#Sundance Party Report: CAA Annual Sundance Party sponsored by Simple Night

Posted on January 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

DJ Lady Sinclair spins the CAA party at 2012 Sundance

Party: CAA event at Sugar with DJ Lady Sinclair and DJ Ruckus
Where: Sugar, 268 Main Street

When: Saturday night, January 21st 2012

Sightings: Kristen Dunst with boyfriend Garrett Hedlund, James Marsden, Paul Dano, William H Macy, CAA’s hosts of the night and co-heads of the CAA finance dept, Roeg Sutherland & Micah Green, Don McNeill of Digital Kitchen *(who is responsible for bringing you the elevator commercials for the Cosmopolitan hotel in Las Vegas), Bianca White, reps for Sheets (LeBron James’ new energy strip company that co-sponsored the party), Jaren Eng of Just Jared, Wynter Mitchell of US Weekly and more, Silver restaurant on Main Street owner Lisa Barlow and her publicist New Yorked based Helena Renee, and more.

Music: DJ Lady Sinclair aka Michelle Kath Sinclair and DJ Ruckus

Notes:

• DJ Lady Sinclair aka Michelle Sinclair learned her skills direct from DJ AM who she grew up with in L.A. Michelle’s birth father is late Chicago guitarist Terry Kath; Michelle is in pre-production on a doc about him. Now it’s time for some Truffle 6 degrees of separation … Michelle’s mother was once married to Kiefer Sutherland who is brothers with CAA agent Roeg Sutherland who threw the party. Michelle has been known for her DJ gigs at major events like the Modern Warfare 3 Launch Party, the Louis Vuitton / Vanity Fair rooftop party in Beverly Hills, and currently has an in-house gig at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs.

• Greg Andrews, aka DJ Ruckus, made us feel bad about ourselves because we will never be as good at anything as he is at DJ-ing.  Watching this man DJ is entrancing and we would have loved to do it for hours! We also think it’s pretty ff-ing cool that Ruckus dated uber super model (understatement) Doutzen Kroes. Ruckus is signed with Yoni Goldberg and Damon DeGraff’s, DGI Management, (DUHH) which has a pretty impressive roster list such as Paul Sevigny, Rev Run, Andre Saraiva, The Misshapes, Jesse Marco, photog Bronques, and more… #NBD, right?

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A little side note from Sundance on the new West Memphis Three documentaries

Posted on January 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Although there were many points of interest at this year’s Sundance, the most fascinating and moving element was hands-down the new Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) produced documentary about the West Memphis Three which is directed by Amy Berg (who won an Oscar for her preist-molestation film Deliver Us from Evil in 2006) and is titled: West of Memphis. Moreover, the biggest star of Sundance, and biggest shock was one of the West Memphis Three, Damien Echols, who came along with Peter Jackson and several of the parents of the murdered boys that led to his possibly false imprisonment and death sentence in the 90s. Damien was joined in Sundance with his wife whom he met and married while on death row. The doc is aptly timed with the release of the West Memphis Three from prison this past August although it’s been in the works for ages. Peter was also with his wife who co-produced the film- the couple has been providing financial and public support for the defense since seeing Joe Berlinger’s 1996 documentary Paradise Lost for HBO about the case. The situation is only going to get bigger and bigger, as Berlinger’s follow up in a series of three HBO documentaries, “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory,” was just nominated for an Oscar yesterday.

UPDATE (February 1, 2012): Deadline Hollywood is reporting Colin Firth has signed on to join Reese Witherspoon to co-star in Devil’s Knot, based on investigative reporter Mara Leveritt’s 2003 book Devil’s Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, to be directed by Atom Egoyan (The Exorcism Of Emily Rose). Colin will play private investigator Ron Lax who offered his services for free to the defendents in 1993 and who helped find the DNA in the knots that bound one of the victims that cast suspicion on the stepfather of one of the 8-year old murdered boys. Filming begins next summer in Louisiana, and other big names are expected to join the cast in smaller roles.

