Our first Oscar story actually happened on Oscar Eve, when Elton John gave a one-hour concert at the site of the old Tower Records on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.  John had a special guest during the concert – Lady Gaga joined him for a duet on “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me”.  The free concert actually wasn’t his idea.  Elton told Sharon Osbourne, “It was an idea by David Furnish, my husband, who thought it would be great the night before the Oscar party, the day before the Oscar party, to do something to thank the City of West Hollywood who have been so amazing to us over the years.  They give us the West Hollywood Park for nothing and we’re doing it to a) say thank you to them and b) because it’s a cool thing to do.”  In case you don’t know, his annual Academy Awards Viewing Party (which funds the Elton John AIDS Foundation) is held in West Hollywood.  Thanks, WeHo.  And thanks, Elton and David.