The 2023 Oscars week brought with it days of A-list celebrations leading up to Sunday night’s 95th annual Academy Awards. Parties returned in full force this year for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic, with studios, agencies, fashion houses and other organizations like Vanity Fair, Elton John and MPTF all hosting their own soirees.

Below are some insider highlights from the 2023 festivities.

Governors Ball

The Oscars’ official afterparty, held just upstairs from the Dolby Theatre, welcomed big winners including the Everything Everywhere All at Once team, Sarah Polley and Brendan Fraser, who had their new trophies engraved and posed for photos with their statues, as Ke Huy Quan’s excitement could be contained to the ground as he stood on the engraving station table. Harrison Ford, Angela Bassett, Ariana DeBose, Ava DuVernary, Brian Tyree Henry, Brendan Gleeson, Miles Teller, Riz Ahmed, Seth Rogen, Sigourney Weaver and Troy Kotsur were among those who also stopped by the Governors Ball before heading out to the rest of the party circuit.

Vanity Fair

Hosted once again by editor-in-chief Radhika Jones and held at a custom space next to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, the starry to-do kicked off with an exclusive dinner (for 100 guests) and viewing party that rolled straight through to a packed afterparty. The overall configuration of the event was laid out as a series of indoor and outdoor rooms with an open-air garden courtyard and everywhere one looked, there were clusters of A-list conversations and unexpected pairings. In addition to bites by Evan Funke of Mother Wolf and Paula LeDuc Fine Catering & Events, the party featured In-N-Out burgers, custom Johnnie Walker and Tequila Don Julio bars and lounges, a central round DJ booth and bar presented by Richard Mille and a “Departures Lounge” where guests could snag Rothy’s Flats and Gnarwhal Coffee for the road.

Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 31st Annual Academy Awards Viewing Party

The 31st^{annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party took place on Sunday, hosted by Sir Elton John and David Furnish with special guests Eric McCormack and Michaela Jaé Rodriguez. The event raised more than $9 million and featured a performance by Rina Sawayama, with Donatella Versace, Maren Morris, Fan Bingbing, Emma Watson, Wiz Khalifa, Heidi Klum, Dove Cameron, Hilary Duff, Brooke Shields, Noah Schnapp, Kesha, Saweetie, Stella Maxwell, Sophia Bush, Maggie Rogers, Jenna Dewan, Smokey Robinson, Karen Pittman, Simona Tabasco and Michael Imperioli among the attendees.}  

Paramount Pictures Afterparty

Jerry Bruckheimer, Damien Chazelle, Christopher McQuarrie, Diego Calva, Dominique Fishback, Noah Centineo and the Oscar-winning Top Gun: Maverick sound team were among those who attended the Paramount party at Mother Wolf after the big show.

Byron Allen’s Oscar Gala

Howie Mandel hosted Allen’s annual celebration at the Beverly Wilshire on Sunday, which featured a performance by Diana Ross and guests including Smokey Robinson, Anthony Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kenya Barris, Yvette Nicole Brown, Vivica A. Fox, Adam Carolla and Jeff Ross.

Chanel x Charles Finch

Everyone, everywhere, all at once. That’s how an insider described the scene on Saturday night inside the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge, host of the 14th annual edition of Chanel and Charles Finch’s pre-Oscars dinner and celebration. It’s an apt description as the chic affair always boasts an enviable RSVP list that features Oscar winners and nominees, auteurs and ingenues, artists and designers, producers and bon vivants. And, of course, Chanel muses like Kristen Stewart and Marion Cotillard. One would think that with their respective histories with the house that Stewart and Cotillard are close and that’s exactly what Nicole Kidman suggested when the trio collided amid flashbulbs and hugs on the intimate press line, all wearing Chanel, naturally. But, no, Cotillard said that she and Stewart only recently met at a “private dinner.” They connected like old friends, however, and Kidman and Cotillard also traded brief notes on motherhood.

