Oscar Parties

Where will you be Oscar night? At some fabulous soiree with people more famous than you’ll ever be? Or in front of the television at home, your hand in a bag of Doritos?

Your Buzz staff will be zooming around bringing you the scoop on where the celebs are kicking up their heels the night of the Academy Awards.

But, alas, we can’t be everywhere, so here’s a rundown of some of the parties we know of around town Monday night.

The official Academy party is the Governor’s Ball, which this year will be in the tented plaza of the Music Center so guests can dash right over from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.

Agent Irving Lazar will once again take over Spago for his annual fete, an all-night thing that starts when the broadcast does and ends . . . whenever.

El Rescate, providing legal, social and advocacy services to Central American refugees, hosts its annual Oscar party at Maple Drive restaurant in Beverly Hills, where Laura Dern, Jonathan Demme and Oliver Stone are expected to show, and Deborah Harry will perform.

The Mondrian Hotel stages its fifth annual Oscar night party, this one a benefit for the Venice Family Clinic, co-sponsored by Buzz magazine and the vodka-esque spirit Jubilaeum. Expected are Tommy Davidson, Howie Mandel and Rhonda Shear. Restaurants providing the chow include Schatzi on Main (that’s Ahhhhnold’s restaurant), Border Grill, Orso and Chaya Brasserie.

Young Hearts of Variety Children’s Charities, which raises funds for handicapped, underprivileged and abused children, holds its second annual Academy Awards night party at Twenty/20. The evening features dancing, a buffet and entertainment.

The Shark Club plays host for a benefit for the American Cancer Society and the Junior League of Los Angeles. Revelers can compete in a celebrity look-alike contest and win door prizes.

Tonight, some pre-Oscar celebrations get started at the Black American Cinema Society’s 10th annual Independent Filmmaker Awards presentation at the Wilshire Ebell Theater. Canadian Academy Award nominees are also being honored tonight by the National Film Board of Canada, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and Telefilm Canada.