CELEBS MAKE THE SCENE : PARTIES GALORE FOLLOWING THE ACADEMY AWARDS.The 1997 Oscar party An Oscar party is any of the various parties, usually held by entertainment-media corporations, immediately following the broadcast of the Academy Awards ceremony. Some sponsors, such as Vanity Fair scene may not have been as hectic and frenetic as times past - possibly because major studios got fewer awards than usual - but there were still some hot happenings around town. After the telecast and the Shrine's main event, the Governors Ball, where attendees munched celebrity chef In its strictest sense, a celebrity chef is a someone who has become well-known for his/her cooking. The first historical personality that fits this description is Martino da Como but in practical terms the term grew in popularity during the 1990s. Wolfgang Puck's food, statuette-waving stars popped up at Morton's restaurant for the Vanity Fair wingding wing·ding n. Informal A lavish or lively party or celebration. [Origin unknown.] , nearby Eclipse for the Columbia TriStar bash, Maple Drive for the annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Elton John AIDS Foundation is a charity fund that was started by Elton John to help fight HIV, AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases. He was inspired by the death of Ryan White & Freddie Mercury who both suffered from AIDS and were close friends of his. fund-raiser and the Mondrian Hotel's new Coco Pazzo restaurant for the Miramax party. There were also a few noteworthy viewing parties, the biggest being ``A Night of 100 Stars,'' a $100,000 affair sponsored by Nygard Fashions at the Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. Hotel's Crystal Room. This was the first time the hotel has hosted an Oscar event in recent memory. The crowd, a slew of non-Shrine invitees, even included past Oscar winners Shirley Jones Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning singer and actress, perhaps best known for her role as "Shirley Partridge," the widowed single mother of five children, in the television series The Partridge Family (Best Actress, 1960) and Martin Landau (Best Supporting Actor, 1995). Also seen here were Sid Caesar, Al Martino, Milton Berle, Christopher Darden. Ed Asner, Neil Simon, Kato Kaelin, Judge Reinhold and Joe Bologna. CAPTION(S): 5 Photos Photo: (1--2) Best Supporting Actress Juliette Binoche, left, meets up with Lauren Bacall, who was favored to take the category, at the Governors Ball. Below, Oscar-winning couple Joel Coen and Frances McDormand celebrate their ``Fargo'' success. (3--4) Director-actor Quentin Tarantino and Mira Sorvino, last year's Best Actress winner, arrive at a post-Oscar party in West Hollywood. Although he didn't win a Best Actor Oscar, Ralph Fiennes, above, with an unidentified guest, was all smiles at Morton's. (5) There was no rumble in West Hollywood between boxing legends Muhammad Ali, left, and George Foreman at the Vanity Fair party. Associated Press |
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