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Love Fest as A-List Couples Hit Vanity Fair Oscar Party | Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner

Caught in the Act

Jennifer Garner 'Looks Adoringly' at Husband Ben Affleck After Oscar Win

Originally posted 02/26/2013 07:00AM

Following the Academy Awards on Sunday, Graydon Carter's Vanity Fair after-party at the Sunset Tower Hotel was the place to be.

Arriving shortly after 11 p.m., Jennifer Aniston and fiancé Justin Theroux relaxed at the Tower Bar where a jazz combo performed.

Aniston chatted with Molly Sims but Theroux was never far. The couple was inseparable, smiling and laughing as the night went on. Aniston looked like she was having a ball and so happy in her red Valentino gown.

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10 Unforgettable Oscar Quotes | Ben Affleck, Seth MacFarlane

10 Unforgettable Oscar Quotes

Originally posted 02/25/2013 02:10AM

From Seth's take on Ben's snub to Jen's hunger pains, relive the night's memorable one-liners

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Relive the Best One-Liners and Tweets from the Oscars! | Ben Affleck

Relive the Best One-Liners and Tweets from the Oscars!

Originally posted 02/25/2013 12:00AM

Check out the highlights of what celebs and readers had to say about Hollywood's biggest night

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Oscars Hottest Red Carpet Trend: Men in Beards! | Ben Affleck, George Clooney, Justin Theroux

Oscars Hottest Red Carpet Trend: Men in Beards!

Originally posted 02/24/2013 08:50PM

George Clooney, Ben Affleck and Justin Theroux are ruggedly sexy at the Academy Awards

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Kids Re-Enact Oscar-Nominated Movies

Originally posted 02/22/2013 04:00PM



The Oscars just got a little cuter.

In a new video spoof, a group of young children (6-years-old and under) deliver hilarious yet dramatic re-enactments of five of this year's Academy Award-nominated films.

Sporting fatigues and face paint in a take on Zero Dark Thirty, two little boys playing soldiers tell Jessica Chastain's mini-me they're ready to go after "Bin Lagin."

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See Readers' Predictions for Oscar Night – and Fill Out Your Ballot!

Readers Predict Argo and Les Mis To Be Oscar Winners

Originally posted 02/22/2013 01:00PM

If the academy were made up of PEOPLE readers, Ben Affleck's Argo and Les Misérables would take home a lot of gold come Sunday night.

As we countdown to the Academy Awards on PEOPLE.com, readers are predicting the winners on our interactive Oscar ballot.

You can still vote, but so far readers picked Argo and its star director to win in three categories: Best Picture (45% – runner-up Lincoln came in at 15%), Best Adapted Screenplay and Editing. You're also loving Les Misérables, picking it to win four awards: Best Supporting Actress, Anne Hathaway (The star has a whopping 75%); Production Design, Costume Design, Sound Mixing and Makeup.

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What Your Oscar Picks Say About You

Facebook Research Says Your Oscar Picks Say More About You Than You Realize

Originally posted 02/22/2013 12:00PM

A person's favorite film says a lot about – especially when it's Oscar season.

Researchers at Facebook have found some interesting links between moviegoers' Oscar picks and their other interests.

For example, if you're rooting for David O. Russell's Silver Linings Playbook to take home Best Picture during Sunday's 85th Academy Awards, chances are your other interests on Facebook include Smarties (the candy!), musical acts LMFAO and Ke$ha and films like Wreck-It Ralph and Despicable Me.

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How Ben & Jennifer Make a Hollywood Marriage Work | Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner

How Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner Are Making a Hollywood Marriage Work

Originally posted 02/14/2013 07:30PM

He kept his arm tenderly around her back. She beamed as he told her "I love you" from the stage, and when the show was over, gently reminded him to take his jacket. For Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, the British Academy Film Awards in London on Feb. 10 was another successful date night – and a rare grown-ups' weekend getaway, with their three kids staying home with Garner's sister.

Well, almost: "He's just like a child!" Garner lovingly joked to a friend as she tugged her still-schmoozing husband–who won the night's two biggest honors for his film Argo – toward the exit. Could an Oscar for Best Picture be his next stop? "This is a second act for me," he said in his London acceptance speech. "I am so grateful and proud." As he told PEOPLE recently, "I am very lucky. I have to knock on wood about my life."

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Which Nominees Will Also Present at Oscars? | Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain

Ben Affleck, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence to Present at the Oscars

Originally posted 02/14/2013 12:20PM

It seems Ben Affleck has no hard feelings about being snubbed in the Oscars category of Best Director this year.

The Academy Awards announced Thursday that the Argo director, 40, will join fellow nominees Jessica Chastain and Jennifer Lawrence as presenters for the Feb. 24 show.

Affleck is a nominee as a producer of Argo, which is up for Best Picture. Chastain, 35, and Lawrence, 22, are both competing in the Best Actress category – for Zero Dark Thirty and Silver Linings Playbook, respectively.

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Snoop Dogg Gets the Party Started with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lawrence | Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lawrence

Snoop Dogg Gets the Party Started with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lawrence

Originally posted 02/06/2013 06:00AM

Guess the "O" in "O.G." stands for Oscar.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lawrence both attended the Hollywood Reporter's Nominees' Night 2013 at Spago in Beverly Hills on Monday.

It was a low-key affair at first, with Affleck holding court in a central area of the soiree, where he was animated while chatting with people and seemed excited and genuinely happy.

The Argo star and director, looking handsome in a suit, also obliged guests who approached him for photos.

Lawrence was spotted embracing her Silver Linings Playbook costar Julia Stiles. "You're so stunning!" Stiles told Lawrence just before taking a snapshot together.

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