Beverly Hills City Hall provides a Hollywood-lit backdrop for the Vanity Fair soiree. Stars have so many parties that they often don't hit Vanity Fair, the toughest ticket, until 1 a.m.or later. Photo: Axios
Vanity Fair's Oscar Party, which starts when the telecast ends, is a paradise for power people-watching: Chelsea Handler, winners toting their statuettes, Jon Hamm, James and Lachlan Murdoch, Preet Bharara, Tyler Perry, Danny Glover, Jeff Bezos chatting with Jared Leto, Evan Spiegel, Robert Kraft, and on and on.
Radhika Jones, Vanity Fair's new editor, continued the tradition, and Axios takes you inside the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.
Leslie Bibb and Sam Rockwell, who won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” Photo: John Shearer / Getty ImagesJared Leto clowns around on his way in. Photo: Taylor Hill / FilmMagicSarah Jones, who lives in New York and L.A., toted a purse by Michele Pred. Photo: AxiosGuests were offered Dom Perignon as they entered. Photo: AxiosAfter 10:30 p.m., In-N-Out caterers passed cheeseburgers, hamburgers and grilled cheese. Photo: AxiosSmoking was allowed outdoors — it's been awhile since I've seen souvenir matches. Photo: AxiosLater in the night, a backup blocked the carpet into the party as guests posted for the long line of photographers. Photo: Axios
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Primary elections on Tuesday in fives states see crowded fields of both Republicans and Democrats hoping to make the ballot in 2020.
What to watch: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is "fighting for her political life" in a tight primary race against Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones, who Tlaib beat by 900 votes in 2018, The New York Times writes. Senate Republicans are also watching the primary race in Kansas to see who could replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Roberts.
A major explosion has slammed central Beirut, Lebanon, damaging buildings as far as several miles away and injuring scores of people.
Driving the news: Lebanon's health minister said in televised remarks that more than 50 people have been killed and over 3,000 injured. Prime Minister Hassan Diab said the explosions occurred at a warehouse that had been storing 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate for the past six years, per NBC.