Other guests seemed to be saying hello for the first time. Oscar winner Ariana DeBose was overheard congratulating Kerry Condon, who is nominated in the category in the category DeBose dominated last year, best supporting actress. “I just said your name today over the loud speaker,” relayed the West Side Story star, referring to rehearsals as she is booked to present an Oscar this year for that category. Meanwhile, the Banshees of Inisherin star told DeBose and Andrew Garfield, who was in the mix, that she was enjoying the wild ride of the weekend along with her brother who had flown in for the festivities from Ireland.

On that note, a Chanel-clad Ava DuVernay told THR that’s one of the reasons she always says yes to the invite from Chanel and Mr. Finch. (Dating back to Gabrielle Chanel, the luxury fashion house has deep roots supporting cinema and the artists and institutions that make or champion it.) “I like this event. I like to be able to sit down and have a proper dinner with folks who are interesting and it’s always feels like a family reunion of sorts because you get to see people in the industry you haven’t seen in a while.” One sight that had people buzzing, but not in a good was, was the seemingly ever-present L.A. rain that drenched the city and forced fashionistas to rethink ensembles. DuVernay offered up gratitude to Chanel for loaning her a coat while Stewart braved the elements and wore a Chanel shorts set that inspired memories of her 2022 Oscars look.

Precipitation be damned, this year’s pre-Oscars social calendar also felt like the first return to pre-pandemic normalcy with an overwhelming number of events. “It’s raging,” Patty Jenkins reported. “I was in Europe a year ago and I’ve never seen such a frenzy of activity. I feel like post-pandemic, we’re all more social than ever.”

Those who also said yes to being social were Creed III family of Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson and Jonathan Majors (celebrating the film’s record-breaking debut), Andrew Garfield, nominee Andrea Riseborough (arriving with A-list manager Jason Weinberg and Karim Saleh),Ted Sarandos and Nicole Avant, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, Brie Larson, Camila Morrone, Danielle Deadwyler, Daniel Kaluuya, Giveon, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, Jason Clarke, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon, Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow, Lily James, Idris Elba, Rita Ora, Riz Ahmed, Sarah Polley, Sigourney Weaver, Tobey Maguire, Vicky Krieps, Derek Blasberg, Darren Aronofsky, Janicza Bravo, Jennifer Meyer, Jeremy O. Harris, Jeremy Kleiner, Jerry Bruckheimer, Kate Young, , Rachel Zoe and many more.

White Lotus star Beatrice Granno took a seat at the piano at one point and reminded everyone of her musical skills playing Mia on the HBO Max hit series. The party’s other accessories included a mariachi band that greeted guests upon arrival, a decadent Polo Lounge dinner and vibes that are unmistakably Chanel. “It’s Chanel, everything they do is always right,” explained Rachel Zoe. “I mean, have you ever known them not to do anything flawlessly?”

MPTF’s “Night Before”

Saturday, aka the night before the Oscars, proved to be a starry night on the Fox lot. The Motion Picture & Television Fund mounted its annual “Night Before” party and the 21st annual fundraiser was typically teeming with Oscar winners and nominees, filmmakers, executives and entertainment industry insiders. The results are cause for celebration as the event raised more than $4.5 million for a total of more than $100 million in the event’s history. Co-chaired by 2023 Oscar nominees Angela Bassett and Cate Blanchett with George Clooney, Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, all of whom were in attendance last night. Also there: Austin Butler, Hong Chau, Kerry Condon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ana de Armas, Paloma and Vin Diesel, Colin Farrell, Brendan Fraser, Salma Hayek Pinault, Brian Tyree Henry, Catherine Martin and Baz Luhrmann, Paul Mescal, Bill Nighy, Echo and Ke Huy Quan and Michelle Yeoh, among many others.

