Pedro Almodóvar is known for his female ensemble casts, and fittingly, quite a crew of gals came out to support Tuesday night's Cinema Society screening of the Spanish director's latest film, Broken Embraces. Fergie, Mira Sorvino, and Angela Lindvall were among those who showed at the Crosby Street Hotel screening and Standard Hotel after-party. Almodóvar himself couldn't make it, which meant extra air kisses for Calvin Klein Collection creative director Francisco Costa. (The clothing company co-hosted the evening.) "But really," Costa said, "what we all want is the sort of worship that Pedro and Penélope Cruz enjoy. That man is a genius. And have you ever seen a woman like that?" Yes, sitting in the corner of the Standard's Boom Boom Room was the Oscar-winning actress herself, surrounded by her congregation, which on this night included Marion Cotillard and Precious' Gabourey Sidibe. But where was Cruz's partner in filmmaking? "Pedro called me on my way here tonight and asked me to thank everyone," she said. "We've been on a world tour with this movie, and he needs to stay home to write the next one. I'm sure you miss him. But I miss him more."

— Derek Blasberg