Photo SpecialInside the Oscar Afterparties!

Sean Penn gets a lift, Clooney makes a toast and more after the big show

THE PERFECT HOST photo | Elton John, Petra Nemcova, Sean Penn

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THE PERFECT HOST

Elton John makes sure guests Petra Nemcova and Sean Penn are enjoying his AIDS Foundation benefit, which, he says, almost didn't happen. "A cancellation of the Oscars would have been a completely disastrous thing for us," John told PEOPLE. "We gambled that it would happen, and we were very lucky that it did."

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Updated: Monday Feb 25, 2008 | 11:30 AM EST

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