Giorgio Armani Pre-Oscars Party Honoring Michelle Yeoh

Giorgio Armani, which reopened its L.A. flagship store last year after a stunning redesign, threw its annual pre-Oscar party on Saturday, March 11, at the location on Rodeo Drive. This year’s party, hosted by Roberta Armani, honored Oscar nominee (and now Oscar winner) Michelle Yeoh, who attended the bash wearing a Giorgio Armani Privé spring/summer 2023 short-sleeved, cropped jacket embroidered in peony pink crystals and paillettes with tulle ruffle accents paired with perfectly tailored black silk velvet trousers. Yeoh caught up at the fete with her Everything Everywhere All At Once co-stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu and Harry Shum Jr.

Brendan Fraser also attended, meaning that Armani had all four of Oscar night 2023’s acting winners in the house.

Elsewhere inside the store — where a DJ spun tunes on the mezzanine level — THR saw John Wick 4’s Shamier Anderson, Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Ross Butler and Black Adam’s Noah Centineo palling around, while Scream VI’s Mason Gooding hung out with Michael Cimino, who he starred with on Love, Victor. The starry crowd also included Tessa Thompson, Samuel L. Jackson, Allison Williams, Jenny Slate, Thuso Mbedu, Lexi Underwood, Phil Dunster, Lewis Tan, Josh Dallas and Abigail Spencer.

Netflix Oscar Nominee Celebration

The streamer hosted its Oscars celebration on Saturday night at Sunset Tower, with nominees including Ana de Armas, Guillermo del Toro, Edward Berger and execs Ted Sarandos, Scott Stuber and Bela Bajaria.

American Cinema Editors’ Invisible Art Visible Artists panel

There was no question who edited Top Gun: Maverick at American Cinema Editors’ Invisible Art Visible Artists pre-Academy Awards program on Saturday. Oscar nominee Eddie Hamilton attended the annual event wearing an authentic hat from Top Gun and a Naval aviator jacket, adorned with patches, including some given to him by various squadrons and other representing different crew departments on the movie such as locations and editorial (this patch has an embroidered aircraft with a trail of film). His jacket also had a patch that said “Trigger,” which Hamilton explained was his “call sign” on the movie. “Everyone on the crew had call signs,” he said, adding that director Joe Kosinski was “Battlestar.”

The event began with a panel of this year’s Oscar nominated editors before students and professionals at the Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria, moderated by Academy Award-nominated editor and ACE president Kevin Tent (and with thanks to Oscar-winner and past ACE president Alan Heim, who led the IAVA panels for the last 18 years).

Each nominee sharing how they got into the business, with Mikkel Nielsen (The Banshees of Inisherin) getting a big laugh when he admitted that he started out as an actor but his small role was cut out of film. He quipped, “That opened my eyes to editing.”

Paul Rogers, editor of Everything Everywhere All at Once, revealed that a scene that was cut from the final movie featured Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn as a piece of spaghetti. Elvis editors Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond related that they first worked together as assistants on Moulin Rouge! “He’s a very loyal director,” said Jonathan Redmond of Baz Luhrmann. The pair also talked about the “incredible” star of the film, Austin Butler, with Villa admitting that the performances “could have been cut looking at nothing but Austin.” (Editing nominee Monika Willi of Tár wasn’t in attendance.)

A nominees luncheon with margaritas at Frida Mexican Cuisine, hosted by Motion Picture Editors Guild (Local 700) followed the panel. Speaking of his fellow nominees that he got to know during the season, Rogers summed up, “We’re spread all over the globe, I hope that we continue to find ways to get together after all of this is over.” — Carolyn Giardina

Vanity Fair’s Everything Everywhere All at Once Celebration

On Friday night, the cast and crew of Everything Everywhere All at Once gathered at the Mandarin Oriental Residences in Beverly Hills for an intimate party hosted by Vanity Fair and Richard Mille. After a long and fruitful awards season, the EEAAO team doesn’t seem to be slowing down the celebrations anytime soon, as they prepare for the big night to come. 

