"When I came to town, Grazer was running things," Rock said. "Thirty years later, nothing's changed."
Christian Bale came to the theater carrying his young daughter, who was wearing a wizard costume. He handed her off to his wife to pose with Grazer.
Colin Firth and Tom Hanks also took pictures with the producer.
"You can take as many as you like," Firth said.
FAKE OSCARS, REAL PRESENTER: Tom Hanks wore jeans, boots and his always-affable smile at his morning rehearsal. The two-time Oscar winner and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences governor posed for photos with the show's producers before practicing his presentation.
"Brian Grazer, can you believe it?" Hanks said as he embraced the producer. "You saved the day!"
Grazer stepped in as co-producer with Don Mischer in November after Brett Ratner — who had been tapped to co-produce with Mischer — resigned following his public use of a gay slur.
Hanks greeted the camera operators and stage managers who've worked the Oscar show for years before presenting his category.
After opening the prop envelope, the actor said, "The fake rehearsal Oscar goes to..."
EASY IRON: "The Iron Lady" wears jeans and a ponytail?
Meryl Streep, up for her 17th Academy Award, this time for playing Margaret Thatcher, kept things casual Saturday for her rehearsal, arriving in jeans, flats and a black sweater. Of course, she'll be supremely glammed up on Sunday: Streep's publicist joked that the best-actress nominee plans to wear "17-inch heels."
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