ie ~ = Wy ’ True Detective collectively earned him Best " } ey m 4 Wy Actor by December. | — = §) \e _ . The actress who really stole the show | we ss on the campaign circuit was eloquent » fae \ yee 4 ingénue Lupita Nyongo, who morphed into i) i P \% . ss ro 4 a fashion goddess. No one will forget her *. 1 —:. = Steve McQueen we Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech with Bianca ae. y when she said, “It doesn’t escape me for one bei. ba ae F / moment that so much joy in my life is thanks EX Wr. J to so much pain in someone else's.” & -" \ j = es ' i= = f eae 2 ~/ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 aad 7 yas ie I flew to L.A. with some indefinable eye = i =a 4 fj , , is infection that made Olympics reporter Bob ( aie Costas’ reaction to Botox look attractive. My ~ iy a , medical calamity possibly caused by Latisse, n% A i f Sets SF) which promotes eyelash growth, caused 4 = tet a ty my eyelids to resemble red golf balls and { é . | - necessitated the wearing of dark glasses. " - ] | i ’ s No, I did not look as cool as Anna Wintour. s ei Pe ; . I managed to grope my way through Oscar we a week in couture Ralph Rucci gowns and furs , _ and pretend temporary blindness was “just a at a. new look” 1 Be Waist ; i.” a On this, my 30th trip to The Beverly Hills | | é 4) fy. di “| E @ s j " Hotel, the famous Polo Lounge had finally . oa been renovated to look exactly like it did a ; ty rr 7 cal 30 years ago so as not to upset the regulars. Bi: : ap | \ a ch . — Each pool cabana now had giant flat screens “Heg | i 1 installed for watching CNN in the sun. Cate Brad Pitt and q i ah rt | lee — Blanchett and Oprah Winfrey were the hot erg ole ef 4 if Lf i al 1 sy "I = Oscar week guests. a A Les 18 j fj} A bil " I headed over to the Vanity Fair Social Club, a. | ‘ a Hi i \ sf @ j , fj a 4 with its media-friendly “WeWork Hollywood” 1 Bie wk erp Nyondo- “ pop-up lounge. Vanity Fair publisher Ed Menicheschi, who perfected the Midas touch George left town soon after, was rumored honored world-cl