Trophy town

Trina Schulman and Gwyneth Paltrow at WIF party Michael Angarano and Juno Temple at Weinstein partyMatthew Lillard and Shailene Woodley at Spirit AwardsLucy Liu and Anne HecheSeth Rogen and Jonah Hill hit the beach for your Spirit Honours. Fiona Shaw, Jeremy Search, Kenneth Branagh, Victoria Beckham, Gary Oldman and Consul-General Barbara Hay meet in Hancock Park to toast a great year for British people within the movies. Honorees John Logan and Michelle Williams celebrate the Irish in film with host J.J. Abrams within the Oscar Wilde Honours. The trophy-giving in the last weekend started early, on Thursday evening at Bad Robot in Santa Monica, where the Oscar Wilde Honours honored John Logan, Melissa McCarthy and Michelle Williams.J.J. Abrams situated the large event devoted for the Irish in film, which introduced him to exclaim, " 'The Artist' will get nothing tonight."Logan introduced Williams, although he initially hesitated because of her Scandinavian roots. "Her everybody was really the Viking hordes that found Belfast and pillaged," he joked.On Friday, Trina Schulman and Gwyneth Paltrow situated the women in Film cocktail soiree at Ceconni's, where Oscar-nommed stars Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer received jeweled broaches together with other goodies."It's a great recognition to co-host the marriage,In . mentioned Paltrow. "We must try everything we could to enhance the amount of women in film...because we are smarter than males and than males."Anywhere, the British people put a cocktail pour within the consul general's residence in Hancock Park. Culture and Media Secretary Jeremy Search told Oscar nominees Jesse McTeer, Gary Oldman, Kenneth Branagh while others, "We're incredibly proud that the U.S. art galleries spent $1.5 billion making films inside the U.K. a year ago. We're incredibly proud that the three finest U.S. superheroes -- Superman, Batman and Spider-Guy -- are British people. Which is minimal that can be done as we have allowed a u . s . states to see Margaret Thatcher."Later your evening, the interest on Black Salute around the block Plaza Hotel honored Martin Lawrence and Darlene Allen, among others.The comedian recognized his prize from Luke Wilson and Tim Allen, who joked, "It's like in Cirque du Soleil if you are using Martin."Plus it made an appearance like the circus reaches town as Darlene Allen attempted to just accept her award from Nia Extended and Kimberly Elise because the video screen saved bleeping inside and out, stifling her. "C'mon now, just retain the video," Allen screamed. "It doesn't work!"The finest pre-Oscars honours confab, clearly, came Saturday mid-day. Seth Rogen started the Independent Spirit Honours round the Santa Monica beach by having an irreverent note, telling everybody else that you will find absolutely nothing to become created by winning one of these brilliant trophies."It won't even raise the cost, because it proves that you'll use nothing," mentioned Rogen, who later informed, "Please, keep your acceptance speeches short because the tent has attend a bar mitzvah at 5."Saturday evening, the Weinstein Co. put a pre-Oscar party at Soho House in WeHo. If Harvey and Bob Weinstein were nervous about Sunday night's outcome, they really didn't show it.Tony Bennett briefly tickled the ivories when the brothers and sisters presented their mother, Miriam, who recently celebrated mothers day.Later on on during the night, Harvey huddled tabs on Leonardo DiCaprio, who puffed by having an ecigarette.(Shalini Dore, Erin Maxwell, Dork McNary and Rob Sneider brought with this report.) Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com