| EVENT REPORT 02.23.06 2:19 PM |
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| Oscar Governors Ball Has Opulent Look |
| When the telecast ended, the studios’ major players headed to the official event, which had an old-Hollywood-meets-modern-day-supper-club feel. |
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Foxx and family? Check. DiCaprio and Bündchen? Check. Swank? Check. Even a postpartum Roberts—check. All the prominent players at this year’s 77th annual Academy Awards ceremony and more Hollywood hotshots were present at the post-telecast Governors Ball in the Governors ballroom above the Kodak Theatre. The ball’s co-chairs, Sid Ganis and Cheryl Boone Isaacs, and Cheryl Cecchetto of Sequoia Productions gave the ball an opulent, old-Hollywood-meets-modern-day-supper-club look.
About 1,600 guests—roughly half the awards show’s attendees—were invited into the ballroom, where giant Oscar statues flanked the entrance. Sequoia transformed the ordinary space with three levels of seating, and a brown, amber, copper, and deep red color scheme. The room had a cozy but elegant atmosphere with soft lighting from Entertainment Lighting Services, low banquette seating, and an orange glow from table lamps and lit fabric ceiling panels. Pink, white, and green orchids from Mark’s Garden made for simple, squat centerpieces.
Wolfgang Puck’s dinner menu began with smoked salmon pizza, Vietnamese spring rolls, samosas, antipasti platters, and Iranian caviar, followed by the entree of braised Kobe beef and sweet Maine lobster. The dessert, which Puck called the “Oscar I Love,” was a toasted almond and espresso cream torte with chocolate mousse.
Renee Olstead and the Gregg Field Orchestra entertained guests with classical music before the crowd flitted off to the host of other parties around town.
—Alesandra Dubin
Photos: Nadine Froger Photography
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 | | Following the Academy Awards, the prominent players adjourned to the Kodak Theatre ballroom for the annual Governors Ball, where giant Oscar statues flanked the entrance. |
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 | | Fabric ceiling panels lit from above cast an amber glow. |
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 | | Mark’s Garden provided pink, white, and green orchids for the tables. |
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 | | Sequoia Productions chose decor in a brown, amber, copper, and deep red color scheme. |
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