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W’s Best Performances 2025 Party Was All About Candid and Colorful Moments

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The biggest celebs of the moment were out in full force on the evening of January 4, just one day ahead of the Golden Globes, when W magazine threw the annual Best Performances party in Los Angeles at the Chateau Marmont penthouse. The event, hosted by W Editor in Chief Sara Moonves and Editor at Large Lynn Hirschberg was an intimate (yet incredibly starry) soirée, which brought together Hollywood’s finest to celebrate Globes weekend and the magazine’s newest portfolio photographed by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Nicole Kidman and her daughter, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, were in attendance, as well as Tilda Swinton, Angelina Jolie, Ayo Edebiri, Kaia Gerber, Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX, Cynthia Erivo, and many more. For an inside look at the must-attend awards season kick-off party, presented by Christian Louboutin, keep scrolling.

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Sara Moonves, W Magazine’s Editor in Chief

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Daniel Craig

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Sara Moonves and Lynn Hirschberg, W Magazine’s Editor at Large

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Sara Moonves, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban, Nicole Kidman and Lynn Hirschberg

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The Chateau Marmont

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Nicole Kidman

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Sara Moonves, Nicole Kidman, Sunday Rose Kidman Urban and Lynn Hirschberg

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Nicole Kidman and Sunday Rose Kidman Urban

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Sara Moonves and Tilda Swinton

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Pamela Anderson

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Colman Domingo and Nicole Kidman

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Colman Domingo and Nicole Kidman

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Charli XCX

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Sabrina Carpenter, Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri and Kaia Gerber

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Karla Sofía Gascón

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Demi Moore and Pamela Anderson

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Angelina Jolie and Christian Louboutin

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Danielle Deadwyler

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Fernanda Torres

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Drew Starkey

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Drew Starkey and Daniel Craig

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Keira Knightley

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Kiernan Shipka

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Cynthia Erivo

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Cynthia Erivo and Quinta Brunson

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Demi Moore and Tracee Ellis Ross

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Ayo Edebiri

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Kaia Gerber

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Tracee Ellis Ross

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Eiza Gonzalez

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Luca Guadagnino and Sara Moonves

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Sean Baker and Daniel Kwan

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Rachel Sennott and Luca Guadagnino

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Zoë Kravitz

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Lionel Boyce and Zoë Kravitz

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Angelia Jolie

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Kaia Gerber and Ayo Edebiri

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Nicole Kidman and Sarah Paulson

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Adrien Brody

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Matty Matheson

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Colman Domingo and Zoë Kravitz

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Mikey Madison

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Ayo Edebiri and Zoe Saldaña

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Ezra Koenig and Rashida Jones

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Mert Alas, Andrew Garfield and Luca Guadagnino

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Zoe Saldaña, Sara Moonves and Ayo Edebiri

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Sean Baker

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Lynn Hirschberg, Sabrina Carpenter and Sara Moonves

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Danielle Deadwyler and Malcolm Washington

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Nicolas Ghesquière and Mikey Madison

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Sean Baker, Mark Eydelshteyn and Yura Borisov

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Mikey Madison and Drew Starkey

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Mark Eydelshteyn and Yura Borisov

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Mark Eydelshteyn, Mikey Madison and Yura Borisov

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Andrew Garfield

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Monica Barbaro and Adria Arjona

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Sara Moonves and Lily Collias

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Laura Harrier

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Andrew Scott

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Angelo Pennetta, Fran Burns, Sara Moonves and Jeff Henrikson

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Danielle Deadwyler and Ryan Destiny

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Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Yelena Yemchuk

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Eiza Gonzalez, Awkwafina and Anna Sawai

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Joey King

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Ryan Destiny

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Mikey Madison and Sara Moonves

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Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne

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Pablo Larraín

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Alana Haim and Ben Marshall

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Justine Lupe

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Cara Delevigne and Janicza Bravo

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Guest, Lily Collias and Maisy Stella

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Christian Louboutin and Sabrina Carpenter

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Honor Titus and Gia Coppola

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Mert Alas and Demi Moore

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Stacy Martin

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Adrien Brody

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Adrien Brody, Sylvia Plachy, Georgina Chapman and Ellioy Brody

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Eiza Gonzalez and Nicholas Alexander Chavez

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Ryan Destiny and Mikey Madison

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Ruth Kearney and Theo James

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Kaia Gerber and Charlotte Lawrence

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Kathryn Hahn

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Andrew Garfield, Hannah Bagshawe and Eddie Redmayne

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Laura Love and Nathalie Love

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Clarence Maclin, Danielle Deadwyler, Malcolm Washington and Colman Domingo

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Kathryn Hahn and Andrew Scott

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Jared Leto

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Sara Moonves, Monica Barbaro and Jerry Bruckheimer

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Laura Love and Lisa Love

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Alana Haim, Este Haim, Danielle Haim, guest and Janelle James

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Kiera Knightly

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Zoë Kravitz and Law Roach

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Taika Waititi and Sarah Paulson

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Sarah Paulson, Kevin Bacon and Mia Goth

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Sabrina Carpenter

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