MTV VMA Kickoff/944 LA Two-Year Anniversary Party

The calm before the crowd at the 3rd floor lounge area at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

The Kress Girls are Chandis (who goes by only one name) and Rose Desjardins sitting at table on the roof where they mingle with the crowd throughout the evening at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Video projects on the building above as guests arrive at the red carpet at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Outside The Kress, guests were treated to an oversized past 944 magazine cover featuring Paris Hilton at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Walking the red carpet, Daisy De La Hoya, niece of boxer Oscar De La Hoya and a star of “Rock of Love 2” with Bret Michaels, stops to talk to BET Network’s Derrick Timberlake at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Guests gather around a shoe display on the roof top at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

At check-in, frustrated partygoers wait to see if they are “on the list” for the party at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Sal Aranda minds the velvet rope between floors as plenty of beautiful people walk up and down to the various areas of the multi-story party at The Kress.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Guests Ken Sax and Quynh Ly with cell phone in hand outside on the roof top at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

Guests (including celebs such as Jermaine Dupri and Jamie Foxx) drink and mingle on the roof top at The Kress in Hollywood.  (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)