Vanity Fair’s annual Oscar party took place Sunday at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. I have all the details from inside the event, which as usual attracted the most elite of the Hollywood set who poured in after watching Everything Everywhere All at Once score seven Oscar trophies including Best Picture.
We managed to get our hands on the guest list for the event, held in a 3,000-square-foot indoor reception area, with additional courtyards and other outdoor lounge spaces. The main bar, a prime gathering spot, was 40 feet long. The guests danced into the early-morning hours.
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We managed to get our hands on the guest list for the event, held in a 3,000-square-foot indoor reception area, with additional courtyards and other outdoor lounge spaces. The main bar, a prime gathering spot, was 40 feet long. The guests danced into the early-morning hours.
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- 3/13/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Alan Cumming, whose CBS procedural, “Instinct,” starts its second season on June 30, is backing Pete Buttigieg in the Democratic nomination race for now, but that may change.
Cumming tells Variety at the Monte Carlo TV Festival: “I was one of the hosts on a fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg, who I really find inspiring…but I don’t know, it is early days. I feel like there are so many of them – it’s like a clown car.”
Cumming adds that he “feels inspired” by Buttigieg because of the way the Indiana mayor “engages with people.” “American people are so unused to dealing with actual political issues on a daily basis. In Britain and especially in Scotland, people are very politically engaged in a way that Americans aren’t, and it is once every four years they have to actually do something about that,” Cumming says.
“They don’t like – it...
Cumming tells Variety at the Monte Carlo TV Festival: “I was one of the hosts on a fundraiser for Pete Buttigieg, who I really find inspiring…but I don’t know, it is early days. I feel like there are so many of them – it’s like a clown car.”
Cumming adds that he “feels inspired” by Buttigieg because of the way the Indiana mayor “engages with people.” “American people are so unused to dealing with actual political issues on a daily basis. In Britain and especially in Scotland, people are very politically engaged in a way that Americans aren’t, and it is once every four years they have to actually do something about that,” Cumming says.
“They don’t like – it...
- 6/18/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Even chicken pox can't faze Julianna Margulies' happiness over her late father's recently released children's book. Though the actress was home-bound for two weeks while she recovered from her illness and missed several book promotions, she was grateful to have some downtime with her thoughts and memories.
"Instead of me going out to talk about the book, I had to internalize it with my dad. And it was kind of great," she tells People in this week's issue. "It's been a real blessing for it to come out and be received so beautifully."
The book, Three Magic Balloons was created by her dad Paul,...
"Instead of me going out to talk about the book, I had to internalize it with my dad. And it was kind of great," she tells People in this week's issue. "It's been a real blessing for it to come out and be received so beautifully."
The book, Three Magic Balloons was created by her dad Paul,...
- 5/25/2016
- by Julie Jordan
- People.com - TV Watch
Julianna Margulies was forced to cancel an event Thursday after coming down with the chicken pox.
The Emmy Award-winning Good Wife star was scheduled to attend a New York city cocktail party in celebration of the release of her children's book Three Magic Balloons, featuring illustrations by Grant Shaffer.
The book, based on a story Margulies' father wrote for her and her sisters when they were children, follows three young girls who embark on a magic adventure after they are rewarded for their kindness by a mysterious balloon man during a trip to the zoo.
Margulies' battle with chicken pox...
The Emmy Award-winning Good Wife star was scheduled to attend a New York city cocktail party in celebration of the release of her children's book Three Magic Balloons, featuring illustrations by Grant Shaffer.
The book, based on a story Margulies' father wrote for her and her sisters when they were children, follows three young girls who embark on a magic adventure after they are rewarded for their kindness by a mysterious balloon man during a trip to the zoo.
Margulies' battle with chicken pox...
