L.A Confidential Fifth Annual Pre-Oscar Party

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2/26/2007

Guests Walk on Water for L.A. Confidential

For its fifth annual pre-Oscar party, L.A. Confidential magazine feted cover subject and Best Actor nominee—and, ultimately, winner—Forest Whitaker at the Mondrian Hotel’s SkyBar. But guests expecting to party poolside found a surprise: The magazine’s West Coast event director, Tonya Toone, had a crew equipped with scuba gear construct a custom-fit platform over the pool. White carpeting covered the platform, which featured Vox Entertainment’s line of white leather ottomans and benches at one end for lounging and a roped-off area at the other for Whitaker and friends. “We decided on white because all of the attending talent and Forest are the real accents,” Toone said. Guests dancing to tunes spun by DJ Pesce flocked to the platform, which proved to be a sturdy dance floor.