Emmy Governors Ball: An Electrifying Kaleidoscope of Celebratory Color
Imagine putting on a party for 3,000-4,000 people who happen to be television’s most talented and well-recognized in the industry. Then imagine doing it every year, managing all the moving parts and trying to top yourself. That’s the challenge that Cheryl Cecchetto and her company, Sequoia Productions takes on every year in producing the Governors Ball for the Emmy Awards. (And being the best in the business with a stellar track...
Academy Awards Governors Ball Showcases Wolfgang Puck’s Winning Cuisine
As soon as the last envelope for best picture is ripped open, it’s showtime at the Ray Dolby Ballroom for 1,600 guests who will make their way over from the theater at the Oscars for some high class sustenance after the lengthy ceremony. A much smaller number got an exclusive preview of the 2013 Governors Ball the night before in what’s become an annual tradition—a full dress rehearsal of the food, drink and design overseen by...
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...
Black and White With a Touch of Gold: The Emmy Creative Arts Ball
It is one of the most impressive party décors in recent memory. As nominees, winners and guests of the Creative Arts Emmys entered a normally nondescript hall of theLos AngelesConvention Center, they were greeted by a black and white wonderland as crystal curtains were opened by mimes to reveal the jaw-dropping setting. The creative concept was designed by Joe Stewart, co-chair of theAcademyofTelevision Artsand Sciences...
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