LA Hotels Transform into Awards Show Style Lounges
The Mondrian Hotel on Sunset Boulevard was Oscar prep central for the always first-rate Kari Feinstein Academy Awards Style Lounge, which took over part of the property for two days leading up to the big show. The celebrity-heavy guest list enjoyed gifts and services from a select group of vendors participating in the high-energy bash. Okay, perhaps some of that was fueled by generous servings of a new energy drink called Body...
Enough Angelina and J. Lo: It’s All About the Oscar Parties
Oscar Week is an opportunity for people in Los Angeles to put on their party shoes, mix, mingle, eat and drink for literally five nights in a row, culminating in the granddaddy of celebrations for the big night on Oscar Sunday, the vaunted Vanity Fair post-party at the Sunset Tower Hotel. Here’s a look at some of the select bashes that went on around town: Wednesday night, Global Green at the Avalon: we were not...
Oscar Leading Ladies: The Competition, The Comraderie
For the first time in nearly 25 years, the Academy Awards will feature a leading lady smackdown between Meryl Streep and Glenn Close. The last time the two blonde, East Coast born and well-bred actresses went head to head was in 1989, with Streep for the baby-killing drama “A Cry in the Dark” and Close for her delicious role in “Dangerous Liaisons.” Neither won. That honor went to Jodie Foster for playing the victim of a gang rape in...
Melissa Leo F-Bombs. Christian Bale Atones. James Franco Spaces. Kirk Douglas Vamps. The Ratings Are In For Oscars ’11
“You look beautiful and hip,” said James Franco to Anne Hathaway as they began their hosting duties at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards on ABC. “And you look like you appeal to a younger demographic,” she replied, thus addressing the apparent reason why the two young movie stars had been named as hosts of Hollywood’s biggest night. Big picture, the move pretty much backfired. Despite the wide popularity...
Oscar Gowns and Gaffes
When it comes to the Academy Awards, the ultra white-hot impact red carpet photographs have a shelf life of years, if not decades. One false fashion move can follow you forever, and we’re afraid Melissa Leo made it. The best supporting actress winner has actually come up in our estimation for breaking the mold during the highly political awards season campaigning. Let’s not forget no one had really heard of her until a few years ago...
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