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The hefty man behind the turntables fans himself with an LP as a dozen bare-armed young women angle for space on the tiny dance floor, each one trying to outdo the other. It's near midnight at Nacional, a lounge in Hollywood favored, at the moment, by the fair- weather club set. A well-accessorized crowd forms a line at the entrance, a sure sign that this is the place to be on an otherwise slow Wednesday night.
This, however, is one of the less glamorous gigs for DJ A.M., a 29-year-old Philadelphia native also known as Adam Michael Goldstein who, in the past two years, has become one of Hollywood's most essential party-makers. His resume reads like an A-list: the bar mitzvah of Steven Spielberg's son, Russell Crowe's dinner party, and the birthday parties of Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Tobey Maguire and Demi Moore, to name a few.
The industry's infatuation with Goldstein started after Melissa Etheridge booked him to spin at her 40th birthday party in May 2001. There, he made the stars dance and won a new, very influential following. "It was ridiculous how many people came up to me at that party and asked me for my card," he says, taking a swift drag from his cigarette, the glow revealing dark half-moons under his eyes.
Goldstein doesn't sleep much these days. He's on the road most nights, earning...