- 5/5/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- People.com - TV Watch
Julianna Margulies was forced to cancel an event Thursday after coming down with the chicken pox. The Emmy Award-winning Good Wife star was scheduled to attend a New York city cocktail party in celebration of the release of her children's book Three Magic Balloons, featuring illustrations by Grant Shaffer.The book, based on a story Margulies' father wrote for her and her sisters when they were children, follows three young girls who embark on a magic adventure after they are rewarded for their kindness by a mysterious balloon man during a trip to the zoo. Margulies' battle with chicken pox...
- 5/5/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- PEOPLE.com
If you are kind, magic can happen.
That's the lesson behind Three Magic Balloons, a new children's book based on a story that Julianna Margulies' dad, Paul, wrote for her and her two sisters when they were young.
"He was a special guy, and it feels good to be able to put something out into the world that he wrote," says the actress of her father, who died in October 2014 at the age of 79. "It's a very loving, sweet story, and it's just about giving."
Illustrated by Grant Shaffer, who is married to Margulies' Good Wife costar Alan Cumming,...
That's the lesson behind Three Magic Balloons, a new children's book based on a story that Julianna Margulies' dad, Paul, wrote for her and her two sisters when they were young.
"He was a special guy, and it feels good to be able to put something out into the world that he wrote," says the actress of her father, who died in October 2014 at the age of 79. "It's a very loving, sweet story, and it's just about giving."
Illustrated by Grant Shaffer, who is married to Margulies' Good Wife costar Alan Cumming,...
- 11/26/2015
- by Julie Jordan, @juliejordanc
- People.com - TV Watch
As Kristin Chenoweth prepares to host the Tony Awards on Sunday, she has put herself on vocal rest – dry erase whiteboard and all – to keep her vocal cords in tip-top shape.
Her awards night co-host revealed to Seth Meyers on Wednesday, however, that she "can't stop talking" and that her vocal rest lasted "for about 30 seconds."
Alan Cumming, 50, told the Late Night host that Chenoweth starts her meetings off with the dry erase board, segueing rapidly into whispers, her normal speaking voice and then straight-up "screaming."
The Real Kristin Chenoweth Revealed!
Chenoweth, 46, and Cumming are longtime friends – Cumming produced a...
Her awards night co-host revealed to Seth Meyers on Wednesday, however, that she "can't stop talking" and that her vocal rest lasted "for about 30 seconds."
Alan Cumming, 50, told the Late Night host that Chenoweth starts her meetings off with the dry erase board, segueing rapidly into whispers, her normal speaking voice and then straight-up "screaming."
The Real Kristin Chenoweth Revealed!
Chenoweth, 46, and Cumming are longtime friends – Cumming produced a...
- 6/4/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- People.com - TV Watch
New York, Jan 2: Actor Alan Cumming has bought an East Village townhouse here for $4.65 million.
Cumming, 48, and his graphic illustrator spouse Grant Shaffer purchased the four storey townhouse, which had an asking price of $5.1 million, reports nypost.com.
It has seven bedrooms, four baths and a "forest-like garden", along with a balcony and roof deck. It also boasts of a French country chef's kitchen with 19th-century flooring, plus city approval to build at least two more stories.
Ians...
Cumming, 48, and his graphic illustrator spouse Grant Shaffer purchased the four storey townhouse, which had an asking price of $5.1 million, reports nypost.com.
It has seven bedrooms, four baths and a "forest-like garden", along with a balcony and roof deck. It also boasts of a French country chef's kitchen with 19th-century flooring, plus city approval to build at least two more stories.
Ians...
- 1/2/2014
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Alan Cumming hosted an “intimate musical evening” at Xl Nightclub in New York City on Saturday to raise money for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (Iglhrc). The organization advocates for Lgbt rights around the world.Dressed in a tuxedo t-shirt, the Tony-winner (“Cabaret”) and Emmy-nominated actor (“The Good Wife”) performed a mix of original songs, covers, and showbiz stories for an enthusiastic audience. His original tunes covered a range of topics, including plastic surgery abuse (“Your surgeon won’t tell you you look like Zsa Zsa Gabor”). Cumming also sang about his love for Taylor, his latte boy at a coffee shop (“Thanks for the extra foam”), and a song for his husband, Grant Shaffer. The couple recently got remarried.A Jerry Herman cover of “I Won’t Send Roses” was also included on the musical lineup. Cumming finished off the night with a mash-up of Adele’s “Someone Like You” and.
