Hollywood’s Finest Warmed Up for the Oscars at the Annual Chanel and Charles Finch Dinner

Paul Anthony Kelly, Sarah PidgeonPhoto by: Poupay Jutharat

Chanel’s fresh-faced young ambassadors Gracie Abrams and Lily-Rose Depp arrived in sync, with stylist Spencer Singer, whom they both work with, as their date. (Abrams’s father, the producer J.J. Abrams, was also spotted in the crowd.) Kristen Stewart was out in force too. The Chanel campaign and front row regular, her recent directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, is among the many indie films that Chanel has supported over the years.

Someone who’s no stranger to Oscars weekend, or this very party, is Nicole Kidman. The longtime friend of the house arrived at the bash in an embroidered skirt and jacket featuring adorable little ladybugs—a poignant choice as they’re a symbol that reminds her of her late mom. “I’m wearing my mama,” she declared, pointing them out. After laying eyes on Wagner Moura and his wife Sandra Delgado, she grasped his hands before telling him: “It’s a big, big weekend—good luck.”

Over Champagne and cocktails, the crowd swelled before moving inside for a seated dinner. Jeff and Lauren Bezos were there, as were Netflix’ Ted Sarandos, Al Pacino, Maya Rudolph, Jessica Alba, Elle Fanning, Harvey Keitel, Ava DuVernay, Ethan Hawke, Javier Bardem, Meg Ryan, Jeff Goldblum, John Mulaney and Olivia Munn, Sigourney Weaver, Leslie Mann and Judd Apatow and their daughter Maude, and Mick Jagger—for whom a crowd of screaming fans were waiting patiently outside on North Crescent Drive with posters for him to sign.

With just 150 seats in the restaurant, you could be guaranteed that everyone in attendance on Hollywood’s biggest weekend was someone. As the clock stretched later and later, they talked shop over plates of roast chicken and New York strip steak, finished off with the eatery’s famed candy floss-topped Marilyn Sundaes. But there was no getting carried away. Come 10:30 p.m., curfews were adhered to and guests obediently began to trickle out. Some people evidently need their beauty sleep after all.