Nominees Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu mingled throughout the party, hugging friends, chatting with well-wishers and snapping selfies. Co-director Daniel Scheinert and producer Jonathan Wang greeted guests in the opening foyer, while cast members Harry Shum Jr. and Jenny Slate were also in attendance. Fellow nominee Jamie Lee Curtis — who recently told The Hollywood Reporter that she prefers to be in bed by 9 p.m. (“Mommy goes to bed early,” the actress said) — was not in attendance. 

As the crowd thinned out, the party moved onto the dance floor, where Yeoh, Shum Jr., Scheinert and Thompson danced the rest of the night away — at one point, there was even a conga line. The pre-Oscar party also saw the attendance of celeb guests such as Tessa Thompson, Ben Barnes, Lana Condor and Natalie Morales. — Sydney Odman

CAA

L.A.’s seemingly nonstop showers forced the powerhouse agency to move its pre-Oscars celebration from San Vicente Bungalows to Sunset Tower on Friday night. The rain didn’t dampen the star power, however, as nominated clients turned out in full force including Cate Blanchett, Brendan Fraser, Michelle Williams, Lady Gaga, James Cameron, Ana de Armas, Paul Mescal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Colin Farrell, Steven Spielberg, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrea Riseborough, Stephanie Hsu, Tems, Jerry Bruckheimer, Todd Field, Martin McDonagh and Rian Johnson, among others. 

The guest list was just as starry with throngs of boldfaced names turning up to mingle with agents, studio execs and other industry insiders. Making the rounds were Elton John, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore, Vin Diesel, Sandra Bullock, Dua Lipa, Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman, Lily James, Miles Teller, Zoë Kravitz, Ava DuVernay, J.J. Abrams, Andrew Garfield, Pedro Pascal, Denis Villeneuve, Antonio Banderas, Greg Berlanti, Jon Hamm, Channing Tatum, Rita Ora, Taika Waititi, Quinta Brunson, Ariana DeBose, Joseph Kosinski, Richard Madden, Donald Glover, Trevor Noah, Maria Sharapova, Allison Janney, HAIM and Danny DeVito. The party happened to fall on Olivia Wilde’s 39^th birthday, and she was spotted blowing out a birthday cake, seen below. 

WME

The powerhouse agency posted up on Friday night at an iconic location — the Hearst Estate in Beverly Hills, a location featured in The Godfather — for a pre-Oscars celebration that was hosted by WME co-chairmen Christian Muirhead and Richard Weitz. Oscar nominated clients Austin Butler, Baz Luhrmann, Ruben Östlund, Sarah Polley, Alfonso Cuaron, Eric Warren Singer and All That Breathes feature doc director Shaunak Sen received pats on the back at the packed party that also hosted a long list of boldfaced names like Elton John and David Furnish, Amy Adams, Robert Pattinson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Miles Teller, Jake Gyllenhaal, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Teyana Taylor, Adam Sandler, Brie Larson, Kristen Stewart, Orlando Bloom, Eve Hewson, Donald Glover, Simona Tabasco, Aziz Ansari, Dakota Johnson, Sienna Miller, Larry David, Diego Calva, Finneas O’Connell, Lars von Trier, Kid Cudi, Tyler the Creator, Ruth E. Carter, Tenoch Huerta, Murray Bartlett, Nathan Fielder, Sam Levinson, Elegance Bratton, Brett Goldstein, Tobey Maguire, Kathryn Newton, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ludwig Goransson, Carrie Brownstein, Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz, Yahya Abdul-Mateen and more.

Endeavor’s Ari Emanuel, Patrick Whitesell and Mark Shapiro mingled with fellow top industry executives like Warner Bros. Discovery’s David Zaslav, Universal Pictures’ Donna Langley, Candle Media’s Kevin Mayer and Condé Nast’s Roger Lynch. Party accessories included DJ Allie Teilz, the Apollo Trio, a champagne tower and a WME step-and-repeat draped in pink curtains, a Tiki Bar, a pizza parlor, a cigar lounge, artwork loaned by Endeavor-owned Frieze, pours by Tequila Don Julio and Johnnie Walker and catering by h.wood. 

