Serve the Angelina Jolie cocktail at your Oscar party

The Daily Dish blog from Toronto Life posted a great piece about ideas for Oscar night parties to throw in your own home. Not everyone gets invited to the high-profile Vanity Fair shindig — which is being downsized this year because of the crappy economy.

The creative ideas on the Daily Dish list include the feature from Gourmet magazine on mixing cocktails inspired by celebrities, including the Angelina Jolie (single malt scotch coupled with elderflower liqueur) and the Kate Winslet (English gin, red currant jelly and topped off with dry sparkling wine). There are also cocktails inspired by Brad Pitt, Mickey Roarke and Richard Jenkins.

There are elegant appetizer ideas too, for those who just can’t bear the idea of eating chips and dip while all those skinny celebrities walk down the red carpet in their couture gowns.