The Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party is one of the annual parties held in Los Angeles following the Academy Awards ceremony the same evening. The first party was held in February 1993 at Maple Drive Restaurant and raised $300,000. It had been produced by Patrick Lippert, an AIDS activist who died of the disease just months later. In recent years it has been held at the Pacific Design Center and was attended by 650 people in 2009. It is hosted by

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and the AIDS Foundation, and is one of the most high-profile parties in the Hollywood film industry, particularly for people of British origin working in Hollywood films or the entertainment industry. The annual party contributes to the foundation fund by its high priced ticket sales which are given by invitation only ($3500 or £2400 as of 2009) and a celebrity auction. The 2010 party raised over $8 million or £4 million. Elton John has been quoted as saying that the 98% of the proceeds of the party go to the foundation. This party became a point of contention between two Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars Sutton Stracke and Lisa Rinna when it was revealed that Sutton Stracke provided her with a ticket when she bought a table and never received a thank you. Venues *1993 65th Academy Awards: Maple Drive Restaurant *1994 66th Academy Awards: *1995

67th Academy Awards The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...

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, Beverly Hills *1996 68th Academy Awards: *1997 69th Academy Awards: *1998 70th Academy Awards: Spago restaurant, Beverly Hills *1999 71st Academy Awards: Pagani *2000 72nd Academy Awards: *2001 73rd Academy Awards: Moomba restaurant, West Hollywood *2002 74th Academy Awards: Moomba restaurant, West Hollywood *2003 75th Academy Awards: *2004 76th Academy Awards: *2005 77th Academy Awards: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2006 78th Academy Awards: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2007

79th Academy Awards The 79th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2006 and took place February 25, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m ...

: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2008 80th Academy Awards: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2009 81st Academy Awards: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2010 82nd Academy Awards: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2011

83rd Academy Awards The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2010 in the United States and took place on February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beg ...

: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2012 84th Academy Awards: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2013 85th Academy Awards: Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood *2014

86th Academy Awards The 86th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2013 and took place on March 2, 2014, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. ...

: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2015 87th Academy Awards: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2016 88th Academy Awards: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2017 89th Academy Awards: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2018 90th Academy Awards: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2019 91st Academy Awards: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2020 92nd Academy Awards: West Hollywood Park, West Hollywood *2021 93rd Academy Awards: Worldwide

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