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...swan outfit - beneath which, according to one ABC reporter, she was concealing an egg - will be remembered long after "Chocolat" and "Dancer in the Dark" are forgotten. Oh, sorry, they already are. But we were happy to see a handsome Asian contingent, including presenters Michelle Yeoh (come on, Hollywood, find a juicy role for this accomplished ravisher) and her "Crouching Tiger" co-star, the suavely unintelligible Chow Yun-fat. And to hear Peter Pau, Cinematography winner, zip through 37 names, most of them Chinese, in a 50- second acceptance speech...
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...
...wide-screen TV at a party. Unlike regular folks, for whom some pizza or Chinese takeout round the TV is suffice, many celebrities gravitate to one of the viewing parties set up by charities. The blend of a big occasion and stars happy for exposure is a perfect fit - Hollywood's version of perpetual motion...
...Throughout the 1980s the key Oscar night party was held at Hollywood's hottest restaurant, Spago. When super-agent Swifty Lazar passed on, a range of other parties took its place, including the current favorites of Vanity Fair and Elton John. But to many people nothing captures the Oscar party mood more than the quirkily shaped restaurant. With the Hollywood venue having been supplanted in industry affections by the Beverly Hills branch of Spago, Oscar night was going to be the last big party thrown at the legendary original restaurant before it is closed by Puck...
...hard, even in a cynical town like Hollywood, to find people against such a cause, so I encounter quite a few stars. For the main part these were folks apparently not hip enough to be swooned over by the Vanity Fair mob, but whose presence this charity clearly cherished...