Thursday, March 28, 2024

Warren Beatty Is In the House and “All Right”

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Warren Beatty is here, he is–as they say–in the house.

Warren is in New York to help wife Annette Bening in her quest for an Academy Award. This is called pulling out the big guns, because Natalie Portman, let’s face it, is pregnant and engaged, and Nicole Kidman has Keith Urban.

Last night, media shy Focus Features threw a dinner for Annette. No press attended because “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” was on.

The buffet dinner in the parlor room of the Soho House–that’s right, “Kids Are All Right” has only made $20 million at the box office- didn’t pull Heather Graham, who didn’t show up.

But the cast–Annette, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo–plus writer/director Lisa Cholodenko–got to pass the salt to Warren’s best pal James Toback, Oliver Platt, Kyra Sedgwick, Nora Ephron and Nick Pileggi, “Precious” filmmakers Lee Daniels and Geoffrey Fletcher, James Lipton, Peter Riegert, Bob Dishy, documentarian Alex Gibney, Parker Posey, Bob Balaban and Lynn Grossman, Israel Horovitz, Fred Zollo, and “Amadeus” director Milos Forman.

I have no idea what was discussed, so no bon mots. I can only guess that everyone was very witty. What they probably talked about: the shooting in Arizona, the snow, lesbian couples, fracking in New York state, what Lee Daniels is doing since “Precious,” and if Warren is working on a new project. I doubt anyone mentioned Snooki.

Roger Friedman
Roger Friedmanhttps://www.showbiz411.com
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
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