The Party Report

  • From Wintour & Trump to Tom Cruise

      With Labor Day now lurking on the calendar, the promotional deluge for the new TV season will soon drown the town. New and returning stars started popping up at events this week to fire some publicity warning shots.   Most visibly, the CW’s fall comeback “Melrose Place” planted its flag on the actual Melrose…

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    Mikey Glazer

  • Brad & Angelina Slink Out; Warren Meets the Foreign Press

    The hottest invite of the week was Harvey and Bob Weinsteins‘ "Inglourious Basterds" premiere at Grauman’s and after-party at the Mondrian on Monday. Surprisingly, the film’s star Brad Pitt and his Angelina Jolie (photo below by Getty Images) were the first guests to arrive to the poolside bash. After giving as much time to the…

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    Mikey Glazer

  • From Teens & Cupcakes to the Playboy Mansion

    During the week leading up to Sunday night’s Teen Choice Awards, the parties were sweet … literally. Cupcakes, gumballs and sugar flowed from open candy bars across town for the under-21-oriented week. But last Monday night, it was still about grown-ups. Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche and the crew from the grifter-themed “Spread” headed for Katusya…

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    Mikey Glazer

  • The Summer Stars Are Out — but Not for Ahnuld

    In the last week of July, the town embraced summer to the fullest. It seemed everybody was partying outside. Jessica Simpson made it a family affair poolside last Monday night. She came by an intimate sunset plaza houseparty either to (A) support her father Joe Simpson’s new artist Anya, a new pop singer import from…

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    Mikey Glazer

  • Lindsay Lohan, Sarah Palin…and Punky Brewster?

    It was all about Punky power couples on Thursday night: (Punky Brewster herself) Soleil Moon Frye and Jason Goldberg — and Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, Goldberg’s producing partner.   The latter pair came out to support Frye, who threw a bash at her children’s store, The Little Seed, to launch her eco-friendly line of baby clothes.…

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    Jenny Sundell

  • Diddy’s Famous White Party Heads to BevHills

    For the Fourth of July, West Coasters clamored to get all up in Diddy’s grill: The rap mogul moved his infamous annual White Party from the Hamptons to Beverly Hills.   This time, he teamed up with fellow Twitter addicts mrskutcher and aplusk — that would be Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, for those non-followers…

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  • A Week of Events Humbled by Jackson’s Death

    As news broke that the King of Pop had passed away on Thursday, poor Bruno was squeezing into an army-inspired outfit consisting mostly of hot pants for the premiere of his “documentary.”   Not just a bad time, but also a bad place — the event was held at the Mann’s Chinese Theatre on Hollywood…

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    Jenny Sundell

  • Kanye Sings for Kobe, Jack White Hangs With J.J.

    Nothing like a little championship bling to get the party started in Hollywood. The Lakers lauding continued this week with a parade downtown on Wednesday followed by the Official Victory Celebration at Club Nokia on Thursday, where Lil Wayne and Kanye West serenaded Kobe Bryant (below, with wife Vanessa and Jeremy Piven) and his boys.…

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    Jenny Sundel

  • Aniston and Douglas Lauded; the Brady Bunch Reunited

    Move over, Kathy Griffin. Chelsea Handler proved she isn’t afraid to take on Hollywood’s leading ladies, either, when she hosted Women in Film’s Crystal + Lucy Awards on Friday night. In a move that would surely make Griffin proud, Handler thanked honoree Jennifer Aniston for “increasing the visibility of women in film” and “decreasing the…

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    Jenny Sundel

  • Lambert Gives Thanks; Coppola Gives Back

      Kris Allen might have won “American Idol” but Adam Lambert hasn’t been crying over his #2 spot. Proof: his guyliner remained firmly intact on Sunday night at Hollywood Life’s Young Hollywood Awards, where he picked up Artist of the Year honors from judge Kara DioGuardi and promised that his upcoming cover story in “Rolling…

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    Jenny Sundel

  • Bruno, Eminem and a Wacky Will Ferrell

    Back-to-back award shows this weekend and nary a tux in sight.   Surely some wished there was some sort of dress code enforced after spotting Sacha Baron Cohen in little more than a leopard-print bikini brief at both the Spike TV Guys Choice show and the MTV Movie Awards. Surely Cohen’s flamboyant fashionista alter ego Bruno…

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    Jenny Sundel

  • A Weekend of ‘Bu-BQs

    The surefire way to tell that summer has arrived in Hollywood: sponsored beach houses along the Malibu coastline (and the pesky, inevitable noise complaints that inevitably follow). On Sunday, Nivea hosted celebs at a seaside spot overlooking Point Dume with a good ol’-fashioned Memorial Day BBQ and Shay Todd bikini bash. Surely it was the…

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    Jenny Sundel

  • ‘Terminator’s’ Surprise: a Pre-Recession Gala

    These days, thanks to the recession, you’re lucky to get a pig in a blanket or a mini grilled cheese at a Hollywood event. So the sight of an over-the-top buffet stunned — and delighted — attendees at the after-party for “Terminator: Salvation” on Thursday night.    Guests piled up their plates at a steak-carving…

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    Jenny Sundel

  • The Gift Bag Is Back!

    Here’s one sign that things could be looking up in Hollywood: the return of the gift bag. On Saturday, Evan Handler scored loot at the Saucony & Stride Rite Baby Lounge at the Century Plaza Hotel, including kicks for his kid. And at the same spot the night before, Jeremy Piven, Amanda Bynes, Jewel and…

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    Jenny Sundel

  • From Trekkies to Bill Clinton

    At the "Star Trek" premiere on Thursday night, Hollywood beauties — including Hayden Panettiere, Heidi Klum, Nicolette Sheridan, Sophia Bush and Leighton Meester — proudly unleashed their inner nerd with “Live Long and Prosper” hand salutes. Fellow Trekkies flocked to the ginormous metal Starfleet logo outside Grauman’s Chinese to watch stars appear on the black…

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    Jenny Sundel