Star Cluster!

At times it seemed there were as many stars in the green room as in the audience.

Penelope Cruz sat by her sister, Monica, and fanned herself. They were joined by Miley Cyrus, Johnny Depp and companion Vanessa Paradis, and Forest Whitaker.

Marion Cotillard was about to join them when she learned she would have to smoke outside.

In a hallway, Patrick Dempsey (below) and Grey's Anatomy co-star Katherine Heigl met up with ''Enchanted'' star Amy Adams, and all agreed that appearing at the Academy Awards is no easy task.

''It's surreal,'' said Adams.

Later, she met her ''Charlie Wilson's War'' co-star Tom Hanks in the wings of the Kodak. Hanks complimented Adams on her outfit and her performance of ''Happy Working Song.''

''I'm so relieved,'' she said.

Hanks said that as he watched her he thought, ''Wow, they make her do it all by herself.''

''No costume, no anything,'' she replied. ''It's like, 'Sell it, girl.'''

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