NBC’s top honcho Jeff Zucker with Jill Rappaport

Horse lovers gathered to pay homage to their well-hoofed friends at the book party hosted at Fresco for People We Know, Horses They Love (Rodale Books, 2004). This beautiful coffee-table book of photo-essays highlights nearly 30 celebrity horse lovers and their unique relationships with their own steeds, including: Whoopi Goldberg, Chevy Chase, Jill St. John, Maria Shriver, Morgan Freeman, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, and Robert Redford.

The book was co-written by Jill Rappaport, an entertainment reporter for NBC's Today, and Wendy Wilkinson, both of whom are horse owners, themselves. Full color photos were snapped by Rappaport's sister, photojournalist Linda Solomon.

Saddling up for the party were: Matt Lauer, Katie Couric, Christie Brinkley, Court TV's Henry Schleiff, NBC's Jeff Zucker, Robert Wagner, and Alec Baldwin, who told The Sheet that he just began filming the upcoming dark comedy Mini's First Time in L.A. This sordid flick, produced by Kevin Spacey, involves an escort service, a teen, a dysfunctional family, scheming, manipulation…. Whoa! That's a horse of a different color!