Emmy Parties 2016: Hollywood's Hottest Invites Before and After the Big Show

Last Updated: Monday, September 12, 11:30 a.m.

Before we find out whether FX’s “The People v. O.J. Simpson” will top FX’s “Fargo,” whether Beyonce will make an Emmys appearance for “Lemonade” (she plays in Northern California the night before), or which of host Jimmy Kimmel’s skits will go viral, Hollywood has a lot of Emmy partying on its plate.

Check out TheWrap’s guide to the choicest invites.

Also Read: How Donald Trump Became the Emmys' Sorest Loser

What’s New and Cool?
Following the lead of repetitive Emmy voters themselves, Hollywood’s Emmy week rituals have largely stuck a template. Here’s who’s shaking that up this year.

*New Party*
Vanity Fair and FX
Craft (Century City)
Saturday, Sept. 17, 5:00 p.m.

From the moment “The People v. O.J. Simpson” debuted on the heels of “Fargo,” this party columnist sounded the alarm that FX’s Emmy party would be “the one.”

Looks like the guys who own Oscar night knew that too.

Sneaking in to the happy hour timeslot abandoned by NBC on the night before the Emmys, this is Saturday’s hot ticket. President John Landgraf and company have 56 nominations, so beyond pin-drop moments of “Shall I take off my watch and jewelry?” and “deus ex alien ships,” don’t forget about FX’s other achievements like “The Americans” and “American Horror Story.” Overlooking the MPTF’s bash later that night, this is like a pre-pre-party.

Buzzfeed’s “Buzzies”
Hyde Sunset (West Hollywood)
Wednesday, September 14

Buzzfeed always counter-programs the entertainment industry’s tentpole gatherings when they join the party, like bringing beer pong to Comic-Con or clearing out all of their workspaces for an office dance party. Celebrating the most “LOL, OMG, WTF, Cute, Fail Moments in Entertainment this Season”, here’s a peek at the invite for the #BuzzFeedBuzzies.

*Too Cool for TV*
Vanity Fair, YouTube, Big Frame Party with Shiseido
Platform (Culver City)
Friday, Sept. 15

Kudos to the digital future for holding onto their home turf in the non-traditional awards weekend real estate of Culver City. This crowd has eyes on the Streamy Awards, their industry’s prestige show that comes two weeks after the Emmys on Oct. 4. With the subscription service YouTube Red now churning out scripted episodic originals, they will soon follow Amazon and Netflix to the Emmys stage.

*Brand New Hotspot*
Entertainment Weekly
Friday, Sept. 16
Nightingale Plaza (West Hollywood)

EW's Henry Goldblatt gets the love from Jane Krakowski; Karina Smirnoff knows a special K when she sees one: Kat Graham. (Getty Images)

EW’s Henry Goldblatt with Jane Krakowski; Karina Smirnoff and Kat Graham at the 2015 EW party (Getty Images)

No, this is not Fig & Olive giving itself a name change.

After several years hosting this party at the Melrose Place restaurant, the Comic-Con party kings move their talent-heavy Emmys bash across the street. This will open the SBE nightclub most recently known as a construction site, and before that, Greystone Manor. Things are coming together at the last minute for the space, as SBE just registered the “NightingalePlaza.com” domain last week (Aug. 22).

Returning Events
Whether they break the mold (the Creative Coalition’s Advocacy Awards) or hold to a winning formula (CAA at Bouchon), these will have flashbulbs popping.

Audi
Catch (West Hollywood)
Thursday, Sept. 15
The TV Academy’s auto partner evolves from their default mode, moving to a new location after years of entertaining Emmy and Golden Globe nominees, and a broader guestlist of industry scenesters, at Cecconis. Two non-LA personalities will split duties on the decks, with Hannah Bronfman and Brendan “15 Hottest Men to Follow on Instagram” Fallis both DJing what I’m calling the culprit behind Friday morning’s hangovers.

