(CBS/AP) Before the Golden Globes, there is the BAFTA tea party and a batch of other glitzy bashes with some of Hollywood's biggest stars, all leading up to the awards show on Sunday.

The Los Angeles branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts held its 18th annual Awards Season Tea Party Saturday, where a slew of Golden Globe nominees sipped Earl Grey and nibbled on finger sandwiches and scones with jam and cream.


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Michelle Williams, Viola Davis, Meryl Streep and Charlize Theron -- all up for best actress Sunday -- mingled with fellow filmmakers and nominees at the afternoon affair at the Four Seasons Hotel, also home to a gift suite and beauty lounge leading up to the Golden Globes.

The place was alight with stars. While the BAFTA tea party was going on in the hotel ballroom, Gilles Marini and Anne Heche collected swag at the HBO Luxury Lounge upstairs and Malin Ackerman and her stepmom got dolled up at the InStyle Beauty Lounge on a private outdoor patio.

Theron was already picture perfect when she arrived at the BAFTA party -- so perfect, in fact, that supporting actress nominee Octavia Spencer was afraid to get too close.

"I don't want to mess up your face," Spencer said as she embraced Theron on the red carpet.

"Mess me up, honey. Mess me up," the "Young Adult" star said as she gave Spencer a squeeze.

Spencer sat with her co-stars from "The Help" inside as BAFTA/LA chairman Neil Stiles implored guests to raise their glasses and wish "the best of British luck" to the various nominees. Also toasting were "The Artist" stars Berenice Bejo and Jean Dujardin, "Hugo" stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Asa Butterfield and Chloe Grace Moretz, "Ides of March" star Evan Rachel Wood and Emily Watson of "War Horse."

But the BAFTA tea is just one of the big events leading up to the Globes. W magazine hosted a pre-Globes party on Saturday with James Franco, Theron, Tom Cruise and other stars, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were both spotted Friday kicking off Golden Globes weekend at a Los Angeles charity event at the Soho House in West Hollywood. But they were not together. According to E! News, the former couple managed to avoid each other.

Actress Michelle Williams arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actor Ben Kingsley arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Shailene Woodley arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actor Chris Hemsworth arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Chloe Moretz arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Director Tate Taylor arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Evan Rachel Wood arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actress Elizabeth McGovern arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Emily Watson arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actor and director Kenneth Branagh arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actress Charlize Theron arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Evan Rachel Wood arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actress Charlize Theron arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Viola Davis arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actor Ben Kingsley arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actor Jean Dujardin arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actress Ahna O\'Reilly arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actor Matthew Lillard arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actor Ben Kingsley arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actor Asa Butterfield arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actress Viola Davis arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Michelle Williams arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actress Elizabeth McGovern arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP
Actress Michelle Williams arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP	Actress Octavia Spencer arrives at the 18th Annual BAFTA Los Angeles Tea Party in Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Photo: Dan Steinberg / AP