2018 Annual Grants Banquet

She stands just short of four feet tall in her Target dress and Steve Madden shoes, but for some she was the biggest presence at the HFPA Annual Grants Banquet red carpet.  Her name is Yasmine Leilah Malayeri -her mother is from Mexico, her father from Iran- and she was positioned at the head of the first row of press photographers covering the red carpet.

A short walk from stage left, the International Ballroom's green room is where the stars relax, meet friends and get ready to present our grants.

The stars came out and stunned accepting checks on behalf of charities to which the HFPA donates – on the way they made their mark in the fashion stakes. Check out the gallery for what the stars wore when announcing the grants awarded by the HFPA to various charities.

"As the arts get less and less support, things like this night become even more important", said Jason Reitman, one of our A-list of presenters, as he made his way into the Beverly Hilton for the 2018 Annual Grants Banquet. "What the HFPA does is very important.