Friday, Sept. 16
The Creative Coalition’s TV Industry Advocacy Awards
Sunset Tower Hotel (West Hollywood)

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The front row at 2015’s inaugural TV Industry Advocacy Awards: Jeffrey Tambor Alfre Woodard and Laverne Cox

Robin Bronk’s under-the-radar, under-embraced knot of talent (Jill Solloway, Tony Hale, Michael Kelly, Niecy Nash and more) speaking from the heart to a tiny room about the causes they care about is a contrast to the bombast of the rest of the weekend. Talent reps should take note.

Also Read: Emmys Weekend Scene and Heard: Partying With Gwyneth Paltrow, Monica Lewinsky, Laverne Cox and Eva Longoria (Photos)

Television Academy’s Performers Nominee Reception
Pacific Design Center

The Class of 2014 (Frank Micelotta/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)

This is where most of the acting nominees show up for a class photo. It’s a relaxed cocktail evening with the voters who propelled the nominees on to that dais. Of all the Television Academy’s official walk-up events to the show, this is the one worth calling in the favor to see.

WME
Catch (West Hollywood)

CAA
Bouchon (Beverly Hills)

Gersh
Home of Gersh Senior Managing Partner Leslie Seibert and Steven Siebert (Little Holmby area)

“World Class Cocktails” from mixologist Tyson Buhler featuring Ketel One Vodka will be poured for the likes of Kyle Chandler, JEffrey Tambor, Allison Janney, David “Robert Kardashian” Schwimmer, Courtney B. Vance, and Angela Bassett, amongst others.

UTA
Molly & Jay Sures’ House (Brentwood)

BAFTA TV Tea
Saturday, Sept. 17
The Boxwood at the London Hotel (West Hollywood)

Kate Beckinsale and Chantal Rickards at BAFTA LA’s Garden Party in June 2016 (BAFTA)

BAFTA LA’s awards weekend afternoon parties are popular and packed.

Comedy Central
Boulevard3 (Hollywood)

Chelsea Peretti, 2015 nominee Amy Schumer and Jessi Klein at last year's Comedy Central party, not one of the official Peer Group bashes. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage)

Chelsea Peretti, Amy Schumer, and Jessi Klein at Comedy Central’s 2014 Emmy party. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage)

There’s no punchline on the invitation this year. Perhaps they emptied the joke tank for “The Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe” last week. Comedy Central gets back on the Emmy party grid smartly sliding into the “night before” slot with the “Broad City” women, Amy Schumer, Key and Peele, and the South Park guys.

Showtime
Sunset Tower, 7-10 p.m.

Matt Blank, nominee for "Ray Donovan" Jon Voight, and David Nevins on the eve of another awards show, the Emmys, this past August. (Eric Charbonneau/AP Invision)

Matt Blank, “Ray Donovan’s” Jon Voight, and David Nevins on the eve of another awards show. (Eric Charbonneau/AP Invision)

David Nevins and Matt Blank always huddle the Showtime family (including Les Moonves) for a swanky poolside pause before the amplitude of Emmy Sunday. I’d say it’s a sanctuary from the weekend’s noise, but they usually have a headlining musician play the small room, the only brand to regularly add this flair for either the Oscars or the Emmy circuit. John Legend and KT Tunstall have played the dimmed terrace in previous years. British musician Jamie N Commons plays this year.

Claire Danes, Liev Schreiber, Don Cheadle, and Dawn Olivieri. (Eric Charbonneau/AP Invision)

Claire Danes and Liev Schreiber; Don Cheadle and Dawn Olivieri (Eric Charbonneau/AP Invision)

Claire Danes, Jay Pharoah, Maura Tierney and more are expected poolside as George Clooney‘s Casamigos Tequila flows.

MPTF 10th Annual “Evening Before”
Century Park (Century City)
Just like they do the night before the Oscars, industry bigshots raise millions for the MPTF’s retirement home in Woodland Hills and their other programs. If you’re invited to this one, go. If you’re not, buy tickets to the MPTF’s upcoming anniversary party with George Clooney next month.

