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The Vanity Fair Oscar Party<\/a> is entering a new era. As the 2026 edition festivities move to LACMA<\/a>\u2014the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\u2014we\u2019re taking a moment to revisit the 2006 Vanity Fair Oscar Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n Twenty years ago, Oscar honorees like Dolly Parton<\/a> (nominated for her original song in Transamerica), Keira Knightley<\/a> (best actress nominee for Pride & Prejudice<\/a>), and Jake Gyllenhaal<\/a> (best supporting actor nominee for Brokeback Mountain<\/a>) descended upon Morton\u2019s in West Hollywood, where they toasted the year in film. The Academy spread the wealth at the 2006 Oscars<\/a>\u2014bestowing three awards apiece on four of the nominated films, including Rob Marshall\u2019s Memoirs of a Geisha, Peter Jackson\u2019s King Kong, and Paul Haggis\u2019s Crash, which pulled an upset<\/a> to win best picture over Ang Lee\u2019s Brokeback Mountain, which claimed directing, screenplay, and original score trophies.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s travel back to the Jon Stewart<\/a>-hosted 78th Academy Awards, held on Sunday, March 5, 2006. During the broadcast, George Clooney<\/a> became a first-time Oscar winner for best supporting actor in Syriana\u2014one of many that evening to win a statue on their first nomination. (\u201cGood Night, and Good Luck. It\u2019s not just Mr. Murrow\u2019s sign-off,\u201d Stewart cracked in his monologue of Clooney\u2019s other nominated movie that night: \u201cIt\u2019s how Mr. Clooney ends all of his dates.\u201d) That was also true of hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, whose Hustle & Flow track \u201cIt\u2019s Hard Out Here For a Pimp,\u201d won best original song. After their victory, Stewart quipped onstage, \u201cMartin Scorsese<\/a>: Zero, Three 6 Mafia: 1.\u201d (The following year, Scorsese finally won best director for The Departed, his seventh Oscar nomination.)<\/p>\n Inside the 2006 Vanity Fair Oscar Party, one could spot bygone celebrity couples like Jennifer Lopez<\/a> and Marc Anthony and Heidi Klum<\/a> and Seal. After winning her best actress Oscar for playing June Carter to Joaquin Phoenix<\/a>\u2019s Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, Reese Witherspoon<\/a> (wearing a vintage champagne-hued Dior gown) and then husband Ryan Phillippe floated into the soiree. They were joined by fellow newly minted winners including Philip Seymour Hoffman<\/a>, clutching his best-actor Oscar gold for playing Truman Capote in Capote and Rachel Weisz<\/a>, who took home best supporting actress for The Constant Gardener while pregnant with her son with director Darren Aronofsky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.vanityfair.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Vanity Fair Oscar Party is entering a new era. As the 2026 edition festivities move to LACMA\u2014the Los Angeles County Museum of Art\u2014we\u2019re taking a moment to revisit the 2006 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. 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