TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.

Byline: Jenny Peters

WITH THE PROGRAM: It looked like a scene right out of ``The Matrix Reloaded'' on Wednesday night, as a sea of black-suited partygoers descended on Morton's in West Hollywood to celebrate the film's DVD release next Tuesday.

Fortunately, no one simulated the flick and did a kung fu attack on Keanu Reeves, but he looked ready for anything in his de rigueur slightly ill-fitting black suit and scuffed-up tan work boots.

The rest of the cast (sans Laurence Fishburne) turned up in force (and dressed in black, too), including Jada Pinkett Smith, Nona Gaye, Lambert Wilson and Daniel Bernhardt. Twins Adrian and Neil Rayment vamped for the cameras in identical iridescent turquoise suits, matching from head to toe, but it was Carrie-Anne Moss who won the evening's biggest trouper award, turning up in a form-fitting sheath less than a month after giving birth to her first baby. That's what she wanted to talk about, rather than the upcoming third and final installment of the series, ``The Matrix Revolutions,'' arriving in theaters Nov. 6.

``It's been wonderful,'' she said with a glow, completely un-self-conscious about being a bit more zaftig than normal. Producer Joel Silver was all business as he presented the cast and showed a clip from ``Revolutions'' as people chowed on sushi and stir fry and jostled for position in the cavernous (yet packed) tent that transformed the back parking lot of the restaurant.

``It's been a wild ride for us, since launching the first movie, but now we are at the end, which is an exciting end, but a sad end for us,'' he said slightly wistfully. But the saddest thing of all that night was that there was no goodie bag offered with a copy of the DVD for departing revelers to enjoy at home.

WALL-TO-SCONCE STARS: Varying levels of design success - from the cozy guest house cabana created by Tim Clarke to the sickening wallpaper in Elizabeth Dinkel's main-house guest bedroom - characterize the 2003 House Beautiful Celebrity Showhouse on display in Bel-Air (open to the public through Nov. 9).

``It makes me a little nauseous,'' was the wallpaper comment overheard on opening night. Everyone in sight nodded in agreement and scooted out of the room.

But most attendees respectfully sipped their hard-to-nab drinks (two bartenders vs. hundreds of people does not a happily lubricated crowd make), nibbled on tasty appetizers and gushed loudly over the completely revamped home. They had to watch how they voiced their opinions, however, for the various designers, all ``inspired by a celebrity,'' stood eagerly in their respective creations hoping for compliments and future business.

It was all in the name of charity, as proceeds from the evening and the next afternoon's special family party went to the Children's Action Network. Eric McCormack (designer Barclay Butera's muse), Kim Delaney and Connie Britton made the evening scene, while popular celeb couple Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek (Suzanne Rheinstein's living room inspiration) did the family thing on Saturday, along with Geena Davis, Camryn Manheim and Lisa Gay Hamilton.

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(1) MOSS: Postpartum impression.

(2) ADRIAN and NEIL RAYMENT: Their number's not up yet.

(3) REEVES: Back in black.

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