Also Read: Emmys Hot List: 50 Shows, Actors and Trends to Watch (Photos)

Emmy Night: Downtown L.A. By the Show

Governors’ Ball, dubbed “Nature’s Elegance”
Sunday, Sept. 18
L.A. Convention Center
Immediately After the Telecast
The Academy persists in choosing a non-sequitur as a theme every year, like “Nature’s Elegance.” (This is the actual slug for the 2016 event, though it may also be a room freshener spray.) To their credit, they do this multi-thousand person dinner party three times this year due to the two Creative Arts Emmys Balls the weekend before. The entire industry is in the room for a blink of the eye, so make the most of that time, and then it’s a collective Keyser Soze as cars roll out.

300 gallons of cocktails will be poured, including 500 bottles of Brett Ratner‘s Hillhaven Lodge Whiskey.

Fox Networks, 20th Century Fox Television, FX, and Nat Geo Joint Party
The Vibiana Cathedral
See above for FX’s strong year. This beautiful footprint recently hosted Ray J’s wedding, and in years gone by, was the site for Entertainment Tonight’s now-defunct Emmy’s Night Bash. Fun fact: Prince played the ET Emmy party 10 years ago at the Skybar in West Hollywood.

After Parties: West Hollywood

HBO
Pacific Design Center (West Hollywood)

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 20: Comedians Mel Brooks and Julia Louis-Dreyfus attend HBO's Official 2015 Emmy After Party at The Plaza at the Pacific Design Center on September 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic)

Mel Brooks and Julia Louis-Dreyfus at HBO’s 2015 post-Emmys party at the Pacific Design Center (Photo by FilmMagic/FilmMagic)

HBO still owns Emmy night.

The Grand Dame of TV has 94 nominations and every figure from all sides of the business fills the sprawling tents. Theoretically, you could close nearly any deal necessary if everyone wasn’t chowing down, sliding into cushy banquettes, and stargazing at surprise guests like Mick Jagger in years past. HBO nominee Beyonce would be the whale this year.

HBO Emmy Party 2016 Centerpiece Fountain

HBO

A 24-foot high indoor fountain sculpture (above) is the centerpiece of the party, complementing a 100-foot-plus “water lounge” and the party’s oceanic-hued water theme. Billy Butchkavitz crafted this ornate party footprint for the 18th consecutive year and Wolfgang Puck caters. People actually sit, eat, and stay here…all night.

Amazon
Sunset Tower (West Hollywood)
Roy Price has 16 chances to add on to the Emmy collection in the trophy case in Amazon’s Santa Monica office.

AMC, BBC America, & IFC
Boa (West Hollywood)
600 invitees are expected to toast “Better Call Saul”, Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie‘s “The Night Manager”, “Luther”, “Orphan Black”, “Documentary Now!”, and “Portlandia”.
Netflix

Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Ted Sarandos (Chief Content Officer; Netlfix), Jon Hamm

Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Ted Sarandos and Jon Hamm at a prior Netflix event (Netflix)

Ted Sarandos usually hosts a talent-only gathering at his house the night before the Emmys, and sometimes after awards shows as well, but they are as cloistered as their ratings data.

Gone from Emmy Week: NBCU’s party at Boa and last year’s People’s “One to Watch” event, which was one of the hottest. The People event will be at another time.

Also Read: Party Report in Pictures: Will Ferrell, Mariah Carey, Lee Daniels and Usher Lead the Pack (Photos)

Lounges, Suites, and Sideshows

Vanity Fair Social Club
Saturday, Sept. 16
Platform in Culver City
VF’s Krista Smith’s touch is all over this collection of TV-related panels put on by the magazine’s publishing side as a workspace for bloggers and digital media. Highlights include Trisha Yearwood, Joey Graceffa (of Youtube and “Amazing Race” fame), Yara Shahidi, and “How to Get Away with Murder” costume designer Lyn Paolo who has been winning Emmys since 1992.

