Overview
- Reports from The Hollywood Reporter, echoed by other outlets, describe excessively bright lighting that produced high-definition, unflattering photos of attendees.
- The event moved from the Wallis Annenberg Center to LACMA, and with the David Geffen galleries unfinished, the party was staged in a less polished wing of the museum.
- Guests also criticized production choices including a light gray shag carpet, heavy traffic, and influencer emcees who grated on VIPs.
- Some attendees were said to be distressed by their images, while widely shared photos prompted social-media pile-ons and led several stars to post shots from other afterparties instead.
- Under new editor Mark Guiducci, the guest list was sharply narrowed to prioritize top-tier celebrities, and no substantive response from Vanity Fair or Condé Nast was reported in the coverage reviewed.