For their next role: hearty partyers
Sure, the Golden Globes are a dinner and a show, but the real parties don’t start until after the final statue is awarded. And Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, partyers had plenty of destinations, a few steps or a crowded elevator ride away.
For starters, the Weinstein Co.’s bash, in a secluded spot on the hotel’s southeast corner, was bursting with star power. Harvey Weinstein served sushi and Champagne in honor of “Inglourious Basterds” and his other heavily nominated films, but the A-list names were the real buffet:
Kate Hudson lounged at the busiest table, gabbing with Fergie and hubby Josh Duhamel. Behind her, Rob Marshall chatted with Daniel Day-Lewis, next to Tom Ford, interacting with his directorial debut muse Julianne Moore.
Quentin Tarantino took up residence one booth over, while his “Basterds” actor Eli Roth shared a California roll with Diane Kruger. Nearby, her main squeeze, Joshua Jackson, spoke with “Up in the Air” star Anna Kendrick about Christoph Waltz’s “Inglorious” supporting actor win.
Nicole Kidman sat a few feet away from the crunch of industry types and admirers with husband Keith Urban. Outside, stylist Rachel Zoe held court with husband Rodger Berman and actor Barry Watson. Zoe’s Globes clients included Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Garner, as well as Hudson -- some heavy names to be out in Sunday’s wet weather.
“The rain, I mean! And the red carpet wasn’t tented!” Zoe said of her panic when a downpour ensued. “But the ladies still did their thing.”
Also spotted: Matt Damon, Taylor Lautner and Colin Firth.
Over at the always-packed HBO bash, this year at the hotel’s Circa 55 Restaurant, there was more to celebrate.
Kevin Bacon and Drew Barrymore did their victory laps -- but “Big Love’s” Chloe Sevigny, a first-time winner, spent the entire time at the network’s orange-sequin-covered party space. Though Sevigny’s gown had been torn as she went to accept her award, she quick-changed before the party into a cocktail-length Christian Lacroix dress, and all was well.
“Hung’s” Jane Adams, also nominated in the supporting actress category that Sevigny took, came over to deliver a warm hug. “So well deserved,” Adams said. “I told you.”
Ginnifer Goodwin, who plays another sister wife on “Big Love,” was beaming on her costar’s behalf as she relaxed in a booth with her mother and boyfriend. “I’m overwhelmed,” she said. “I still don’t remember anything about the show except her winning. She’s so complicated and intriguing.”
Other HBO stars posing for pictures included Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier and Jerry Ferrara from “Entourage”; “Grey Gardens” nominee Jessica Lange; and “True Blood’s” Alexander Skarsgard, who gave Kate Bosworth a lengthy smooch.
Off at a corner table, Ricky Gervais huddled with Rose Byrne and producers of the FX Network series “Damages.” Declaring he wasn’t a party person, the edgy British comedian had set up camp at HBO, where he expressed satisfaction with the evening.
“I was worried about offending people,” the Globes host said cheerfully. “I had the flu, I was hungry, I was worried about getting too drunk, but it was good. I stayed on beer. You stay on the beer, kids, and you’ll never get drunk.”
Summit Entertainment, coming off the studio’s “Hurt Locker” successes at the Critics’ Choice Awards on Friday, hosted its cool blue shindig in the Stardust Room. Kathryn Bigelow made the scene, as did Evangeline Lilly and Jeremy Renner (who’d spent the bulk of the awards socializing in the venue’s back room). Also there: Lautner, Robert Downey Jr. and wife Susan (whom he’d thanked so amusingly in his speech), Matthew Morrison, Bryce Dallas Howard and Peter Facinelli.
Meanwhile, atop the hotel, Nick Cannon hosted the Globes’ official after-party, presented by NBC Universal, where drop-bys included “Mad Men’s” Jon Hamm and partner Jennifer Westfeldt, who roamed the party with “30 Rock” star Tina Fey, bubbly in hand. Others on hand: Jane Krakowski and Jack McBrayer.
And at the center of things, a relaxed and smiling Paul Telegdy, executive VP of alternative programming for NBC, said he was pleased with Gervais’ turn as host -- and also seemed rather relieved that the closing jokes weren’t aimed too close to home.
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