Ultimate Primetime TV Lounge presented by Dreamhouse Marketing & Branding Group, The Accessories Council & Madison & Mulholland
Saturday, September 10, 11am to 6pm (Hollywood)

This “superfriends” of gifting suites, with several agencies join forces, takes place a week early. The allied lounge benefits the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund Alliance. BMW Eyewear and Masquelogy skincare are on the block amongst other swag that organizers say is “super secret”.

Kari Feinstein Style Lounge
Thursday, Sept. 15-Friday, Sept. 16
Original swag suite maestro Kari Feinstein returns with snowboards, surfboards, and a trip to to try out the latter at the Moon Palace Jamaican Grande resort in Ocho Rios in Jamaica.

GBK Lounge
Friday, Sept. 16-Saturday, Sept. 17
Beverly Hills

DPA Gifting Lounge
Thursday, September 15-Saturday, September 17
Luxe Hotel (Beverly Hills)

Ecoluxe Lounge
Saturday, September 17
Stardust Penthouse at the Beverly Hilton (Beverly Hills)

“#SelfiesWithSanta” and a Christmas in September theme make this an odd – but media savvy – counter-play to Emmy weekend. There won’t be any other Emmy parties dressing up as a holiday party. This benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Salute to British Entertainment
Thursday, Sept. 15
British Consulate
Party organizers “The Anglophile Channel” tout “Downton Abbey” executive producer Gareth Neame as a guest.

Celebrity Page Emmy Nominee Kick Off Party
Thursday, Sept. 15
Sofitel
Celebrity Page is a celebrity news magazine show on the Reelz channel. No, it is not that other one hosted by Ross Matthews from the glassed-in studio on Hollywood Boulevard.

No invites in your inbox? Fear not, cowgirl. The famed Saddle Ranch on the Sunset Strip is having it’s 17th Anniversary Party on Wednesday, Sept. 14. You can see the Sunset Tower across the street, so it’s somewhat close to some Emmy action. Get on that bull.

All parties are private and by invitation only. For real time updates during Emmy weekend follow @CelebSightings on Twitter and Instagram.

Please send additions, updates,and invites to the author Mikey Glazer here.

Emmy Weekend Party Report in Pictures: Claire Danes, Keegan-Michael Key, Monica Lewinksy, Sopranos Reunion (Updating Photos)

