Beverly Hills, California – The patio of the pole chest at the Beverly Hills hotel was packed to the edge with the Hollywood stars for the annual Chanel dinner and Charles Finch on Saturday, the final event before the 97 ° Academy Awards.
All were ready to celebrate, without discouraging for the long day ahead or the pressure of the Domingo of Awards. Oscar nominated at dinner included Adrien Brody, Demi Moore, Jeremy Strong, Ralph Fiennes and Fernanda Torres.
Lupita Nyong’o, who expressed the robot roz in “The wild robot” Which is at the height of the best animated film, he said he is excited to attend the program and see how the night develops.
“When you vote, it’s more interesting,” said Nyong’o. “In addition, it has been a crazy moment in the world, so the fact that we can still sit and celebrate the imagination? That is a privilege. And I’m looking forward to doing that. “
The black carpet on Saturday was a celebrity conveyor belt: actors Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning arrived together, chatting casually with Gayle King television journalist. The director and producer Judd Apatow made him a family issue, posing with his daughter, actor Maude Apatow.
“Oh, I think I will take a boyfriend photo, thank you very much,” said actor Natasha Lyonne to photographers before taking the hand of his appointment. Noticing the page of the “Bridgerton” actor regé-Jean nearby, he said with a smile: “Both are my boyfriends.”
Other guests at dinner included the “Dune” filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, the “Wicked” star Jeff Goldblum, the musician and producer Questlove, the filmmaker Patty Jenkins and the actors Riley Keough and Olivia Wilde. Some attendees, such as Fiennes and Comedian John Mulaney, jumped to the photographers waiting.
In the inside patio, Harvey Keitel was delighted to see Willem Dafoe and kissed her cheek. To the two, co-starred in “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, they soon joined the actor Lily-Rose Depp. Behind them, actor Michael Keaton slipped to see a friend, while Mulaney and his wife, actor Olivia Munn, snuggled in a corner chatting with actor Zoey Deutch.
Brody remained in court with some admirers in other places, while the filmmaker “The Brutalist” Brady Corbet remained near his partner and coguionist Mona Fastvold. Strong sailed the room in shoes and actor Julie Delpy tried to make a word with Moore.
In another corner, actor Felicity Jones spoke with the filmmaker Gia Coppola, who said that the event is a night of celebration where the two forms of film and fashion art can join.
Most attendees were attacked from head to toe in Chanel, a fashionable house that has been intertwined with the cinema since their early days.
In 1930, Samuel Goldwyn invited Gabrielle Chanel to Hollywood to wear movie stars, including Gloria Swanson. Upon his return to Paris, Chanel collaborated with French filmmakers such as Jean Renoir and dressed many of New Wave actresses such as Jeanne Moreau and Romy Schneider.
Finch, a British producer and entrepreneur, helped begin Saturday’s event before attendees took their seats in the dining room with a brief speech about being invited in this country and not defending tyranny, which had Corbet encouraging enthusiastically.
Finch said that the best part of the night is when he ends and that he is sure that people have fun.
“In addition, when I see these people the next day winning an academy award,” said Finch. “Celebrating cinema is always the most surprising part of the night.”
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