Lady Gaga, LL Cool J, and Katy Perry celebrate the nominees of the 2012 Grammys with a concert and after party; Amy Smart and Patti Stanger step out for the launch of a new jewelry collection at private cocktail party in Beverly Hills; Robert Downey Jr., Helen Mirren, Warren Beatty, Ben Stiller and others attend the 2011 BAFTA L.A. Britannia Awards—Miami is popping off with Art Basel, but there was still plenty of action in L.A. on Wednesday, so get all the details in this edition of Last Night's Parties.

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If you think award shows are by their very nature trite, indulgent exercises in self-promotion, you may want to get up from your computer and take a walk around the block or something. This is because last night, our nation's most favored pop stars threw a giant concert/party for themselves just for being nominated for the upcoming 2012 Grammy Awards. And before you get too excited about the above photo, no, the venue did not actually get hit with any sort of plague/zombie virus/neutron bomb. Sorry. More»

Bowties and ball gowns were brought out for a Winter Ball, Meryl Streep joined Lisa Kudrow to celebrate Vassar, Tinlsey Mortimer had a party and Dean Winters dealt with a room full of people looking at him and thinking, "Is that the guy from those insurance commercials?" Let's see what else happened last night! More»

The stars were out to see reigning NBA MVP LeBron James lead his Cavaliers to victory over our Knicks 100-91 last Friday. Penny Marshall found her courtside seat early and chatted with Bernie Williams, who would later sing the national anthem. World Series Champ Alex Rodriguez sat next to rapper Jay-Z, and they seemed to enjoy taunting LeBron while he tried to warm up.

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This past weekend, I along with everyone else, was at Super Saturday, the annual benefit raising money for Ovarian Cancer. The benefit works like this: designers donate clothes, east enders buy tickets to buy the donated clothes (at greatly reduced prices), and charity wins. Perhaps you saw the taxis directly transporting people from train and jitney stops. Or perhaps you didn’t. If you did not happen to make it to the tents, here is how it went down:

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