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March 6, 2006
Foxlife: Felicity, Dame Judi: A Top Ten
By Roger Friedman
Saturday, after the Independent Spirit Awards: Not missing a beat, Bob and Harvey Weinstein threw their annual pre-Oscar party.
Miramax is gone (the new company picked up an award for foreign film last night with “Tsotsi” taking a page from the Weinstein play book). But the Weinsteins had four Oscar noms after four months in business.
Dolly Parton — who is really a phenomenally gifted musician and very funny — performed her "Transamerica" song, “Travelin’ Thru” for a crowd that included George Clooney, George Lucas (with two of his kids), William H. Macy, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sienna Miller (the new “first girl of the Weinstein Company” thanks to her forthcoming hit, "Factory Girl"), Cheryl Tiegs, the great great great Fionnula Flanagan, Helena Christensen, Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson, Michael Madsen, Rob Morrow, Michael Vartan, Anna Farris, "Transamerica" director Duncan Tucker and co-star Kevin Zegers, Jessica Alba, Wolfgang Puck and — drum roll, please — the esteemed Ron Burkle, grocery chain magnate and survivor of the Michael Jackson saga.
Dolly was a peach, making jokes about her boobs and those in the White House. She told the audience that she thought writing a song for a movie would be easy but it wasn’t.
“Harvey Weinstein made me work my country butt off!” she declared. She also said: “Harvey wanted me to sing a couple more songs, but I told him, I usually get paid for this!”
The other highlight of what people called the most fun Weinstein party in a couple of seasons: a skit performed by nominees Judi Dench and Felicity Huffman, called “Top Ten Things You’ll Never Hear the Weinsteins Say.” Here’s the script I pocketed after the two ladies wowed the crowd:
FELICITY
#10 - “Harvey, do you have the tickets for tomorrow or do I? Ah forget it, let's just TiVo it.”
JUDI
#9 - Let's leave New York and finally make the move to Los Angeles”
FELICITY
#8 - What do you think about instituting a 4-day work week?”
JUDI
#7 –“ Of course you would have final cut. We wouldn’t touch your movie.”
FELICITY
#6 – “Let's get the airport early. I really want to get an exit row on the red-eye home.”
JUDI
#5 - If we win we're going to Disneyland.”
FELICITY
#4 – Don’t say this too loudly because Page Six is here, but I secretly love being a boldface name.”
JUDI
#3 - You've done enough for this film. You don't need to do any more publicity. Take a vacation on us. Really, no more press, go to Canyon Ranch, we'll take care of it.”
FELICITY
#2 – “I had so much fun watching “Transamerica” with the president last week at Camp David.”
JUDI
#1 – “I don't care if we win an Oscar. It really is just an honor to be nominated.¨
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