso, Omar Sharif Jr. (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Samuel Meitar, Jan Haber, John Weston (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Frederick Anderson, Valesca Guerrand Hermes (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Ty Hunter (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Larry Leeds (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Alessandro Mele, Bonnie Pfeifer Evans (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Lee Tergesen (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Keytt Lundqvist, Alex Lundqvist (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Meredith Ostrom, Mary Snow (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
Charlii Sebunya (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)
David Barranger, DJ Xavier (Photo Credit: Patrick McMullan)

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THE NEW SINGLE: Finding, Fixing & Falling Back In Love With Yourself.
Written by Tamsen Fadal, a seven-time Emmy®-winning Anchor, PIX 11 News at 5, 6 and 10:00 p.m.
Guests are…
Dorinda Medley, “Real Housewives of New York.”
Shannon Elizabeth, film & television star of “Dancing with the Stars” and “American Pie” fame.
Tommy Tune, nine-time Tony®-winning Broadway, film and television star, choreographer, dancer, theatre director and producer.
Andrea McArdle, Tony®-nominated singer/actress, Broadway’s original Annie.
John Muller, Emmy®-winning WPIX-TV Anchor 5, 6 and 10pm news.
Scott Stanford, Five-time Emmy®-winning Lead Sports Anchor, PIX 11 Sports Desk & Host, WWE.
Mr. G, WPIX-TV Meterologist 5, 6 and 10pm news.
Frances Rivera, Co-Anchor, MSNBC Live with Thomas Roberts.
Maurice DuBois, five-time Emmy®-winning Anchor, WCBS News & CBS News.
Liza Huber, former star of Passions, Founder & CEO, Sage Spoonfuls.
Donna Hanover, former First Lady of New York City, author, television personality, and Honorary Co-Chair of Women Who Care.
Kathy Wakile, author of national best seller, Indulge, of “Real Housewives of New Jersey” fame.
Tim Morehouse, U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist; Founder & CEO, Fencing in the Schools; Goodwill Ambassador, Special Olympics World Games.
Rita Cosby, Three-time Emmy® winning Special Correspondent, Inside Edition and Host, WABC Radio & best selling author.
Rich Graziano, President & General Manager, WPIX –TV.
Kaity Tong, WPIX-TV Weekend Anchor.
Diana Falzone, FOX News Correspondent.
Jill Nicolini, WCBS -TV Entertainment Reporter.
Scott Rappaport, WCBS Reporter.
Felicia Finley – Broadway star of Mamma Mia! & The Wedding Singer.
Teresa Priolo, Reporter, Fox 5 News & Good Day New York.
Vikki Ziegler, Host of Bravo’s Untying The Knot, Celebrity Divorce Attorney.
Chuck Nice, Comedian, television and radio personality, Host, Top 10 Countdown and HGTV’s Buy Like a Mega-Millionaire.
Camilla Barungi, model, entrepreneur and activist of Project Runway fame.
Bonnie Fuller, Editor-in-Chief, HollywoodLife.com.
Rob Shuter, Host of VH1’s The Gossip Table.
Shamina Rai, Correspondent for ZEE TV.
Narmeen Choudhury, WPIX Reporter.
Peter Shankman, entrepreneur, marketer, investor, blogger, Co-Founder of Shankman/Honig & creator of the HARO Project.
Steven Scott, actor/comedian/host.
Stacey Tisdale, Senior Editor, Black Enterprise Magazine & Contributing Writer, Huffington Post.
Melanie Notkin, best-selling author of Otherhood.
Cooper Lawrence, Radio Host & Best Selling Author.
Milly Almodovar Thompson, Senior Beauty Editor, Cosmo For Latinas.

And it’s at the Urbo – 11 Times Square – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue, New York, New York 10036

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MAD DOG HOUSE
A Novel

Mark Rubinstein

Thirty years after escaping his hell on earth—a harrowing childhood in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn—Roddy Dolan is grateful to be living the life of his dreams. He has a successful, fulfilling career as a surgeon and a beautiful home in Westchester. He is passionately in love with his sensitive, smart, and sexy wife, Tracy, and adores their two children, 12-year-old Tommy (even though he’s a handful), and sweet 10-year-old Sandy, his little girl. His past—which included a brutal father who was belly-shanked in the shower at Attica; his drunk of a mother who ignored him; and her violent boyfriend who often pummeled Roddy—is now just a bad dream.

When he was his son’s age, Roddy had an explosive temper and shady friends. He nearly landed in prison at age 17. If it weren’t for a compassionate judge and the Army, Roddy might have ended up like his father. But that’s the past, gone for good. Today, at age 45, Roddy is a different man—worthy of the respect he has earned. He is in control of his destiny and his rage is no longer part of his life. Or, so Roddy thinks…until a character from his past turns up and re-evokes his long-buried “Mad Dog” alter ego.

A gripping, harrowing, and provocative psychological thriller, MAD DOG HOUSE (Thunder Lake Press; October 2012, $12.99 trade paper, ISBN:978-0-9856268-4-6), revolves around three men—Roddy “Mad Dog” Dolan; his best friend, Danny Burns; and Kenny “Snake Eyes” Egan—who grew up in hell together and never thought it would come back to bite them.

