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Now that we’ve had time to settle back to reality after the Oscars,  the photos and anecdotes from the various parties and events in LA are surfacing.

Ten Brown Bag staffers and a whole gang of family and friends headed over to LA to support Nicky and Darragh and cheer on ‘Granny O’Grimm’. Between all the Oscar nominees and their crew, the Irish contingent took over the hotel on Sunset! There were loads of events  each day surrounding the Oscars, and our gang got to quite a few.

Animator Jean Herlihy headed straight from LA airport to the Oscar Wilde party to celebrate Irish film, where Tom Cruise turned up on his motorbike to present an ‘Honorary Irishman’ award to JJ Abrams. ”From the other side of the room I could see his teeth and hair glowing down at me. He made a speech and left on his motorbike (probably went home to brush his teeth and hair for 20 mins)”

“After the Oscar Wilde party we went to Susan Sarandon’s party in a bar down the road from our hotel. They were having a table tennis tournament which we found very strange!”

Darragh and Nicky at the AWN Party with their fellow nominees for Best Animated Short. Photo by Awn.com

“On Friday we went to the Animation World Network party where we met all the animation superstars from various companies like Pixar, Dreamworks and Aardman. All the other nominees were there too so it was nice to meet them”.

The Governor's Ball

Jean, Richie Baneham and Shane Collins with Richie's Oscar

Thanks to Culture Ireland for their generous funding in support of the Brown Bag Oscar nominees’ attendance at the Oscars.