Of course Hollywood was buzzing with what was hot and happening on the red carpet before and during the show.

Thus an endless stream of celebrities were recruited to play cartoonish versions of themselves, whether it was Ellen DeGeneres having a fling with Larry while Hollywood buzzed about her sexuality, or Alec Baldwin sleeping with Larry's wife while the couple were separated, only to be booked later as one of Larry's guests.

Hollywood was already buzzing about whether the sale of the Seagram Company to Vivendi S.A., announced earlier last week, would mean a change in leadership of the 81-year-old Universal Studios, a Seagram property.

But now Hollywood is buzzing that numerous members of the foreign press group flew en masse to New York to see the film and to meet Al Pacino, the star of the film, before the vote.

And now, Hollywood is buzzing about what his absence might do to LivePlanet, the company that Mr. Affleck, 28, co-founded with a fellow actor, Matt Damon, and the producers Chris Moore and Sean Bailey.

Hollywood was buzzing about color film again.

Hollywood was recently buzzing with news that the studio had paid Charlize Theron $10 million to star in the new science fiction adaptation "Aeon Flux."