WIF Oscar Party

WIF (Women in Film, Los Angeles) celebrated its 16th annual Oscar party on Friday night, honoring the 65 women, in front of and behind the camera, who are nominated for an Academy Award this year. Co-hosted by producer and WIF Board president Emerita Cathy Schulman, as well as CODA‘s Marlee Matlin and Siân Heder, many of this year’s female nominees were in attendance and took part in the event’s tradition of each introducing themselves onstage and gathering for a class photo. Mandy Walker, the Elvis cinematographer who could become the first woman to win that category, received particularly loud cheers when she stepped up to the podium and shots were passed out to the crowd for a toast.

“All of us who live on set know how crucial the sisterhood is between above- and below-the-line women in film,” Schulman said from onstage. “We know that men at the top of their field have countless opportunities to network and get to know each other, but women are still left out.” A starry group of non-nominees were also in attendance, including Lake Bell, Madeline Brewer, Jordana Brewster, Sophia Bush, Barbie Ferreira, Patti Harrison, Christina Hendricks, Brendan Hunt, Dakota Johnson, Li Jun Li and Chloé Zhao.

Darren Dzienciol and Richie Akiva’s Annual Oscar Party

Darren Dzienciol and Richie Akiva hosted their pre-Oscar party on Friday at a private estate in Bel Air, featuring a surprise musical performance from Lil Uzi Vert and guests including Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Gigi Hadid, Baz Lurhmann, Hailee Steinfeld, Robin Thicke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Evan Ross, James Franco, Eiza Gonzlez, Odell Beckham Jr. and Wiz Khalifa.  

Versace

Donatella and her Versace team transformed the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood to present a star-studded runway show for its fall/winter ’23 collection. The event, originally set for Friday, went down Thursday night due to L.A.’s chaotic rainstorm situation. It was a good call, too, as the sun was shining and the stars were out in full force, including Cher, Elton John, Miley Cyrus, Dua Lipa, Anne Hathaway, Lil Nas X, Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, Demi Moore with daughter Rumer, Channing Tatum, Pamela Anderson and more. Walking in the show were Naomi Campbell, Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Emily Ratajkowski.

W and Saint Laurent

W editor-in-chief Sara Moonves and Saint Laurent creative director, Anthony Vaccarello hosted an intimate dinner Thursday at a private residence in Los Angeles to celebrate the mag’s Directors Issue. Making the rounds were cover star Jennifer Coolidge and Academy Award-nominated director Daniel Kwan, who teamed with his Everything Everywhere All At Once co-director Daniel Scheinert to shoot Coolidge for the cover. Also in attendance: Oscar-nominated directors Todd Field and Ruben Östlund, Zoë Kravitz, Lenny Kravitz (who is performing on Sunday), Salma Hayek, Olivia Wilde, Dominic Fike, LaKeith Stanfield, Laura Harrier, Vincent Gallo, Jamie Campbell Bower, Percy Hynes White, Vassili Schneider, Gaspar Noé, Amber Valetta, Anja Rubik, Santigold, Abbey Lee, Abel Ferrara, Jim Jarmusch and more. Following dinner, guests were treated to a special performance by Feist.

Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards

The 16th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood event welcomed a constellation of stars — working both in front of and behind the camera — to the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon. The luncheon honored Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Dominique Thorne (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever), Tara Duncan (president of Freeform and Onyx Collective), Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King) and Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary), with a starry group of attendees that included Viola Davis, Quinta Brunson, Daniel Kaluuya, Chloe Bailey, Ryan Coogler, Yara Shahidi, Indya Moore and host Boris Kodjoe. — Evan Nicole Brown

Oscar Wilde Awards

With an unprecedented number of Oscar nominations for Irish talent and films this year, everyone was celebrating the green wave at the 17th annual Oscar Wilde Awards, held Thursday night — before the rain arrived — at Bad Robot in Santa Monica. “It’s amazing, there are 7 million people on that island, and all of them were nominated and are here tonight,” host J.J. Abrams joked, with Irish actors making up 25 percent of this year’s Academy Awards acting noms.

