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Moet & Chandon's Oscars Cocktail

Filed under: Wine

Moet & Chandon has been doing a big push with the awards ceremonies lately. They had a red carpet presence at the Golden Globes and now they been designated the exclusive champagne of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. This is the first time that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has had a champagne designation for Oscar and pre-Oscar events (I'm guessing LVMH had to pay a hefty fee for the privilege). Moet & Chandon will be the only champagne or sparkling wine served at the 2009 Oscars.

For those of us not attending the show, there is an Oscars "party kit" on the Oscars website that includes recipes from Wolfgang Puck and a champagne cocktail, the Red Carpet Fizz, which features pomegranate juice, orange liqueur, fresh raspberries and Moet & Chandon White Star.

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Luxspotting: Leonardo's Wrist Candy

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Timepieces, Celebrity Shopping

I already covered the jewelry worn by some of Hollywood's best at the Academy Awards but what about the watches. No diamonds for Leonardo DiCaprio but National Jeweler reports that Leo was wearing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Minute Repeater for the big night. The round watch is done in platinum and has a 15-day power reserve movement that chimes the hours, quarter hours and minutes. The watch is valued at $175,000 and is a limited edition of 200 pieces. He wore the same watch to the Blood Diamond premiere in Los Angeles but he also owns a Master Compressor Geographic and the Reverso Septantieme both from Jaeger-LeCoultre. I wonder if Leo has his eye on a Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Triptyque.

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Swarovski's Crystal Curtain for the Academy Awards

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed) —

Since the night of the Academy Awards is the most star-studded event in Hollywood, it is only fitting that it be as glamorous as possible. To give this weekend's 79th annual awards ceremony some extra sparkle, Swarovski put together a giant Crystal Curtain that will be displayed on stage during the presentations. The curtain is made with over 50,000 imported Swarovski crystals and stretches 34 feet across. It weighs over 2,000-lbs.

The full stage setup for the show won't be seen until the broadcast on Sunday night, but the curtain will be setting the bar high for the rest of the decor.

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Diamond Lounge Oscar Swagfest

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Events

Another stop on the endless pre-Oscar swagfest is the Diamond Lounge 2006 which will be held at the Peterson Automotive museum on March 3 and 4. The lounge features jewelry from Giorgio Visconti and Boucheron Paris, Energetix rhinestone-studded magnet therapy bracelets, Fileena handmade jewelry (shown here), Pink Moon New York handbags and Ting Bling gadget bedazzling service.There will be a spa area that features 24K gold nail polish from Varnish, DermaNew, an at home micro-dermabrasion kit, a lip gloss bar from Lucy B Cosmetics, airbrush tanning from SunFx, and Xtreme Lashes semi-permanent eyelash extensions. The clothing available will include Von Dutch (is this stuff still popular?) and a new clothing line created by singer Macy Gray. Gray will show up to dress the celebs. Not quite as luxe as the Lauder swagfest but free stuff is still free stuff.

Nathalie Dubois and DPA, the hosts of the events, have chosen to spread out the swag love choosing two non-celebs, Pedro Garcia, a soldier wounded by an enemy grenade in November 2005 and Kelly Bolor, a widow whose husband was killed in a downed Black Hawk Helicopter in 2003 to enjoy the gift suites as well.

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