The Vanity Fair Oscar Party On Your Coffee Table

I love books.  They are on of my biggest passions and are my biggest extravagance.  Even though I work around books all day long, I can still go into a Barnes and Noble and get lost for hours, just roaming the shelves.  I am amassing quite a collection of all types of books, and my Vanity Fair “Oscar Night” coffee table book is def one of my favorites.  I was at work one day, and this treasure (and I mean that in every sense of the word—the book costs $75) was sitting on one of our free book shelves.  Now you KNOW I couldn’t pass this one up!  With many of us still in a post Slumdogs, (oops, I mean post Oscars) hangover, I thought you might enjoy some of these amazing photos from this great book as much as I do.  Let me know what you think.

Enjoy,

Travers

Angela Bassett and Oprah Winfrey react to Halle Berry's Best Actress win in 2002

 

Halle Berry and then-husband, Eric Benet, celebrate after her Best Actress win in 2002

Michael Jackson was Madonna's date to the Oscars in 1991

11 years earlier, in 1980, the King of Pop was Diana Ross' date to the Academy Awards

Former "it" couples, (left) Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt (right) Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise, in happier times

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon after winning the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for "Good Will Hunting" in 1997

Denzel Washington and wife Pauletta after winning the Best Supporting Actor in 1989

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Anniston when they were "Bennifer"

Prince in 1994

(l-r) Andre Leon Talley, Angela Bassett, Kimora Lee Simmons, Cuba Gooding Jr., Russell Simmons in 2002

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe circa "Cruel Intentions"

Tom Cruise congratulates Cuba Gooding Jr. after winning the Best Supporting Actor award in 1997

Marilyn Monroe

David Spade, Chris Rock, Chris Farley

Diddy (when he was Puff Daddy) and J. Lo (when she was "Jenny from the block") shortly after they broke up

 

Left, Jack Nicholson, right Elizabeth Taylor

(l-r) Spike Lee, George Lucas, John Singleton