The director's guild choice of Les Misérables director Tom Hooper has some up in arms, and that could mean a Django snub by the Academy on Thursday.
Also: Al Pacino is honored by President Obama and spends the following day drinking espresso alone, King's Speech director thinks he can still be friends with the pregnant fiancée he ditched, and Michael Bloomberg's birthday menu.
A backup singer said Madonna is committed to "bringing gay" to the Super Bowl halftime show, King's Speech director Tom Hopper is either a cad or a victim of truly terrible timing, and Mick Jagger wishes you wouldn't photograph his beautiful face.
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