I am joyful, she smiles.
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My mind and spirit is great, Moore continues.
But my body says, F you.'
Demi Moore attends the Chanel and Charles Finch pre-Oscars dinner on March 1, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.Stefanie Keenan/WireImage
In a phrase, Moore encapsulates a sentiment Ive been hearing all weekend: Itll be over by Sunday.
Her eyes light up asThe Substanceproducer Eric Fellner comes into view.
The flowers were lovely, she cries.
Maria Bakalova embraces Demi Moore at the Finch/Chanel Party. (Baz Bamigboye/Deadline)
Whatever it is, its all in the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group family.
I spot Fernanda Torres, the gracious Best Actress contender and star of Walter Salles harrowingIm Still Here.
Jagger and his party veer to the right and bump into the billionaire Jeff Bezos.
Michael Barker and Tom Bernard, the co-presidents of Sony Pictures Classics, successfully rescue Torres.
Well know in a few hours whether or not the Barker prophecy comes to pass.
However, I may not be polite if one more person asks me whats gonna win.
It could be this, it could be that.
I have no clue.
Of course, I have my favorites.
Some of my favourites didnt even get nominated.
Three years ago, Deadwyler portrayed Mamie Till-Mobley inTill.
That performance still haunts me, and it still pains me that the Academy did not recognize her.
King confirmed that shes preparing for the Blue Origin space mission.
Shes honored to do so, she says, but terrified.
Good for you, I tell her.
I see my old friend Julian Schnabel.
Oh, and hi, Nicole Avant, I lovedThe Six Triple Eight.
And hi, Michael Keaton, I lovedKnox Goes Away, the other thingy,Beetlejuice Beetlejuicewasnt for me.
Oscar nominee Colman Domingos in it too, as this column was first to report.
Lynch and Al Pacino play husband and wife, the parents of Montgomerys character, whos being held hostage.
Pacino agreed to be in the movie only if his scenes could be shot in Los Angeles.
You movie buffs out there have already joined the dots.
Thats the place where Francis Ford Coppola shot the severed horse head scene inThe Godfather.
I love the history of movies and how moments creep up on you in unexpected ways.
Id completely forgotten that Harvey Keitel is featured in it too.
I first sawAlice Doesnt Live Here Anymore50 years ago.
I was a kid.
I was The Tank.
And theres Keitel in the same room.
The parties look lame, they say.
Heres the thing: I dont actually like parties until I get to them.
Theres no such thing as a lame party.
Wait till you seeWicked: For Good, he says.
Edward BergersConclave, for one.
Lisy Christl the films costume designer was in attendance with composer Volker Bertelmann, and Brit screenwriter Peter Straughan.
They had to scoot away pretty quickly.
They were with Philipp Trauer and Thomas Wobk, two of the movies producers.
I saw the film at Cannes but never fully realized the peril involved in its making.
She and Maleki share an apartment in Berlin.
Its difficult for them to know if they can ever return to Iran.
I dont have even my countrys passport, how can I return?
They took it from me, Maleki shrugs.
Right now, she tells me in English, I have papers because I didnt have anything.
And then I went to Germany and then I requested for having some German travel document.
After months, they gave me travel document and thats why I could come here.
And that, I realize, is the point of the Academy Awards.
And think aboutEmilia Pereztoo.
Step away from all the darn noise and consider the film as a piece of art.
You dont have to like it.
But stand back and explore it from all sides; all its contours.
And remember that you have the freedom to do that.
