Vanity Fair’s annual splashy Oscar party got the cold shoulders last night: they had to tent in the backyard of the Sunset Towers Hotel and even that didn’t completely help keep out the frigid night. One young starlet said, “Why is it so cold in here?” and then spotted the huge open space between the two party rooms. She answered her own question: “Because we’re basically outside.” But still the stars and the hot kids came, from all the Oscar winners and nominees (only one missing: Christian Bale, who wasn’t seen again after the show) to famous artists, comedians, and media types. On the official guest list, clues were delivered like messages from a pyramid wall. For example, Anderson Cooper’s companion for the evening was someone named Benjamin Masiani. The whole guest list will follow this story but I will stick to just the people here I saw and talked to like Josh Brolin, who is the wisest and funniest man of his generation in Hollywood. “Mad Men” creator Matthew Weiner and his wife toured the party with Aimee Mann and husband Michael Penn. Jane Fonda and Richard Perry — Jane after two performances of her play “33 Variations”– made the rounds.Jane met director Paul Haggis, and they hit it off immediately. Then Jane came across Quentin Tarantino and they had a disagreement about a film she was sure she was in. It was “Period of Adjustment” with Tony Franciosa and Jim Hutton. “It was the only comedy Tennessee Williams ever wrote,” Jane said. Quentin got mad at me for using the IMDB. Quentin’s pal, Eli Roth, told me he’d just that minute arrived home from three months in China shooting a martial arts movie with Russell Crowe. Richard Perry, by the way, just returned from New York where the Floyd Mutrux musical he’s been supervising for the last couple of years, “Baby It’s You,” opens at the end of April and looks like a hit. Peter Fonda was there, too, with girlfriend, Parky. What else? When I first stepped into the square tented area, it was choked full of people, mostly big stars. Larry David was in one corner, Sacha Baron Cohen was in another. I missed Madonna, but the photographers told me she came just for a photo op and left so she could set up her annual party for people who will never win Oscars. Liv Tyler, looking smashing, arrived with her dad, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith-no “American Idol” fame. Kerry Washington and I talked about the upcoming Sidney Poitier tribute at Lincoln Center. And there were the stars of tomorrow, too: Anthony Mackie, Benjamin Walker, and the latter’s fiancee Mamie Gummer, the talented daughter of Meryl Streep. No one does it like Vanity Fair, particularly when they cater In N Out burgers. Very comforting on a cold night!
VANITY FAIR OSCAR PARTY
Hosted by Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter
February 27, 2010
Oscar Winners in Attendance
Best Director: Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Best Actor: Colin Firth (The King’s Speech)
Best Actress: Natalie Portman (Black Swan)
Best Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo (The Fighter)
Documentary Feature: Charles Ferguson (Inside Job)
Original Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network)
Adapted Screenplay: David Seidler (The King’s Speech)
Costume Design: Colleen Atwood (Alice in Wonderland)
Best Documentary Short: Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon (Strangers No More)
Live Action Short Film: Luke Matheny
Animated Short Film: Shaun Tan (The Lost Thing)
Best Animated Feature: Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3)
Cinematography: Wally Pfister (Inception)
Best Foreign Language Film: Suzanne Bier (In A Better World)
Makeup: Rick Baker and Dave Elsey (Wolfman)
Art Direction: Robert Stromberg and Karen O’Hara (Alice in Wonderland)
Music (Original Score): Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network)
Sound Editing: Richard King (Inception)
Visual Effects: Andrew Lockley (Inception)
Special Academy Awards, Honorary Recipients
Mr. & Mrs. Francis Ford Coppola
Actor
Ms. Amy Adams & Mr. Darren Legallo
Ms. Dianna Agron
Ms. Elizabeth Banks & Mr. Max Handleman
Ms. Ellen Barkin
Mr. Jason Bateman & Ms. Amanda Anka
Ms. Kate Beckinsale
Ms. Jessica Biel
Mr. Russell Brand
Mr. Adrien Brody
Mr. Josh Brolin
Ms. Joy Bryant
Ms. Sandra Bullock
Mr. Gerard Butler
Ms. Helena Bonham Carter & Mr. Tim Burton
Mr. Sacha Baron Cohen & Ms. Isla Fisher
Mr. Chris Colfer
Ms. Joan Collins & Mr. Percy Gibson
Ms. Lily Collins
Ms. Abbie Cornish
Mr. Chace Crawford
Mr. & Mrs. Billy Crystal
Ms. Claire Danes & Mr. Hugh Dancy
Mr. Larry David
Ms. Rosario Dawson
Ms. Zooey Deschanel
Ms. Cameron Diaz
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Downey, Jr.
