Accessories, designer clothes, parties, celebrities, rehearsals and practices are few of the elements of the ongoing fever of Oscar. The city is full with things as Oscar celebrities gather from all over the world for Sunday's Academy Awards.
NOTHING LIKE HOME: No one has shopped like this in Kazakhstan. Sergei Bodrov, the Russian director of "Mongol," Kazakhstan's entrance in the Oscars' Best Foreign Language Film nomination, passed his Friday afternoon looking for lavish plunder at the Main Event Red Carpet Lounge and Green Suite at the 9900 Club in Beverly Hills.
Celebrity attendees were called to load green gift bags comprised of such complimentary goodies as jewelry from Alyse Ziede and Heather Hyde, bottles of Icelandic Glacial H20, desserts from Nothing Bundt Cakes and watches from Curtis and Co.