Paris Hilton

  • While the Vanity Fair after-party is typically the most prestigious and the Elton John one a bit random in terms of its guest list, the CAA’s Patrick Whitesell/Soho House bash attracted the hardcore party-animals. Spies report that Vince Vaughn and Paris Hilton were both very, very drunk - the latter having a running argument with on-off boyfriend Stavros Niarchos and refusing to let him leave. Fresh out of rehab Lindsay Lohan was also at the party but not having a great time - she spent most of the evening sat in a corner and was overheard telling friends: “Oh my God, I’ve got the shakes, it won’t stop.”
  • The party was played tribute - albeit not a terrible flattering one - to currently-in-rehab Britney Spears. According to the Mirror, partygoers including Leonardo DiCaprio and Jessica Biel sang along to a medley of Britney’s hits and some of them incorporated a new dance move into the routine - mimicking shaving their heads.
  • George Clooney has revealed he’s been making the most of his Best Supporting Actor Oscar in the year since he picked it up for Syriana. At Sunday’s ceremony, George revealed he makes all visitors to his villa in Lake Como, Italy pose with the statue: “There’s always great people who stop by. So whoever came by I made them take a picture… and they all had to give, like, their own made-up acceptance speech. There’s some really funny pictures.”

  • Best Actress winner Helen Mirren wore more than £2million worth of jewellers for Vanity Fair after-party on Sunday night - but had to be cut out of them at the end of the evening. Helen was flanked by armed bodyguards protecting the jewels on loan from Chopard and at the end of the night, the guards removed the 55-carat diamond bracelet, 16-carat diamond cluster earrings and the 62-carat brooch that had been stitched to her dress for fear that it might get lost. An onlooker revealed: “Other partygoers were astonished to see the Queen being stripped of her jewels.”
  • Helen also revealed that as fun as it was to be the belle of the ball, it was all a bit too much for her. At the Vanity Fair after-party she said, regarding her custom-made Christian Lacroix dress and the loaned jewellery: “I really do feel like a Queen - or fairy princess or fairy godmother. I love it. [But] all I want to do is curl up with a hot water bottle, read a book and then go to sleep.”