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George Clooney came for the “free booze.” Octavia Spencer was stoked to just be in the “room with all those luminaries,” while Kenneth Branagh claimed it was “the camaraderie” that brought him to the annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. But no matter what their reason for attending, most of the folks in the acting categories first stopped by the press room to talk shop, give praise and, in the case of Nick Nolte, threaten to tell a joke (which never materialized).
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There are very few things the new code-laced poster for Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy spells out clearly. That’s definitely Gary Oldman, the film’s lead, made entirely of cryptic-looking code. There’s the mysterious title of the spy film, based on the John le Carré novel of the same name. Beneath that is a list of names that includes a collection of some of Britain’s finest actors, like Tom Hardy and Colin Firth. Then there’s le Carré and director Tomas Alfredson, the latter best known for his previous film, the cult classic Let the Right One In. And finally, just bellow Alfredson is a simple tagline: “The secret is out.”
