Star Power Hits Critical Mass

The event: The 13th annual Critics' Choice Awards

The details: Monday night at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. The show was hosted by comedian D.L. Hughley and broadcast live on VH1.

The guest list: Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Katie Holmes, Sean Penn, Daniel Day-Lewis, Don Cheadle, Julian Schnabel, Brad Bird, Daniel Battsek

The menu: Skimpy chicken skewers, salmon and caprese salad.

The talk: Daniel Day-Lewis: “I’ve been thinking about the work of my wonderful fellow nominees and others who gave supreme performances this year that weren’t nominated... and it’s the mystery of the work of all these people that I admire so much, the work they’ve done this year is like food and drink to me. I don’t know if I would’ve done what they've done, I don’t want to know how they did it. I’m just glad they did. And I feel more or less like a spokesman here saying we did the best that we could do this year. I owe everything to Paul Thomas Anderson, my evil twin brother.” (B.Perry)