It’s one of the most highly anticipated events of the season: the annual Audi pre-Golden Globes party, held at Cecconi’s restaurant in West Hollywood.
The luxury automaker continued its tradition with the sixth annual edition of the festive soirée, which took place on Thursday night before the Globes. And you guessed it, many of the celebrities attending arrived in Audi vehicles like the A8 L TDI, the brand’s fuel-efficient flagship sedan.
Guests included nominees Liev Schreiber, Jessica Chastain, Edward Norton, Christoph Waltz, Allison Tolman and Joanne Froggatt, who went on to take home a Globe for her role in “Downton Abbey.”
Naomi Watts, Kate Walsh, Jessica Szohr, Kathy Bates, Perrey Reeves, Maggie Grace, Jamie Chung, Justin Baldoni, Lesley Nicol, Sarah Rafferty, Missi Pyle, Colin Egglesfield and Matt McGorry also made the scene.
The restaurant’s driveway was transformed into tented rooms that increased the capacity of the venue, which was packed with well-dressed partygoers kicking off the first awards weekend of the season.
Specialty cocktails were served from multiple bars and waiters tray-passed delectable specialties of the restaurant including two kinds of sliders, various flatbreads and pumpkin ravioli.
Watts, there with Schreiber, admitted she doesn’t binge-watch his show, “Ray Donovan,” but catches it live Sunday nights on Showtime. We can’t wait for the next season.
The couple caught up with Chastain, Norton and Waltz, who said he’d just jetted back to LA from Europe.
Norton, who is getting well-deserved kudos for his role in “Birdman,” gushed about “True Detective” being his favorite TV show of the year. Who knows, maybe a role for him awaits in an upcoming season.
DJ Michelle Pesce kept the tunes rocking late into the evening, until it was finally time for the valets to hand over the keys to all those Audis waiting to be driven off into the warm night.
–Hillary Atkin
