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UPDATE: The Golden Globes are nigh! Do you know where your party is?

January 11, 2010 - 10:52 am

By Jay A. Fernandez and Matthew Belloni

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual Golden Globes festivities will take over the Beverly Hilton Hotel January 17.

That’s less than a week from now! And it’s never too early to map out your pre- and after-party attack.

The Beverly Hilton will once again be the Big Top under which the various celebrity circuses will sparkle and whirl, spilling one into the next. So below is a partial list of locations for all your cocktail and canoodling needs.

First, though, are a couple of scene-setters in the days leading up to the big event.

(Be sure to check back for updates, as more events and relevant commentary are sure to be added.)

The Golden Globes are nigh! Do you know where your party is?

December 22, 2009 - 5:05 pm

By Jay A. Fernandez and Matthew Belloni

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s annual Golden Globes festivities will take over the Beverly Hilton Hotel January 17.

Yes, that’s three weeks from now. But it’s never too early to map out your afterparty attack.

The Beverly Hilton will once again be the Big Top under which the various celebrity circuses will sparkle and whirl, spilling one into the next. Here’s a partial list of locations for all your cocktail and canoodling needs.

(Be sure to check back for updates, as more events and relevant commentary are sure to be added.)

1. Warner Bros. Studios/InStyle — Oasis Courtyard

You get the most bang for your buck at the WB/IS shindig, since it merges fashion with the famous and anyone else who’s got even a tenuous relationship with celebrity. Plus, the Bros. had a mighty fine, eclectic year — “The Hangover,” “Harry Potter,” “Terminator Salvation,” “Watchmen,” “The Blind Side,” “The Final Destination,” “Sherlock Holmes” — so expect the babes, bubbly and back-slapping to be free-flowing.

*Note: InStyle is also having its annual GG viewing dinner, hosted by managing editor Ariel Foxman.

2. HBO – Circa 55 + Poolside

While not quite the critical dynamo it was two years ago, HBO still fields a splendid Globes bash with a reliable hip quotient. Keep in mind: as the night goes on, this thing gets packed, so go early if you want to hang there. With a sublimely resurgent “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (jammed full of “Seinfeld”), the ratings-happy “True Blood” and newcomer “Hung” carrying the series mantle, the cabler also did well with “Grey Gardens” and “Taking Chance” on the feature side. And don’t forget the comedy fixtures — from Will Ferrell and Robin Williams to Wanda Sykes, Danny McBride and Zach Galifianakis — that ramps up the unpredictability factor should they swing by.

3. NBC Universal – Hotel Rooftop

Putting NBC Universal that far off the ground with minimal safety railings seems like a bad idea given the year the film division has had. Better install some kind of aerial netting for when things get drunkenly bleakest. And don’t loiter on the sidewalks.

4. Summit Entertainment – Stardust Room

Summit’s critical breakout, “The Hurt Locker,” has been feted by just about every critics group in the country — for picture, director Kathryn Bigelow and writer-producer Mark Boal’s screenplay. The Globes followed with its own tank load of nominations. So here’s looking to an explosive party.

5. The Weinstein Co. – Old Trader Vics space

Yes, TWC still has a party. And this year they actually have a reason to throw one. “The Road” may have dead-ended and “Halloween II” may have run out of candy, but homegrown hero Quentin Tarantino delivered his biggest hit with “Inglourious Basterds.” Between that, “Nine” and Colin Firth’s vaunted turn in “A Single Man,” the glamour and movie geek chic should be thicker than Brad Pitt’s Tennessee accent.

New York premiere of ‘Nine’ brings out the talent

December 16, 2009 - 2:38 pm

By Randee Dawn

Filmmakers like to joke about the monster that ate Manhattan; this week, it was all about the film that took over the city – The Weinstein Co.’s “Nine” was simply everywhere, at least if you had the right invites.

First there was the A-list luncheon at Per Se on Monday, where everyone from castmembers Daniel Day-Lewis and Marion Cotillard to guests including Larry King, Martha Stewart and Joel Grey supped and schmoozed the afternoon away. Cotillard did admit to having had a cheeseburger and fries prior to coming to the lunch, which explained her avoiding the chi-chi fare from Thomas Keller’s kitchen … but even she gave in during dessert.

It was a lunch that lasted over three hours, prompting Stewart to depart early, but not before muttering, “I had no idea this was going to be an all-day affair.” Meanwhile, Harvey Weinstein was pressing the flesh and acting … dare it be said: charming.

Musicals clearly haven’t come easy to Weinstein, who admitted the next night in his Zeigfeld Theater premiere introduction that when his mother took him to “The Sound of Music” as a child, he darted once the nuns appeared on camera and ducked into the refuge of “Goldfinger.” But the audience – which this time included all major cast members aside from Sophia Loren – had a different reaction, and applauded after nearly every major song and dance number in the film.

Later at the M2 after-party, director Rob Marshall said the reaction was ”overwhelming. There’s nothing like a New York audience – and this was the first of our premieres that I’ve actually sat through, just to enjoy it with my hometown crowd.”

The crowd at M2 seemed subdued at first; the lighting was dark, the cocktails weak and too sweet – but arrivals by cast members and other names like Goldie Hawn (mom to star Kate Hudson) and Madonna (with daughter Lourdes) ratcheted up the buzz factor.

Around midnight, Fergie was enlisted to introduce the soon-to-be-released video of Hudson’s “Cinema Italiano” (recently nominated for a Golden Globe for best original song), and noted, “She has so much talent – she has this soulful, blues voice, and a kickin’ talent nobody knew about.” Now, that’s acting.

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