Celebrity Party Recap Featuring Weinstein and High‑Profile Entertainment Figures

Graydon Carter and Anna Scott Carter - Andre Balazs Philomena producers Gaby Tana and Tracey Seaward invited me to Steve Coogan’s home where music man Alexandre Desplat and Jon Hamm were having beers. Coogan captivated me with conversation of how he and the real Philomena Lee, who was a red carpet regular, took their “full disclosure” adoption campaign to the Vatican, meeting The Pope. Only Harvey Weinstein could have pulled off that jaw-dropping marketing miracle. Traditionally, there are three private agency parties on Friday night—WME, CAA, and UTA. They were hosted by Ari Emanuel, Kevin Huvane, and Jim Berkus and were press free, leaving the stars uninhibited and happy. Justin Theroux, about to explode in HBO’s miniseries The Leftovers, canoodled with Jennifer Aniston. Past and present Oscar nominees and winners including Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Oprah Winfrey, Charlize Theron, Bradley Cooper, Jonah Hill, Alexander Payne, Steve Sean Penn, 58 | AVENUE MAGAZINE « APRIL 2012 McQueen, and Alfonso Cuarén were among the evening’s migrating tribe. SATURDAY, MARCH 1 Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg canceled their annual, highly anticipated outdoor lunch for Graydon Carter at their Coldwater Canyon home atop a steep hill because of impending torrential rain that never came. Three hundred power hungry showbiz executives were sent into a tailspin for an alternative activity. Luckily, Sony Pictures Classics’ and industry icons Tom Bernard, and Michael Barker took pity on me and invited me to their table at the Independent Spirit Awards under a wobbly tent that billowed with the wind in Santa Monica. Bob Balaban and I headed to the 6th annual Chanel-sponsored dinner hosted by the debonair Charles Finch at Madeo. Girls donning $20k Chanel dresses included Anne Hathaway, Sienna Miller (with baby arvey Weinstein and: | Georgina Chapman ae Sandra Bullock Terry Richardson daddy Tom Sturridge), Lily Collins, Greta Gerwig and Poppy Delevingne. Jessica de Rothschild and her director husband Sacha Gervasi were in attendance as well as Adrien Brody, David O. Russell, Oliver Stone, Danny Huston, Jean Pigozzi, Ben Silverman, Peter Morton, and Elon Musk. Harvey and Bob Weinstein along with Chopard honored their nominees, including the RADiUS-TWC’s _ Best Documentary winner 20 Feet from Stardom, singers in with a seated dinner at the Montage Hotel in the “Marchesa Ballroom” (The dining room was rechristened for the evening in honor of Harvey’s wife Georgina Chapman’s dress label.) After dinner, guests were wowed by a performance from Weinstein’s upcoming Broadway musical, Finding Neverland, based on their Oscar-nominated film about Peter Pan creator J. M. Barrie. Celebrities Bono, U2, Mery] Streep, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis, Christoph Waltz, and Taylor Swift gave Neverland’s stars, Jason Alexander and Gary Barlow, a standing ovation. My Oscar date this year was GMAs glamorous Lara Spencer. | arrived, as usual, two hours early at the Dolby Theater in order to plant myself on the mother ofall red carpets. Only this year, I was incognito with the dark HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_010721 © COPYRIGHT 2013 STARTRAKSPHOTO.COM AND BFANYC.COM