In what’s become one of Hollywood’s most fabulous awards season traditions, W held its annual Best Performances party at the Chateau Marmont on Friday. Hosted by W Editor in Chief Sara Moonves and Editor at Large Lynn Hirschberg, the intimate soiree brought out A-listers and the year’s top performers who packed the hotel’s famed penthouse suite to celebrate the magazine’s latest portfolio photographed by Juergen Teller and kick off Golden Globes weekend.
W cover stars and Golden Globe nominees Margot Robbie and Colman Domingo were among the first guests to arrive, each immediately embracing Moonves and Hirschberg and marveling at the floor-to-ceiling images of their Teller images that adorned the walls. “This is very, very cool,” Robbie said. Even cooler? The moment when Hirschberg introduced Robbie to one of her biggest fans: Nicolas Cage, who she had never met before. (“I’m a huge admirer of Margot Robbie, she’s one of my favorite actors,” he recently told Hirschberg.) The Barbie star blushed upon their introduction and expressed that the admiration was mutual.
The event, presented by Christian Louboutin, was imbued with an electric, convivial atmosphere ahead of the Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday. Emma Stone, who’s received rave reviews for her role as Bella Baxter in Poor Things, was swarmed with well-wishers including Julia Garner and Robbie before making her way out to the terrace to catch up with Louis Vuitton creative director Nicolas Ghesquière. Da’Vine Joy Randolph gamefully posed alongside her W cover. Ayo Edebiri danced with her longtime pals Molly Gordon and Rachel Sennott. There was a mini The Bear reunion for Edibiri and castmates Abby Elliott and Lionel Boyce who were also among the crowd. Kaia Gerber was all smiles taking selfies with Callum Turner, star of The Boys in the Boat and the upcoming Masters of the Air (opposite Gerber’s beau Austin Butler). Taraji P. Henson had a fireside chat with Gabrielle Union. The Color Purple’s Danielle Brooks made it a point to congratulate Barry Keoghan on his success with Saltburn. And Kathryn Hahn showered James Marsden in praise for Jury Duty. Meanwhile, Greta Gerwig snapped a video of her Ryan Gosling, aka “Just Ken” whose picture looked down from the ceiling. Gerwig was among some of the year’s most celebrated directors including Todd Haynes, Celine Song, and A.V. Rockwell who seized the opportunity to relax and socialize ahead of the busy awards campaign season.
Also in attendance were Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, Franz Rogowski, Succession’s J. Smith Cameron and Arian Moyad, Jon Hamm with wife Anna Osceola, Route CEO Evan Walker, Bryan Lourd, Kevin Huvane, Chiké Okonkwo, and so many more.
Signature cocktails from Casamigos Tequila flowed well into the morning and DJ Ross One, as always, kept the hits coming. At the 11th hour, Leonardo DiCaprio made a surprise appearance along with Tobey Maguire and Lukas Haas, while DiCaprio’s girlfriend Vittoria Cerretti, looking casual in jeans and sneakers, chatted with girlfriends.
To commemorate the unforgettable evening, guests walked away with an exclusive broadsheet of W’s complete Best Performances portfolio, sponsored by Christian Louboutin and featuring a retro set of stickers—a guaranteed collector’s item for film and fashion fans alike.
Here, a closer look inside the star-studded affair.
Margot Robbie
Barry Keoghan
Sara Moonves
Margot Robbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Sara Moonves and Emma Stone
Nicolas Cage
Andrew Scott
Barry Keoghan and Margot Robbie
Willem Dafoe
Emma Stone, Nicolas Ghesquière, and Sara Moonves
Julia Garner and Emma Stone
Franz Rogowski
Colman Domingo
Niecy Nash, Jurnee Smollett, Taraji P. Henson, and Quinta Brunson
The elevators decked out in W at the Chateau Marmont
Cailee Spaeny
Kaia Gerber
Sara Moonves and Callum Turner
Natasha Lyonne
DJ Ross One
Danielle Brooks
Sara Moonves and Colman Domingo
Lynn Hirschberg and Colman Domingo
Charles Levai, Sara Moonves, and Kevin Tekinel
Lynn Hirschberg and Barry Keoghan
Jeff Henrikson and Sara Moonves
Quinta Brunson and Ayo Edebiri
Jeff Henrikson, Kevin Tekinel, Derek Blasberg, Charles Levai
Molly Gordon and Rachel Sennott
Storm Reid and Ayo Edebiri
Brit Marling and Sara Moonves
Gerta Gerwig and Sara Moonves
Celine Song and Justin Kuritzkes
Nicolas Ghesquière and Christian Louboutin
Lionel Boyce
Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig
James Marsden
Laura Harrier
Christian Louboutin and Theo James
Julia Garner and Sara Moonves
Gabrielle Union
Margot Robbie and Brit Marling
Tinashe
Kathryn Hahn
Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, and Celine Song
Jeremy O. Harris
Alex Wolff and Charlotte Lawrence
Todd Haynes
Hannah Einbinder
Nicolas Cage and Colman Domingo
Charlotte Lawrence and Kaia Gerber
Emma Stone and Nicolas Ghesquière
Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie, and Nicolas Cage
Willem Dafoe and Franz Rogowski
Mitch Glazer and André Balazs
Christian Louboutin and Danielle Brooks
Nick Kroll
Willem Dafoe and Sara Moonves
Gabrielle Union, Taraji P. Henson, and Storm Reid
Julia Garner, Arian Moayed, Andrew Scott
Rachel Sennott and Callum Turner
Source: W Magazine