Working at the Oscars: A Behind-the-Scenes Look

As an entertainment journalist, I've interviewed many famous faces in Hollywood -- Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Demi Moore, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Gere, to name a few. On the red carpet, I made Brad Pitt laugh out loud and got an on-camera apology from Angelina Jolie for not being able to speak to me. I even had the audacity to ask two-time Oscar winner Hanks to get Kate Hudson to come over and talk to me. Replied the ultra-cool Mr. Hanks, "Why would she listen to me?"