Monthly Archives: February 2012

Elton John’s Annual Oscar Party 2012 — w/ performance by Foster the People [VIDEO]

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Rochelle Gores Fredston | Leave a comment

Clockwise: All Access passes, Miley Cyrus & Liam Hemsworth, Elton John with his baby and Fran Drescher and Katy Perry, ambiance

What: 20th annual Elton John Oscar party
When: Night of the Oscars!
Where: Pacific Design Center (in a massive tent out front)
Who: Elton John & David Furnish, Steve Tisch, Russell Simmons, Neil Patrick Harris, supermodels Alessandra Ambrosio, Karolina Kurkova. Heidi Klum, Petra Nemcova, Antonio Villaraigosa, Steven Tyler, Katy Perry, Gwen Stefani, and more …

Another Academy Awards evening at Sir Elton John’s Oscar Party … This year, I took along Jessica Nagel (publicist for J. Mendel), Flo Fulton (President of Events at Nike Communications) who flew in from New York, and a couple others — all clad in J. Mendel including myself — of course I wanted to represent since I sit on the Board of Directors for J. Mendel and what better place to wear one of Gilles’ [Gilles Mendel, heir apparent and designer of J. Mendel] beautiful gowns. We had a running joke all evening that we were the J. Mendel table.

#TruffleNotes: Being a ‘Grand Benefactor’ at the Elton John party gets you a table for 10 and 2 passes to Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Night Before party

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Category: Awards Season, Charity Circuit, Events & Parties

Tagged: Oscar parties, Oscar Week, Rochelle Gores Fredston

LIVE! OSCARS 2012 RED CARPET FASHION & BEHIND-THE-SCENES SET-UP [SLIDESHOW, VIDEO]

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Our Little Truffle Hunters | Leave a comment

Michelle Williams (Marilyn): Louis Vuitton & Fred Leighton for Forevermark jewelry
Rooney Mara (Dragon Tattoo): Givenchy
Shailene Woodley (Descendants): Valentino Couture & Salvatore Ferragamo shoes
Berenice Bejo: Elie Saab & Swarovski
Jessica Chastain (The Help): McQueen & Harry Winston jewelry
Viola Davis (The Help): Vera Wang
Octavia Spencer (The Help): Tadashi Shoji
Meryl Streep: Lanvin & Salvatore Ferragamo gold lizard sandals
George Clooney: Georgio Armani
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Category: Awards Season, FASHION

Tagged: Alexander McQueen, Angelina Jolie, Armani, Badgley Mischka, Ben Stiller, Berenice Bejo, Brad Pitt, Busy Phillips, Cameron Diaz, Christian Bale, Colin Firth, Descendants, Dragon Tattoo, Ellie Kemper, Ellie Saab, Emma Stone, George Clooney, Giuliana Rancic, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Chastain, Jimmy Choo, Kelly Osbourne, Kristen Wiig, Louis Vuitton, Marchesa, Marilyn, Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy, Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Michelle Williams, Milla Jovovich, Natalie Portman, Oscars, Penelope Ann Miller, Penelope Cruz, Rooney Mara, Rose Byrne, Shailene Woodley, Stacy Keibler, stylist, Tina Fey, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Trish Summerville, Valentino, Vera Wang, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis

Relativity Media Post Oscar Party — Waffles, Check-Points, and more

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Our Little Truffle Hunters | 1 Comment

With a call time that read ‘Eleven O’Clock Until Sunrise’, the check point upon confirmation of your RSVP was revealed to be the DGA building on Sunset Blvd.

A completely organized group of 300+ guests parked on the second floor of the DGA parking lot guided by security who directed people to take the elevator to the ground floor where a completely silent (or worn-out from previous parties) line of party-goers in head-to-toe black tie sprawled the perimeter of the lot leading up to the check-in table.

White vans with tinted windows took guests from the DGA to the ’round house’ on Mount Olympus — you can see from Fairfax driving North — all lit up in red. At the drive-way, black wristbands were cut and a rather steep hike to the Alert / Relativity / Veev sponsored party began.

