Word: bashings
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Television makes coverage of the Oscar parties seem so easy. It can flit from lavish bash to lavish bash in the wink of a mascaraed eye. But for the humble reporter in Hollywood (a dying species of which I'm clearly not a member) it is a little harder. One has to pick a maximum of two or three events per 24-hour party cycle and hope that those chosen soirées will yield moments that reflect the industry's celebrations. You might not be at the Vanity Fair party at the precise moment when Russell Crowe finally encounters...
...bash was hosted by Los Angeles magazine, a glossy monthly dedicated to celebrating the cultural best of this disparate town...
...post-parties are limited. Most of the studios are eschewing holding the big open-call parties, focusing instead on intimate gatherings for their select few. The most desirable traditional parties are the one hosted by Vanity Fair magazine, a separate one hosted by Los Angeles magazine, and one bash that is a fund-raiser for a much-respected charity, the Elton John AIDS Foundation...
...same year as the last of the Oscar parties thrown by the legendary agent Swifty Lazar. Few entertainment industry figures are as at home in the worlds of music and movies as Elton John, and this party has effectively taken over the role formerly fulfilled by the Lazar bash. While stars want to go to the Vanity Fair party because it's the place to be seen, celebrities seek even harder to attend this bash because it's the most fun. This results in a slew of limos criss-crossing town, as their famous charges try to hit different parties...
...Children Uniting Nations. That is because the party is being held at the famous Hollywood Spago, where Swifty ruled supreme on Oscar night for so many years. Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck is closing this branch of his restaurant empire to focus on the newer Beverly Hills branch, and this bash will be the last major event to be held there...