A NOTE FROM SCOTT Since our last check-in, just about every current Oscar hopeful descended on Hollywood for the Academy’s Governors Awards on Nov. 16. They ostensibly were there to celebrate honorees Tom Cruise , Dolly Parton , Wynn Thomas and Debbie Allen , but let’s be honest: Leonardo DiCaprio (Warners’ One Battle After Another ), Jennifer Lawrence (Mubi’s Die My Love ), Adam Sandler (Netflix’s Jay Kelly ) and Ariana Grande (Universal’s Wicked: For Good ) don’t show up to the ceremony every year. They — and literally hundreds of others with varying awards prospects — were on the red carpet and in the ballroom because they’re great places to see and be seen by Oscar voters.

So, too, was the American Cinematheque Award ceremony on Nov. 20, where Michael B.

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