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Hollywood is a town full of outsize egos and Jack Nicholson, one of the most outsized, is clearly perturbed. At David Geffen, nonetheless. But does that mean he takes it to the level of High Politics? Liz Smith, everyones favorite grandmother who serves sunshine and oatmeal cookies with her seedy gossip, seems to know something more than we do about The Hollywood fundraising game:
"WELL, NOW that Hollywood titan/ mogul David Geffen has emphatically aligned himself with the Democrat's rising star Barack Obama and against his former friends the Clintons, I suppose we will take it as a given that the other undisputed king of Hollywood, Jack Nicholson, who is on the outs with Geffen - will now throw his support to Hillary. How else can it fall out?"
About that fallout, says Radar:
"According to the source, Nicholson believes Geffen strong-armed Academy members into nearly shutting out The Departed's cast in the acting categories. (The exception is Mark Wahlberg, who is up against Dreamgirls' Eddie Murphy in the supporting actor category.) What particularly annoys Nicholson, adds the source, is the cynical way Geffen used the promise of an Oscar nomination to get Murphy to settle for less than his usual rate.
"A rep for Nicholson declined to comment, but a well-placed Hollywood insider predicts Geffen's strategy will not result in an Oscar for Murphy, noting the way the actor has alienated Academy voters by complaining in public about not getting paid enough for Dreamgirls. Says the insider, 'You got paid for Norbit, you stupid prick.'"
And whatnot.
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