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DEL.ICIO.USOscar Night Plans?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I’ll never forget Oscar Night 2005.
The dazzling red carpet. The blinding flash from the paparazzi’s cameras. The smack of the puck on the air-hockey table.
No, really.
The scene was Ray and Katie Lail’s home on a quiet Lilburn cul-de-sac. Katie sent Ray and their sons Ethan, Spencer and Griffin downstairs to play air-hockey while she and her girlfriends glammed it up during the show. As I recall Spencer and Griffin, then 5 and 7, took seriously their jobs as officials photogs, snapping away with their Polaroid cameras. Little Ethan was 2 and a hit as “emcee,” with a mic and everything.
Another year I hit the Cobb Galleria Centre on Oscar Night, for the Center for Family Resource’s big bash. The event featured a live broadcast of the Oscars along with great auction items and a seated dinner.
I’ll have to find out if the Lails are partying again this year, but I can tell you for sure that the Center for Family Resources is. This year’s Oscar Night event, co-chaired by Bob and Elaine Feldberg and Jerry and Cheryl Nix, features live jazz entertainment, silent and live auctions and the Oscars telecast, of course.
The event starts at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Cobb Galleria. Tickets are $150 or $1,200 for a table of eight. Call 770-428-2601 or see www.thecfr.org. They’re still looking for volunteers, too, if anyone’s interested.
Here’s Angie Green, on the left and Mamie Hodnett on the right, at the CFR’s 2006 Oscar Night party. Photo by Elissa Eubanks.
Another Oscar Night option is the AIDS Survival Project’s bash at the InterContinental Hotel in Buckhead. Dress as your fave nominee and enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. It’s $30 or $50 per couple.
This party starts at 7 p.m. Call 404-874-7926 or see www.AndTheWinnerIs.biz.
I’ll be hitting both of those events and possibly others on Oscar Night. What are your plans? Send me fab photos of your past Oscar ‘dos and I’ll post ‘em!
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By Vicki Boston
February 18, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this
Wht’s MY Oscar Night plan? On Friday, Feb. 22nd- I’ll have my hair done as Raquel Bitten-for I’m dressing up as Edith Piaf on Sunday Night. My friends and I will be eating Meat Pot pies. And Eclaire for dessert. AND I’ll be doing a scene from PIAF by Pam Gems. Bon Jour/Soir Cheries.