OSCAR CHAT 'N' CHEW: ON THE INSIDE IT WAS A TASTEFUL COMEDY OF MANNERS.Byline: Valerie Kuklenski Staff Writer On days like this, I love my job. Maybe it's because I just did lunch with Tom Cruise. OK, it was me and a few hundred others at the 19th annual Academy Awards nominees' luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. But I was the reporter who, by random drawing, was seated with Tom Cruise, to the envy of every woman in the room. Cruise, nominated as best supporting actor supporting actor n → attore m non protagonista for ``Magnolia,'' jumped up when Richard Farnsworth Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Biography Early life Farnsworth was born in Los Angeles, California to a housewife mother and an engineer father. ambled by his table, introduced himself and complimented Farnsworth's work. It's nice to know that celebrities who leave the star-struck in their wake still are awed by their own idols. There was a lot of shop talk, to be sure. At the Cruise table (or No. 33, for those who sneer at name-dropping), writers talked computer scripting and designers talked fabric. But it still was a party. Director Lasse a. & adv. 1. Less. Hallstrom laughed with ``The Cider House A cider house is an establishment, often little more than a room in a farmhouse or cottage, selling cider only, for consumption on the premises. The cider sold is usually brewed on the premises, from apples grown in a local cider orchard. Rules'' writer John Irving, who later was deep in conversation with director Sam Mendes (``American Beauty''). Chloe Sevigny (supporting actress, ``Boys Don't Cry'') appeared ill at ease in the crowded, very chatty chat·ty adj. chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est 1. Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative. 2. Full of or in the style of light informal talk: a chatty letter. room. Same for Farnsworth (best actor, ``The Straight Story''). The 79-year- old former stuntman stunt·man n. A man who substitutes for a performer in scenes requiring physical daring or involving physical risk. stuntman n → especialista m stuntman stood still in a dense crowd before lunch was served, clearly wanting to escape it but too polite to nudge someone aside with a loud ``excuse me.'' If there were an award for best entrance, it would go to Michael Clarke Duncan (supporting actor, ``The Green Mile''), who bounded into the luncheon late, just as the nominees were posing for their ``class photo.'' ``I lost my housekeys last night - I didn't have anyplace to sleep,'' he explained. ``I'm sorry.'' Marvin Levy of the motion picture academy followed through with the punchline: ``This may be the first time we've had a homeless person An individual who lacks housing, including one whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations; an individual who is a resident in transitional housing; or an individual who has as a primary residence a at the nominees' luncheon.'' Child actor Haley Joel Osment (supporting actor, ``The Sixth Sense'') actually skipped across the stage after getting his nomination certificate. If Oscar odds were determined by an applause meter at the luncheon, it would be hard to know where to place bets. Some names would have moved the needle a little farther to the right (such as Annette Bening, Cruise, Osment, Farnsworth, Kevin Spacey spac·ey adj. Slang Variant of spacy. Adj. 1. spacey - stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug spaced-out, spacy unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles" , Denzel Washington and Hilary Swank). But mostly there was sincere congratulatory applause that suggested it really is an honor to be nominated. |
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