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Freida Pinto worked a Contrarian New York top and skirt and Louboutin shoes at a dinner reception for Flaunt magazine’s new issue in Los Angeles, where she caught up with Dallas star Josh Henderson. The actress has been hard at work promoting her new film, Trishna, in theaters now. Click through the gallery to see more stars at last night’s hottest events.

Celebrities like Jennifer Morrison and Freida Pinto are keeping cool this summer with creative braids. Morrison wore a cute milkmaid updo at Comic Con in San Diego, while Pinto went low-key with a breezy side-slung plait at a taping for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Both looks work best with second-day strands, but if you’re working with clean hair, mist on a dry shampoo or texturizing spray to give the style extra hold. Choose bobby pins and ponytail holders in shades closest to your natural hair color to give the look a seamless, dressed-up appearance. For more great braid ideas, click through the gallery.

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Rachel Roy showed her support for Freida Pinto (both in Roy’s designs) at a screening for her new movie, Trishna, hosted by The Cinema Society with Circa & Rachel Roy at the IFC Center in New York City. “When I first saw Freida’s work I immediately brought my daughter to see it because there are very few reflections in the world at that level that look back at the reflection of yourself,” Roy told InStyle, on why she chose to co-host the event. “I call her the young Audrey Hepburn– she is just immaculate.” Click through the gallery to see more stars at last night’s hottest parties.

—Leah Abrahams, with reporting by Brooke Mazurek