The Oscar Wilde honorees this year were Irish actresses Kerry Condon, Jessie Buckley and Eve Hewson and An Cailίn Ciúin (The Quiet Girl), the first Irish language film nominated for an Academy Award.

Oscar nominees in attendance included Richard Baneham (Avatar: The Way of Water), Mark Swift and Joel Crawford (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Tom Berkeley and Ross White (An Irish Goodbye), Andy Nelson (The Batman) and Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud (The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse), as well as co-host Katie McGrath and guests Courtney B. Vance, Terry George, Jim Sheridan, John Conroy, Richard Lovett, Catherine Clinch, Alice Eve, Jim Gianopulos, Sarah Bolger, Mamie Gummer, Rick Famuyiwa, Frankie Shaw and O-T Fagbenle. — Mike Barnes

Green Carpet Fashion Awards

Cate Blanchett, Tom Ford, Naomi Campbell, Alicia Silverstone, Annie Lennox, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jerry Hall, Simu Liu, Mike D, Trudie Styler, Simone Ashley and Heidi Klum were among those who walked the carpet at Thursday’s Green Carpet Fashion Awards at NeueHouse Hollywood. The annual awards celebrate positive environmental forces in fashion and entertainment, and this year were co-chaired by Ashley, Blanchett, Ford, Liu, Quannah Chasinghorse, Viola Davis and Salma Hayek.

South Asian Excellence Pre-Oscar Party

Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Anjula Acharia hosted the second annual celebration, co-chaired by Malala Yousafzai, Mindy Kaling, Kumail Nanjiani, Kal Penn, Aziz Ansari, Bela Bajaria, Radhika Jones, Joseph Patel, Shruti Ganguly, and Anita Chatterjee, on Thursday at Paramount Studios, honoring honor nominees from the likes of RRR, All That Breathes, The Elephant Whisperers and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Guests also included Nick Jonas, Danny Pudi, Poorna Jagannathan, Meena Harris and Academy president Janet Yang. — Neha Joy

Omega

Ariana DeBose, Ke Huy Quan, Phil Dunster, Paloma Garcia-Lee, Angela Sarafyan, Luke Hemmings, Rob Raco, Gavin Casalegno, Calum Worthy, Sasha Luss and Darren Criss joined Arnaud Michon, Omega US Brand president and CEO of Swatch Group, for Omega’s awards season party on Thursday.

RCGD Global Pre-Oscars Celebration

RCGD Global, the official sustainability partner for the Academy, hosted their annual pre-Oscars celebration on Thursday, co-hosted by Suzy Amis Cameron, actress Tati Gabrielle, Miss Universe R’Bonney Gabriel, Avatar star Bailey Bass, environmental advocate Nikki Reed and RCGD Global CEO Samata Pattinson.

Artios Awards

The Casting Society honored excellence in casting across film, TV and theatre at the 38th annual Artios Awards held on Thursday, with ceremonies in Los Angeles, New York and London. Yvette Nicole Brown hosted in L.A, with the New York ceremony hosted by Amber Ruffin, and the London ceremony hosted by Gordon Griffin M.B.E. At the L.A. event, honorees included Rita Moreno with the Lynn Stalmaster Award, Leslee Feldman with the Hoyt Bowers Award, Jessica Sherman with the Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award, and a presenter lineup of Anna Camp, Paul Walter Hauser, Andrew Leeds, Melanie Lynskey, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Britt Robertson and Glynn Turman.