- 3/19/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Briana Rodriguez)
- backstage.com
The Good Wife star Alan Cumming is proving to be quite the good husband. The 46-year-old actor swapped vows all over again with his longtime partner, graphic artist Grant Shaffer, on Saturday. "On the 5th anniversary of our wedding in London grant and I tied the knot again NYC!!!" tweeted Cumming, who added a photo of the happy couple embracing at the bar of the Soho Grand Hotel where the ceremony took place. In 2007, Cumming and Shaffer got hitched in a civil ceremony at the Old Royal Naval College near London. Ian McKellen, Geri Halliwell, Rufus Wainwright and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio were among the famous faces in attendance. "As residents of America, we would have loved to marry...
- 1/9/2012
- E! Online
Alan Cumming and Grant Shaffer didn't just renew their vows on Saturday. They had a whole second wedding! The Scottish actor, 46, who stars in The Good Wife, and his commercial-illustrator partner were married Saturday at New York's Soho Grand Hotel, five years to the day after celebrating their civil partnership in London. "On the 5th anniversary of our wedding in London grant and I tied the knot again in NYC!!!" Cumming wrote on Twitter, with a photo of him and Shaffer embracing on the hotel bar. Cumming later added a second photo, with the simple caption, "Just married." At the time of their first union,...
- 1/9/2012
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Alan Cumming has renewed his wedding vows to long-term partner Grant Shaffer. The Good Wife actor revealed on Twitter that the couple reaffirmed their commitment at a ceremony in New York on Saturday (January 7). Cumming and Shaffer entered a civil partnership on the same date in 2007. "I just got married!!!!" he wrote. "On the 5th anniversary of our wedding in London grant and I tied the knot again in NYC!!!" The 46-year-old also uploaded an image (more)...
- 1/9/2012
- by By Daniel Sperling
- Digital Spy
Actor Alan Cumming and his partner Grant Shaffer renewed their wedding vows in New York City on Saturday.
The X2 star entered into a civil partnership with graphic artist Shaffer at the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich in England on 7 January, 2007 - and to mark their fifth wedding anniversary, the two pledged their love for each other again.
Uploading photos of the ceremony to his Twitter.com account on Saturday, Cumming wrote in a series of posts, "I just got married!!!!! On the 5th anniversary of our wedding in London grant and I tied the knot again in NYC!!!"
Last June, New York became the sixth U.S. state to allow gay unions.
The X2 star entered into a civil partnership with graphic artist Shaffer at the Old Royal Naval College Greenwich in England on 7 January, 2007 - and to mark their fifth wedding anniversary, the two pledged their love for each other again.
Uploading photos of the ceremony to his Twitter.com account on Saturday, Cumming wrote in a series of posts, "I just got married!!!!! On the 5th anniversary of our wedding in London grant and I tied the knot again in NYC!!!"
Last June, New York became the sixth U.S. state to allow gay unions.
- 1/8/2012
- WENN
Scottish actor Alan Cumming was left shaken after terrorists blew up a cafe in Morocco last month just hours after he dined there.
The X2 star was enjoying a vacation with his partner Grant Shaffer in Marrakesh, where they visited Cafe Argana in the town's main square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, the night before it was bombed on 28 April.
In a post on his blog, Cumming writes, "After checking into our hotel last Wednesday, Grant and I went for a walk and ate dinner at the Cafe Argana. We awoke late the next day with a start, jetlagged. Again we walked into the main square. There, we saw the Cafe Argana had been blown up by a bomb. That's what had woken us.
