Breaking Baz: The Unseemly Scramble To Be On Guest List For The Hot Charles Finch/Chanel Pre-Oscar Soiree
deadline.comCharles Finch fixes his beady eyes on me in that sort of British professorial manner to make it clear that the cocktail soiree followed by dinner that he and Chanel are throwing Saturday night at the Beverly Hills Hotel’s Polo Lounge “is not about me meeting some famous people.” Actually, Finch would’ve made an interesting choice to play James Bond back in the day, but I digress.
The event started out three decades ago as a celebration of international filmmakers and actors “who didn’t have anything to do on a Saturday night” before the Academy Awards “and they’d come and have a plate of pasta,” Finch explains.
However, as much Finch wants to play it down, the event has become a big deal, and every year there’s an unseemly scramble to be included on the guest list.
The trick, though, is that Finch and his associates along with Chanel’s team are the ones who do the inviting. They don’t respond well to those who ask. “And so on Saturday night,” Finch begins, “we have people like Julian Schnabel and [Conclave director] Edward Berger and [The Substance director] Coralie Fargeat and Ralph Fiennes and [The Brutalist director] Brady Corbet and Adrien Brody and Demi Moore.” RELATED: The 2025 Parties & Events Photos: Red Carpet Rollout & Governors Ball Preview He continues, citing Walter Salles and his I’m Still Here star Fernanda Torres.
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