Purple Party Patrol: Prince, Penélope and Petra

ByFeb 25, 2008 7:21 PMTags
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Talk about a royal performance. Prince took center stage in the middle of his living room last night to jam for about an hour during his post-Oscar blowout.

He even rolled out a purple carpet, I'm told, for guests like Oscar winners Marion Cotillard and Tilda Swinton, plus Eva Longoria Parker, Kate Beckinsale, Sean "Diddy" Combs, Rosario Dawson, Dane Cook, Jonah Hill, Macy Gray and directors Spike Lee, Julian Schnabel and Brett Ratner. And then he performed with a full band, starting at about 1:30 a.m.

At one point, Stevie Wonder and John Legend joined in.

Also there? Undercover couple Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz. "Javier had his arm around Penélope and his Oscar in his hand," one partygoer said. They also danced together in one room of the house that was dubbed the Citizens of Humanity 3121 Lounge, another guest said.

Newly minted lovebirds Sean Penn and Petra Nemcova also stopped by.

The party, held at Prince's recently rented $50 million estate in Beverly Park and sponsored by Citizens of Humanity jeans and Klipsch speakers, didn't start until about midnight. Prince mingled with guests in a white suit before changing into a blue ensemble for the performance. And then, for the closing number, "You've Got the Look," he came out in a little more casual white shirt with a multicolor print. "People were going wild," a partygoer told me.

There were several bars at the party, plus a menu of appetizers, including spring rolls, dumplings and sweet-potato crisps.

That's not all from last night's soirees...

We'll have more from the Oscar parties right here, later today. And be sure and hit play above for a roundup in the Planet Gossip Now videoblog.

—Filed by Marc Malkin