A practicing psychiatrist in between writing novels, Mark Rubinstein presents a plot packed with action and intrigue, staggering and brutal twists, and deeply disturbing possibilities.
Driven by the bonds and shackles of friendship among former bad boys, MAD DOG HOUSE raises the questions:
 Will the past always come back to haunt us, no matter how hard we try to escape it?
 Can any person, even the most determined, truly change his or her basic nature?
 Is “like father, like son” a matter of nurture or nature? Is it an inevitable fate?

Here’s how the old nightmare starts becoming a new reality… One afternoon at his office, Roddy gets an unexpected visit from a strange man named Ken Egan. The mysterious Mr. Egan is actually his old friend Kenny McGuirk, transformed by plastic surgery and, apparently, his commitment to becoming a restaurateur. Before long, Kenny reveals himself and persuades his buddies from Sheepshead Bay, Roddy and Danny (now an accountant, with a thriving business in Yonkers), to buy into his vision of owning a celebrated eatery in Manhattan. With the support of their wives, Roddy and Danny sign on as silent partners in McLaughlin’s Steakhouse, for the price of a $100,000 investment each.

For a while, everything seems fine. Business at McLaughlin’s is booming, and it’s fun to own a piece of a hot destination. But, Roddy begins to notice that Kenny is acting paranoid and wired, and the restaurant is attracting an unsavory clientele—specifically, mobsters. Then, Danny begins to notice that the bustling restaurant is losing money, big time. When Roddy and Danny finally confront Kenny, what they learn is unthinkable. Their old friend has gotten them into debt, to the tune of a quarter million plus interest, through his deal with a monster: Grange, a grossly obese, menacing loan shark who brings intimidating protection with him.

In a flash, matters turn from unthinkable to terrifying. When the odious Grange tries to make friends with little Sandy Dolan, sealed with a kiss, Roddy loses his tight grip on his formidable anger. To protect his precious daughter and preserve his family’s life, Roddy knows he needs to do something—fast, bold, and definitive—to stop Grange and the lying, drugged-out Kenny, too. Mad Dog returns—with a vengeance and a chilling capacity for violence.

Filled with shocking turns, MAD DOG HOUSE will grab readers, keep them riveted, and leave them gasping. Throughout the novel, Mark Rubinstein provokes people to think about the haunting power of the past and the demons lurking inside their loved ones…and perhaps themselves.

About the Author
MARK RUBINSTEIN grew up in Brooklyn, New York, near Sheepshead Bay. After earning a degree in Business Administration at NYU, he served in the U.S. Army as a field medic tending to paratroopers of the Eighty-Second Airborne Division. After his discharge, he went to medical school, became a physician, and then a psychiatrist. As a forensic psychiatrist, he was an expert witness in many trials. As an attending psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell, he taught psychiatric residents, psychologists, and social workers while practicing psychiatry. Before turning to fiction, he coauthored five books on psychological and medical topics. He lives in Connecticut with as many dogs as his wife will allow in the house. He still practices psychiatry and is busily working on other novels. To learn more, please visit www.markrubinstein-author.com.
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An Interview with Mark Rubinstein, author of MAD DOG HOUSE

1. Does being a psychiatrist affect your writing? Does it give you greater insight and a better ability to understand and write about people?

I can’t conceive living life constantly analyzing situations and people, looking for deeply hidden motives and strivings. So a clinical view of the world would be intolerable and, frankly, would drive me crazy. I take things as they come and react as a human being. Maybe later, upon reflection, I’ll have a better understanding of what went on in a particular situation.

But writing fiction is a process. When working on a manuscript, I don’t take a psychiatric view of what a character might say or do because he or she is a certain “type.” That being said, it’s likely that my training, education, and psychiatric experience exert some influence on my writing—but not in any purposeful or conscious way.

2. Mad Dog House is a thriller filled with violence and its effect on our psyche and our families. Why did you write a novel about our darker impulses?

Violent—even murderous—impulses reside within all of us. You see them whenever you watch news items about riots or wars or street violence. You certainly see bloodlust when people rubberneck while passing an accident or go to some sporting events (for example, mixed martial arts competitions, boxing matches, hockey games, football games, wrestling contests) or when you read some of the world’s greatest literature or view the foul arc of history. So to pretend that violence isn’t part of human nature is disingenuous. Sex and violence sell, and there’s a reason for that. Despite all my years of training in medicine and psychiatry, and no matter what kind of peaceful life I lead, I’m still intrigued by violence. And so are most people, whether they admit it or not.

3. Your novel involves people reverting to their past ways. Can people ever really change?

We’d like to think people can change, and in some superficial ways, we can. But deep, long-lasting personality templates are very difficult to leave behind. Once you’ve become whoever you are, it’s a permanent way of being.

As a psychiatrist working with patients trying desperately to change the way they interact with others, I know it’s a difficult task. There is among virtually all people a need to endlessly repeat the old ways, a perverse tendency to revert to the familiar patterns of childhood, no matter how ungratifying or even hurtful they’ve been. Some people can change to one degree or another, but deeply engrained ways of perceiving and dealing with the world (sometimes called “character armor”) are not easily renounced. As William Faulkner wrote in Requiem for a Nun, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.”

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