DPA’s Annual Pre Awards Gift Lounge

DPA celebrated the beginning of the Awards Season with stars in its annual DPA pre awards gift lounge

Nathalie Dubois-Sissoko, and DPA are hosting their fabulous DPA Talent Lounge in Los Angeles at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel

This was DPA’s seventeenth Pre-Awards luxury gifting lounge, at the hidden boutique hotel Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel, and offered celebrities and nominees amazing new products from worldwide brands.

The DPA gift suites were not active as usual (the last “normal “one was in Paris for the César Awards in February 2020). The firm  Dubois Pelin and Associates(owner of giftingsuite.com) created in  February  2021, at the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel, a brand-new concept: “The DPA Pre Golden Globes Luxe drive up” and gifted a huge gift bag to 115 guests as well as fifteen Covid-19 first responders, when they drove up to the event . Globes nominees such as  Eugene Levy or Viola Davis, Globes winners such as Catherine O’Hara or Andra Day attended and opened their trunk and collected their gifts. For Oscars week, DPA was back with this concept, extending to also a mini suite in the garden of the Luxe Sunset Boulevard Hotel

This time, for the DPA pre-Awards gift suite 21, DPA had vendors spread out inside  4 different suites, and in a garden, and will be controlling the amount of people going through the event. So, it will be going closer to its regular format!

“Everybody has been suffering during this past year and a half,  says Dubois-Sissoko, but people wanted to promote their brands, and needed to keep going and get awareness around their products. This is the best way to do it This is the best way to help small brands stay alive. We have in this event lots of small businesses, women owned businesses, and black owned businesses. This is the only platform they will get this year to express themselves”

Companies presented in the suite this year were: Verita Couture, Edith swimwear, Le Taha’a by Pearl Resorts, Le Bora Bora by Pearl Resorts, Deux Marie Cosmetics, Topochico, Buttery Popcorn, Chipz Happen, Omorose Cosmetics, Klipsta, The Noble Brand, Carvery Kitchen, SpartiScents, DeMarquet, Bowie Bites, Fly by Jing, Nora’s natural coffee, Asea, Geek Eyewear, State of being , the candy pushers, S1X Born candle, Bijoux Macarons, Social,  the Ultimate Provence, My Bougie bottle, Helen Ficalora, ZenWTR, Beach Sandy, Sélee, Fallen Stars, Brush Buddies, Rinna Beauty, H2O Sonoma Soft Seltzer, Shimran books and Go Dash Dot.

DPA also donated spaces to two different charitable organizations The Dove project and Women who do wonders.

The lounge welcomed many A-list celebrities nominees from shows such as the Flight Attendant,  Black-ish, Ted Lasso, The Crown, The Handmaids tale, The Mandalorian, Pose, Mare of Easttown, The Queen’s Gambit, WandaVision, SNL, Bridgerton….

Some names included:

Alexa Mansour, walking dead new show

Alexandra vino, Netflix 

andre fleming Emily in Paris  prod

angelica ross, pres and Pose

Annett arreola, NBC anchor

ashleih childers, hair nom the mandolorian

Barry lee moe, emmys winner hair Pose

Ben winston plus wife, carpool karaoke, prod

Bianca D’Ambrosio and Chiara D’Ambrosio-emmy winner The Bay

billy porter, nom POSE

bonnie voland studio publicist

brandon hudson from dolly parton’s christmas special

brendan scannel NOM  for bonding

Camaron engels clickbait (Netflix)

Capella fahoome, I am fine

Carrie  bernans(black panther)
Celeste Thorson, influencer

chase dillon. railroad show nom

chloe coleman plus mom Allison – avatar, Netflix Gunpowder, big little lies

chris van dusen is creator of bridgerton 

christian isaeah, shameless plus anita mom sat

christopher beck plus daughter music nom sat 245

Chuck Hayward, writer wandavision

danielle jalade+1 black widow (Marvel)

