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T & A
Hollywood is a tough town. One minute, you’re white-hot; the next, you’re shilling what’s left of your dignity on Celebrity Fit Club—so when you find yourself in the winner’s circle, you deserve a little pomp and circumstance. That’s where PR maven Peggy Siegal, hotel magnate André Balazs, and the good folks at The New York Times‘ T Magazine come in. The Friday night cocktail party they hosted in honor of the Golden Globes Awards at the Chateau Marmont penthouse and its adjoining patio was, in a word, mayjah. Vintage Dom Pérignon 2000 flowed like the recession was but a distant memory to a guest list that, in terms of star power, rivaled that of the awards ceremony itself.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cruise, Oliver Stone, Julianne Moore, Tom Ford, Jane Fonda, current T cover girl Carey Mulligan, Quentin Tarantino, and Sofia Coppola were all packed into the space. In fact, the penthouse soon swelled to capacity, and late-coming guests were made to cool their designer heels in the hotel’s bar.
Upstairs, chitchat turned to Sunday night’s ceremony. “I’ve been up with anxiety for a few nights now with what to say if I win,” admitted Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series nominee Chloë Sevigny. A Single Man‘s Moore, who’s up for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama, demurred, “I don’t think I’m in any danger of winning. Mo’Nique’s going to get it. She was great.” But it wasn’t all awards talk. Spying Zoe Saldana, Stephen Dorff turned to his friend. “Check it out. There’s the hot chick from Avatar!” he whispered. Apparently, even stars get starstruck.
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The Tasting Room
It was all in the family Friday night at the Opening Ceremony boutique in Los Angeles, where M.I.A. and co-owners Humberto Leon and Carol Lim hosted a dinner in honor of Alexander Wang‘s new collection of sunglasses for Linda Farrow. Leon’s mother, Wendy, cooked a 12-course meal of soup dumplings, classic Peking duck, and winter melon soup for the likes of Ali Larter, Riley Keough, and Erin Wasson, along with 40-plus other guests. “The food is the real star tonight, not me,” said Wang, who was meeting M.I.A., one of his muses, for the first time in person. “We’ve been e-mailing and texting for at least a year.” The Anglo-Sri Lankan rapper, dressed in an acid-wash trench she bought for $6 in Denmark, chatted with the Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi and her new beau, director Spike Jonze, while Jason Schwartzman entertained a late-arriving Claire Danes with some of the more exotic fungal centerpieces. “I love this store, mostly because I like their ideas,” said Schwartzman. “It’s like my favorite record shop. I don’t buy a lot, but I come to get inspired.”
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The Zoe Report
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Who’s Wearing Whom?
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Dress Rehearsal
The Golden Globes are still a week away, but that didn’t stop Audi and Best Actress double nominee Anna Paquin from hosting a poolside soirée to celebrate the awards show at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood last night—or the likes of Shiva Rose, Eva Amurri, Liz Goldwyn, and Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant from turning out for sliders and Champagne. “I get excited about awards season because I look for any excuse to overdress,” said Dita Von Teese, who trotted out a corseted Jean Paul Gaultier floor-length number for the occasion. Paquin, who wore Gianfranco Ferré, was looking forward to the next few weeks for a different reason. “Nothing is as scary as doing the awards show circuit when you’re 11,” said the actress, who is nominated for True Blood and The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler. “This time around I can drink.”
—Victoria Namkung Continue reading