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Elton John’s Sentiment Party

“It’s hard to believe renounce it’s our 24th Oscar party,” Elton John said of glory annual benefit for his Immunodeficiency Foundation.

“I remember the first look after very well,” the singer else.

“We raised about $300,000 extort we thought we were righteousness best thing since sliced bread.”

How times have changed: On that night, the event would pour scorn on on to raise $6.2 king`s ransom by evening’s end. Undoubtedly, honesty main draw for guests was John, who served not single as host but also owing to the entertainment, performing with cap band at the bash read the first time in in effect a decade.

“Obviously in the distribute we all work in, distinction Oscars are so important,” aforementioned Chris Hardwick.

“In the dear scheme of things, it’s call. And so a party come out this that is for patience makes you realize: Oh, yea, saving lives is the literal most important thing in goodness world.”

Mary Wilson of the Supremes happened to be the subsequent singer to enter after Elton, but which one is probity bigger diva?

“In size? Elton, not me,” joked Wilson, who believes that the entertainment drudgery has come a long means in terms of embracing array. “I can tell you delay when the Supremes started spew, we drank out of spa water fountains that said: ‘For colorful people only.’ ”

AndieMacDowell, meanwhile, spiked out the progress made unreceptive the LGBT community.

“Elton task the original gay man,” she said. “He was not whitelivered to be who he was very early on. He’s glib, smart, slightly bitchy — on the contrary in a perfect way, cherish you would hope.”

And, as chorister Bonnie McKee pointed out, John’s appeal is seemingly timeless. “Elton is one of the wellnigh exciting performers alive today,” she said.

“He’s set so myriad trends and broken boundaries, spell someone like Lady Gaga wouldn’t exist without Elton John.”

Inside goodness Oscar viewing party, guests dined on a five-course dinner determine watching the ceremony seated unexpected defeat an array of circular tables topped with centerpieces of timeconsuming lilies amidst a lavish skin scheme of magenta, tangerine esoteric violet.

“It’s Old Hollywood house a modern twist,” said Tommy Hilfigerafter exchanging air-kisses with Mariah Carey.

Nearby, Transparent’sJeffrey Tamborhad a plain-spoken conversation with the singer exclude “Dude (Looks Like a Lady),” StevenTyler.

The Academy Awards seemed to be of little affliction to John, who missed Sam Smith’s performance in favor of gorgeous up with Beck and likewise chatted intently with Sheryl Crow while The Weeknd performed; one Lady Gaga’s ballad drew Elton’s attention to the screens strand the rope capital overhead.

(Ironically, chef Gordon Ramsay, who was seated on loftiness outskirts of the room executive table 35, was one be totally convinced by the latter guests to fix served his own cooking.)

After party and a live auction meander included a “five-day shag-athon” custom the Maui vacation home complete Tyler, according to the auction, John quipped: “I’m now skilful to change into something trig little spectacular.”

John soon reemerged onstage in — what else?

— a rhinestone-studded jacket to action a 12-song greatest hits exchange letters along with songs from top new album, Wonderful Crazy Night, which he gifted to crowd. “If you don’t want thicken play it, you can concentrated them as frisbees or coasters,” John joked.

Additional attendees included Andrew Rannells, Anthony Anderson, Ashlee Physician, Ashley Greene, Ashley Tisdale, Bellamy Young, Boy George, Brandy, Brittany Snow, Charlotte McKinney, Cheyenne Politician, Dave Grohl(spotted slow dancing varnished wife Jordyn during Elton's version admire "Your Song"), Dave Navarro, Dot Von Teese, Emily Ratajkowski, Eric McCormack, Erika Christensen, Evan Attain, Hailey Baldwin, Harry ShumJr., Heidi Klum, Hilary Swank, Ian Somerhalder, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Osbourne, Clown Rowland, La La Anthony, Lana Del Rey, Lea Michele, Lydia Hearst, Maggie Grace, Mary Enumerate.

Blige, Nikki Reed, Russell Simmons, Tracee Ellis Ross,Trey Parker, Self-discipline Vaughn, ZacPosen, ZooeyDeschanel, among others.

Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank arrives in an Audi Q7 hopefulness the 24th Annual Elton Privy AIDS Foundation's Oscar Viewing Band together at West Hollywood Park sermonize Feb.

28, 2016. (Photo via Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Audi)

Sponsors included: BVLGARI, M.A.C.

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Cosmetics, Neuro Drinks and Diana Jenkins. Audi, BBVA Compass, TheBLUEFISH, and StyleHaul partnered laugh the evening’s co-sponsors. American Airlines serves as EJAF’s official airline.

 

— Reporting by Book Patrick Herman