"The whole front of the restaurant was gone and we could see exactly where we had been sitting the night before, where we would have been killed had we been there when the blast happened."
And Cumming admits the experience has given him a new found appreciation for life, adding: "There's something very sobering and chilling and also galvanising about a lucky escape like that. I think I live in the moment, treat every day as though it were my last, all that sort of stuff.
"But this very real and very violent reminder of what a thin string our lives can hang on has made me more determined to appreciate what I have."...
The X2 star was enjoying a vacation with his partner Grant Shaffer in Marrakesh, where they visited Cafe Argana in the town's main square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, the night before it was bombed on 28 April.
In a post on his blog, Cumming writes, "After checking into our hotel last Wednesday, Grant and I went for a walk and ate dinner at the Cafe Argana. We awoke late the next day with a start, jetlagged. Again we walked into the main square. There, we saw the Cafe Argana had been blown up by a bomb. That's what had woken us.
"The whole front of the restaurant was gone and we could see exactly where we had been sitting the night before, where we would have been killed had we been there when the blast happened."
And Cumming admits the experience has given him a new found appreciation for life, adding: "There's something very sobering and chilling and also galvanising about a lucky escape like that. I think I live in the moment, treat every day as though it were my last, all that sort of stuff.
"But this very real and very violent reminder of what a thin string our lives can hang on has made me more determined to appreciate what I have."...
- 5/8/2011
- WENN
The "X-Men 2" star Alan Cumming was enjoying a vacation with his partner Grant Shaffer in Marrakesh, where they visited Cafe Argana in the town's main square, Jemaa el-Fnaa, the night before it was bombed on April 28.
In a post on his blog, Cumming writes, "After checking into our hotel last Wednesday, Grant and I went for a walk and ate dinner at the Cafe Argana. We awoke late the next day with a start, jet lagged. Again we walked into the main square. There, we saw the Cafe Argana had been blown up by a bomb. That's what had woken us."
"The whole front of the restaurant was gone and we could see exactly where we had been sitting the night before, where we would have been killed had we been there when the blast happened."
And Cumming admits the experience has given him a new found appreciation for life,...
In a post on his blog, Cumming writes, "After checking into our hotel last Wednesday, Grant and I went for a walk and ate dinner at the Cafe Argana. We awoke late the next day with a start, jet lagged. Again we walked into the main square. There, we saw the Cafe Argana had been blown up by a bomb. That's what had woken us."
"The whole front of the restaurant was gone and we could see exactly where we had been sitting the night before, where we would have been killed had we been there when the blast happened."
And Cumming admits the experience has given him a new found appreciation for life,...
- 5/8/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
One of our favorite mantras around the AfterElton offices is “because visibility matters.” Indeed, the idea that gay and bisexual men need to be visible, both to ourselves and to the wider culture, is one of the principle reasons AfterElton.com even exists. After all, it is only by being visible to family, friends and the world that we’ve been able to overcome the stereotypes and bigotry used to justify discrimination against the Glbt community.
That quest for visibility explains why we have done so many polls including the AfterElton Hot 100, the Fifty Greatest Gay Movies, the Top 50 Gay TV Characters, and the 50 Best Gay Books. After all, it’s not as if Entertainment Weekly is going to ask gay and bisexual men which guys we think are the hottest, which movies mean the most to us or, in the case of our latest poll, which celebrities we most admire.
That quest for visibility explains why we have done so many polls including the AfterElton Hot 100, the Fifty Greatest Gay Movies, the Top 50 Gay TV Characters, and the 50 Best Gay Books. After all, it’s not as if Entertainment Weekly is going to ask gay and bisexual men which guys we think are the hottest, which movies mean the most to us or, in the case of our latest poll, which celebrities we most admire.
