{"id":18544,"date":"2025-09-15T21:33:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/18544\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T21:33:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:33:07","slug":"tequila-shots-the-white-lotus-group-dancing-birthday-cake-for-jean-smart-inside-hbo-maxs-epic-emmy-after-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/18544\/","title":{"rendered":"Tequila Shots! The White Lotus Group Dancing! Birthday Cake for Jean Smart\u2014Inside HBO Max\u2019s Epic Emmy After-Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across the cottage-like complex, Smart\u2014who won her fourth best actress in a comedy Emmy for Hacks\u2014settled into one of the Bungalows\u2019 outdoor booths, surrounded by meticulously pruned greenery. She refueled with a Brussels sprouts salad and received congratulatory hugs and kisses from Hacks creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky. Soon, Smart\u2019s costars Megan Stalter and newly minted Emmy winner Hannah Einbinder<\/a>\u2014her fourth nomination and first win, for supporting actress in a comedy\u2014joined the celebratory powwow. Then servers brought out two white cakes topped with sprinkles to mark Smart\u2019s 74th birthday and Stalter\u2019s 35th. The crowd sang \u201cHappy Birthday,\u201d and Smart told Stalter, \u201cMake a wish! Make it a good one.\u201d The two blew out their candles, and Stalter kissed Smart\u2019s hand in thanks.<\/p>\n

Around 10:30 p.m., Wyle made a triumphant entrance, strolling into the f\u00eate clutching his two Emmy trophies. After five acting nominations in the 1990s for playing a rookie doctor on ER without a win, he finally took home his first Emmy for lead actor in a drama series for The Pitt. He earned a second on Sunday night as a producer. With his wife, actress Sara Wyle, by his side, he nestled into the Bungalows\u2019 oak-paneled living room and was greeted with a huge ovation. \u201cIt\u2019s been an incredible night. A dream come true,\u201d Wyle told a guest as they hugged. The couple celebrated with a shot of tequila and an orange wedge.<\/p>\n

Wyle\u2019s costar Katherine LaNasa was a surprise winner in the supporting actress in a drama series category, edging out several contenders from The White Lotus, including Carrie Coon. LaNasa and her husband, Melrose Place alum Grant Show, joined Wyle in the cozy living room to loud, enthusiastic cheers. \u201cI\u2019m feeling overwhelmed with joy,\u201d LaNasa said, taking a quick breather from mingling with friends. \u201cI\u2019m humbled to have gotten these votes from my fellow members of the Academy. It\u2019s so meaningful to me.\u201d The veteran actress stunned in an Old Hollywood\u2013style strapless ivory ball gown with a ceil-blue bow. \u201cI feel very beautiful in this Jason Wu gown,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m very humbled that he made it for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Perhaps the night\u2019s biggest surprise was Jeff Hiller, who won best supporting actor in a comedy for Somebody Somewhere, marking his first Emmy. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m on top of the world,\u201d Hiller said as he zigzagged through the club\u2019s interior courtyard, Emmy in hand.<\/p>\n

Just after midnight, LaNasa hit the dance floor. Then the cast of The White Lotus\u2014including Aimee Lou Wood, Lalisa Manoban (Lisa<\/a> from Blackpink), Jason Isaacs, Nicholas Duvernay, and Monaghan\u2014linked up to dance the night away. As French DJ duo Doppelganger spun crowd-pleasers like \u201cSomebody That I Used to Know\u201d by Gotye, the group twirled, bopped, and gyrated for a rousing send-off. It was a final hurrah as the TV awards-season cycle officially came to a close.<\/p>\n

The late-night bash wrapped well past 1 a.m., with Wyle among the last to leave. Guests were gifted HBO Max\u2013branded slippers, and many happily swapped out their heels for the slip-ons. Winners departed San Vicente Bungalows with an Emmy in one hand and their Louboutins in the other, sauntering to their cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Across the cottage-like complex, Smart\u2014who won her fourth best actress in a comedy Emmy for Hacks\u2014settled into one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18545,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10309,146,85,46,10855],"class_list":{"0":"post-18544","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-emmy-awards","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-vogue-parties"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}