On The Scene: Cate Blanchett Shuns Press, Skips Own Movie in Favor of Giant Black SUV

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At Monday night's premiere of Notes on a Scandal, the stars came out in droves. And by "stars," we mean "people in the movie," of course. And, um, Dave Zinczenko.

The legendary Lauren Bacall swooped in for a photo op with the cast – who were as surprised to see her as we – and Love Actually star Bill Nighy confessed his most "scandalous" act: "dropping [his] trousers in Picadilly Circus". Ewwsville.

Seventeen-year old Andrew Simpson proved to be a bona fide underage hottie (soon to be seen on Dateline: To Catch a Predator), and Amy Smart went incognito, sporting a mousy-brown haircut to avoid being seen with a mousy-brown haircut.

Cate Blanchett, however, became the evening's highlight when she finally arrived — very fashionable, and very late. Just a full 90 minutes after her expected arrival time, the Aussie star shunned the press-line, stayed for nearly four minutes, and turned around to flee in her gigantic "don't-look-at-me-I'm-famous!" black SUV.

Natch, Blanchett skipped out on the movie entirely, but resurfaced for the swanky after-party at the Metropolitan Club. True to form, we hear Cate continued making Star Jones look like a pleaser at the movie's official press junket yesterday. Someone unlucky enough to attend tells us she was somewhat "friendlier" than she was Monday night, but that had something to do with her "method acting."

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    No. 1 h says:

    Another one bites the dust. What is it with these people? Do they really think that they are more important than how successful their last film was? : )

    Posted: Dec 21, 2006 at 10:15 am
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