Go behind the velvet rope and into the hottest 2017 Emmy parties, including the Governors Ball, Audi’s pre-event kickoff and HBO’s blowout bash.

AUDI CELEBRATES THE EMMYS

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Audi kicked off Emmy weekend as usual with its annual pre-Emmy celebration party. The car brand—the official automotive partner and vehicle provider of the 69th Emmy Awards—hosted a rooftop celebration at The Highlight Room at Dream Hollywood. The 2018 Audi R8 made a special red carpet appearance, while VIPs including Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kathryn Hahn, Tessa Thompson, Justin Hartley and Ricky Whittle were chauffeured in 2018 Audi vehicles to the exclusive celebration. In addition, the 2018 Audi Q7 chauffeured nominees and presenters to the Emmy Awards on Sunday September 17th.

VARIETY AND WOMEN IN FILM’S PRE-EMMY CELEBRATION

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On September 15, Variety and Women In Film once again toasted the 2017 Television Nominees at their annual celebration at Gracias Madre, two days before the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony. Guests—including Viola Davis and Danielle Campbell—indulged in guilt free treats from Halo Top at the event, while, Mercedes-Benz, the event’s premier sponsor, displayed their stunning new Mercedes-AMG GT C Roadster – the latest high performance addition to the impressive Mercedes-AMG model range. Powered by a handcrafted AMG 4.0L twin turbo V8, the GT C Roadster boasts 550 horsepower and rockets from 0 – 60 mph in just 3.9 seconds. Guests including Davis, Ann Dowd, Julianne Hough, Jennifer Nettles, Derek Hough and Lake Bell arrived in Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S PRE-EMMY PARTY

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Entertainment Weekly celebrated TV’s biggest weekend with their annual pre-Emmy party honoring the 2017 Emmy nominees and the stars of the new fall TV season. Past and present nominees, fall TV talent and industry elite came together with presenting sponsor L’Oréal Paris to celebrate this year’s accomplishments and toast to the very best in television at Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles, with tunes from DJ Michelle Pesce.

BAFTA LOS ANGELES AND BBC AMERICA TEA PARTY

“The Crown” stars Claire Foy (L) and Matt Smith attend the BBC America BAFTA Los Angeles TV Tea Party 2017 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on September 16

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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) celebrated Emmy weekend with their annual TV Tea Party on Saturday afternoon at The Beverly Hilton hotel. The 2017 Tea celebrated excellence in television by honoring this year’s nominees from the UK, US and beyond.  Emmy Nominees, celebrities, BAFTA members, and leading television executives enjoyed traditional British tea and scones and cocktails, as BAFTA Los Angeles raised awareness and support for its Access for All campaign, a commitment to ensuring that talented individuals are offered a clear pathway to careers in the entertainment industry, uninhibited by background, demographics or personal circumstance. The campaign also includes scholarship, education and community initiatives, allowing the organization to discover, support and nurture talented professionals. Guests included “The Crown” stars Claire Foy and Matt Smith, Evan Rachel Wood and Charles, 9^th Earl Spencer & Countess Karen Spencer.

FX NETWORKS NOMINEES PARTY

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 FX Networks, in partnership with Vanity Fair, hosted a private cocktail party to celebrate FX’s 55 Emmy nominations. Shows being recognized included “American Horror Story: Roanoke,” “The Americans,” “Archer,” “Atlanta,” “Baskets,” “Better Things,” “Fargo,” “FEUD: Bette and Joan,” and “Taboo.” Guests included Adina Porter, Alison Pill, Aubrey Plaza, Billy Eichner, Brian Tyree Henry, Caitlin Olson, Cheyenne Jackson, Colton Haynes, David Thewlis, Dede Gardner, Donald Glover, Finn Wittrock, Hiro Murai, Jackie Hoffman, Jeremie Harris, Joe Weisberg, Joel Fields, John Cameron, John Singleton, Keri Russell, Kiernan Shipka, Lakeith Stanfield, Lou Eyrich, Louis C.K., Mary-Elizabeth Winstead, Matthew Rhys, Max Greenfield, Michael Chiklis, Mikey Madison, Rob Mc Elhenney, Noah Hawley, Pamela Adlon, Rachel Keller, Renee Tab, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Glover, Susan Sarandon, Sterling K. Brown, Tom Colicchio, Warren Littlefield, Zach Galifinakis, Zazie Beetz and more.

MPTF’S THE EVENING BEFORE PARTY

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Television’s second biggest night took place in Century City on Saturday, where the entertainment industry came together for the 11^th annual “Evening Before” party, benefitting MPTF (Motion Picture & Television Fund).The television industry, from Emmy presenters and nominees, to other TV industry members, helped raise funds to support their industry colleagues and friends who benefit from MPTF’s charitable programs and services such as financial assistance, crisis counseling, care giving support and of course the legendary retirement facility in Woodland Hills that is “home” to television and film veterans alike. The 11^th Annual “Evening Before” Host Committee consisted of Anthony Anderson, Julie Bowen, Sterling K. Brown, Ty Burrell, Robert DeNiro, Tracee Ellis Ross, America Ferrera & Ryan Piers Williams, Donald Glover, Tony Goldwyn, Felicity Huffman & William H. Macy, Allison Janney, Nicole Kidman, Judith Light & Robert Desiderio, Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Brad Hall, Eric McCormack, Kate McKinnon, Debra Messing, Elisabeth Moss, Bob Odenkirk, Keri Russell & Matthew Rhys, Kevin Spacey, Octavia Spencer, Kasia & Jeffrey Tambor, Milo Ventimiglia, Reese Witherspoon & Jim Toth, and Shailene Woodley. The “Evening Before” was designed as a relaxed town square atmosphere in the park by Silver Birches with specialty food provided by Carmelized Productions by Jon Shook & Vinny Dotolo.