Darren star pick up bags (no Tahiti, no woman styff)

Dayna pink, costums nom lovecraft country

Debbie allen, greys anatomy director and nom and pres

declan lowley plus wife, late am, direct ted lasso

dewayne perkins, writer amber ruffin et brooklyn 99 between 10-12

Dwayne perkins

ebin Anthony, amazon spoken 130

Edi Gathegi –S3 of Apple TV’s For All Mankind , twilight

Eg daily, voice the rugrats, power puff

Eileen galindo, why women kill

Faye crasto.make up nom

Fred Melamed WANDAVISION

gary michael walters, nom  producer oslo (trip)

griffin matthew.flight attendant

Hailie sahar, pose

Hailie sahar, pose 1130

harvey mason jr MUSIC NOM for zooey..

hayden schlossberg and his wife as well.

isis king (america’s next top model) – amazon prime’s upcoming rom-com series “with love”

Jackie tohn, glow and new serie with Kristen bell

james widdoes nom for directing a half hour comedy/sitcom)

Jasmin davis, the chi

David Lengel, cast wandavision

jason  matthew smith plus wife startrek

Jenna Lyng Adams the kominski method / 2-330

Jerimiah westbrook, the underground railroad

jon hurwitz and his wife cobra kai creator

joni bovill , bosch/ better call saul

josh heald plus wife (10-12)

Josh levine  writer Pen15

Julio macias , selena the serie

Kathleen felix hager, nom  hacks costums

Kelley kali, I am fine thanks for asking

Ken sublette, snl

kerri kenney silver, nom reno 911

Kim ayers, nom make up

kim ayers, nom Ratched sa

Kirk bovill, new lakers show

kylee d allen, underground railroad

Laz Alonzo, the boys

Lisa katzer, prod ted lasso

lucius baston, underground railroad show nom

maia eyre, vp sony creative

maria sandoval make up nom the Mandalorian

masumi –lead character in yakuza princess+ kenny leua

mj delaney. ted lasso(sac and all)- lands 4 pm..

mychal~bella bowman, underground railroad

Naira Zakaryan

Niki wright, hair nominated for wandavision

peter Cameron, plus wife writer nom wandavision

pooja batra, actress influencer

porscha coleman, show Jamie Foxx Netflix dad stop embarrassing me

Rachel shukert , writer and prod handmaids tale

rose abdoo plus guest Bryan kett hacks

ryan jennifer jones, writer flight

Samantha ward, nom make up

sara fox. costums mandolorian

shantira Jackson, writer amber ruffin show nom

shauna llewellyn. make up nom –

Sherry marsh, prod pose

Shola adewusi, bob hearts   

Skye townsend, BLACK LADY sketch

stefen corfe. NOM rupaul’s prod

Stephanie Filo and Jessica Hernandez – the Emmy-winning editors from A Black Lady Sketch Show!

susan baal plus aisha(10) plus manal (15) syrian refugees plus moms for nath sat

terry Anderson, costums nom lovrecraft country

Titus burgess, nominee

tony winters yellowjackets – showtime

Tyra banks, dancing with the stars

victoria blade – cast of wandavision

Victoria blade, wandavision

William biddle, producer lovecraft country

yahlin chang, prod handmaidstale femme 330

zainab azizi, prod chloewith dog

About Nathalie Dubois and DPA: A veteran in the production of star-studded events, Nathalie Dubois, President and CEO of DPA, has proven herself to be exceptionally innovative and successful in the realm of celebrity gift suites. Originally from France, Nathalie Dubois attributes her success in part to her world travels and the exotic cultural influences of the products she picks for her unique gift suites. DPA run normally luxurious and spectacular gifting suites in LA, the weeks of various award shows, but also can be seen in the biggest film festivals such as Cannes, Venice or Toronto. DPA also opened its first Asian office in Tokyo, Japan in 2017, facilitating her work with the Asian market. You can find details on DPA at www.dpagroup.org

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