Last week, Carly Simon, Tribeca Film Festival, AOL Music's Spinner and Iris Records selected the winning video for the classic hit song "You're So Vain."
The winning filmmaker, Brett Bisogno was presented with a $10,000 grand prize, had his winning video screened and was honored by Carly Simon and the Tribeca Film Festival's Jane Rosenthal at a special event in New York City.
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Guests were also treated to a special intimate performance by Carly Simon and a rare duet with her sister Lucy Simon. Carly was joined on stage by her son Ben Taylor and singer/songwriters David Saw and John Forte.
Watch Brett Bisogno "You're So Vain" video:
The Carly Simon video contest was a smashing success with hundreds of entries and hundreds of thousands views, five finalists were selected and also rewarded with a cash prize.
The final finalists included Georgia Hilton, Peppino Ciraci, Stuart Acher, Peppino Ciraci and Daniele Marzano, and Sam Griffith and Andrew Carlberg.
The most viewed video was by contestant Buffie Dupuis. Watch all the top videos (as well as the only official video for "You're So Vain").
In other news, Carly Simon will perform on three Lilith Fair Tour dates this summer - July 30th in Boston, MA, July 31st in New York, NY and Hartford, CT on August 1st. Visit Lilithfair.com for additional information, tickets on sale now.
Carly continues to promote her latest release, Never Been Gone. Featuring new, largely acoustic arrangements, the album revisits tracks from throughout Carly's fascinating career all newly recorded and rearranged, as well as two never-heard-before surprises. The album has been released to widespread critical acclaim and Carly has made a number of promotional appearances in the United States.
Since first appearing on the musical landscape in the early 70's as a solo artist, Carly Simon has enjoyed an unparalleled career. She has produced chart-topping hit singles, multiple award-winning film scores, nearly twenty-seven albums of original music, treasured children's books, a family, an opera, at least one new musical genre, sexually-charged controversy, collections of standards unmatched by any other popular artist, and a smile second only in fame to the Mona Lisa's. And it is a career going just as strong today.
Her hit songs include "That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be," "Anticipation," "You're So Vain," "Nobody Does it Better," "Let the River Run," "Coming Around Again," "Mockingbird," and many more.
The Grammy, Golden Globe, and Academy Award winning singer/songwriter is of the truly original, trailblazing female performers of all-time. Simon has had an indelible impact on popular music, and she continues to create, influence and inspire. With a career now spanning four decades, Simon continues to flourish as she works on new music and projects for 2010.
Carly Simon Lilith Fair 2010 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
July 2010
Fri, Jul 30 Boston, MA Comcast Center
Sat, Jul 31 New York, NY PNC Bank Arts Center
August 2010
Sun, Aug 1 Hartford, CT Comcast Theatre
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