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Keanu Reeves films a funeral scene for a fallen officer on the Los Angeles set of The Night Watchman on Wednesday with two co-stars — Oscar winner Forest Whitaker and Prison Break hottie Amaury Nolasco.

Fave picture: One make-up artist powdering Keanu’s nose and a hair stylist brushing his hair simultaneously.

The Night Watchman, aka Night Watch, was written and will be directed by David Ayer (Harsh Times). The film also stars Chris Evans, Naomie Harris, Hugh Laurie, Common and Jay Mohr.

Expect to see this film open in theaters in 2008!

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The LA Confidential Magazine‘s annual Oscar Party brought out a lot of big name celebrities including Forest Whitaker, Vanessa Williams, Ben McKenzie, Mary J. Blige, Angie Harmon (with husband Jason Sehorn), and Isaiah Washington.

The festivities were held at the Skybar at Mondrian on Thursday night in Hollywood.

Forest was honored at the party for being an Academy Award nominee. He is also featured on the March Oscar cover of Los Angeles Confidential and opens up to the magazine about keeping grounded through all the glitz and glamour saying, “I’m trying to have a good time and celebrate. [My kids] aren’t really that aware of what’s going on — they know me more as a soccer dad.” You can read more of Forest‘s interview with LA Confidential here.

Check out these great portraits from the New York Times, their “photographic portfolio of the actors and actresses who defined excellence in the past year.” Celebrities featured include:

• Christian Bale, The Prestige
• Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
• Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
• Ken Watanabe, Letters form Iwo Jima
• Cate Blanchett, Babel & Notes on a Scandal
• Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed & Blood Diamond
• Brad Pitt, Babel
• Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat
• Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
• Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
• Annette Benning, Running with Scissors
• Vin Diesel, Find Me Guilty
• Eddie Murphy, Norbit
• Ivana Baquero, Pan’s Labyrinth
• Maggie Cheung, Clean
• Peter O’Toole, Venus
• Helen Mirren, The Queen
• Abbie Cornish, Somersault
• Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
• Gael Garcia Bernal, The Science of Sleep
• Paul Dano, Little Miss Sunshine
• Penelope Cruz, Volver

You can check out the rest of the New York Times portraits here.

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Here are some more pictures from last night’s BAFTA Awards! Pictured (l-r): Daniel Craig with girlfriend Satsuki Mitchell, Penelope Cruz (with director Pedro Almodovar), Forest Whitaker, Thandie Newton, Eva Green, and James McAvoy. Kate Winslet is also pictured below.

Of note: Little Miss Sunshine picked up Best Original Screenplay. Happy Feet picked up Best Animated Feature Film.

Sandra Bullock helped award Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) with the American Riviera Award last night at the 22nd Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The festivities were held at the historic Arlington theater in Santa Barbara, Calif. Forest, 45, also received a Best Actor nod for his role in The Last King of Scotland.