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#Sundance Party Report — T-Mobile Village at the Lift (#VATL) with Puma and Miami Oasis [SLIDESHOW]

Posted on January 23, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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Check-in at the Lift #VATL

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Stella Artois Cafe at the Lift

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Entrance to Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- Drink menu at Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- inside Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- Patron do-it-yourself muddling bar at Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- Chalk roof at Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- Patron do-it-yourself muddling bar at Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- inside Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- Cisco Adler getting tattooed by Code of Conduct’s Jason Hoodrich at Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- drink menu at Miami Oasis

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Matt Donnelly in Jeremy Scott bear ears

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#VATL -- Udi's gluten free food at Miami Oasis

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#VATL -- Patron do-it-yourself muddling bar at Miami Oasis

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Puma entrance at the Lift

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Tracy Pendleton & Lauren Brokaw

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Tracy Pendleton and Matthew Gray Gubler

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#PumaSocial at the Lift

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#PumaSocial -- Patron 2 way mirror tells you the inner truth

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#VATL -- Outside the Puma tent

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#VATL -- ambiance at Puma

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#VATL -- the Wireimage photog at Puma

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#VATL -- Ping pong at Puma

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#VATL -- silk screening at Puma

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#VATL -- Matthew Gray Gubler at Puma

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#VATL -- lil Jon at Puma

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#VATL -- signing the ping pong table at Puma

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#VATL -- garage entrance

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#VATL -- outside

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The Lift at night -- #VATL

Party: Puma Social & Miami Oasis at the T-Mobile Village at the Lift

Where: Town Lift on Main Street

When: Friday, January 20th – Sunday, January 22nd

Notes: Jeff Best of Best Events converts the Town Lift in Park City on Main Street every year into a snow oasis for Snowdancers… I mean Sundancers — PMK-BNC and Brandlink Communications are brought in to handle press. Domain Media is brought in to wrangle talent for this 3 tiered event which includes Puma/Wireimage inside a tent on the snow by the lift, Miami Oasis housed below on the ground level, and Tao’s pop-up nightclub on the garage level. Stella Artois Cafe is set up next to the Puma tent by the lift. The best part about the whole thing are the girls who do the list camped out in the ticket consuls where one normally buys their ski lift passes; LUV!

Spotted at Miami Oasis at The Lift: Liv Tyler, Andie MacDowell, Isla Fisher, Laura Prepon, James Marsden, Lil Jon (who is still using a blackberry), Cisco Adler getting tattooed by Code of Conduct’s Jason Hoodrich, LA Times’ Matt Donnelly in Jeremy Scott bear ears, Kristin Patrick (Playboy’s Chief Marketing Officer, formerly from WME’s marketing dept), Martine Williamson (Chief Marketing Officer for Revlon), Chris Hopkins (Playboy’s SVP of Brand Partnerships) & his wife Iran Hopkins, Noah Tepperberg walking in with Mario Lopez, and more.

Spotted at Puma/Wireimage: Matthew Gray Grubbler (Criminal Minds), Sigourney Weaver, Cillian Murphy, Tim Daly, Mechad Brooks, Will Forte, Emma Roberts, Rashida Jones, Elijah Wood, Andy Samberg, Joel Edgerton (The Killing), producer Peter Jackson, Blythe Danner, Anne Heche, Carrie Preston (Good Wife, True Blood), Richard Gere, Emily Blunt, Lizzy Caplan, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lake Bell, Kate Bosworth, Ryan Kwanten, Elizabeth Olsen, Allison Janney, Nia Vardalos, Liv Tyler, Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory),Malin Akerman, Cisco Adler, Rebecca Hall (Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Town), Ari Graynor, Edward James Olmos, Frank Langella (here for Robot and Frank), Jason Ritter, Michael Cera, Neil Young talking to MTV inside, Jeff Vespa doing celebrity photos inside the Wireimage studio within Puam, Tracy Pendleton who represents Puma, and more.

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#Sundance Party Report — GREY GOOSE Blue Door on Main Street [SLIDESHOW]

Posted on January 22, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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"For A Good Time Call ..." after party at GREY GOOSE Blue Door on Main St.

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Front door to the GREY GOOSE Blue Door

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"For A Good Time Call ..." after party at GREY GOOSE Blue Door on Main St.

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"For A Good Time Call ..." after party at GREY GOOSE Blue Door on Main St.

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"For A Good Time Call ..." after party at GREY GOOSE Blue Door on Main St.

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"For A Good Time Call ..." after party at GREY GOOSE Blue Door on Main St.

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"For A Good Time Call ..." after party at GREY GOOSE Blue Door on Main St.

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DJ Spider with a promotional pink phone in celebration of "For a Good Time Call ... " premiere at Sundance

Party: Grey Goose presents: For A Good Time, Call … after party

Where: Grey Goose Blue Door 449 Main Street

When: Sunday, January 22nd

Sightings: Seth Rogen (whose mother and sister showed up to support), Justin Long, Ari Graynor (**Sundance it girl**), Mark Webber, Nia Vardalos, Lauren Miller, Mimi Rogers, director Jamie Travis

Music: DJ Spider played “it” bands such as Washed Out, M83, Gotye, Avicii, Adele, and more with wife Wells Butler at his side — Spider (Oliver) and Wells were also spotted at Questlove’s afternoon birthday party in The Canyons in Park City the day before.

