Leslie Mann, Emma Stone, Jennifer Westfeldt, Paul Rudd, Judd Apatow

Last night Graydon Carter hosted his annual post-award ceremony celebration at the Sunset Tower Hotel. Oscar winners, movie stars and famous non-movie stars alike descended on Vanity Fair's Oscar Party red carpet and posed for the cameras to prove they made it into the hottest event of the year. Go inside to see who Josh Brolin tried to lick, a Bieber cameo, and Oscar noms hug it out with the winners they lost to. More»

It would be a sick joke to sit here and remind you that it's Oscar weekend since the biggest Hollywood circle jerk of the year has probably had a direct effect on your life in one aspect or another if you live in L.A.  We already know the ceremony will be deathly boring but I'm concerned it will do to James Franco for me what it did to Hugh Jackman when it turned into a VH1 Divas Live show that year. Sad... But let's get to the parties with open bar, and there are lots of them this weekend so you might as well take advantage. All of the weekend festivities can be found on our calendar, but we've selected the best Oscar-related events of the weekend for you here in our 2011 Oscar Weekend Party Guide! More»

• A guide to crashing the Vanity Fair Oscar party. [Gawker]
• And we thought an 8pm reservation at Minetta Tavern was a New Yorker's Holy Grail: Keith McNally has a rent-controlled apartment. [Grub]
• Pandora is making Oprah-money. [Mashable]
• Wanna stay thin, ladies? Hit the bottle! [NYT]
• One more big deal article about our very own Winklevoss twins, and we might be able to tell them apart. [FT]
• The campaign to save East Village fixture Ray's Candy Store reaches fever pitch--with thongs! [EVGrieve]
• New Jersey women sue after butt surgeries go wrong. [NYDN]
• Lil' Wayne's much-delayed sentencing lands him a year in prison. I smell a concept album in his future. [1010]

[All photos by PMc]

Like a veritable Where's Waldo book of fabulous A-listers, the Vanity Fair Oscar Party certainly didn't seem understated, despite this year's downsizing of venue (from Morton's to the Sunset Tower) and guest list . Just about all of Sunday night's beauties and beaus did a lovely job of strutting their stuff, schmoozing, and avoiding their exes at the event (looks like Brad and Angelina graciously conceded their red-carpet throne to John and Jen for the night...) While we wish we could've scored an invite, we're just as content flipping through the photos from our perch here in New York. Enjoy!