Golden Globes Parties: W Magazine's 'Best Performances' Date Announced (Exclusive)

On Jan. 5 — three nights before Jimmy Fallon hosts the Golden Globes — the boldest and brightest stars who hope to end up on stage at the Beverly Hilton will huddle together in the intimate confines of the Chateau Marmont’s penthouse for W Magazine’s “Best Performances” bash, TheWrap has learned.

“What I love about this party is that it’s really a celebration among friends,” W Editor-In-Chief Stefano Tonchi told The Party Report via email on Wednesday. “[It’s] where actors and actresses feel at home in Lynn’s living room.”

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Christophe Waltz, Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth Banks, and W’s Stefano Tonchi at the most recent “Best Performances” soiree. (W Mag)

The “Lynn” is Lynn Hirschberg (W Editor at Large) who along with Tonchi, Cheateau owner Andre Balazs, and Audi co-host the event.

“I like to think of this party as a party in my own house,” Hirschberg said, “where we’re inviting friends of the magazine and people that I believe in and have believed in for years. The idea is to have a proper party where people do things that they don’t do at the usual red carpet events.”

That includes the year Juergen Teller, their featured photographer for the accompanying “Best Performances” issue, disappearaed halfway through the party.

“We later found him in a closet (literally),” Hirschberg revealed.

With this, W and Audi are amongst the first to reveal their Golden Globes party plans.

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The turnout is so high in this living room that a few years ago the West Hollywood Fire Department had to enter the suite for a safety check, Paris Hilton was an irrelevant guest on the sidelines, and Sony’s Michael’s Lynton joined for a moment of stability in the midst of the Sony email hack tailspin.

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Photographer Peter Lindbergh and Rooney Mara at the 2016 edition atop the Chateau. (Donato Sardella/Getty Images)

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With the Globes falling five days after Hollywood’s prime movers return to work after the holidays (Jan. 3) and with most industry players logging off for the year this Friday, the town’s scramble to set their Golden Globes party plans and invites is taking shape.

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 07: A general view of atmosphere is seen at the W Magazine celebration of the 'Best Performances' Portfolio and The Golden Globes with Audi and Dom Perignon at Chateau Marmont on January 7, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for W Magazine)

Guests dismantled the “darkroom” theme at the end of last year’s bash, peeling of the photography as souvenirs (Donato Sardella/Getty Images for W Magazine)

BAFTA LA will again host an Awards Season Tea on Saturday, Jan. 7 and HBO and InStyle will certainly continue their post-show bashes. With “Moonlight” and “La La Land” as frontrunners across all awards shows, expect their respective studios (A24 and Lionsgate) to join the party docket.

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On Jan. 7, co-host Andre Balazs greets a guest while Lawrence Bender can’t escape the photobomb in the cramped party (Getty Images)

For W’s cross-film gathering, the party is tied to W’s “Best Performance” photo portfolio. It is an artistic visual spread of the actresses and actors leading the awards class of 2017.

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Hirschberg made some educated prognostications on who to include, shooting 15 stars who ended up nominated for 2017 Globes and will appear in the February issue, with 10 of them on multiple covers of the book.

By way of example, last year’s minglers included Cate Blanchett, Quentin Tarantino, Christophe Waltz, Kirsten Dunst, Rami Malek, and Rooney Mara, who could be back this year on account of her role in “Lion”.

“I hope Casey Affleck wins the Oscar,” Hirschberg added. “That would be my number one prediction for this award season. And I hope Anya Taylor-Joy (of M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming “Split”) becomes a huge star in the next year.”

Safe to say the “Manchester by the Sea” star and Ms. Taylor-Joy will be dodging the flashbulbs on Sunset on Jan. 5.

Golden Globes 2017: Movie and TV Predictions in All 25 Categories (Photos)

Best Motion Picture - Drama

Predicted nominees: "Hacksaw Ridge," "Hell or High Water," "Lion," "Manchester by the Sea," "Moonlight"
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Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Predicted nominees: "Deadpool," "Florence Foster Jenkins," "La La Land," "Sing Street," "20th Century Women"
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Best Director

Predicted nominees: Damien Chazelle, "La La Land"; Mel Gibson, "Hacksaw Ridge"; Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight"; Martin Scorsese, "Silence"; Denzel Washington, "Fences"
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Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama

Predicted nominees: Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"; Joel Edgerton, "Loving"; Andrew Garfield, "Hacksaw Ridge"; Tom Hanks, "Sully"; Denzel Washington, "Fences"
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Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama

