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demy the informed buzz was as foll=ws: "Argo" takes best picture because is was most entertaining. The direc=or snub to Ben Affleck was a Godsend as George Clooney's advice came from =ar away Berlin where he was in pre-production on "The Monuments Men". Warn=r's president Sue Kroll kept the campaign clean and ca

deprived and jet lagged having just spent six hours on a flight =itting next Paula Wagner who is Tom Cruise's ex-agent turned Broadway prod=cer for Jessica Chastain's "The Heiress". We discuss Jessica's not so gre=t chances to beat Jennifer Lawrence for Best Actress. I mention Harvey Wei=stein's concern about Emma

and Fox Searchlight presented Alexander s's Hawaiian family saga, "The Descendants," which broke out of the pack with whispers of winning. Beloved George Clooney, playing a father for the first time was hailed a shoe-in for best actor. Directing "Ides of March" was additional momentum. Also at New York's fes

the peace. Michael and Tom Bernard invited me to the Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier. Michael hosted his "Take Shelter" nominees Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon and director Jeff Nichols. Tom held court at the next table with the entire Iranian cast of "A Separation", which won. Tom EFTA00

ician, David Byrne. Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011 | check into the paparazzi-proof Cipriani's on the private Giudecca Island for a week—a safe haven for George Clooney, Al Pacino and Gwyneth Paltrow. Cipriani's is impossible to book | have been told for months that Friday night is sold out. In Italy, George Clooney

Toronto bound with Sal about Sal Mineo, and Valeria Golino, whom | met on Rain Man. Madonna asks for "a drum roll, please," as she announces winner Jessica Chastain for Tree of Life... but it might as well be for the 11 films Chastain has made since being discovered by Al Pacino four years ago for Wilde Salome. J

ls and Fox Searchlight presented Alexander s's Hawaiian family saga, "The Descendants," which broke out of the pack with whispers of winning. Beloved George Clooney, playing a father for the first time was hailed a shoe-in for best actor. Directing "Ides of March" was additional momentum. Also at New York's fest

the peace. Michael and Tom Bernard invited me to the Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier. Michael hosted his "Take Shelter" nominees Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon and director Jeff Nichols. Tom held court atthe next table with the entire Iranian cast of "A Separation", which won. Tom HOUSE_OVE

is year, her exclusive Oscar diary chronicles close encounters with Michelle Williams, Meryl Streep, Harvey Weinstein, Nancy Reagan, Elizabeth Olsen, George Clooney and his French doppelganger Jean Dujardin and, of course, Uggie. photographs by Patrick McMullan and Billy Farrell Agency HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_013450 -

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