Sir Elton John Raises Millions for a Good Cause on Oscar Night
By the time Oscar Sunday rolls around, most of the people out celebrating have been doing so for days on end. But if you’re one of the lucky guests at the Elton John AIDS Foundation Viewing Party and afterparty, brace yourself for a grand finale to awards season –and to be on board for the whole afternoon well into the night. Yet all of the glitzy celebration is for a good cause. The 21st annual event, hosted by Sir Elton...
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...
Argo, Ang and the Academy Award for Awkward Oscar Host
Benjamin Affleck, we didn’t see your boobs. But now we can safely say that the members of the motion picture academy’s directors branch are in fact boobs for not nominating you– or Kathryn Bigelow. So the 85th Annual Academy Awards will go down in history as one of the few times that the winner of the best picture trophy was passed over for directing the film. Or as host Seth McFarlane put it, the story of...
QVC Brings Oscar Red Carpet Style to Green Grass at the Four Seasons
Like many other Oscar week events, the QVC bash has become something of an awards season/Hollywood institution. For four or five years running, the shopping channel has taken over the back lawn of the Four Seasons Hotel on Doheny and transformed it into a beautifully lit garden wonderland with a high energy, ultra-fashionable vibe. A clear tent overhead reflects the lights mounted in the trees, making for an even more festive...
Film Femmes Feted at Fig & Olive for Bubbly Pre-Oscar Fabulousness
Given the fact that women make up such an underrepresented proportion of those working in the film industry, it’s always lovely to attend an Oscar event that features and fetes the femmes. Women in Film held its sixth annual pre-Oscar cocktail party at West Hollywood’s Fig & Olive, which provides more party space than the previous, but equally trendy location of nearby Cecconi’s. WIF president Cathy...
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