Australian Oscars Nominees Reception

The Australian Consul-General Los Angeles Ambassador Jane Duke, Ausfilm, Screen Australia and Australians in Film kicked off Oscar weekend on Thursday at the Chateau Marmont with Cate Blanchett and the Elvis team of Baz Luhrmann Mandy Walker, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Schuyler Weiss and Patrick McCormick.

Vanity Fair and TikTok’s Vanities: A Night for Young Hollywood

Paul Mescal, Halle Bailey and Julia Garner served as hosts for Wednesday night’s Young Hollywood party at Mes Amis, as Garner told The Hollywood Reporter that after several years of at least partly virtual awards seasons, “It’s nice to see the people you’ve been watching and admiring and see them face-to-face — and a lot of the times they’re lovely so that’s always a nice feeling.” And the Ozark star is taking advantage, with several parties on her agenda this week, as she admitted, “Most of the year I don’t really go out, I’m just working all the time.”

Garner was joined by husband Mark Foster at the event, as Mescal brought along his siblings; inside the party was a collision of Hollywood and social media stars, including the likes of Maggie Rogers, Kate Berlant and Meg Stalter (who shared a moment on the carpet), Chloe Cherry, James Charles, Josh Richards, Noah Beck, Madeline Brewer, Michelle Randolph, Quincy Isaiah and Lukas Gage and Chris Appleton, the newly rumored couple making their carpet debut. Yellowjackets stars Samantha Hanratty, Alexa Barajas and Kevin Alves kept close, as did Never Have I Ever‘s Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Jaren Lewison; White Lotus breakout Beatrice Grannò spent time catching up with Garner, as You‘s Victoria Pedretti chatted with Wednesday‘s Hunter Doohan and Rachel Sennott and Jordan Firstman strode across the dance floor.

Time Women of the Year gala

Time hosted its second annual Women of the Year Gala on Wednesday, timed to International Women’s Day, in Los Angeles, with honorees Angela Bassett, Cate Blanchett, Quinta Brunson, Phoebe Bridgers and Megan Rapinoe. Guests at Beverly Hills event also included Brooke Shields, Olivia Culpo, Rita Moreno, Tiffany Haddish and Yvonne Orji.

Icon Mann Honors

The eighth annual Icon Mann Honors dinner was held under a “Reimagining African Diasporic Narratives” theme and celebrated The Woman King director Gina Prince-Bythewood, Sidney director Reginald Hudlin and author Uzodinma Iweala at its Beverly Hills event on Wednesday.

Gold House’s Gold Toast to Community, Progress and Opportunity

Gold House honored achievements across filmmaking, including a historic number of Oscar nominations for the Asian Pacific community, at a Gold Toast celebration on Tuesday at Harriet’s Rooftop in West Hollywood. Academy president Janet Yang, Daniel Dae Kim, Anderson .Paak, Eric Nam, The Elephant Whisperers‘ Guneet Monga and Kartiki Gonsalve, Blumhouse president Abhijay Prakash, Westworld executive producer Lisa Joy and The Last of Us‘ Merle Dandridge were among the attendees, as well as Gold House president and executive chairman Bing Chen.

EMILY’s List Pre-Oscars Breakfast

EMILY’s List hosted its sixth annual Oscars week discussion, “How Women Change the World,” in L.A. on Tuesday. Panel participants included Mayor Karen Bass, Sophia Bush, Lisa Ann Walter, Garcelle Beauvais, Yvette Nicole Brown, Amber Riley, EMILY’s List president Laphonza Butler, Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Lieutenant Governor of California Eleni Kounalakis.

International Women’s Day Summit

Maria Shriver, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt and Christina Schwarzenegger were honored as the 2023 Changemakers of the Year for their philanthropy and leadership at the Monday night event. The evening also presented the 2023 Visionary Award for Economic Empowerment to Omi Bell, founder and CEO of Black Girl Ventures, and the 2023 Rising Visionary Award to Briana (Bri) Franklin, co-founder, president and CEO of The Prosp(a)rity Project.