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Wednesday, March 10 2010 07:41

GEORGE CLOONEY 'IN' ON OSCAR JOKE: George Clooney's pissed-off attitude at the Oscars was indeed a pre-planned bit. An insider told the New York Daily News, "It was something George and Alec agreed upon," adding that when the cameras weren't on Clooney, he and Baldwin were making faces at each other. "It was a 'follow-my-lead' sort of thing."

SEAN PENN TALKED ABOUT EX ON OSCAR STAGE? Sources are now saying that Sean Penn's bizarre speech before announcing the best actress nominees was a reference to his estranged wife Robin Wright. When Penn took the stage he said, "I never became an official member of the academy, but the academy and I do have in common that we neglected to acknowledge the same actress in our own ways two years running." Insiders told the New York Daily News that he was alluding to Wright, who he forgot to thank in his acceptance speech last year, and who was absent from this year's nominations despite her acclaimed role in "The Secret Lives of Pippa Lee"

JANE FONDA CHOOSES NEXT 'BARBARELLA' STAR AT OSCAR PARTY: Jane Fonda has a choice successor if a Barbarella sequel ever materializes. Showbiz411.com reports that Fonda met Kate Botsworth at Vanity Fair's Oscars party, after which she proclaimed, "I want her to do the 'Barbarella' sequel!"