Vanity Fair’s new editor Mark Guiducci had high hopes for his Oscar party Sunday night. Sources at the mag said he’d been obsessively focused on the event since his first day on the job. Fretting that the fabled bash was losing its luster, Guiducci ordered some up some major burnishments. Organizers ruthlessly culled the guest list like wolves at a sheep’s meadow: “Mark only wanted the most AAA-list stars,” says a VF insider. “He must have gone over that list a thousand times.”
Formerly welcomed B-listers like media reporters and TV stars were suddenly persona non grata, with exceptions made for Guiducci’s boyfriend, New York Times reporter Shawn McCreesh, and McCreesh’s former boss, Maureen Dowd. But even some high-value targets found themselves mysteriously cast out. In a video circulating on Twitter, Oscar nominee Emma Stone was questioned about her apres-Oscar plans. She said she was jumping on a big bus with
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