Notes:  Guests at the after party were given promotional pink telephones as party-favors that attached to their regular phones (see pics). We noticed GREY GOOSE has a new flavor … Cherry Noir which the bar ran out of just before 1am. For A Good Time, Call … premiered at the Eccles Theater in Park City earlier on Sunday night. Per Deadline.com, Focus Features just acquired Jamie’s feature debut, ‘For A Good Time Call’, for a little over $2 million. We took note of the cocktail napkins being passed around which were branded for the film and looked into it — turns out it was not the work of some marketing firm but instead was the director of the film who made them and even hooked up a rather lude voicemail from “Katie & Lauren” (named for film writers: Lauren Miller and Katie Anne Naylon) on the end of the 855 number which still works despite having too many digits.

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Sunday Movie Tweet Along aka #SMTA

Posted on January 19, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Mike as Goose and Matt as Maverick -- art via Rome Shadanloo

Well the real story in the Truffle-verse this past weekend was actually not the Golden Globes but in fact, where the other half of L.A. spent their Sunday evening – going head to head with the awards ceremony, tweeting along with Jason London for the weekly Sunday Movie Tweet Along on Twitter, a weekly event co-founded by friends of the Truffle Mike McGuiness and Matt Bilinksy. In honor of Jason London’s hosting this week, @mcguins and @mattbilinsky selected Jason’s 1993 classic Dazed & Confused as the Sunday movie of choice. Movies and other hosts have ranges from Top Gun to Weird Science … to The Karate Kid, for which Mike even got William Zabka – aka Johnny from Karate Kid, and dangerous leader of the Cobra Kai dojo – to host!

Click to read more about #SMTA and how you can get involved! All you need is a Twitter account and access to the movie of the week — either the DVD or via Netflix, Amazon.com, Side Reel or whatever, and you are set! Wait for Mike’s count down on Twitter … and PLAY!

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Pre-Golden Globes Wella Beauty Bar

Posted on January 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A Braid Bar in WeHo ?! Gittt out … Why is this so hard? The service takes 15 minutes, costs $25 ($40 with shampoo) and there are a million different braids to pick from. Our friends at BMF Media, Domain and LFB Media Group banned together to bring celebs, influencers and press to the Wella Beauty Bar pop up lounge at NINE | ZERO | ONE salon — a permanent salon located in a castle-esque building off Santa Monica Blvd in what was once a library in L.A.’s early days.

The braid bar is a permanent amenity at the salon, but temporary sponsors also came in for the two day event such as Fake Bake tanning, shelves full of Schick Quattro for Women and Bio-Oil (known to prevent scarring if you apply the cream at the time of the scratch), a photo booth, UV Vodka (and UV Vodka cupcakes) and catering from the Little Door Next Door. We also noticed a major sponsor was the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau which is kind of amazing, no? We just heard they are sponsoring some things in Sundance as well which begins this Thursday, January 19th. Another sponsor of note was Teleflora, owned by Lynda & Stewart Resnick, who built the new wing at LACMA last year — aptly named the Resnick Pavillion. (They also literally have an orchard at their Sunset Blvd home in Beverly Hills (specifically a pomegranate orchard which is semi in relation to their other company POM which makes pomegranate juice — we put a picture of their house down below)).

#TruffleNotes: Wella was started as a wigs and hairpiece company in the late 1800s but by the time the 1900s rolled around, wigs were no longer in fashion so they started trying to invent ways to permanently add waves to hair and thus created the ‘perm’ — see a pic of their first perming machine down below!  Continue reading →

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Auto Gallery x McLaren Showroom Grand Opening in Beverly Hills

Posted on January 18, 2012 by | 1 Comment

To introduce McLaren’s new road car, the MP4-12C, to LA’s top car collectors and enthusiasts, British exotic automaker has partnered with The Auto Gallery to open a dealership in Beverly Hills, and hosted a grand opening to draw LA’s car world to the new showroom. The MP4-12C is McLaren’s first road vehicle since their collaboration with Mercedes Benz to produce the  McLaren Mercedes SLR. McLaren CEO Ron Dennis, based in London, flew in to explain this to the crowd which included: Bruce Meyer – who has one of the largest car collections in L.A. and founded the 1199 Foundation, David Sydorick – board member of Petersen Museum’s Checkered Flag Club whose car collection is easily worth 100M, Jay Leno – who keeps many cars from his vast collection stored in the Petersen vault, Ron Burkle – local billionaire and current resident of Greenacres estate, and car collectors Tonya & Jim Hull who live in Malibu and are also a part of the Checkered Flag Club. Also at the party, Mark Alfano — who runs Michael Hammer’s car collection (now based in Montecito since Michael moved it from his Culver City building which he now rents to RM Auctions for their space … Mark was en route to Las Vegas for a motorcycle auction and then the Scottsdale car auction which will set the tone for the rest of the car auction for the entire year — he will be looking for new additions for Michael’s collection). #TruffleNotes: Michael Hammer is Amie Hammer’s dad! Continue reading →