On Emmys eve, the acting nominees gathered at the Pacific Design Center to meet and greet while everyone was still a winner.
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With the TV Academy championing the diversity of nominees this year, it was refreshing to see a sub-set of the nominees organize their own separate group photo. "You didn't make it in Keegan-Michael Key," one person joked.
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The scene as the Audis poured in to the Pacific Design Center, perhaps the closest event that TV Academy PR team PMK*BNC will work all year. Their offices are in the same building.
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Meanwhile at the Sunset Tower, Showtime took the cool step of putting their star talent's names on the step and repeat, a marketing idea imported from their frequent boxing promotions. Both William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman are up for Emmys on Sunday, as is Liev Schreiber (with wife Naomi Watts.)
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Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy were ready to hear Jakob Dylan perform at Showtime, the rare Emmy party with headliner talent live music.
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Helen McCrory and Damian Lewis step on to the carpet at the Sunset Tower, as WME uber-agent Richard Weitz hangs in the background.
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Sopranos! Edie Falco and Aida Turturro played it cool in shades at BAFTA's TV Tea at the SLS on Saturday afternoon.
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Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael) won the afternoon in this Dolce & Gabanna dress that had everyone giving verbal "likes". Julian Fellowes told TheWrap that he has not finished cutting the "Downton Abbey" series finale. The last season premieres in the UK on Emmy Sunday.
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A couple of baddies here: "House of Cards'" Michael Kelly (Doug Stamper) and "Better Call Saul's" Jonathan Banks. Only one of them will take the stage as the winner for Supporting Actor, Drama.
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New(ish) BAFTA LA CEO Chantal Rickards (the host of the afternoon) with "Dancing with the Stars" firecracker Bruno Toniolio and BAFTA LA Chairman Kieran Breen.
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Welcome to the BAFTA TV Tea, one of the most perennially popular events on Emmys weekend.
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Ed Westwick is British. He can come to the Tea. The former Chuck Bass hung with Elizabeth Carr.
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Londoner Jimmy Akingbola ("Arrow") pulled off the white after Labor Day. He hung with "Lego Movie" mastermind Phil Lord.
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Former "Smash" co-stars Katharine McPhee and Raza Jaffrey did what everyone else did at the party -- escaped the mid-90s temperatures for the crowded SLS ballroom. Jaffrey is from Merseyside.
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Gone from "Orange is the New Black" but not forgotten: Lorraine Toussaint with reiging Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, Uzo Aduba.
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There is Lord Gillingham, huddling up with (from left) Louise Salter, "Orphan Black" superstar Tatiana Maslany, and former BAFTA LA Chair Nigel Daly.
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The "Doctor Who" Tardis outside on the SLS Terrace added some English authenticity to go with the cheese and truffle butter sandwich bites, cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches, and hot tea on a hot day. The most popular bite was the summer slanted watermelon with tomato skewers.
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To celebrate "Doctor Who" Season 9 premiering on BBC America, the Tardis and Dalek cookies were served.
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British Consul General for Los Angeles Chris O'Connor (right) is always a welcome voice of authority in BAFTA circles.
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Viola Davis' first win of Emmy weekend came Saturday morning at the Skirball. Along with Diane Warren and Gale Ann Hurd, Davis was one of the National Women's History Museum's "Women Making History". They were prophetic: Davis made history on Emmy Sunday.
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The Friday night before Emmys saw a slew of parties spread out across West Hollywood and Beverly Hills.
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The leads from "Orange is the New Black" are in from New York, holding down a prime couch at the EW bash on Friday night: Uzo Aduba, Jackie Cruz, and Laverne Cox.
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Fellow Litchfielders Lea DeLaria and Taryn Manning get split up by Padma Lakshmi at Fig & Olive, where EW drew tons of talent.
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Laura Prepon with Chris Daughtry and Ryan Murphy with Jessica "Jessie" Szohr at EW.
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"American Horror Story's" Jessie Brewer with "Veep's" Tony Hale.
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EW's Henry Goldblatt gets the love from Jane Krakowski, while Karina Smirnoff and Kat Graham enjoy the night.
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Derek Hough's hair already got the whip. Now he gets the NeNe ...Leakes.
