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...which are the hottest parties to be? This year more and more studios are following the trend set by Miramax Films, which is to hold a killer bash the day before the Oscars. It certainly doesn't preclude a post-Oscar party, but partying before the awards has the advantage of avoiding all those insincere, glazed smiles and auto-gush about "It was an honor just to be nominated...
...usual, the Academy Awards weekend is chock-a-block with social gatherings - the more exclusive the bash, the hipper it is. Pretty much anyone, including gate crashers, can get into the official Governors' Ball. Saying that you are going there is like boasting to folks attending a rock concert that you have all-access passes to the parking lot. Unless you're a winner, milling around the Governors' Ball is a rather sad admission that you didn't get invited to any of the really tony parties. In fact, jaded insiders who encounter one another at this bash usually roll...
...This annual bash is held in the style of an English tea party and was initially devised eight years ago to toast the inevitable strong showing each year of British actors. It is a rare year when the "Masterpiece Theatre" effect doesn't reel in a slew of acting nods for British thespians. And those costume design and sound editing categories that give us so much grief in winning the office Oscar pool are usually littered with British technicians...
...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...