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Olivia Munn, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Cosgrove and Women in Film president Cathy Schulman were among the attendees at the June 11 event held at the Beverly Hills Hotel Polo Lounge.    

To say that plot details surrounding Wally Pfister's "Transcendence" have been kept locked up is an understatement. Employing the veil of secrecy utilized by his former boss Christopher Nolan, Pfister has headed into his directorial debut with an all-star cast (Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman and Cillian Murphy) and story details thus far that haven't gone beyond something vague about a scientist getting his brain uploaded to a computer. Or something. Well, a few more details have found their way to the internet. New Mexico specific casting and film production site Sindication reveals that the movie follows "two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.” While Wikipedia has the full breakdown of what "technological singularity"...