Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman was happy to chat about "The Story of God," his National Geographic Channel series in which he visited seven countries to learn more about man's devotion to a higher power.
But he wasn't keen on losing his religion.
Before posing for pictures at a cocktail party Wednesday night -- a bodyguard looming nearby to ward off "Shawshank" fanatics, I suppose -- I made a feeble attempt to get the Oscar-winning actor to at least address his movie career.
"That was very well put," said Freeman after I tried to make a connection between the new documentary project and the fact that he's played The Big Guy on screen on more than one occasion. "But no, it's just a coincidence."
Ummmm, well, did preparation for "Bruce Almighty" inform his approach to the NGC series?
"No, no," said Freeman, who also played a Biblical role in the Guthrie's 1978 production of "The Gospel at Colonus." "Playing God on screen is just a matter of learning the script."
Another impressive dodger: Khloe Kardashian, on hand to promote FYI's new talk show, "Kocktails With Khloe." She was polite, but evasive, when it came to a progress report on husband Lamar Odon who nearly died of an overdose last year. The pair had separated before the incident, but Kardashian was bedside as his life lay in the balance.