- 3/14/2011
- by AfterElton.com Staff
- The Backlot
One minute, he's doing Shakespeare. The next, he's starring in Garfield. Does Alan Cumming ever regret saying yes? The star talks to Hadley Freeman about his new shows, his new perfume range – and why he accepted an OBE
To most actors, hearing that they are a lot more fun in person than their work generally is to watch would sound like an insult. But Alan Cumming will not, I think, take it that way. This is not to say that he is a bad actor, because he isn't. He has just appeared in a lot of really, really bad things – as well as the occasional great thing. His upcoming work for the year gives a perfect reflection of his career in general: on the one hand, he's in the excellent TV show, The Good Wife, on Channel 4, and will also be seen in Julie Taymor's upcoming film version of The Tempest.
To most actors, hearing that they are a lot more fun in person than their work generally is to watch would sound like an insult. But Alan Cumming will not, I think, take it that way. This is not to say that he is a bad actor, because he isn't. He has just appeared in a lot of really, really bad things – as well as the occasional great thing. His upcoming work for the year gives a perfect reflection of his career in general: on the one hand, he's in the excellent TV show, The Good Wife, on Channel 4, and will also be seen in Julie Taymor's upcoming film version of The Tempest.
- 1/25/2011
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
To Full Frontal Or To Not Full Frontal
When I saw the first headline trumpeting news about Justin Long's inadvertent full frontal nude scene in his upcoming movie Going the Distance, I knew how the story would end before I even started it: namely, that particular scene would not end up in the movie. Americans as a whole are still supposedly way too squeamish to actually be confronted with a guy's junk onscreen, especially in a romantic comedy like Going the Distance.
Justin Long
Which doesn't make sense given that Nanette Burstein, Gtd's director, was supposedly so taken with Christina Applegate's shocked reaction to Justin's junk that she filmed the scene that way ten more times before eventually deciding not to use it. Or someone decided she shouldn't use it. Btw, imagine if this were a gay director who did that. Tongues would be wagging even though...
When I saw the first headline trumpeting news about Justin Long's inadvertent full frontal nude scene in his upcoming movie Going the Distance, I knew how the story would end before I even started it: namely, that particular scene would not end up in the movie. Americans as a whole are still supposedly way too squeamish to actually be confronted with a guy's junk onscreen, especially in a romantic comedy like Going the Distance.
Justin Long
Which doesn't make sense given that Nanette Burstein, Gtd's director, was supposedly so taken with Christina Applegate's shocked reaction to Justin's junk that she filmed the scene that way ten more times before eventually deciding not to use it. Or someone decided she shouldn't use it. Btw, imagine if this were a gay director who did that. Tongues would be wagging even though...
- 8/20/2010
- by michael
- The Backlot
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has been awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) medal from Princess Anne at Buckingham Palace in London.
The X2 star was honoured on Tuesday for his services to film, theatre and the arts, as well as his work as a gay rights campaigner.
Dressed in a traditional Scottish kilt, Cumming said, "I have a voice because of my work. I'm loud and I speak my mind. I feel it's a lucky position to be in - that people want you to speak out for something you want to say anyway. My work has enabled me to do something with my opinions for good."
The actor, who has also appeared in TV shows including Sex & the City, Frasier and Third Rock From The Sun, was joined by his husband Grant Shaffer, his mum and brother at the ceremony.
The X2 star was honoured on Tuesday for his services to film, theatre and the arts, as well as his work as a gay rights campaigner.
Dressed in a traditional Scottish kilt, Cumming said, "I have a voice because of my work. I'm loud and I speak my mind. I feel it's a lucky position to be in - that people want you to speak out for something you want to say anyway. My work has enabled me to do something with my opinions for good."
The actor, who has also appeared in TV shows including Sex & the City, Frasier and Third Rock From The Sun, was joined by his husband Grant Shaffer, his mum and brother at the ceremony.
- 11/25/2009
- WENN
Scottish actor Alan Cumming was delighted to be allowed to marry his longterm partner - because it meant he could throw a big party for his family and friends.