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Category: Awards Season, Events & Parties

Tagged: Aaron Paul, Adrian Muzinich, Angela Lindvall, Anthony Mackie, Beau Swayze, Brent Bolthouse, Brent Seals, Caroline d'Amore, Carter Reum, Chris Hopkins, DJ Devin Lucien, Gerard Butler, Jaime Rigal, Jason Felts, Jason Spier, Jeremy White Allen, Kellan Lutz, Michael Saylor, Mike Mcguiness, Nur Khan, Patrick Hoelck, Paul Vitagliano, Petra Nemcova, Ramon Wilson, Relativity Media head Ryan Kavanaugh, Rene Rigal, Ryan Kavanaugh, Scott Lipps, Sophia Bush, Victoria Hervey

PRISM Gallery — ‘Os Gemeos’ Opening Night — André Savaria, PC Valmorbida, Jared Najjar, Brent Bolthouse and more

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Our Little Truffle Hunters | Leave a comment

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Clockwise: André Savaria, hanging box art, PRISM co-owner PC Valmorbida, PRISM co-owner Jared Najjar, Brent Bolthouse

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Category: Art Openings

#LAnatives: Terry Richardson’s 1st L.A. Exhibit at Aaron Bondaroff’s OHWOW Gallery

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Our Little Truffle Hunters | Leave a comment

What: Terry Richardson’s TERRYWOOD

Where: OHWOW Gallery, owned by NYC cutie Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran

Those who were WOW’d: Tom Ford, MOCA’s Jeffrey Deitch, Rick Rubin, Tyler The Creator, Jordan Catalano I mean Jared Leto, Erin Wasson, James Franco, Kat von D, Pete Wentz, Pamela Anderson, Kreayshawn, Marilyn Heston, Brad Goreski, Kate Young, Johnny Knoxville, Brian Phillips, Vinoodh Matadin and Inez van Lamsweerde, Paris & Nicky Hilton, Rumi Neely, China Chow, Lydia Hearst, Casey Neistat, Scott Lipps with Paz De La Huerta, Pam Anderson, Jared Leto, Sky Ferreira, Ron Jeremy, May Andersen, Vikram Chatwal, Jeremy Scott, Darren Romanelli, Brent Bolthouse, Ke$ha, Rachel Zoe, Pamela Anderson, May Anderson, Michael J. Anderson, Aziz Ansari, Hope Atherton, Gavin Brown, Richard Buckley, Scott Campbell, Alina Cho, John Demsey, Jack Donoghue, Todd Eberle, Lisa Eisner, Linda Evangelista, Brad Goreski, Sasha Grey, Lady Victoria Hervey, Nur Khan, Kerry King, Frankie Rayder, Benedikt Taschen, and Rachel Zoe, all three Lohans and actor-for-hire Dennis Woodruff (kooky dude with infamous DW car) +++ Continue reading →

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Category: Events & Parties, Los Angeles Natives & Royalty

Who’s in town for Oscar week? Elton John, Nur Khan, Lynn Wyatt, the Mellons, the Seymour-Brants, Billy Farrell’s team, and more! [SLIDESHOW]

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Our Little Truffle Hunters | Leave a comment

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Elton John at Gagosian gallery in BH

Linda Evangelista, Stephanie Seymour at Gagosian gallery in BH

Nicolas Berggruen at Gagosian gallery in BH

Terry Richardson, Brett Ratner at Gagosian gallery in BH

Brian Phillips at Gagosian gallery in BH

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Nur khan, Nicole Hanley Mellon, Matthew Mellon at Nicolas Berggruen's annual Oscar party

Scott Sartiano and Brent Bolthouse at Nicolas Berggruen's annual Oscar party

Lawrence Bender and Larry Gagosian at Nicolas Berggruen's annual Oscar party

Linda Evangelista and Peter Morton at Nicolas Berggruen's annual Oscar party

Annabelle Dexter Jones & Andre Saraiva at Nicolas Berggruen's annual Oscar party

Stephen Dorf at Justin Murdock's late Wednesday night

Davis Factor at Justin Murdock's late Wednesday night

Brett Ruttenberg & Nicole Richie at QVC on Thursday at the Four Seasons

Darren Romanelli at Art of Elysium's annual pre-Oscar auction at Smashbox

Petra Nemecova and Jamie Belman at Art of Elysium's annual pre-Oscar auction at Smashbox

Aaron Sorkin & Stephanie Sinman at the Hollywood Reporter's annual pre-Oscar party at the Mayor's house

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Joan Collins & Percy Gibson at the Hollywood Reporter's annual pre-Oscar party at the Mayor's house

The usual bevy of New Yorkers and Europeans are settling in for LA’s most esteemed week of the year — from NY (Nur Khan) to Paris (Andre Savaria) to even Texas (Lynn Wyatt), they’ll continue to roll in for various (quasi) Oscar related events –

