Movie Awards Show
The glitz. The glamour. The stuff she must have been smoking
when she agreed to wear that dress! It’s awards
show season—the Super Bowl of fashion, the Olympics
of egos, the paparazzi prom—and we can’t get enough
of it. Year after year, we gossip, we air kiss, we live vicariously,
while at the same time, tearing it all to shreds. Trusts us,
dah-lings, we’ve got the secret to awards show night
bashes that would have A-listers clamoring for invitations.
Red Carpet 101
Make Joan and Melissa proud with a superstar red carpet welcome.
Tempt guests to step their perfectly manicured toesies out
of their limos with
movie camera invitations or, if it suits your artistic
vision, party details scrawled on yellow
movie film in a tin canister. Set up a red
carpet (ours is plastic…shh…don’t tell),
complete with a glamourpuss star bar chock full of sunglasses,
feather
boas, cigarette
holders and baseball-sized baubles, so guests can accessorize
on the spot. Snap Polaroids of pals mugging and give an award
for “Best Picture.”
It’s Showtime!
Distribute ballots with lists of nominees so guests can vote
and play along. Add some of your own categories, like a “Worst
Fake Bake Offender” award, or a “Should’ve
Stuck to the Tux” (the award for the most brazen risk
taken in the male formalwear category). Make sure to have
plenty of prizes on hand. We recommend our Movie
Awards Drink Charms, ‘You’re
A Star’ Bath Confetti, Zagat
Movie Guides and DVDs, of course. Tuck Hollywood
Stress Mints or clapboard
key rings into gold
drawstring bags, so no one goes home empty handed…honestly,
it was an honor just to be invited.
Set the stage with statuettes (both chocolate
and metal),
glittering
star garlands, ‘Martini
Spoken Here’ napkins and ‘Total
Bitch’ soap in the powder room. Layer on the sparkle
with star
coasters, and gold & silver trays
and table
covers. Cut out unflattering pics of celebs from US Magazine,
In Touch and Star, color copy and voila – celebfetti!
Concessions Stand
Wolfgang Puck has been trying to put some meat on those scrawny
celebrity bones post-awards-show for years. Fire up a bunch
of his frozen pizzas and serve on our exclusive ‘Hollywood
Glam’ platter for bona fide star bites. Throw in some
caviar and champagne if you’re going for big budget
blockbuster, or opt for nachos and soft drinks, if your funds
are more of the ‘indie’ variety. Keep gold
star containers piled high with chocolate
film rolls and tickets.
If you serve a surprise second course of buttered popcorn
in retro
plastic popcorn containers and boxes
of movie candy piled on trays
(our set features nine classic faves), we guarantee your guests
will like you. They’ll really, really like you. |
