Taylor Swift dances night away

Taylor Swift “danced the evening away” at CAA’s pre-Oscars get together on Friday evening, whereas Tiffany Haddish and Donald Glover had a freestyle rap battle and sang karaoke tunes backed by a reside band.

The facility company’s get together on the unique San Vicente Bungalows was additionally attended by visitors Leonardo DiCaprio, Hailey Bieber, Elon Musk, Sacha Baron Cohen, Al Pacino and Chris Pine.

Sources instructed Web page Six that Swift attended with boyfriend Joe Alwyn, in addition to Andrew Garfield and Zoë Kravitz.

Haddish – who was rocking quick blond hair, a glamorous black robe and glowing diamond necklace – wowed the gang within the venue’s theater with a dramatic rendition of Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary.”

Glover additionally crooned tunes earlier than the 2 stars wound up in a freestyle rap battle.

The “Atlanta” star – aka rapper Infantile Gambino – hit Haddish with the traces, “And I simply don’t care/She’s on stage with the white blond hair,” to which quick-witted comic Haddish fired again, “And I ain’t acquired no motherf–kin’ underwear!” in line with a clip posted to social media.

Stated a supply: “Tiffany Haddish and Donald Glover had the theater packed performing karaoke to a reside band.”

Additionally noticed on the CAA get together, we hear, have been J.J. Abrams, Denis Villeneuve, “Squid Recreation” star HoYeon Jung, Regé-Jean Web page, Trevor Noah, Taika Waititi, Rita Ora, Winnie Harlow, Ron Howard, Gayle King, Savannah Guthrie, Sebastian Stan, Simu Liu, Zooey Deschanel, Jonathan Scott and extra.

In the meantime, Hollywood company WME opted for a smaller affair this yr – an intimate dinner with a couple of tables at Craig’s on Friday evening for the company’s nominees.

Sources mentioned that Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kristen Stewart, Javier Bardem and “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Inexperienced every presided over a desk in the direction of the again of the superstar scorching spot.

Nicely-wishers included Warner Bros. studio boss Toby Emmerich, James Bond franchise producer Barbara Broccoli, “Don’t Look Up” producer Kevin Messick, actress-producer Colleen Camp and WME accomplice Elyse Scherz (who reps Gyllenhaal, Stewart and Bardem).

Spies mentioned that every desk had Polaroid cameras for visitors to snap enjoyable pics.

WME beforehand mentioned it was ditching its annual plans for an enormous Academy Awards blowout, and introduced it will donate $1 million to UNICEF to help households in Ukraine.

Saint Laurent and its artistic director Anthony Vaccarello hosted the model’s first pre-Oscars get together this yr for a high-fashion crowd with a personal dinner on the Los Angeles house of screenwriter Mitch Glazer and “Charlie’s Angels” star Kelly Lynch, spies mentioned.

Company included Zendaya, Pedro Almodóvar, Troye Sivan, Andie MacDowell, Invoice Murray, Dave Franco, Maude Apatow and Amber Valletta. A bigger Saint Laurent get together then opened as much as extra visitors.

Different trend manufacturers placing occasions on forward of the 2022 Oscars included Chanel and Giorgio Armani, which had a celebration on Saturday evening for Nicole Kidman at its flagship Beverly Hills boutique. Company included Sophia Loren, Adrien Brody, Karolína Kurková, Miles Teller and others.

On Thursday evening, leisure exec Charles King’s media firm Macro hosted its pre-Oscars get together at LA’s SoFi Stadium the place superstar DJ D-Good spun tunes. Company included Kelly Rowland, “Jeen-Yuhs” co-directors Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, Lena Waithe, “Pose” star Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and director Ava DuVernay, plus Nia Lengthy, Karrueche Tran and Essence Atkins.

Macro was behind final yr’s Oscar-winning movie “Judas and the Black Messiah,” in addition to the 2019 Michael B. Jordan movie, “Simply Mercy.”

In different pre-Oscar occasions: Girls In Movie hosted its annual pre-party for attendees together with Rita Moreno and Jane Campion. This yr’s British nominees have been feted with a day tea hosted by LA’s British Consul Normal Emily Cloke, together with BAFTA North America and the British Movie Fee.