Ms. Vera Farmiga & Mr. Renn Hawkey
Mr. Ralph Fiennes
Mr. Colin Firth & Mrs. Livia Giuggioli
Ms. Jane Fonda & Mr. Richard Perry
Mr. Peter Fonda & Ms. Parky Devogelaere
Mr. Jamie Foxx
Mr. Brendan Fraser
Mr. Andrew Garfield
Mr. Willie Garson
Ms. Selena Gomez
Ms. Ginnifer Goodwin
Ms. Mamie Gummer
Mr. Jake Gyllenhaal
Mr. Michael C. Hall
Mr. George Hamilton
Mr. Jon Hamm & Ms. Jennifer Westfeldt
Mr. Armie Hammer & Ms. Elizabeth Chambers
Mr. Colin Hanks
Mr. Tom Hanks / Ms. Rita Wilson
Ms. Anne Hathaway
Mr. Garrett Hedlund
Mr. Chris Hemsworth & Ms. Elsa Pataky
Ms. Bryce Dallas Howard & Mr. Seth Gabel
Ms. Jennifer Hudson
Ms. Anjelica Huston
Mr. Max Irons
Mr. Hugh Jackman & Ms. Deborra-Lee Furness
Ms. Scarlett Johansson
Mr. Joe Jonas
Ms. Rashida Jones
Ms. Anna Kendrick
Mr. Jude Law
Ms. Jennifer Lawrence
Ms. Melissa Leo
Ms. Juliette Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Delroy Lindo
Mr. & Mrs. Rob Lowe
Mr. Josh Lucas
Ms. Jane Lynch
Ms. Kelly Lynch
Mr. Anthony Mackie
Mr. Steve Martin & Ms. Anne Stringfield
Mr. & Mrs. Matthew McConaughey
Ms. Eva Mendes
Ms. Lea Michele
Mr. Matthew Morrison
Mr. Dermot Mulroney
Ms. Catherine O`Hara & Mr. Bo Welch
Ms. Anna Paquin & Mr. Stephen Moyer
Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Poitier
Ms. Natalie Portman & Mr. Benjamin Millepied
Mr. Jeremy Renner
Ms. Emma Roberts
Ms. Anika Noni Rose
Mr. Eli Roth
Mr. Paul Rudd & Ms. Julie Yaeger
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Ruffalo
Ms. Zoe Saldana
Ms. Naomi Watts
Ms. Amanda Seyfried
Mr. Martin Short
Mr. Kevin Spacey
Mr. David Spade
Mr. Jason Statham
Ms. Hailee Steinfeld
Ms. Emma Stone
Ms. Hilary Swank & Mr. John Campisi
Jessica Szohr
Ms. Charlize Theron
Ms. Marisa Tomei
Ms. Liv Tyler
Ms. Gabrielle Union
Ms. Brenda Vaccaro & Mr. Guy Hector
Ms. Sofia Vergara
Mr. Eli Wallach & Ms. Anne Jackson
Ms. Kerry Washington
Ms. Mia Wasikowska
Ms. Jacki Weaver & Mr. Sean Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Forest Whitaker
Ms. Michelle Williams
Ms. Reese Witherspoon & Mr. Jim Toth
Arts
Mr. Francesco Clemente
Mr. Paul Fortune
Mr. Larry Gagosian
Mr. Michael Govan & Ms. Katherine Ross
Mr. Nicholas Haslam
Mr. Tobias Meyer & Mr. Mark Fletcher
Ms. Ingrid Sischy & Ms. Sandy Brant
Mr. Richard Prince
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Ruscha
Mr. Francesco Vezzoli
Business
Mr. & Mrs. Jake Bloom
Mr. Jack Calhoun & Mr. Trent Norris
Mr. Robert A. Daly & Ms. Carole Bayer Sager
Mr. John Demsey
Mr. Barry Diller
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Eisner
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Freston
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Gelfond
Mr. Mike Moritz & Ms. Harriet Heyman
Mr. Vivi Nevo
Ms. Gwyneth Paltrow
Mr. Mario Palumbo & Mr. Stefan Gargiulo
Mr. Jay Penske
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Pincus
Mr. Brian Roberts
Mr. Russell Simmons
Sir Howard Stringer & Dr. Jennifer Patterson
Ms. Nadja Swarovski
Mr. & Mrs. John Sykes
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Trump
Mr. Philipp Wolff
Comedians
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Idle
Mr. Jimmy Kimmel
Mr. & Mrs. Don Rickles
Mr. David Steinberg
Ms. Sarah Silverman
Condé Nast
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Bellando
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sauerberg, Jr.