Predicted nominees: Jessica Chastain, "Miss Sloane"; Taraji P. Henson, "Hidden Figures"; Isabelle Huppert, "Elle"; Ruth Negga, "Loving"; Natalie Portman, "Jackie"
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Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Predicted nominees: Warren Beatty, "Rules Don't Apply"; George Clooney, "Hail, Caesar!"; Ryan Gosling, "La La Land"; Jonah Hill, "War Dogs"; Ryan Reynolds, "Deadpool"
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Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Predicted nominees: Annette Bening, "20th Century Women"; Lily Collins, "Rules Don't Apply"; Hailee Steinfeld, "The Edge of Seventeen"; Meryl Streep, "Florence Foster Jenkins"; Emma Stone, "La La Land"
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Best Supporting Actor

Predicted nominees: Mahershala Ali, "Moonlight"; Jeff Bridges, "Hell or High Water"; Lucas Hedges, "Manchester by the Sea"; Dev Patel, "Lion"; Michael Shannon, "Nocturnal Animals"
Best Supporting Actress

Predicted nominees: Viola Davis, "Fences"; Greta Gerwig, "20th Century Women"; Naomie Harris, "Moonlight"; Nicole Kidman, "Lion"; Michelle Williams, "Manchester by the Sea"
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Best Screenplay

Predicted nominees: "Fences," "La La Land," "Loving," "Manchester by the Sea," "Moonlight"
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Best Original Score

Predicted nominees: "The BFG," "Jackie," "La La Land," "Lion," "Moonlight"
Disney
Best Original Song

Predicted nominees: "Can't Stop the Feeling!" from "Trolls"; "City of Stars" from "La La Land"; "How Far I'll Go" from "Moana"; "I See a Victory" from "Hidden Figures"; "The Rules Don't Apply" from "Rules Don't Apply"
Disney
Best Foreign Language Film

Predicted nominees: "The Handmaiden," "Julieta," "Land of Mine," "Neruda," "Toni Erdmann"
Amazon Studios
Best Animated Feature Film

Predicted nominees: "Kubo and the Two Strings," "My Life as a Zucchini," "Sausage Party," "Sing," "Zootopia"
Focus
Best Drama Series

Predicted nominees: "Stranger Things," "The Crown," "Westworld," "This Is Us," "Game of Thrones"
Netflix
Best Musical or Comedy Series

Predicted nominees: "Atlanta," "Silicon Valley," "Veep," "Transparent," "Insecure"
FX
Best Limited Series

Predicted nominees: "People v. O.J. Simpson," "The Night Of," "All the Way," "The Night Manager," "American Crime"
FX
Best Drama Actor

Predicted nominees: Rami Malek, "Mr. Robot"; Anthony Hopkins, "Westworld"; Paul Giamatti, "Billions"; Bob Odenkirk, "Better Call Saul"; Matt Smith, "The Crown
HBO
Best Drama Actress

Predicted nominees: Claire Foy, "The Crown"; Taraji P. Henson, "Empire"; Evan Rachel Wood, "Westworld"; Thandie Newton, "Westworld"; Winona Ryder, "Stranger Things"
Netflix
Best Comedy Actor

Predicted nominees: Donald Glover, "Atlanta"; Thomas Haden Church, "Divorce"; Jeffrey Tambor, "Transparent"; Patrick Stewart, "Blunt Talk"; Ted Danson, "The Good Place"
HBO
Best Comedy Actress

Predicted nominees: Minnie Driver, "Speechless"; Tig Notaro, "One Mississippi"; Pamela Adlon, "Better Things; Kristen Bell, "The Good Place"; Julia Louis-Dreyfus, "Veep"
ABC
Best Limited Series Actor

Predicted nominees: Courtney B. Vance, "People v. O.J. Simpson"; Cuba Gooding, Jr., "People v. O.J. Simpson"; Riz Ahmed, "The Night Of"; Bryan Cranston, "All the Way"; John Turturro, "The Night Of"
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Best Limited Series Actress

Predicted nominees: Sarah Paulson, "People v. O.J. Simpson"; Kerry Washington, "Conviction"; Felicity Huffman, "American Crime"; Lili Taylor, "American Crime"; Lauren Graham, "Gilmore Girls"
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Best Supporting Actor

Predicted nominees: Sterling K. Brown, "The People v. O.J. Simpson"; Kit Harington, "Game of Thrones"; Louie Anderson, "Baskets"; John Lithgow, "The Crown"; John Travolta, "The People v. O.J. Simpson"
FX
Best Supporting Actress

Predicted nominees: Maura Tierney, "The Affair"; Constance Zimmer, "UnReal"; Judith Light, "Transparent"; Emilia Clarke, "Game of Thrones"; Millie Bobby Brown, "Stranger Things"
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