<P> The following events are closely associated with the annual Academy Awards: </P> <Ul> <Li> César Award </Li> <Li> Nominees luncheon </Li> <Li> Governors Awards </Li> <Li> The 25th Independent Spirit Awards (in 2010), usually held in Santa Monica the Saturday before the Oscars, marked the first time it was moved to a Friday and a change of venue to L.A. Live </Li> <Li> The annual "Night Before", traditionally held at the Beverly Hills Hotel, begun in 2002 and generally known as the party of the season, benefits the Motion Picture and Television Fund, which operates a retirement home for SAG actors in the San Fernando Valley </Li> <Li> Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Award Party airs the awards live at the nearby Pacific Design Center </Li> <Li> The Governors' Ball is the Academy's official after - party, including dinner (until 2011), and is adjacent to the awards - presentation venue </Li> <Li> The Vanity Fair after - party, historically at the former Morton's restaurant, since 2009 has been at the Sunset Tower </Li> </Ul> <Li> The 25th Independent Spirit Awards (in 2010), usually held in Santa Monica the Saturday before the Oscars, marked the first time it was moved to a Friday and a change of venue to L.A. Live </Li> <Li> The annual "Night Before", traditionally held at the Beverly Hills Hotel, begun in 2002 and generally known as the party of the season, benefits the Motion Picture and Television Fund, which operates a retirement home for SAG actors in the San Fernando Valley </Li>

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