Ms. Ross's mother and stepfather, her brother and his two children had been visiting for the show's premiere party the night before.

Recently, she said, New Line held its premiere party for "Fracture" for 550 people, at a cost of $60,000.

Canceling a premiere party can also save cost-conscious studios up to $1 million.

There's a brief intermission, after which there will be a live report from the huge premiere party.

The premiere party took place Tuesday night at Meet, a new downtown club in the meat-packing district.

But by the time the band played the premiere party at the Plaza Hotel in September, they were rock stars.

Eventually, the festival resumed, though all of the red-carpet events and premiere parties were canceled.

What used to be a discreet patch in the corner of premiere parties has metastasized into its own kingdom.

Since then, he had his premiere party there.

This episode was shown at the season's premiere party instead of the first installment, "Members Only".