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Golden Globes 2012 — We are tracking the clothes at the Globes today — check back for live updates!! [SLIDESHOW]

Posted on January 15, 2012 by | Leave a comment
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Charlize Theron in Dior haute couture and Givenchy heels

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Kelsey Grammer and his new pregnant wife Kayte Walsh

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Lea Michelle in Marchesa spring 2012

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Jean Dujard (The Artist) in Lanvin

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Kate Beckingsale in Cavalli

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Michelle Williams in Jason Wu and Judith Leiber and vintage Fred Leighton headband

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Jonah Hill

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Reese Witherspoon in Zac Posen

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Diana Agron in Giles Deacon laser cut swans dress and Fred Leighton jewelry

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Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace and Brad Pitt in a Ferragamo three piece tux

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Nicole Kidman in Versace

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Jessica Biel in Elie Saab

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Sofia Vergara in Vera Wang and Harry Winston

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Kate Winslet's dress is Jenny Packham (Winner: Best Actress in a Miniseries, Mildred Pierce)

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Emma Stone in Lanvin

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Rooney Mara in Nina Ricci pre-fall 2012

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Zooey Deschanel (nominated for New Girl) in custom PRADA dress & pumps with tuxedos on her nails

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Adam Levine (The Voice) in Tom Ford with James Valentine, both of Maroon 5

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Evan Rachel Wood in Gucci

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Tilda Swinton in Haider Ackermann

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Natalie Portman in Lanvin

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Nicole Richie in Julien Macdonald, Jimmy Choo shoes and a House of Harlow clutch

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Elle Macpherson in Zac Posen

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Shailene Woodley in Marchesa

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Andie MacDowell and daughter Rainey Qualley in Alberto Makali who is this year's Miss Golden Globes 2012

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Piper Perabo in Olivier Theysken / Theory

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Kelly Osbourne in Zac Posen

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Elle Macpherson in Zac Posen and Lorraine Schwartz jewelry

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Berenice Bejo (The Artist)

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Andrea Riseborough at the BAFTAs on Saturday, Jan 14, 2012

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Elizabeth Olsen at W mag party at Chateau Marmont on Friday, Jan 13, 2012

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Charlize Theron (Young Adult) in at

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Elizabeth Olsen at the Independent Spirit Awards nominee lunch at BOA

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Michelle Williams in Victoria Beckham

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Emma Stone in Lanvin at Vanity Fair party at Cecconi's on Friday, Jan 13, 2012

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Emma Stone in Lanvin at W magazine's annual pre-party at Chateau Marmont on Friday, Jan 13, 2012

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Evan Rachel Wood at the BAFTA Tea Party at the Four Seasons in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan 14, 2012

 Rooney Mara (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, NOMINATED) in Nina Ricci pre-fall 2012
Natalie Portman (presenter) in Lanvin
Reese Witherspoon (presenter) in Zac Posen
Emma Stone (The Help) in Lanvin
Evan Rachel Wood (Mildred Pierce) in Gucci premiere
Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) in Haider Ackermann
Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce, WINNER) in Jenny Packham
 Jessica Biel (presenter) in Elie Saab
Claire Danes (Homeland, WINNER) in J Mendel and Bvlgari
Shailene Woodley (The Descendants, NOMINATED) in Marchesa
Brad Pitt (Moneyball, NOMINATED) in a Ferragamo three piece tux
Angelina Jolie (Land of Milk & Honey, directorial debut) in Atelier Versace
Zooey Deschanel (New Girl, NOMINATED) in custom PRADA dress & pumps with tuxedos on her nails
Charlize Theron (Young Adult) in Dior haute couture and Givenchy heels
Adam Levine (The Voice) in Tom Ford with James Valentine, both of Maroon 5
Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn, NOMINATED) in Jason Wu, a Judith Leiber bag, vintage Fred Leighton headband and Fred Leighton for Forevermark Diamond Stud Earrings and Snake Ring
 Mila Kunis (presenter) in Dior with long-time manager Cami Curtis
 Madonna (W.E., WINNER: Best song in a motion picture, W.E.) in Reem Akra with Andrea Riseborough in Vivienne Westwood
 Jessica Alba (presenter) in Gucci and Bvlgari
 Julianne Moore in Chanel Couture Fall 2011 and Bvlgari

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