When Premier Magazine – the movie magazine owned by Hachette Fillipachi – folded a few years back, Elle Magazine - Hachette’s biggest title – inherited the annual Women in Hollywood dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills on Doheny. Always glam, always fun, highlights have included Carrie Fisher writing a speech for Meg Ryan in which Ryan announced, “I’m cute – and I know it makes you want to throw up.”
The so-called “award” and honoring part doesn’t have much meaning in the real world – it doesn’t cause an actress’s quote to go up or help her get a better part – but there’s a lot of press at the event, and it’s a pat-on-the-back fest with a lot of estrogen, good dresses, fun movie clips, and a veritable quote fest. This year’s honorees are many of the recent new moms in Hollywood: Nicole Kidman, Halle Berry, Salma Hayek and Isla Fisher will all be in attendance (Fisher just had a baby with her husband Sasha Baran Cohen, aka “Borat”) – perhaps they will all compare exercise routines and baby photos. No doubt, all of it will end up in Elle Magazine. Also being honored will be Jane Fonda, Sigourney Weaver, Anne Hathaway and “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke. Calvin Klein Collection, Euphoria Calvin Klein and Moët & Chandon will serve as the evening’s sponsors. We suspect there will be some diapers in the gift bags. No matter what, you can’t argue with the honorees.
