[Vanity Fair Party '07 via AskMen.com]

Graydon Carter has a lot of explaining to do. Not just to me, but to the hundreds of ultra fabulous Oscar attendees that will now have to endure sitting through the long award ceremony without anything to look forward to afterwards. Yesterday, Vanity Fair released this statement:

After much consideration, and in support of the writers and everyone else affected by this strike, we have decided that this is not the appropriate year to hold our annual Oscar party. We want to congratulate all of this year’s nominees and we look forward to hosting our 15th Oscar party next year.

Great, first the guy creates some weird blog based around his über-exclusive Waverly Inn to rub in our faces, then his cancels the one party people actually care about paying attention to, just because he wants to be "liberated" by "ordering Chinese food and watching the Oscars in bed." At least that's what he told the NY Times, though he also remarked that:

“A magazine like Vanity Fair is a group of writers and artists, and we are in solidarity with the writers and artists out there. Whether the strike is over or not, there are a lot of bruised feelings. I don’t think it’s appropriate for a big magazine from the East to come in and pretend nothing happened.” [NY Times]

Oh Pish Posh. While it's hard to get mad at the guy when he puts it that way, supporting the writers and all, I still won't be able to help conjuring up the image of him in his big king size bed with a huge smirk on his face as he downs some Mr. Chow on Oscar night.

[Ye Waverly Inn Blog]