Dori’s World: Pre-Oscar Parties in L.A.

I love being in L.A. for Oscar Week! There are so many parties leading up to the actual awards show.
Last night, my first stop was to the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills for the Ed Ruscha exhibit. Guests there included Alex von Furstenberg, Drew Barrymore, Andre Balazs, Chelsea Handler, Bettina Zilkha, John Waters, Adrien Brody, Richard Prince, Oliver Zahm, Vera Wang, Giancarlo Giammetti, Valentino Garavani, Jason Pomeranc, Ali Kay, Natasha Silver, Alexandra Von Furstenberg and Dax Miller, Stavros Niarchos, Nicolas Berggruen, Barbara Davis, Nadia Swarovski, PC Valmorbida and Dasha Zhukova.
Then we were off to Sunset Tower for the Domino gala, that Jen Goldman helped run. It was a benefit for the Seven Bar Foundation, which provides microfinance for women. Ali Larter, Mila Kunis, Mike De Luca, Kellan Lutz, Veronica Webb, Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers, Kevin Spacey, Cuba Gooding Jr., Ben Silverman, Louise Roe, Hayden Panettiere, Ari Graynor, Bill Maher, Anthony Mackie, Jessica Szohr, Jesse Bradford, Paris and Nicky Hilton, and Emmanuelle Chriqui were all there.
Then we headed then to Soho House for the Hollywood Reporter Big 10 Party where we saw Amy Adams, Heather Graham, Patricia Arquette, and Milla Jovovich.
There was a also Tom Ford party last night, but I didn’t make it to that one!
With boundless energy and an indelible zest for life, Haute Living’s resident socialite Dori Cooperman invites the rest of us into her world of jetsetting to the hautest events and rubbing elbows with society’s biggest names.
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