Oscars 2017

Inside the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

After the lights went out at the Dolby Theatre after the Academy Awards, the biggest names of Hollywood’s biggest night headed, as always, to one place: the Vanity Fair Oscar party. Housed for the third year in a custom-built space adjacent to the Wallis Annenberg Center and Beverly Hills City Hall, the party, hosted by Graydon Carter, welcomed newly minted Oscar winners and more boldfaced names to walk the green-and-white carpet and then celebrate well into the night. Click through for photos of the star-studded arrivals, the surprise celebrity conversations, the famed In-and-Out burgers, and the gold statues sprinkled throughout the crowd, sometimes shining even brighter than the biggest stars in the room. The only downside? A whole year until we get to do it again.
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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actors Isla Fisher (L) and Reese Witherspoon attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Singer-songwriter Mariah Carey attends the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Mahershala Ali (L) and recording artist Jidenna attends the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Singer/actor Janelle Monáe (L) and actor Kerry Washington attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Models Alessandra Ambrosio (L) and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Lily Collins attends the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/VF17/Getty Images for VF)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Zoe Kravitz (L) and Karl Glusman attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Miles Teller, model Keleigh Sperry and producer Judd Apatow attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Charlize Theron, model Helen Lasichanh, recording artist Pharrell Williams and actor Salma Hayek attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Singer/songwriter Singer Katy Perry (L) and Michelle Williams attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actor Michelle Dockery attends the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/VF17/WireImage)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Model Kate Upton (L) and actor Jon Voight attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/VF17/Getty Images for VF)

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    BEVERLY HILLS, CA - FEBRUARY 26: Actors Justin Theroux (L) and Jennifer Aniston attend the 2017 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 26, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/VF17/Getty Images for VF)

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