It is quickly becoming evident that no one throws a party like Paper Magazine.  Last night, Paper took over Mansion for the Fourth Annual Nightlife Awards presented by Diesel. 

Honoring the best in nightlife, the categories included the peoples’ choice awards for best nightlife blog, best bar/lounge, best club, best DJ and best party as well as a slew of other categories chosen by . 

Celebrities packed it in for the night’s festivities with everyone from Ally Hilfiger, Richie Rich, Christian Siriano, Amanda Lepore, Jessica Hart and Olivia Palermo showing up.

The cocktails flowed endlessly courtesy of Absolut Vodka while everyone danced to the retro mix by “it” DJ and current Paper cover boy, Mark Ronson.  Even in the VIP section, it was so crowded that this blogger had to dance on one of the seats just to get some space to move. 

The winners in each category were:

Nightlife Star on the Rise: Retro Kidz (presented by Amande Lepore and Aimee Phillips)
Best DJ Night: Q-Tip, Rich Medina and Va$htie at Santa's Party House (presented by Richie Rich)
Best Promoter: Shaw (presented by Kenny Kenny and Sultana)
Best Hotel With a Nightlife Scene: 60 Thompson (presented by Kate Schelter and Luigi Tadini)
Best Restaurant With a Nightlife Scene: Indochine (presented by Sophia Lamar and Bravo's Andy Cohen)
Best Designer With a Nightlife Influence: Opening Ceremony (presented by Olivia Palermo)
Best Nightlife Photographer: Nicky Digital (presented by Harriet Halloway and Peter Davis)
Best Gay Night: Tubway at Mr. Black (presented by Christian Siriano and Brad Walsh)
Best New Bar/Lounge: Apotheke (presented by Pedro Andrade)
Best DJ: Samantha Ronson (presented by Daniela Sea)
Best New Club: Santa's Party House (presented by Michael Musto)
People's Choice Award for Best Nightlife Blog: Down By the Hipster (presented by Andrew Andrew)
People's Choice Award for Best Bar/Lounge: Angels & Kings, accepted by Travis McCoy (presented by Ally Hilfiger)
People's Choice Award for Best DJ: Skeet Skeet (presented by the James Gang)
People's Choice Award for Best Party: The Hump at Blue Owl (presented by Lady Fag and Luke "The Ass" Nero)
People's Choice Award for Best Club: Santa's Party House (presented by The Retro Kidz)
People's Choice Award for America's Best Party: Funk Night in Detroit, MI (presented by Andrew WK)

After the awards were given out, Solage Knowles performed a set right out of Cirque du Soleil with acrobatic dancers dangling from the ceiling. 

Needless to say, it was definitely one of the best Sunday nights out in a long time. 

Adrien Field

Photo by Caroline Torem Craig