From Larry Gagosian‘s annual oscar week art opening (this year for artist Urs Fischer), to Nic Berggruen‘s regular pre-Oscar Chateau soiree — which was followed this year by a late night post party at Justin Murdock‘s with a 1am call time, to Charles Finch‘s now regular Madeo’s dinner with Chanel, to Terry Richardson‘s opening of “TERRYWOOD” at Oh Wow gallery on La Cienega on Friday and PRISM’s annual pre-Oscar exhibit on Saturday (expected guests include Amy Sacco, Nina Clemente, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld and Andy Valmorbida to support PRISM co-owner and brother PC). Also sure to attract a good crowd and many Trufflers — Ryan Kavanugh’s post Oscar bash and along with Guy Oseary‘s annual post soiree this Sunday. Click through our slideshow to see who is in town so far …

Spotted at Gagosian in BH on Wednesday: Elton John, Linda Evangelista, Stephanie Seymour, Nicolas Berggruen, Terry Richardson, Brett Ratner, Black Frame’s Brian Phillips, Val Kilmer, Julian Schnabel, Eli Broad, Steve Tisch, Lynn Wyatt, Jacqui Getty, Barbara Davis

Spotted at Nicolas Berggruen‘s annual Oscar party at Chateau Marmont on Wednesday: Scott Sartiano, Lawrence Bender, Larry Gagosian, Brent Bolthouse, Nur Khan, Nicole Hanley Mellon, Matthew Mellon, Linda Evangelista & Peter Morton, Annabelle Dexter Jones & Andre Saraiva

Spotted at Justin Murdock‘s post-Chateau bash on Wednesday: Lawrence Bender, Nicky Hilton, Owen Wilson, Davis Factor, Stephen Dorf, producer Gary Michael Walters (Drive), and Josh Hartnett who was turned away at the door for showing up with too many guys *(note to party-goers, Justin takes his 3:1 girl / guy ratio seriously!)

Spotted at QVC’s annual Oscar party at Four Seasons on Thursday: Brett Ruttenberg with Nicole Richie who is launching her new line with QVC this month

Spotted at Art of Elysium’s annual pre-Oscar auction on Thursday: Petra Nemecova & Jamie Belman, Marc & Jessica Mitchell, Davis Factor, producer Scott Steindorff (The Lincoln Lawyer, Pablo Escobar), Darren Romanelli

Spotted at the Hollywood Reporter’s annual pre-Oscar party at the Mayor’s house on Thursday: Aaron Sorkin, Joan Collins

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Category: Awards Season

Tagged: Awards Season

Art of Elysium’s annual pre-Oscar Auction at Smashbox Studios

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Our Little Truffle Hunters | Leave a comment

What: Art of Eylisum’s annual pre-Oscar auction

Where: Smashbox Studios on Fuller

Spotted: Petra Nemecova & Jamie Belman, Marc & Jessica Mitchell, Davis Factor, producer Scott Steindorff (The Lincoln Lawyer, Pablo Escobar), Andrea Fiuczynski (President of Christie’s), Art of Elysium founder Jennifer Howell, Carter Reum (Veev founder/owner), Sophia Bush, Darren Romanelli, Alexi Yullish, Bianca White, Ali Larter, Marilyn Heston and more …

We noticed donated art from Patrick Hoelck, Scott Caan, Ed Rusha (sold for 9k), John Baldessari (sold for 4k) being auctioned off by Andrea. Hey, remember phone-in bids? Well, one bid came in via email to a hand-held in the audience — while the audience waited for the attendee to hear back from the bidder, Andrea asked with gavel in hand “can you text him instead”? Continue reading →

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Category: Events & Parties

Costume Designers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton — Rooney Mara, Clint Eastwood, Chloe Moretz, Kate Beckinsale, Jane Lynch, etc. [SLIDESHOW, VIDEO]

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Our Little Truffle Hunters | Leave a comment

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What: 2012 Costume Guild awards

Where: Beverly Hilton (who has a very good twitter we noticed! — @BeverlyHilton)

Spotted at the gala: Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) with her boyfriend Charlie McDowell, costume designer Trish Summerville, and Dragon Tattoo director David Fincher, Glee’s Ryan Murphy with costume designer Lou Eyrich (Glee) who talked about beating cancer last year and was also given an honorary award, Clint Eastwood with costume designer Deborah Hopper, and Ken Watanabe and Marcia Gay Harden (presenting the award to Clint and Deborah for their long-time collaborations in film), costume designer Arianne Phillips (who won an award for W.E.),Chloe Grace Moretz (from Hugo, who presented an award), Penelope Ann Miller (The Artist), Michel Lacoste (head of Lacoste Continue reading →