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Academy Awards

Feb. 22, 2007 | 09:00 PM EST

Nominee Djimon Hounsou: No Cameron, but Has Manners

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Nominee Djimon Hounsou: No Cameron, but Has Manners | Djimon Hounsou
Just because you're nominated for an Oscar doesn't mean you're going to get special treatment everywhere. At Beverly Hills eatery Mr. Chow, Best Supporting Actor nominee Djimon Hounsou still had to wait at the bar about 30 minutes the other night before being seated with a couple of friends. But the Blood Diamond star proved a patient man while waiting for his squab in lettuce: He posed for a photograph with a fan, and even played nice with the paparazzi when he left. And when one of them asked if he was "with" Cameron Diaz, all he did was chuckle.

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