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...hottest ticket on the night before Oscar has become Miramax's annual pre-Academy Award party, which takes place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, famously featured in "Pretty Woman." The company pioneered this showcase event a few years ago, modeling it on the famous pre-Grammy-night parties thrown by music mogul Clive Davis. A pre-event party has no shroud of loser gloom and allows for members of other tribes to visit. Kevin Spacey, for example, has no allegiance to Miramax Films, but he is a regular visitor to their parties. The reason for this intermingling is simple...
...split into two categories. Screening parties and post-award show bashes. Not everyone can attend the actual awards, and unless you are nominated there is little point. So the smart folks go to one of the premier viewing parties. One of the hottest events is a charity party thrown by Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation and Norby Walters. This foundation benefits film preservation, a celebrated cause in L.A. The event also benefits film actor preservation, since many of the attendees are former Oscar winners who have no place at the Academy Awards unless it's an Oscar anniversary with...
...classier event is the now-traditional Elton John party. This started in the same year as the last of the Oscar parties thrown by the legendary agent Swifty Lazar. Few entertainment industry figures are as at home in the worlds of music and movies as Elton John, and this party has effectively taken over the role formerly fulfilled by the Lazar bash. While stars want to go to the Vanity Fair party because it's the place to be seen, celebrities seek even harder to attend this bash because it's the most fun. This results in a slew...
Ruddock has had little margin for error during her rookie season, being thrown into a highly-ranked team alongside the nation's most notable players. Yet, her burdens are those of a collegiate goaltender rather than those of a freshman...
...Lentz] sees exactly what your pitches are doing," Ronz says. "He has a general idea of how certain pitches are supposed to be thrown, and he'll get on you if you leave a breaking ball...