We hear word that some oddly popular event happened last night in Los Angeles. We're not really sure what it was all about, but we've got pictures of some of the self-congratulatory, insular men and women in attendance after the jump.

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Besides Daniel Day-Lewis' performance as Bill the Butcher, the costumes in Gangs of New York really were the best part. So we can understand how they might be difficult to give up.

Fun fact: Day-Lewis' wife is Rebecca Miller, Arthur Miller's daughter.

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