Among the celebrities who attended this year’s event were Uzo Aduba, Riz Ahmed, Sasha Alexander, Jaimie Alexander, Debbie Allen, Aziz Ansari, Lauren Ash, Angela Bassett, Vanessa Bayer, Samantha Bee, Jillian Bell, Zach Braff, Madeline Brewer, Alison Brie, Logan Browning, Titus Burgess, Sophia Bush, Linda Cardellini, Michael Chiklis, Priyanka Chopra, Gary Cole, Mike Colter, Laverne Cox, David Cross, Viola Davis, Guillermo Diaz, Sarah Drew, Minnie Driver, Clea DuVall, Natalia Dyer, Lisa Edelstein, Billy Eichner, Tom Ellis, O-T Fagbenle, Edie Falco, Fortune  Feimster, Ben Feldman, Joseph Fiennes, Scott Foley, Jason George, Paul Giamatti, Walton Goggins, Ginnifer Goodwin, Max Greenfield, Grace Gummer, Tony Hale, Jon Hamm, David Harbour, Marcia Gay Harden, Justin Hartley, Dennis Haysbert, Lydia Hearst, Patricia Heaton, Cheryl Hines, Jackie Hoffman, Anders Holm, Julianne Hough, Abbi Jacobson, Ashley Judd, Joe Keery, Minka Kelly, Vanessa Kirby, Zoe Kravitz, Amy Landecker, Ali Larter, Tatiana Maslaney, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Jack McBrayer, Kelly McCreary, Joel McHale, Kyle MacLachlan, Chrissy Metz, Alyssa Milano, Janelle Monae, Ryan Murphy, Kumail Nanjiani, Chris Noth, BJ Novak, Danielle Panabaker, Lana Parrilla, Dolly Parton, Mandy Patinkin, Jeremy Piven, Aubrey Plaza, Zac Posen, Andrew Rannells, Retta, Sam Richardson,  Angela Sarafyan, Susan Sarandon, Reid Scott, Sarah Silverman, Alexander Skarsgård, Kevin Spacey, David Spade, Abigail Spencer, Darby Stanchfield, Sharon Stone, Chris Sullivan, Wanda Sykes, Jessica Szohr, Amber Tamblyn, Michelle Trachtenberg, Alan Tudyk, Keith Urban, Courtney B.  Vance, Lena Waithe, Matt Walsh, Kate Walsh, Susan Kelechi Watts, Ed Westwick, Samira Wiley, BD Wong, Evan Rachel Wood, Alison Wright, Bellamy Young, and many more.

THE GOVERNORS BALL

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On September 17^th, the television industry’s biggest night fêted its MVPs at an event that was solid gold. Following the Stephen Colbert-hosted 69th Emmy® Awards telecast, a team of Hollywood power players, including event planner Cheryl Cecchetto and James Beard-winning chef Joachim Splichal, joined forces yet again to bring the ‘Golden Grandeur’ 2017 theme to life—in an eco-friendly way, no less (an important and timely focus that did not exist in previous years). All décor and food elements were either recyclable, repurposed or bio-degradable in a bid to show The Television Academy’s commitment to the environment. Winners such as Alexander Skarsgard, Alec Baldwin, Aziz Ansari and Donald Glover were in attendance at the gala, which was held, as usual, at the Los Angeles Convention Center following the ceremony.

GIFTING SUITES

KARI FEINSTEIN’S STYLE LOUNGE

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Keegan Michael Key, Larsa Pippen and Cheryl Hines were among the celebrities that stopped by Kari Feinstein’s annual awards season lounge at the Andaz Hotel to pick up goodies like the Pinnertest food allergy test; Aladdin bottles; Odd Molly items; and Lavender and Canvas bags.

GBK

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Anthony Anderson was the life of the party at GBK’s annual gifting suite at Viceroy L’Ermitage Beverly Hills. At the Pilot Pen-sponsored event, the Emmy nominee hit the turntables and also walked around to various vendors including Blooming Skin Care, iMaxAlarm and Burke Williams. Pilot Pen’s “Modern Classics” theme inspired talent to write inspirational messages with the #1 selling and favorite pen in the US, the Vanishing Point retractable fountain pen, with a 18-karat gold nib. Pilot Pen’s space was adorned with colorful art reminding all that “Words Are Powerful, Choose Your Words Wisely”, which created a positive vibe alongside DJ Jesse from PRISM DJ’s, and the perfect grand entrance for attendees as they entered the lounge experience. Pilot Pen also inspired the celebrities to share their message by offering them a $5,000 donation to their charity of choice.