Throw an Oscar party!

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This is how the story goes. There are just two days left for the Oscars and every string that you've tried to pull from here to Hollywood hasn't brought in any "I'll put you on the VIP list hun." So you're on the floor, clutching that Valentino and your e-ticket printouts to LA, crying like you did the day your pup ran away. Okay princess, now cut the drama.

So you don't get to go for an Oscar after party, dance with celebs and drink wine names that you took lessons to learn to pronounce. So what? You will live in total social embarrassment for the next five years and then people will eventually get something new to smirk about.

So to cut the insult short and please all those who worship the ground you walk on - get it together and throw a pre-Academy Award party at home! Impossible? Not for you!

Invitations

Make a guest list and keep it exclusive. Since you have no time to run and get glossy invitations printed make good use of the internet. Apart from email and facebook invites, you can also get them to RSVP to Evite' s Oscar Party invitation. Personalise, sign them and hit send!

Theme it out

You can base your party on a theme revolving around the movie you're betting on - 'Coloured Aliens' for Avatar, 'Balloon Boy' for Up and so forth. You can take it a few steps forward and actually do up your place like a set from the movie. Add in generics like rope and ladders, cameras, spot lights, a tiny make up counter, and even a DIRECTOR chair.

Want more? Ask your interns, siblings, sibling's friends etc to be clapper boys, spot boys and powder women! Of course, if no one is sporting enough and you really want to wear your Valentino then go ahead and just keep it formal (yawnnnnn).

Booze and food

If you can't hire a creative enough bartender to create special "Oscar shots" just rename the good ol' classics to Hollywood specials. Like 'Kate's Kazi', 'Leathal Locker', 'Button Ben' - get it? Just keep it crazy and oscar-y. You can do the same for the food, or serve the favourite dishes of the stars you're crossing your fingers for.

Music

Pick up OSTs of your favourite movies through time. Now you don't need to stick to just Oscar winners or nominees, because all of it isn't party-able. Keep the cds ready and have your DJs be nice to the celebs, aye. Let them go up and make requests. After all doesn't everyone want to woo a Scarlett Johansson (read: you)

And the Oscar goes to?

Play the Oscar game with everyone? here's a step by step guide:

1. When everyone enters give them a print of the ballot that lists all the award nominees.

2. Have everyone pick their winners in each slot and then slip it into a little box.

3. Now let everyone pick a chit from a bowl. Each chit has a name of an Oscar nominee from all the categories (check the link above for the list). Boys pick blue and women, pink.

4. Now get a spot boy or powder girl to go count the most votes. The winner in each category wins an "Oscar".

Announcing the winners will be the party finale. Have your guests open out their chits and the winner needs to come up front and give a winning speech (keep the tissues ready!)

So dry up your tears, you don't need a Kodak studio or an LA joint to have the best party in tinsel town. After all, aren't you Page 3 material yourself? Cut - It's a wrap!