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TODAY   |  February 25, 2013

Ben Affleck: Oscars ‘is like the World Series’

TODAY’s Al Roker caught up with Hollywood’s hottest stars on the Oscars red carpet last night, chatting with Anne Hathaway and Octavia Spencer and joking with George Clooney about his beard sticking to Ben Affleck’s “like velcro.”

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>> the fashions on display did not disappoint.

>> here along the red carpet , it came down to the four bs, beading, brocade, bold colors and beards. bare shoulders on a chilly night.

>> i've got fire in my veins.

>> fire in your veins?

>> they left the back open. i love the back.

>> i see why you love the back. i love the back.

>> thank you.

>> this is like the world series of this business. and i literally am thrilled to be here.

>> you have a full beard working. he has a full beard . what's with the facial hair?

>> i don't know but we hugged and stuck together like velcro.

>> we meet once a week. i figured i would go with it.

>> i'm so into this. i don't know how i'm going to get out at the end of the night.

>> this is my breakfast at tiffany's look.

>> i can't wait to see dinner.

>> come on.

>> $2 million worth here.

>> wow! jennifer lawrence , looking for one person -- me.

>> no one i'm more excited to see tonight is you. i'm starving and i can see a mcdonald's right there.

>> so close.

>> so close. i'm on a diet, got a happy meal not a big mac .

>> you don't get the golden arches , you get a golden statue. she at any time get the big mac but she did get the golden statue. i think she was happy with the way it worked out, savannah.

>> i'll say. she mentioned she got a shot, too, which one may be related to