Gwyneth Goes Back to Her Day Job

A select group of “Hamptons influencers,” meaning people who Instagram their Aperol spritzes, gathered at a rented McMansion in East Hampton Friday evening for a screening of “The Politician,” a forthcoming Netflix series starring Gwyneth Paltrow and created by, among others, Brad Falchuk, her husband.

“Only Brad could get me back to my original day job,” said Ms. Paltrow, who has mostly left acting to concentrate on her powerhouse lifestyle brand, Goop.

She turned to him and added: “It helps that you’re so good-looking, and that you have sex with me.”

Tittering into their popcorn in the basement screening room were Ali Wentworth, the comedian, and her husband, George Stephanopoulos, the television host; Tracy Anderson, the professional fit person; Blythe Danner, the actress and Ms. Paltrow’s mother; and Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer of Netflix.

Like “Beverly Hills, 90210” before it, “The Politician” is set in a California high school where students look old enough to be divorced. “Luckily, my character is wildly intelligent for a high-school student, so I don’t have to play too young or too much below my level,” said Ben Platt, 25, who plays Payton Hobart, the rich and ambitious student of the title.

Mr. Platt won a Tony Award in 2017 for “Dear Evan Hanson,” in which he also portrayed a high schooler. Is he worried he’ll be playing teenagers until he’s 50?

“I have spent a lot of time in the high-school world,” he said, “but I think this is the end of the high-school chapter for me.”

Final Apollo Mission

Billionaires including Robert Kraft and James Dolan had what hair they have left blown back Saturday night at a star-studded musical benefit hosted by Ronald O. Perelman, the Revlon chairman, at his East Hampton estate.

Mr. Perelman, kneeling on a scooter after recent foot surgery, greeted guests at the door like the father of the bride. He said it would be the final installment of his annual fund-raiser for the Apollo Theater in Harlem, which has raised almost $30 million over the last decade.

“It’s a fun way to help a good cause, but we’ve done it for 10 years, and it’s time to freshen up the idea,” he said, between greeting fellow machers Jay Penske, Jeff Bewkes and Tom Freston, the media magnates; Jonelle Procope, chief executive of the Apollo foundation; and Richard D. Parsons, its chairman.

Among the guests circling a kosher buffet of fried chicken, corn on the cob and vinegary potato salad were Anjelica Huston, Woody Harrelson, Jerry Seinfeld, Don Johnson and Andrew Garfield, the actors; Spike Lee, the director; Jeff Gordon, the motor sports star; Ari Emanuel, the Hollywood power broker; and Raymond W. Kelly, the former police commissioner.

A visitor from Los Angeles asked a tall man if he was in line for the bathroom. “You don’t know who that is?” her companion hissed. “That’s Andrew Cuomo, the governor.”

Surrounded by pieces from Mr. Perelman’s museum-quality art collection (held in a barn once used by Jackson Pollock, whose paint splatters are preserved on the floor), 700 guests enjoyed three hours of performances by artists including Jon Bon Jovi, Jamie Foxx, Dave Matthews, Maggie Rogers, the Roots, Reverend Run, the Black Eyed Peas, the Isley Brothers, Patti LaBelle and Pharrell Williams.

“This is my first time” at the benefit, said Mark Ronson, the writer and producer, who performed his Oscar-winning song, “Shallow,” on guitar. “I’ve been at the house for Yom Kippur before, but this is a little more turnt.”

Flying Lingerie

Bud Light, a brand synonymous with mild buzz, brought Post Malone to the Cutting Room in East Midtown Monday for a promotional concert.

The preshow meet-and-greet was held in a junk-lined subterranean corridor. “The dirtier the walk, the more famous you are,” a handler said. The rules? One picture each with the talent; no autographs; no selfies; no asking him questions.

Onstage, Mr. Malone wore bedazzled Cuban heels and a western-cut silk suit to sing his songs of upscale parties and untrue shorties. Fat Joe, the rapper; Rome Ramirez, the guitarist; and Eric Wilson of the punk band Sublime all appeared as guests.

Around 11 p.m., a bra sprang from the audience and hit Mr. Malone in the neck. He responded by dropping a sweat-soaked towel into the grateful crowd.

Swaying along in the front row, Nicole Frazier Lake, his mother, beamed with pride.