DINING BEAT WHEN OSCAR VISITS L.A.Byline: Larry Lipson Oscar is in town Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. , which means viewing parties, post-ceremony parties, partygoers - famous and otherwise - dressed to the nines, making the rounds of A-list clubs and restaurants. The big viewing bash is again the ``Night of 100 Stars'' black-tie event in the Crystal Ballroom Crystal Ballroom is a name associated with numerous buildings and ballrooms worldwide, including:
Attendees include many former Oscar winners, among them Shirley Jones, Martin Landau, Ernest Borgnine and Shelley Winters. The room is usually crammed with movie, television and music celebrities past and present. They'll be munching chef Katsuo ``Suki'' Sugiura's salad of romaine hearts with tropical fruits and berries; his entree of oolong oo·long n. A dark Chinese tea that has been partially fermented before drying. [Chinese (Mandarin) w tea-smoked chicken, dauphinois Dauphinois is a dialect of the Franco-Provençal language, which is spoken in Isère departement, roughly formerly Bas-Dauphiné. This is in France. The South of the Dauphiné is within the area of the Occitan language. See also
Tickets are $1,000: (310) 289-8660. TU TU MUCH: And, of course, there are other parties. Food by Cafe Tu Tu Tango, Fabiolus Cafe, Knitting Factory, Mesquite Ranch Bar-B-Q, Pinot Hollywood and Yamashiro will be enjoyed at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum's annual Oscar viewing gala fund raiser, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. Tickets are $100 each: (323) 960-4804. TOGAS AND VIDEOS: At the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, ``Gladiator'' buffs will gather for an unofficial Oscar party at 3 p.m. Sunday. Information: (818) 769-4700. And Louise's Trattorias around town are entering all delivery orderers into a drawing for a video library of best picture nominees from one of the past five years. Call any local Louise's for information. MORE OSCAR MANIA: Through Saturday night, the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel (call 310-276-2251 for reservations) is serving a number of Oscar-inspired dishes and drinks representing each best picture nominee. Meanhwile, some two dozen Oscar-involved celeb ce·leb n. Informal A celebrity. guests of the hotel (no names given out) will receive a special Oscar dessert Saturday night, sent to their rooms by pastry chef Konrad Spitzbart. His creation is a chocolate film canister with a spool of chocolate film inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. with the Best Picture nominees along with a chocolate Oscar and a little chocolate movie projector. How sweet it is. |
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