The X2 star wed Grant Shaffer in a lavish star-studded civil partnership ceremony in 2007, three years after same-sex marriage was introduced in the U.K.
And Cumming was thrilled to finally wed Shaffer after two years of dating, as his loved ones had waited so long to celebrate their union.
He says, "It meant a lot here (in the U.K.) and in a symbolic way, being able to claim rights that everyone should have and here you do and in America you don't.
"Gay people didn't have that thing until recently where you can have all your family and friends to celebrate your relationship and that was a really lovely thing to do. I hadn't realised that was something gay people aren't allowed to do."...
The X2 star wed Grant Shaffer in a lavish star-studded civil partnership ceremony in 2007, three years after same-sex marriage was introduced in the U.K.
And Cumming was thrilled to finally wed Shaffer after two years of dating, as his loved ones had waited so long to celebrate their union.
He says, "It meant a lot here (in the U.K.) and in a symbolic way, being able to claim rights that everyone should have and here you do and in America you don't.
"Gay people didn't have that thing until recently where you can have all your family and friends to celebrate your relationship and that was a really lovely thing to do. I hadn't realised that was something gay people aren't allowed to do."...
- 9/3/2009
- WENN
Scottish actor Alan Cumming has blamed the media for making gay actors too scared to come out.
The X-Men star insists the press' portrayal of homosexuality as a controversial lifestyle is making many performers hide their sexual orientation - but insists the public don't care.
Cumming - who married his partner Grant Shaffer in a civil ceremony last year - tells the BBC, "I don't think the people that go see films care that much - the media make it more of a deal and it's made into controversy.
"I'm quite outspoken in the media about what I perceive as a civil-rights struggle that gay people in America are still going through. But I don't think that I only play gay characters, or I wouldn't be as convincing if I had a wife or a girlfriend in a movie."
Derek Munn, of gay rights organisation Stonewall, says, "Stonewall has long been concerned about the representation of lesbian and gay people, both in the film industry and the media in general.
"The pitifully low number of openly lesbian or gay actors suggests that there is a problem. The film industry needs to think about why it is that gay actors choose not to come out."...
The X-Men star insists the press' portrayal of homosexuality as a controversial lifestyle is making many performers hide their sexual orientation - but insists the public don't care.
Cumming - who married his partner Grant Shaffer in a civil ceremony last year - tells the BBC, "I don't think the people that go see films care that much - the media make it more of a deal and it's made into controversy.
"I'm quite outspoken in the media about what I perceive as a civil-rights struggle that gay people in America are still going through. But I don't think that I only play gay characters, or I wouldn't be as convincing if I had a wife or a girlfriend in a movie."
Derek Munn, of gay rights organisation Stonewall, says, "Stonewall has long been concerned about the representation of lesbian and gay people, both in the film industry and the media in general.
"The pitifully low number of openly lesbian or gay actors suggests that there is a problem. The film industry needs to think about why it is that gay actors choose not to come out."...
- 5/2/2008
- WENN
X-Men 2 star Alan Cumming has admitted that media scrutiny keeps gay actors from coming out.
Speaking to the BBC, Cumming said: "I don't think the people that go see films care that much - the media make it more of a deal and it's made into controversy.”
The 43-year-old, who married his partner Grant Shaffer last year, expressed concern about Hollywood's homophobia.
He added: "There is a lot of homophobia in the world - but in Hollywood definitely."
The Scottish actor responded to claims from Stephen Fry and Rupert . . .
Speaking to the BBC, Cumming said: "I don't think the people that go see films care that much - the media make it more of a deal and it's made into controversy.”
The 43-year-old, who married his partner Grant Shaffer last year, expressed concern about Hollywood's homophobia.
He added: "There is a lot of homophobia in the world - but in Hollywood definitely."
The Scottish actor responded to claims from Stephen Fry and Rupert . . .
- 5/2/2008
- by Simon_Reynolds_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Simon Reynolds)
- Digital Spy
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