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Sources say the ‘Real Time’ host was furious after he wasn’t invited to Bryan Lourd’s Academy Awards bash.Sources say the host of HBO’s Real Time fired CAA, his reps for more than two decades, on Monday after he was not invited to CEO Bryan Lourd’s private Oscar party at his home on Saturday night. Maher, according to sources, was furious that he was snubbed for the event — which was scheduled opposite the Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Night Before bash. The party at Lourd’s home drew the likes of J.J. Abrams, Barry Diller, Kamala Harris, Margot Robbie, Bob Iger,...

[CHECK SCHLUSSEL's SITE, www.debbieschlussel.com, FOR THE FUNNY PIX IN THIS POST (I couldn't figure out how to post them here.)] After seeing Wes Craven's (Freddy Kruger of "Nightmare on Elm Street") "Red Eye" (in theaters, today), I've changed my mind on my earlier trepidations about this movie. Overall, "Red Eye" is one of the few exciting movies this summer. With all of the sequels, remakes, etc., "Red Eye" is certainly one of the few originals and one of the few with an interesting plot. The plot: A terrorist corners a luxury resort hotel manager on a red-eye flight. He blackmails...