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The Creative Coalition's TV Industry Advocacy Awards were a huge success in its first outing early on Friday evening. The honorees and presenters included: Emmanuelle Chriqui, Constance Zimmer, Jerry O'Connell, Beth Behrs, and Christina Hendricks.
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"I know what you're all thinking....what the hell is Monica Lewinksy doing here?," Lewinsky told the Sunset Tower crowd at the Creative Coalition event. She was there to present her pal of 16 years with an award for his advocacy.
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Jeffrey Tambor, Alfre Woodard, and LaVerne Cox all spoke passionately and candidly about leveraging their celebrity to shine a light on social causes.
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Ian Somerhalder, and Nikki Reed have an unwilling selfie co-conspirator at Heifer International's Beyond Hunger Gala at the Montage on Friday night. Michael McDonald performed.
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Too many puns here: Power publicist Alan Nierob makes the trains run on time for Richard Gere at an L.A. Confidential party on Friday night toasting Gere's "Time Out of Mind." It was at AKA Beverly Hills.
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Matt LeBlanc took his producers swagging at the Kari Feinstein Style Lounge at the Sunset Marquis on Friday.
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Meanwhile, Sarah Hyland, Kiernan Shipka, and Abigail Breslin lunched at Glamour's Women to Watch event.
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Jennifer Meyer and the awesome "Barely Famous" Foster sisters (Erin and Sarah) were amongst Cindi Leive's guests, where Perrier-Jouët flowed in the daytime.
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Audi's tradition of Thursday night pre-Emmy parties at Cecconi's continued on Thursday with a fun huddle: Lindsey Vonn, Joel McHale, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Tony Hale.
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Louis-Dreyfus can hug it out with Niecy Nash - they are not in the same category. Nash ("Getting On") faces off against Louis-Dreyfus' co-star Anna Chlumsky for Supporting Actress, Comedy.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson is an Audi regular (with Nash and "Soul Man" actress Kellee Stewart).
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Meanwhile up at the Roxy, as "Black Mass" began Thursday night early screenings, lead Johnny Depp was rocking with his bandmates in the new incarnation of the "Hollywood Vampires": Alice Cooper and Aerosmith's Joe Perry.
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Guest stars included Miley Cyrus, Kesha, Marilyn Manson, Perry Farrell (left) and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello (front right). Maestro Dobel Tequila threw a fun after party upstairs in "On the Rox" after the show.
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"We are always hoping for surprises and unexpected wins," Emmys producer Don Mischer said while rolling out the red carpet on Wednesday morning. Host Andy Samberg and TV Academy CEO Bruce Rosenblum helped kick.
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Mr. (and Mrs.) Robot: Rami Malek and Portia Doubleday hung close at People Magazine's "One's to Watch" party at Ysabel on Wednesday night, the star-packed party that was the top ticket of the night.
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Two days after singing the national anthem live before the season opening "Monday Night Football" game, Scooter Braun managed Tori Kelly was in L.A., hugging it out with Kelsea Ballerini.
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Kelly also hung with the bosses: People Deputy Editor JD Heyman, Ballerini, and People and EW Group Publisher Karen Kovacs.
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This young lady is a big deal in the world of up-and-comers: Maddie Ziegler from "Dance Moms". She perused the bursting bar of goodies from Maybelline.
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Adam DeVine is one of People's choices as a "rising and brightest star". He keeps it close with workplaced titled projects, going from "Workaholics" to the upcoming feature "The Intern". His "co-worker" on Wednesday was Chloe Bridges.
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Breakout Youtuber and Kylie Jenner pal Gigi Loren Loazzarato (better known as "Gigi Gorgeous") has her industry's big night at the Streamy awards on Thursday. She was at People too.
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Edgar Ramirez ("Point Break") and Miguel Angel Silvestre ("Sense8") at Ysabel.
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"Pretty Little Liars'" Keegan Allen showed off the loot. Timex gave everyone a "make-your-own-watch" with customizable bands and faces.
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Former "Orange is the New Black" guard Pablo Schreiber and Billy Brown.
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The Emmy statuettes arrived in L.A. on Monday via United Flight 655 from Chicago, where the gold is forged.
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During Emmys week, the table talk was all "Oscar contenders" at an Octavia Spencer hosted lunch for Lizzie Velasquez and her doc "A Brave Heart," at Lucques on Thursday. Cinedigm will release the film on the 26 year old, 58 pound bullying victim turned crusader next Friday, September 25. Lizzie's doc team includes AP Ngoc Nguyen, Spencer, star/EP Lizzie Velasquez, and director/producer Sara Hirsch Bordo.
