Inside the Glamorous Mad Men Series Finale Gala

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This is how it ends: with a bang, not a whimper. The ending we’re referring to, of course, is Mad Men, which celebrated its series finale with a glamorous black and red themed ball downtown.  

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Before a screening of final season’s premiere episode, the cast and crew gathered onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion to take a bow and celebrate the show.

Stars in attendance included Jon Hamm, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, and Vincent Kartheiser and Kiernan Shipka, as well as creator Matthew Weiner, costume designer Janie Bryant and AMC president Charlie Collier; noticeably absent was Elisabeth Moss, who was in New York for her Broadway show, The Heidi Chronicles. 

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After the screening, guests headed to the be-all, end-all of afterparties in huge, four-story Pavilion for an art-decoish kickoff party set to live music from the Avalon Jazz Band and late night tunes from DJ Myles Hendrick

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