‘Hurt Locker gets Star Treatment^Momentum Grows

By: Roger Friedman // Tuesday February 16, 2010
Monday night in Hollywood: The “Hurt Locker” Oscar momentum grows.



Harrison Ford, Keanu Reeves, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron  all were some of the hosts at a star studded gathering at Phillippe Chow restaurant. My spies say it was like an Oscar party.


Why not? “The Hurt Locker” has the DGA, the PGA and Cinematographers awards. It’s headed to a best picture win on March 7 inevitably with director Kathryn Bigelow reaping a big prize, too.


And wow, come on. When we saw “The Hurt Locker” at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2008  2008!!  it had no distributor. There was almost no money to promote it. What a great Hollywood Cinderella story!


Bigelow was the sterling star of the night, with the movie’s co-star, Oscar nominated Jeremy Renner present, too. (Anthony Mackie’s in NY about to open on Broadway.)


And what a gang: everyone from legends like Angie Dickinson, Martin Landau. Paul Mazursky, and Lou Gossett to Guy Pearce  who’s seen briefly in the film  as well as Brian Geraghty, and Bill Paxton, Rebecca deMornay, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance, Ray Liotta, Frances Fisher, the omnipresent Jon Voight, and the Summit Pictures crowd: Rob Friedman and Erik Feig.

Keanu Reeves is a shy guy!

Is Keanu Reeves a shy guy? He was today! Photographers caught up with the Matrix star as he made his way to a waiting car after leaving the Bowery Hotel. Keanu desperately tried different ways to cover his face with his hands but looked as if he ended up laughing it all off.


I’m hoping Keanu remains in New York for a hot minute. I arrive on Sunday and I will be keeping an eye out for our Mr. Reeves!!