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Buckle up for synergy! Here’s the 11-year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis, an Oscar nominee two years ago for Beasts of the Southern Wild, but now promoting her new movie Annie with a corporate crossover involving a premiere onboard a flight from Los Angeles to New York. Welcome to the new Hollywood, kid!Rich Polk

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And did her Annie co-star Jamie Foxx come along for the ride (and appearance fee)? Hey, this is the guy who reprised his Django Unchained role for a cameo in a Seth MacFarlane movie! I’m not saying he’s a gold-diggerRich Polk

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Over the course of the four-hour flight, Ms. Wallis adorably delivered the safety procedures...Rich Polk

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Handed out pretzels to passengers...Rich Polk

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And, hopefully, found herself a new agentRich Polk

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Toward a similar cause, this week found singer-actress Jennifer Hudson lending her profile to a Los Angeles event sponsored by a massive multinational conglomerate. And she actually won an Oscar!John Shearer

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But at least her event gave out loot bagsJohn Shearer

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Now to the Lincoln Center in New York, where the premiere of the series Mozart in the Jungle drew a gaggle of celebrities, among them Ralph Macchio. Photo requests for him to do The Crane went unansweredMireya Acierto/Getty Images

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Also at the Mozart premiere: Film director Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman. One is the coattail-riding son of a famous film director, the other an indie-film darling who ran out of quirky roles a decade ago. Misery truly does love companyMireya Acierto/Getty Images

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However, unlike Mr. Macchio, Mr. Schwartzman was more than willing to do The CraneMireya Acierto/Getty Images

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And oh my, isn’t that Malcolm McDowell? The onetime star of the classic Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange? He doesn’t seem nearly so fearsome at 71 and without his gang of droogs backing him upMireya Acierto/Getty Images

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Also at the Mozart in the Jungle mixer was Bernadette Peters, who looked pretty good for a 66-year-old, though if she sucks those cheeks in any tighter she’s going to lose some fillingsMireya Acierto/Getty Images

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Last stop: Central London, where Prince Harry was enlisted to play the fool at The Annual ICAP Charity Day event. Step one: A prank phone call to his grandmother right during Corgi-feeding time. Cheeky lad!POOL/Reuters

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Step two: Dutifully pose for photographs with semi-famous English TV actors, in this instance former Homeland star Damien Lewis. CheckWPA Pool/Getty Images

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Step three: Solicit charity donations over the phone while pretending all the other volunteers aren’t bulky footballers in drag. Roger thatPOOL/Reuters

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Step four: Maintain regal presence while screening candidates to produce future heirs to the British throne. Because you can never have too many potential heirs to the thronePOOL/Reuters

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Step five: Watch your entire day’s work go down the drain when Simon Cowell shows up and says, ‘You sound like Cher after she’s been to the dentist’Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images

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