“Are you going to be singing for us this evening?” a woman asked the actor Ashley Park as she entered the party.
“No, no,” Ms. Park replied with a smile, her embellished halter dress glittering as she moved.
Ms. Park, who stars in “Emily in Paris,” was among the 100 people being honored on Wednesday evening at a celebration of the Time100 Next list. The event was held at a venue inside Chelsea Piers in Manhattan that was decorated with red candles and dahlias in a nod to Time magazine’s branding.
Other honorees included actors, athletes, entrepreneurs, activists and musicians. Before attendees arrived on the red carpet, they first had to make their way through the traffic and bustle of a typical Wednesday night at Chelsea Piers. (At one point, the New York University golf team unloaded a van full of clubs outside the venue.)
The musical guest for the evening — also an honoree — was the pop star Sabrina Carpenter, who arrived soon after, wearing a sparkling, silver strapless number. “Don’t use the one where I’m sneezing,” she quipped to the sea of photographers vying for her attention before she was whisked into an elevator, not to be heard from again until later in the evening for a brief, two-song set.
Back inside, the model and actress Kaia Gerber chatted with the designer Christian Siriano. Leaning over a tall bar table, Aisha Ibrahim and Serigne Mbaye, both honorees, struck up a conversation. “Of course the chefs found each other,” said Ms. Ibrahim, who is the head chef at the Seattle restaurant Canlis.
Elsewhere, Ms. Park joined a circle with several other honorees. Her date for the evening was her mother. “I styled her myself,” Ms. Park said, rattling off a list of brands and pointing to her mother’s attire before posing for a picture with guests including the singers Laufey and Reneé Rapp, whose gelled blond hair was styled into a spiky, ’90s-inspired bun.
Though they both starred in “Mean Girls” on Broadway, Ms. Park and Ms. Rapp’s roles did not overlap during the show. They became friends after moving to Los Angeles, they said. “Her mom is so hot,” Ms. Rapp would remark of Ms. Park’s plus-one later that night.
Summer McIntosh, the Canadian teenage swimming phenom who won three gold medals and one silver at the Paris Olympics this summer, said she was hoping to meet Amelia Dimoldenberg, the host of the YouTube show “Chicken Shop Date.” “I get a little nervous,” Ms. McIntosh said, unsure if she would approach Ms. Dimoldenberg’s table. (The athlete did, Ms. Dimoldenberg confirmed later. Ms. Dimoldenberg said she was flattered, as she headed to the bar to grab a glass of wine after dinner.)
The singer Victoria Monét sat next to her manager, Rachelle Jean-Louis, showing Ms. Jean-Louis a video on her phone. In it, Ms. Monét’s daughter modeled a pink Minnie Mouse outfit and a heavy-handed layer of bronzer. “She did her makeup herself,” Ms. Monét said, laughing.
The designer Brandon Blackwood, also seated at their table, modeled one of his creations, a small but weighty handbag made of stainless steel with room for just a lighter, a license and some lip gloss. “I love a dumb, little bag,” said Mr. Blackwood, who was seated next to Ms. Rapp.
Ms. Carpenter, at this point, was nowhere to be found. The chair by her place card sat empty the entire evening. (She didn’t miss much. For a party honoring several culinary pros, the dinner itself — a bizarre, mushy salad and some branzino — left much to be desired.)
Still, guests were excited for her to take the stage. Anna Sawai, the “Shogun” actor who recently made history as the first Asian actress to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama series, said her boyfriend had become annoyed by how frequently she found herself singing Ms. Carpenter’s song “Please, Please, Please.”
Throughout the evening, several honorees gave toasts, including Ms. Sawai, the scientific researcher Dr. Mehreen Datoo and the “Bridgerton” star Nicola Coughlan, who spoke about Ireland’s first female president, Mary Robinson, who took office in 1990, and said that she hoped the United States’ political leadership would finally catch up with her home country’s. On her black, strapless gown, Ms. Coughlan wore a small red pin, a symbol from the celebrity collective Artists4Peace supporting a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.
Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland and Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky were seated with the Celtics star and N.B.A. finals champ Jaylen Brown, who was being honored both for his basketball skills and for his advocacy work, which includes founding an initiative to build generational wealth in communities of color. Many attendees swung by Mr. Brown’s table asking for a photo, some using their children back at home as cover for the request.
A member of one of the governors’ security details asked the singer Shaboozey for a photo. “Do you have kids?” the singer asked as he obliged. “No, I’m just a superfan,” the guard said.
Mr. Moore and Mr. Brown each gave a toast during the event, inviting guests to raise glasses of whiskey and wine. Mr. Moore dedicated his speech to his grandfather, while Mr. Brown honored his grandmother, teamwork and “winning the championship,” to whoops and laughs from the crowd.
“I need to slow down,” Shaboozey said, describing himself as a surprising lightweight when drinking. His breakout hit this year is a tune called “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” A rumor fluttered about that he might perform at the after-party. (He did not.)
Just before Ms. Carpenter re-emerged, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona made a hasty entrance and grabbed a seat at a table near the front. Ms. Carpenter, now wearing a black baby-doll dress, took a rhinestone-covered microphone and performed two songs: Ms. Sawai’s favorite, “Please, Please, Please,” and the inescapably catchy “Espresso.”
“Thanks, Time,” she said when she finished around 10 p.m. “Now I’m going to bed.”
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