Director
Mr. Darren Aronofsky
Ms. Kathryn Bigelow
Mr. Danny Boyle
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Bruckheimer
Mr. Joel Coen
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Corman
Mr. Alfonso Cuaron
Mr. & Mrs. Pete Docter
Mr. Richard Donner & Mrs. Lauren Shuler Donner
Mr. Charles Ferguson
Mr. Stephen Gaghan & Ms. Minnie Mortimer
Ms. Debra Granik & Mr. Jonathan Scheur
Mr. Paul Haggis
Ms. Karen Harley
Mr. Tom Hooper
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Howard
Ms. Rory Kennedy
Mr. David O`Russell
Mr. Brett Ratner
Mr. John Singleton
Mr. & Mrs. Oliver Stone
Mr. Quentin Tarantino
Fashion
Ms. Tory Burch & Mr. Lyor Cohen
Mr. Tom Ford & Mr. Richard Buckley
Ms. Diane von Furstenberg
Mr. Valentino Garavani
Mr. Giancarlo Giammetti
Mr. & Mrs. Reinaldo Herrera
Ms. Donna Karan
Mrs. Tamara Mellon
Ms. Kate Mulleavy
Ms. Laura Mulleavy
Ms. Rachel Roy
Ms. L`Wren Scott
Mr. Jason Wu
Film – Creative
Mr. Michael Arndt
Mr. Simon Beaufoy
Mr. A. Scott Berg & Mr. Kevin McCormick
Mr. Stuart Blumberg
Mr. & Mrs. Alexandre Desplat
Mr. Mitch Glazer
Mr. Akiva Goldsman
Mr. John Goldwyn
Mr. Andres Heinz
Mr. Sebastian Junger & Ms. Daniela Petrova
Ms. Fran Lebowitz
Mr. Walter Mirisch
Mr. & Mrs. Scott Silver
Mr. Aaron Sorkin
Mr. Matt Weiner
Mr. Chris Weitz & Mrs. Mercedes Martinez
Restaurant & Hoteliers
Mr. Tom Colicchio
Mr. Jeff Klein
Mr. Peter Morton
Mr. Jamie Oliver
Ms. Alice Waters
Literary
Mr. Robbie Baitz
Ms. Jackie Collins
Mr. Dave Eggers & Ms. Vendela Vida
Ms. Robyn Todd
Media
Mr. Kurt Andersen & Ms. Anne Kreamer
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Bart
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Burke
Mr. Andy Cohen
Mr. Anderson Cooper & Mr. Benjamin Maisani
Mr. & Mrs. Philippe Dauman
Ms. Arianna Huffington
Mr. Ryan Kavanaugh
Ms. Gayle King
Mr. & Mrs. Andy Lack
Mr. & Mrs. Greg Maffei
Mr. Bill Maher
Mr. Piers Morgan & Ms. Celia Walden
Mr. & Mrs. Rupert Murdoch
Ms. Sue Naegle
Mr. Lawrence O`Donnell
Ms. Desiree Rogers
Mr. Norman Pearlstine & Mrs. Jane Elizabeth Boon
Mr. Sumner Redstone
Mr. Paul Steiger & Mrs. Wendy Brandes
Music
Mr. Justin Bieber
Mr. & Mrs. Leslie Bricusse
Mr. Jon Brion
Mr. T-Bone Burnett & Ms. Callie Khouri
Ms. Suzanne de Passe
Mr. George Drakoulias
Mr. Cee Lo Green
Mr. Curtis `50 Cent` Jackson
Sir Mick Jagger
Sir Elton John & Mr. David Furnish
Ms. k.d. Lang
Madonna & Lourdes
Ms. Aimee Mann & Mr. Michael Penn
Mr. & Mrs. Trent Reznor
Mr. Bruce Roberts
Mr. Atticus Ross & Ms. Claudia Sarne
Mr. Rick Rubin
Ms. Taylor swift
Mr. Justin Timberlake
Mr. Steven Tyler
