SXSW Party Report: Guy Oseary Goes From Oscar Night Success to Austin Social Scene Winner (Photos)
Elon Musk, Spike Lee, Guy Oseary and Ashton Kutcher headlined one of the top bashes so far at SXSW 2018. During the same calendar week that he hosted the most exclusive Oscar after party with Madonna, Oseary joined with Kutcher and their Sound Ventures investment partners for a bash at the Hotel Van Zandt. 2
The Sound Ventures guys drafted some local talent on to their judging panel for their $100,000 start-up pitch competition: Matthew McConaughey (right). Gary Vaynerchuck, Kutcher, Melody McCloskey, and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff named Rebecca Liebman’s LearnLux the winner of the smartwater sponsored event. Kutcher kicked in additional $100k and Benioff doubled that with an additional $200k personal investment.
These guys have the cash. They hired Snoop Dogg to spin the party later on Saturday night (March 10).
Before she performs on a huge stage at Coachella next month, St. Vincent gave a more intimate show at the Sound Ventures party as Casamigos cocktails flowed.
The SXSW spirit started at LAX, where HBO and Delta partnered on a “Westworld” themed flight of L.A. tech notables. The #DeltaFestivalShuttle included Paul Scheer and Joey King (right).
Though Delta and HBO slung black hats and white hats at guests for the ride to Texas, there were really only “good guys” (and gals) aboard the flight. The social club at altitude included Michael Dublin (CEO of Dollar Shave Club), Peter Phan (Co-Founder of Science Blockchain) and Tipatat Chennavasin (Co-Founder and General Partner of The Virtual Reality Fund).
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“We know we’re late to the music subscription party,” Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Global Head of Music, said in a music keynote on March 14. “There are plenty of leaned in (YouTube music) listeners willing to pay, so we will convert them to paid subscribers,” he said of the online video leader’s future in audio. “We are making an enormous investment to launch a music product that combines the best of Google Play Music’s context listening and YouTube’s breadth and depth of catalogue.”
The AUDIENCE network snuck a world premiere of its series “Condor” in Austin three months before the MGM produced series with Skydance TV lands on air in June. Celebrating the reveal: Showrunner/EP Jason Smilovic, Co-Executive Producer Todd Katzberg, and stars Max Irons and Leem Lubany.
Fox Sports leaned in to Austin’s reputation as a soccer hotbed by promoting the upcoming docuseries “Phenoms”. Shot in 20 countries by 12 directors as a walk up to Fox’s coverage of the Men’s World Cup this summer, it features 60 top players from around the world. Scary chef and scary football fanatic Gordon Ramsay talked up the show with (from left) Fox Sports host Rob Stone, Fox Digital Studio VP David Worthen, former player and EP Mario Melchiot and and Fox Sports President/COO Eric Shanks.
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Those are genuine smiles coming from the creative ensemble behind “The Unicorn”. After a well-received premiere for the rom-com about a couple’s relationship self-help via a threesome, lead Lauren Lapkus, Director Robert Schwartzman, lead Nick Rutherford, Darrell Brit-Gibson, and Maya Kazan hit the WeWork rooftop.
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