November 24 - There was a very small, very private screening of Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, George Clooney's directorial debut. The film, about game show impresario Chuck Barris' double life as a CIA hit man, stars Clooney, Drew Barrymore, Sam Rockwell and Julia Roberts. Taking a sneak peek were Ellen Barkin and Ron Perelman, Diane Von Furstenberg and Barry Diller, Natalie Portman, Diane Sawyer, Miramax Films honcho Harvey Weinstein and photographer Richard Avedon, whose portraiture is currently on exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.