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00:05 On Sex and the City 20 years ago, Cynthia Nixon's lawyer character, Miranda Hobbs, quipped
00:10 at the daunting prospect of moving to Brooklyn with her family, "I'm a Manhattan girl.
00:15 I don't like anything not Manhattan."
00:17 She also exclaimed to her glamorous pals, "I can't move to Brooklyn, even cabs won't
00:22 go there."
00:23 How times have changed.
00:26 Even celebs have since been flocking to the borough.
00:29 The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy's 10th annual Black Tie Ball had a guest list that
00:33 could have rivaled a Hollywood awards show.
00:36 Attendees included Matt Damon, Paul Rudd, Keri Russell and Matthew Reyes, Seth Meyers,
00:41 Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany, Stranger Things star David Harbour, Today host Savannah
00:45 Guthrie and former NBA star and Pocaster Jay Jaretic.
00:50 Other stars who have become Brooklyn residents include the likes of Daniel Craig and Rachel
00:54 Weisz, Amy Schumer, Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale, Emily Blunt and John Krasinski, and more.
01:00 Also at the gala this year which honored Masonette co-founder and former Met Gala guru Sylvana
01:05 Durrett, as well as former Maimonides Medical Center CEO Pamela Breyer and Rainbow Room
01:10 restaurateur Peter Ishkenessy, were fashion designers Ulla Johnson and Marcus Wainwright.
01:15 The night included a live auction and raised over $1.6 million for Brooklyn Bridge Park.
01:21 A spy told us that when Russell introduced Durrett, the quick-thinking actress and her
01:24 The Americans costar and off-screen husband Reyes created a spontaneous auction item that
01:30 sold Durrett's skills as a former NCAA Division I volleyball player at Princeton to teach
01:34 volleyball at Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.
01:38 Damon, 53, and Rudd, 54, both bid on the lot and won.
01:43 So don't be surprised if you spot the duo bumping, setting and spiking along the East
01:47 River one morning soon.
01:49 Also at the gala were Brooklyn Bridge Park President Eric Landau and the Conservancy's
01:53 board chair Chris Coffey, as well as its executive director Nancy Webster.
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