Dustin Hoffman his seventh Academy Award nomination for his performance in "Wag The Dog" (1997), in a role that allowed Hoffman the chance to work with both Robert De Niro and Denis Leary. The movie is a black comedy film produced and directed by Barry Levinson, who also directed Hoffman in "Rain Man" in 1988. The story takes place a few days before a presidential election, where a Washington, D.C. spin doctor (De Niro) distracts the electorate from a sex scandal by hiring a Hollywood film producer (Hoffman) to construct a fake war with Albania. Hoffman, as a caricature of real life
Lisa Hoffman Lisa Hoffman Lisa Jo Hoffman (née Gotsegen; born September 1, 1954) is an American businesswoman. She is the founder and president of Lisa Hoffman Beauty. Hoffman was born in Los Angeles, California, to William Lawrence Gottsegen (1929-2012), and Marcia Francis Gottsegen (née Salter) (born 1929). She graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. Hoffman is married to American actor Dustin Hoffman. They married in Roxbury, Connecticut on October 12, 1980. Dustin Hoffman has one stepdaughter, Karina (born 1966) and a daughter with his first wife, Anne Byrne Hoffman, Jenna (born 1970). Together,