After the gala opening, hosted by the abdicating Queen, the first day's entry will be free.
The gala included entertainment, a live presentation of selected jewelry and a charity auction.
Ross Ramsay was last seen at about midnight on 14 February leaving the Gala Casino on Sauchiehall Street.
Easing into a discussion the day before the gala, Slim says the wholesale acquisition wasn't about the money.
Blues musician Buddy Guy and Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova will also be recognised at the gala in December.
He also said he offered to the gala's producers a video of Mr. Buffett's son, Peter, who plays piano.
The gala takes up all four floors of the library, which spans two city blocks overlooking Bryant Park.
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His satin d'Orsays have ruled the gala-dinner circuit for the past two decades.
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Mr. Wu says he still expects the online version of the gala will play Mr. Buffett's Chinese New Year greeting.
It is the second time in recent years the festival has chosen a stop-motion animation film to open the gala.
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The centerpiece of the gala evening, and of the exhibit, was a huge crown of thorns that hung from the ceiling.
The 62-year-old, whose credits include Pretty Woman, will collect the Marcus Aurelius acting prize at the gala, which begins on 27 October.
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The eminent clarinettist Richard Stoltzman performs at the gala on May 8.
Among the stars invited to the gala screening were Sir Cliff Richard, Sharon Osbourne, Miranda Richardson, Sir Roger Moore and Jennifer Saunders.
He ended his night by challenging Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in ping pong on a table that was a centerpiece to the gala.
Jeep, as it turned out, was the evening's sponsor, and it had set up several of its newer models in the cocktail area of the gala.
The Gala Opera Night on Sunday will again feature more young talent, with tenor Joseph Calleja appearing with Terfel, as well as 17-year-old violinist Chloe Hanslip.
That may be more difficult during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting since, in this age of real time financial information, Berkshire prohibits recording devices at the gala.
The gala carried a theme, "Women, Music, and Diplomacy, " and included an award presentation to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who has long championed the institute.
He was showing me round the Gala detachment's extensive facilities.
The gala also was an opportunity for six journalists, including Associated Press White House Correspondent Julie Pace, to be honored for their coverage of the presidency and national issues.
The gala, which takes place in the Italian capital until 4 November, will open with Luc Besson's The Lady, a biopic of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Armstrong is still expected to speak at the gala.
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Organisers of the event, the International Association of Scientologists, said Travolta - who pilots his own private jets - had flown in especially for the gala ball, and was expected to leave on Monday.
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The Gala is a major international charity event that brings together outstanding personalities from the worlds of arts, business, and diplomacy, who are gathering to support the UNESCO Programme for the Education of Children in Need.
The gala, said the Mysore-style yoga teacher Eddie Stern, who was being honored Tuesday night, pretty much funds Bent on Learning's annual practicing budget, and pays for teachers to teach poses like shavasana throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan and the Bronx.
The house is one of the Dali triad that includes the Dali Theatre-Museum in Figueres and the Gala Dali Castle-House Museum in Pubol, but Portlligat is where the famous Surrealist lived from 1930 to 1982 and where he created works like The Madonna of Portlligat.
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