Producers praised host Neil Patrick Harris's opening number—an ode to moving pictures using elaborate choreography, projection, and video effects.
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Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Governors Ball
Piper-Heidsieck was the event's official champagne, and at the bars Diageo served its brands, like Sterling Vineyard wines, Johnny Walker, and Ketel One.
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‘Vanity Fair’ Oscars Party
At a panel hosted before the event, Walters explained that the party has no theme. “We really dispute the notion of themes,” he said. "Inspirations are fairly consistent, as far as [Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's preferred] reference to mid-century modernism as his design compass. We do also try to incorporate the nostalgia [of] the old Hollywood of the 1930s and '40s.”
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