In the movie “The Substance,” Demi Moore plays a 50-something entertainer so desperate for stardom that she signs up for a drug that will make her look younger, only to pay a terrible price.
“This is even more fun,” Moore said of the beautification process leading up to W Magazine’s Golden Globes party, held in a top-floor suite at the Chateau Marmont hotel in West Hollywood on Saturday night, the night before the awards ceremony. ” he said.
Wearing a black and white polka dot dress by Nina Ricci, she stood in a tented area where the smell of cigarette smoke was surprisingly strong and household names and fellow Globe nominees were everywhere. was.
Co-hosted by W’s Magazine Editor-in-Chief Sarah Moonves and Editor-in-Chief Lynn Hershberg, the party celebrated the magazine’s annual Best Performances issue, with walls covered in close-up photos of the featured celebrities. .
On one side of the room, the real-life Nicole Kidman stood beneath a giant statue of actor Daniel Craig, nominated for a Globe for his role in the movie “Queer.” Meanwhile, the real-life Mr. Craig, wearing tinted glasses, a black shirt and wide-legged trousers, stood beneath a giant statue of Mr. Kidman, who was nominated for her role in the movie “Baby Girl.”
“It hasn’t been a bad year,” someone said to Kidman as she weaved her way through the crowd with her daughter Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.
“It’s certainly not a bad year,” Kidman said as a DJ played Blondie’s Rapture and Sabrina Carpenter and Cynthia Erivo laughed.
Erivo, who is set to win the Globe Award for the movie “Wicked,” has she decided on her outfit for the next night?
Of course she did.
“LV,” she said, and she meant Louis Vuitton. Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of the brand’s women’s collection, was out on the terrace a few meters away from Moore and a stone’s throw away from Angelina Jolie, who was nominated for her role in the movie “Maria.” It was. She plays the role of opera diva Maria Callas.
She appeared to be the only participant whose handler stopped a photographer from taking a picture of her. But her pause was given when Ms. Moonves strolled over to say hello and politely made it clear that she would be recording this moment for history.
Celebrity photographer Kevin Mazur of Getty Images ran through the crowd with his camera in hand. Pop star Charli XCX and Ms. Carpenter were joined by model and actress Cara Delevingne.
By 10pm, the place was so crowded that designer Christian Louboutin found himself having to leave his penthouse suite and go to another room in the hotel.
But only for a moment.
“I have to pee!” he said.
“You can get in, but you can’t get out,” said Pamela Anderson, who was standing by the door and heading for the exit.
And who can blame her?
After all, Ms. Anderson was featured in an issue of the magazine and was nominated for a Globe Award for her role in the film “The Last Showgirl.”
Clearly, she had a great weekend ahead of her, but so did celebrity stylist Law Roach, who didn’t seem interested in leaving.
What did my client Zendaya, who was nominated for the movie Challengers, wear to the awards ceremony the next night?
“It’s Louis Vuitton,” he says, with Bvlgari jewelry and an entire look inspired by Joyce Bryant, the glamorous black singer of the 1940s and ’50s who broke racial barriers in nightclubs. He added that it would be.
A few feet away, Eddie Redmayne, nominated for his role in the TV series “The Day of the Jackal,” was joined by Andrew Garfield, who is scheduled to present at the Globes.
Colman Domingo, nominated for his role in the movie Sing Sing, mingled with Tilda Swinton, nominated for her role in the movie Next Door, and then around the time DJ Ross One started pumping. I headed to the dance floor. Shannon’s “Let the Music Play.”
Around 11:30pm the party was still going strong. Waiters paraded around the room with chocolate truffles and fries.
Kevin Bacon and his wife, Kyla Sedgwick, sat next to a couch in their suite wearing a blazer and vintage Iron Maiden T-shirt. It was one of the few outfits not chosen by the stylist.
“My son gave it to me for Christmas,” he said.
