February 28, 2005
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DILLER HOSTS THE ULTIMATE PARTY
OF all the Oscar parties, the best might be the lunch Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg threw the day before at their splendid estate in Coldwater Canyon. It was the ultimate mix of east and west, with guests lounging on Persian carpets and pillows arranged on a sunswept lawn, devouring roast duck, sausages and pasta. Diller, setting the “very casual” dress code, wore pajama bottoms and Converse sneakers. The event this year honored Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter, who was joined at the hip with his fiancée, Anna Scott. Where else would you find the top moguls in the media — Michael Eisner, Rupert Murdoch, Sumner Redstone, Howard Stringer, Les Moonves, Tom Freston, Peter Chernin and Brad Grey — mixing with society figures like Reinaldo and Carolina Herrera, Aileen Mehle, Eric Wachtmeister and Tim Jeffries? Then add fashionistas like Tom Ford, Elle Macpherson and Andre Leon Talley. It’s the one bash where the movie industry isn’t triumphant, where you’ll also spot L.A.P.D. chief Bill Bratton and his wife, Rikki Klieman, artist David Hockney, plus restaurateurs Brian McNally, Amy Sacco and Rocco DiSpirito, and writer Christopher (“Hellbound”) Hitchens. In the minority were show biz types like Warren Beatty, George Hamilton, Anjelica Huston and husband Robert Graham, Robert Downey Jr., Peter Gallagher and Mariah Carey, who was holding hands with Brett Ratner for a few minutes. The best moment was when Angela Janklow showed David Geffen her Dolce and Gabbana purse festooned with the letters “DG” in rhinestones. “Maybe you should have this,” Janklow teased. D.G. declined.
