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An avid fan of basketball Abhishek Bachchan watched the recent NBA All Star Games, 2011. Though he was in LA with his wife Aishwarya, she didn't accompany him for the match.

A source close to Bachchan says, "Abhishek has been shooting for a rigorous schedule for Abbas-Mastan's Players in New Zealand.

The moment he got a chance, he took off for a short break to LA. Bachchan was also seen interacting with Hollywood A-listers.

Adds an insider, "AB was seen enjoying the game cheering, clapping and whistling.

He was seated in the front row along with pop stars Jay-Z, Beyonce, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Stevie Bieber as well as actors Jack Nicholson, Chris Tucker and Dustin Hoffman and seen exchanging pleasantries with them."

Abhishek says, "It's always been my childhood dream to watch the NBA games. I'm a crazy basketball fan and I'm so glad the dream was realized. It was an awesome experience."

Abhishek and Aishwarya also made their presence felt at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, yesterday in Los Angeles. They'd been specially invited for the occasion and hope to fraternize backstage with the nominees.

According to reports, Abhishek, being a fan of the Oscar winners Colin Firth and Natalie Portman, Aishwarya had promised to take her husband backstage to meet the stars.

"They were seated right next to internationally renowned jazz vocalist Helen Merrill and right behind Oscar winner Sandra Bullock.

Later they attended the Oscar Vanity Fair party that saw the who's who of world cinema."

Says Abhishek " I had an awesome time at the Oscars and heading to the Vanity Fair party. I needed a short break before I get back to Mumbai and the hectic promotional schedule for Game and Dum Maro Dum begins."