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Meanwhile, in Los Angeles…

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Hollywood can be a male-dominated town, but the actresses, producers, and industry stalwarts of Women in Film set Oscar weekend in motion yesterday. The organization—along with MAC, Max Mara, and Perrier-Jouët—threw its sixth annual pre-Oscars cocktail last night, hosted by last year’s best supporting actress, Octavia Spencer. She was glad to lend some of her own support to fellow actresses, she said. “Men are celebrated every day. It’s easy to get a project green-lighted if you’re a guy,” she explained. “That’s why I’m excited about Bridesmaids and [2012 nominee] Melissa McCarthy”—an actress Spencer thinks is changing the game.

Plenty of Sunday night’s nominees came to toast their chances, including game changer Quvenzhané Wallis (history’s youngest best-actress nominee), Jessica Chastain, and Silver Linings Playbook‘s Jacki Weaver. “When we were making it, we knew it was special,” she said of the film that’s up for eight awards Sunday night. Weaver’s director, David O. Russell, revealed that his star, Jennifer Lawrence, almost missed out on her Oscar-nominated leading role. “Jennifer was a last-minute, ‘I don’t think this will work’ Skype audition, and she ended up stealing the role.”

Not far away, the Elton John AIDS Foundation and LoveGold celebrated a Best Documentary Feature nominee, the AIDS doc How to Survive a Plague, at Chateau Marmont. Sir Elton, Sharon Stone, and Cameron Silver were on hand, as was the film’s director, David France. “It tells an incredible story,” he said of the film, “a true story about how a group of disenfranchised people changed the world.” Hoorsenbuhs’ Robert Keith and Kether Parker were there to show not only support but also a few jewels from their men’s collection. “I like the gold, intensive pieces. They’re masculine,” Parker said. Not a bad consolation prize to keep in mind for anyone who doesn’t take the gold this Sunday night.

—Alexis Brunswick and Azadeh Ensha …read more
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Style Features

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A Golden Weekend In L.A.

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W magazine’s Best Performances party at the Chateau Marmont kicked off Globes weekend in Los Angeles on Friday night. The fete celebrated the February issue, the cover of which reveals a nearly naked Emma Stone, lensed by Juergen Teller. “She’s really It right now,” editor in chief Stefano Tonchi said of the actress. “She’s having quite the year.” You could say the same for many of the boldfacers assembled in the hotel’s sixth-floor penthouse—from Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard, who kept company on the balcony, to Connie Britton and her Nashville costar Hayden Panettiere, to Garrett Hedlund and his girlfriend Kirsten Dunst. And 2012 wasn’t bad for Lana Del Rey, either. Hanging out in the lone quiet corner of the party, she reported, “I’m just excited it’s about movies tonight, and not music.”

Stone’s Gangster Squad costar Sean Penn ditched the putty nose he wears in that new flick to host his second annual Help Haiti Home Gala on Saturday. Held at the Montage Beverly Hills and sponsored by Giorgio Armani, the event was brimming with A-listers—including Julia Roberts, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Daniel Craig—all on hand to support the star’s ongoing efforts in Haiti following 2010’s catastrophic earthquake. “It’s very easy to open your heart and write a check during the initial days of a disaster, but after one year, five years, or ten years, it’s difficult to keep up,” Richard Gere told Style.com. “That’s why Sean’s work is so remarkable.” Penn had plenty of admirers. Said Pamela Anderson: “He’s the hottest man alive!”

Over in West Hollywood, guests scurried inside the Selma House at Chateau Marmont to escape the unseasonably cold weather, and to help LoveGold toast Globe nominee Julianne Moore. The guest of honor already won an Emmy in September for portraying Sarah Palin in Game Change. Clad in a black Givenchy dress and vintage Van Cleef jewels, the actress spoke about the HBO film’s critical appeal. “There’s so much show business to our political system. This movie is an interesting way for people to learn about the electoral process,” she said. Moore meticulously studied Palin’s speech and mannerisms for the role. “It was a tremendous amount of observation. But when the film was done, I was done. I wanted to leave it behind.”

—Alexis Brunswick, Natalie Alcala, and Azadeh Ensha
Source: FULL ARTICLE at Style Features