Weekly Update:Back from a LONG week in Orlando and I am so happy to be home. The trip was sooo tiring, I probably got about 2 to 3 hours of sleep a night. Not sure why I had sleeping problems, usually its only for the first day or two of a trip and not the whole time. So got back from Orlando on Friday and the flight was delayed an hour. It was a non-stop flight to LAX with a stop in Atlanta! Yes, apparently non-stop does NOT mean direct. It means the plane you are on will be the same one you take as you continue. A "direct non-stop" flight means from Orlando to LAX ... so went to Atlanta for a couple of hours so had another hour delay and it was raining hard, so flying in and out wasn't too pleasant. Landed only about 2 1/2 hours later than expected just in time for prime time Friday night rush hour ... nice!
The convention itself was ok, very lowkey than in the past. I think in general a lot of folks are tired of Orlando but I like it over Atlantic City anyday! Tuesday night I hung out in the green room and saw Sylvester Stallone, he was looking kind of puffy in the face and tired. I didn't get a pic because he didn't seem too approachable that evening. Thursday night was cool and I got a quick shot with Christopher Guest who I loved in The Princess Bride and This is Spinal Tap. Two great and classic movies!
At the movies:
Horror is back in the front seat as Saw III takes the box office lead this weekend with 34.3 million. Holding strong at #2 is "The Departed" with an additional 9.84 mil and a 4 week cume of 91 mil. Also holding firm to #3 is "The Prestige" with an additional 9.63 mil. In its second weekend at #4 is "Flags Of Our Fathers" with 6.4 mil. And rounding off the top 5 with another 6.1 mil is "Open Season".
Opening at the #12 spot with a sizeable release print count but not so main stream is Babel with only 2 mil. Normally that would be ok however with a per screen average of only $1,500 to show for it, hopefully word of mouth will carry it otherwise it will fall into the lost art films of 2006.
Comment Response:
Are you talking about Scarlett Johansson?
Other News:
A huge fire in southern California started up on Thursday, 4 firefighters were killed and last I heard one was in critical condition. When I was flying in on Friday, I saw a huge layer of brown clouds and intially thought that was smog but it was so big, it must have been from the fire. I did hear this morning its about 85% containted and the weather is finally helping (Friday and Saturday). Cause of this fire is still unknown but this is the second fire in the last two months. The one in the Ojai area lasted a month before it was completely under control. California ... fire season does exist.
Facts & Tips:Galapagos turtles can take up to three weeks to digest a meal.
"Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?"- Christopher Guest as Nigel Tufnel in "This is Spinal Tap"
posted by McDuck @ 10:38
1 Comments:
I like the natural sunlight of Orlando versus the city glare of Atlantic City...oops, guess that wasn't PC! Too bad.
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