French actress Marion Cotillard will be relieved when the awards season is over - because she is sick of answering questions about herself. The 32-year-old, who took home the Best Actress Oscar for her role in La Vie En Rose on Sunday, was alarmed by the countless interviews she was required to sit for while promoting the Edith Piaf biopic, having done minimal promotion for the film in her native France. She says, "I spent all that (time) talking about myself which is not what I prefer to do in life, so it's very long and it's much longer than in France. You don't do this, you don't campaign, and so that was kind of weird, to sort of answer the same question about myself. I mean, the life is of the movie going on but the movie doesn't need us anymore."

Tragic actor Brad Renfro was snubbed at Sunday's Academy Awards when organizers left him out of a montage of stars who died in the past year. Renfro was found dead from a drug overdose in Los Angeles in January, aged just 25. But he was overlooked on a list of 98 movie industry people, that included everyone from actors and directors to public relations people. A statement from the Motion Picture Academy of America claims, "It is simply not possible to include everyone in that segment." But a friend of the late star of The Client, Apt Pupil and Ghost World tells Tmz.com, "It's unbelievable and disgusting."

Whoopi Goldberg held back tears as she spoke of her disappointment at not being part of a past Oscars glory tribute on her daily talk show The View on Monday. The actress, who won a Best Supporting Actress honor for Ghost in 1990 and has hosted the Oscars, was left out of a montage of great moments from past shows, which ran throughout Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony. Trying to see the funny side of the omission, Goldberg joked, "Undoubtedly, I p**sed somebody off once again."

Actress Tilda Swinton was so convinced she would not win an Academy Award on Sunday, she didn't hear her name when it was announced. The 47-year-old Brit, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Michael Clayton, has dubbed the seconds following her win a "reverse Zoolander moment," in a reference to Ben Stiller's 2001 comedy in which a dim-witted male model tries to accept an award given to his rival. After her big win, she told reporters, "I really just had a reverse Zoolander moment when I think I heard someone else's name and suddenly slowly heard my own. I'm still recovering from that moment, and I have absolutely no idea what happened after that. So, you know, you can tell me my dress fell off and I'd believe you, so don't be cruel."

Sean Penn is rumored to have found comfort in the arms of supermodel Petra Nemcova following his split from wife Robin Wright Penn. The pair has been spotted out together in Los Angeles twice in the past week, including at Sir Elton John's post-Oscar Party on Sunday night, where they posed together on the red carpet before heading to L.A. nightclub Villa, and then leaving together at 3:10am. The Penns ended their 12-year marriage with a separation announcement in January and Wright Penn has since been linked with former boyfriend Jason Patric. Czech beauty Nemcova's previous boyfriends include crooner James Blunt.

Brad Pitt's pal George Clooney has joined the ranks of those gossiping about Angelina Jolie's "baby bump," joking her bloated belly might just be a bad case of gas. The couples' representatives are still refusing to confirm or deny the actress' reported pregnancy, which was the talk of the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday. The pair raced up the show's "blue" carpet, refusing all interview requests, but it was clear from Jolie's bloated belly that the actress may, indeed, be pregnant, as reports suggest. And now Clooney is weighing in on the mystery. Speaking on the red carpet at the Oscars on Sunday, the movie star joked, "Well, there's a lot of problems. Either it's a tremendous amount of gas which is just not likely... Really, not likely."

Hollywood star Sharon Stone has been slammed by animal rights campaigners for wearing a broach made from a rat's foot to Sir Elton John's post-Oscars party on Sunday night. The Casino actress picked up the "lucky" charm after hearing it was an item Scotsmen wore on their wedding day. But her choice of accessory has left activists at the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals fuming. In a scathing attack on Stone for her fashion attire, PETA campaigners said: "Maybe Sharon, passed over by the Academy yet again, was jealous of Ratatouille's Oscar win and thought a rodent paw might go with her haggard look. Her accessories these days are as dead as her career." Stone has previously come under attack by PETA members for her love of fur.

Pregnant actress Cate Blanchett let slip the sex of her unborn child while she was at the Oscars on Sunday night. The Aviator star referred to her baby-bump as male when she was asked how she was coping with pregnancy. Blanchett - who failed to take home the Best Actress award for Elizabeth: The Golden Age or Best Supporting Actress honor for her role in I'm Not There- told People.com her baby seemed to be very relaxed because "he" was asleep. She says, "He's actually asleep - believe it or not, which bodes well."

Britney Spears has spent another three hours with her young sons after Sean Preston, two, and Jayden James, one, were driven to her Hollywood Hills home by their father Kevin Federline's bodyguard on Monday. On Saturday, the singer was reunited with her sons for the first time since she had her visitation rights revoked following a breakdown at her Beverly Hills home at the beginning of January. And the kids were back with their troubled mum on Monday, prompting Federline's attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan to speculate about an official long-term reunion. He says, "These visitations with the boys will help to normalize the family environment. Kevin has always been rooting for Britney to regain visitation. If these visits go well, they will ramp up over time." Reports suggest Spears and her lawyers are hoping to get visitation up to three times a week. The singer and Federline will be back in court for a custody hearing on April 9.

Teen star Jamie Lynn Spears has found something to smile about after her pregnancy controversy - she has picked up a General Educational Development diploma with high marks for reading comprehension. The 16-year-old actress sister of Britney Spears is now considering her college options, according to reports. A source tells People.com the Zoey 101 star is looking to take a college entrance test, telling the site, "She's not wasting any time. People don't know her. When she gets something in her head, she'll make it happen. Everybody is so supportive of her." Spears is currently lying low in her native Louisiana after shocking the world by revealing she was expecting boyfriend Casey Aldridge's child.