On the drizzly night of Nov. 28, 1966, writer Truman Capote would host "the party of the century" at New York's Plaza Hotel. The Black and White Ball signified the peak of Capote's career ...

There was a reason a news network was covering this party. Author Truman ... an author who has written about Capote's extraordinary life, including his "Black and White Ball." ...

She makes a few guest appearances playing Truman’s ... a chapter of Capote’s in-progress book in 1975. It was a thinly veiled exposé of the preening, privileged women he called “the Swans” — and it ...

Truman Capote went from society darling ... Sign up When he threw a "lavish" party, the Black and White Ball, at the Plaza Hotel in 1966, he "cemented his place at the pinnacle of high society".