Everyone from Howard Hughes to Greta Garbo has lived in Chateau Marmont’s penthouse for a spell—usually either to hide-out or to celebrate. Last night, on January 10, W Magazine’s Editor in Chief Sara Moonves and Editor at Large Lynn Hirschberg threw a party in the hotel’s penthouse to celebrate our Best Performances Issue. Presented by Christian Louboutin, the night gave actors and directors a chance to let loose as a months-long awards season starts.
The first guest to arrive was Lana Del Rey, who brought along her husband, alligator wrangler Jeremy Dufrene. Shortly after, Elle Fanning—who once played the daughter of a washed-up actor living at the Chateau—walked in with her sister, Dakota Fanning. Then came Jacob Elordi with his parents. He caught up with his Euphoria co-stars Sydney Sweeney and Maude Apatow, who play sisters on the show. Meanwhile, One Battle After Another star Chase Infiniti chatted with Sinner’s Michael B. Jordan, while Infiniti’s on-screen father, Leonardo DiCaprio, arrived, black hat pulled over his eyes, with his girlfriend, the model Vittoria Ceretti. Mother-daughter models Cindy Crawford and Kaia Gerber coordinated in slinky black dresses. Their fellow models, Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner, were attached at the hip all night.
When Jennifer Lopez rolled in, she immediately fed song requests to DJ Ross One, then shimmied around the dance floor. Zoe Kravitz and Tessa Thompson danced, too, as did Sombr when his own song came on. But it was the Fanning sisters who really dominated the dance floor with Hirschberg. Meanwhile, Odessa Azion and Drew Starkey stuck by the DJ booth.
Guests prepared their bodies for tonight’s Golden Globes with warm-up glasses of Moët & Chandon, which is the official Champagne of the show. Perhaps that’s why it was a big night for cheek kissing: Colman Domingo planted one on Quinta Brunson; Christian Louboutin did on Domingo; Hirshberg did on Benicio del Toro, who arrived in a hoodie. And that was all before Heated Rivalry’s Connor Storrie walked into the penthouse. He promptly planted one on Moonves.
The Best Performances portfolio, shot by Tyrone Lebon, looks like behind-the-scenes stills of an astronomically big-budget Hollywood movie. The images were blown up and plastered around the penthouse’s walls. Emma Stone posed in front of a photo of herself wearing a mini dress, dragging a dead body. Amanda Seyfried and her Housemaid co-star Sweeney took a selfie in front of Seyfried’s photo, in which she’s screaming bloody murder. The filmmakers behind the actual movies up for awards admired the stills, too: Marty Supreme’s Josh Safdie, Bugonia’s Yorgos Lanthimos, Sirât’s Oliver Laxe, Sentimental Value’s Joachim Trier, The Testament of Ann Lee’s director Mona Fastvold and writer Brady Corbet. Sean Baker, whose film Anora won Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars last year, joined them.
Substack, a sponsor of the evening, provided lighters—largely used for cigarettes smoked over the balcony, with a view of Sunset Boulevard. Two of the platform’s star writers, Derek Blasberg and Evan Ross Katz, hung out on the penthouse deck.
The party wound down around 1:30 in the morning. Considering three-quarters of the guests needed to get ready for the Golden Globes first thing this morning, that was very late.
W Editor in Chief Sara Moonves
W Editor at Large Lynn Hirschberg, Lana Del Rey and Sara Moonves
Sara Moonves and Christian Louboutin
Sara Moonves, Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber
Emma Stone and Sara Moonves
Tessa Thompson and Sara Moonves
Sydney Sweeney and Jacob Elordi
Sara Moonves and Jacob Elordi
Lana Del Rey and Jeremy Dufrene
Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for W Magazine
Lana Del Rey and Hailey Bieber
Michael B. Jordan and Wumni Mosaku
Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning
Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford
Photo by Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for W Magazine
Benicio del Toro and Sara Moonves
Danielle Haim, Este Haim and Alana Haim
Sara Moonves and Eva Victor
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
Jennifer Lopez and Kate Hudson
Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams
Sara Moonves and Kendall Jenner
Devon Lee Carlson, Sydney Carlson, Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber
John and Melissa Elordi with Jacob Elordi
Mia Goth and Sara Moonves
Sara Moonves and Wagner Moura
Sara Moonves, Sydney Sweeney and Lynn Hirschberg
Kendall Jenner and Vittoria Ceretti
Wunmi Mosaku and Aimee Lou Wood
Zoë Kravitz, Sara Moonves and Hailey Bieber
Jeremy Allen White and Sara Moonves
Josh Safdie and Daniel Lopatin
Dwayne Johnson and Sara Moonves
Sean Baker and Brady Corbet
Jean Pigozzi, Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning, Sara Moonves and Gus Wenner
Lynn Hirschberg and Selby Drummond
Aimee Lou Wood and Walton Goggins
Sara Moonves and Lana Del Rey
Jaden Smith and Rashida Jones
Rachel Sennott, Kaia Gerber and Sara Moonves
Mia Goth and Odessa A’zion
Sara Moonves and Colman Domingo
Lana Del Rey, Kendall Jenner, Charlotte Lawrence and Hailey Bieber
Josh Safdie, Sara Moonves, Odessa A’zion and Eli Bush
Walter Goggins and Michael B. Jordan
Evan Ross Katz and Quinta Brunson
Drew Starkey and Odessa A’zion
Eiza González and Sydney Sweeney
Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams
Adria Arjona and Sara Moonves
Benicio del Toro and Michael B. Jordan
Kate Hudson and Sara Moonves
Cailee Spaeny and Maude Apatow
Selby Drummond and Aurora James
Jeff Henrikson, Nancy Moonves and Sara Moonves
Mona Fastvold, Amanda Seyfried and Lana Del Rey
Eiza González and Wagner Moura
Zoë Kravitz, Sara Moonves and Hailey Bieber
Chase Infiniti and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber
Lynn Hirschberg, Emma Stone, Yorgos Lanthimos and Sara Moonves
Rhea Seehorn and Sarah Snook
Tessa Thompson and Zoë Kravitz
Sara Moonves, Jacob Elordi and Lynn Hirschberg
Dove Cameron and Damiano David
Eva Victor and Hudson Williams
Joel Edgerton and Christine Centenera
Jaden Smith and Dwayne Johnson
Zoë Kravitz and Hailey Bieber
Hannah Einbinder and Katherine LaNasa
Cailee Spaeny and Emilia Jones
Emma Chamberlain, Jared Ellner, Kendall Jenner and Derek Blasberg
Ryan Destiny and Law Roach
Jessica Alba and Kelly Sawyer
Joel Edgerton and Kevin Bacon
Chase Infiniti, Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell
Sara Moonves, Connor Storrie and Selby Drummond