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"When Ivy walked into a room, my mom stopped talking. My mom never stopped talking,” Melissa Rivers said in a tribute to Ivy Kagan Bierman, named Beverly Hills Bar Association Entertainment Lawyer of the Year at a dinner at the Regent Beverly Wilshire on Wednesday night. She got kisses from her sons, hosting by Kate Flannery, a performance by Patti Austin, and a presentation of the award from Loeb & Loeb colleague Mickey Mayerson.
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Meanwhile on Wednesday, Jeremy Sisto ("Break Point") judged a mixology competition at the Skybar, a benefit for Convenant House California.
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Anthony Bourdain with a cocktail at the Creative Arts Emmys Ball that kicked off Emmys week.
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Beau Bridges has the next best thing to a trophy in his hand -- wine. Darren Criss and Derek Hough talk to the guy who lost to Reg. E. Cathey ("House of Cards") at the Creative Arts Ball on Sept. 12.
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Reg E. Cathey has zero Derek Hough's or Darren Criss's in his entourage for the Creative Arts Emmys. His plus-one is a statuette.
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The musical performance at what Kathy Griffin dubbed "The Schmemmy Emmys." This year's Creative Arts program went for #ArtsEmmys as its official hashtag to head off that trend. David Foster and Andrea Bocelli play on actual Emmy night.
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A real, live 2015 Creative Arts Emmy winner! Bradley Whitford for "Transparent."
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Jane Lynch won the last Creative Arts Emmy of the night, for "Hollywood Game Night."
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Dance men: Travis Wall and Derek Hough.
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Erinn Hayes (Hulu's "Hotwives of Las Vegas" and a long resume of comedies) is looking for a hat rack hook that's not there.
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Nancy Dubuc got the Governors Award (posing with Academy CEO Bruce Rosenblum). Next stop for Dubuc: TheGrill, TheWrap's media leadership conference which you can find more about right here.
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Julianne Hough and Brooks Laich. Hough won with her brother Derek for a "Dancing with the Stars" number called "Elastic Heart".
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Mad man Matt Weiner ... it's your final hurrah (for now).
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Alice Young, and son Travis Tyson get ready to chow down on victuals from Patina at the Creative Arts Ball.
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The Property Bros. hustle. Less than 20 hours before this photo was taken at the Creative Arts Ball, they were hosting a gala at the Toronto Film Festival.
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Thank TV Academy President/COO Maury McIntyre for online Emmys voting. Thank CFO Heather Cochran for the free party.
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The night before the Creative Arts Emmys were handed out, "The Voice" Producer Michelle McNulty (right) was high-fiving every nominee she could find during the Reality Peer Group reception at Mr. C. (Her reality-competition award is one of the only such awards to make the big show ... stay tuned.) "Voice" Co-EP Amanda Zucker is on the left.
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Discovery Channel's Josh Berkley (EP, "Deadliest Catch") would go on to beat his pal Stephen Rankin (EP of the criminally under-appreciated "Naked and Afraid") at the Creative Arts Emmys the day after this photo at the Reality/Doc Peer Group reception.
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Nominees Anthony Anderson, Mayim Bialik, Rachel Brosnahan, Seth Green, and Niecy Nash at one of several TV Academy Peer Group receptions at the Montage during Emmy voting season. The Performers Peer Group started off the season.
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Rachel Brosnahan (left, "House of Cards") returned on Sept. 10 for the Casting Nominees Peer Group, posing with nominee Laray Mayfield (also for "House of Cards").
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"Transparent" casting director Edye Belasco with the producer she cast as an actor in the highly awarded series, Jay Duplass.
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Get ready to see these around town. These official vehicles (Audi A8L) are shuttling nominees and presenters.
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Casting Peer Group Governors Sharon Lieblein and Peter Golden at their reception, days before the Creative Arts Emmys are awarded in their categories.
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Peer group gatherings have dominated the outdoor plaza at the Montage over the past few weeks.
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No Emmys for "Million Dollar Listing" this year, but they had a viewing party in a million (plus) dollar house to celebrate Season 8. Yes, 8. Pictured, Douglas Elliman agents Juliette Hohnen, Josh Altman, Matthew Altman and CRO, Stephen Kotler.
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The viewing party scene. Wardrobe was "high end real estate casual."
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