Mr. Rufus Wainwright
Model
Ms. Brooklyn Decker
Ms. Selita Ebanks
Ms. Elaine Irwin
Photographers
Mr. Jonathan Becker
Mr. Russell James
Mr. & Mrs. Norman Jean Roy
Mr. Steven Meisel
Mr. Phil Stern
Mr. Art Streiber & Ms. Glynis Costin
Mr. Bruce Weber & Nan Bush
Producer
Mr. & Mrs. J J Abrams
Ms. Darla K. Anderson & Ms. Kori Rae
Mr. Judd Apatow & Ms. Leslie Mann
Mr. Lawrence Bender
Ms. Dana Brunetti
Mr. Iain Canning
Mr. Bruce Cohen
Mr. & Mrs. Michael De Luca
Mr. Sandy Gallin
Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Goldberg
Mr. Samuel Goldwyn, Jr.
Mr. Brian Grazer & Ms. Chosan Nguyen
Mr. David Hoberman & Mr. Todd Lieberman
Mr. Dan Jinks
Mr. Mike Judge
Mr. Laurence Mark
Mr. Seth McFarlane
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Medavoy
Mr. Brian Oliver
Ms. Mary Parent & Mr. Javier Chapa
Mr. Brett Ratner
Ms. Anne Rosellini & Mr. Eric Hedbloom
Mr. & Mrs. George Schlatter
Mr. Josh Schwartz
Ms. Jennifer Todd
Ms. Suzanne Todd
Mr. Gareth Unwin & Ms. Rosie Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. Irwin Winkler
Representative – Agent
Mr. Dan Aloni
Mr. Jeffrey Berg
Mr. Jim Berkus
Ms. Boaty Boatwright
Ms. Carol Bodie
Mr. John Burnham
Mr. & Mrs. Ari Emanuel
Mr. Charles Finch
Mr. & Mrs. David Gersh
Mr. Kevin Huvane
Mr. Bryan Lourd & Mr. Bruce Bozzi
Ms. Elyse Scherz
Mr. Jeremy Zimmer
Society
Mrs. Wallis Annenberg & Kris Levine
Ms. Fabiola Beracasa
Mrs. Betsy Bloomingdale
Mrs. Barbara Davis
Ms. Vanessa Getty
Ms. Alexandra Kotur
Mr. Jean Pigozzi
Julianna Smoot
Mrs. Lynn Wyatt
Sports
Mr. Mike Fisher
Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Jones
Mr. Shaun White
Ms. Serena Williams
Studio
Mr. Chris Albrecht & Ms. Montana Cody
Mr. Michael Barker
Mr. Tom Bernard
Mr. & Mrs. Jon Feltheimer
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Gianopulos
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Gilula
Mr. Brad Grey & Ms. Cassandra Huysentruyt
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Katzenberg
Ms. Donna Langley & Mr. Ramin Shamshiri
Mr. & Mrs. John Lasseter
Mr. & Mrs. Ron Meyer
Mr. Leslie Moonves & Ms. Julie Chen
Mr. Jeff Robinov
Mr. Rich Ross
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Rothman
Ms. Stacey Sher & Mr. Kerry Brown
Mr. Chip Sullivan
Mr. Tucker Tooley
Mr. Harvey Weinstein & Ms. Georgina Chapman
Mr. Jerry Weintraub & Ms. Susan Ekins
Tech
Mr. Jeff Bezos
Mr. Jack Dorsey
Mr. & Mrs. Elon Musk
Mr. Sean Parker
Mr. Christopher Poole
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Schmidt
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Semel
Mr. Peter Thiel
