Monday, March 17, 2008

HOME!! What a long and tiring week it was in Vegas. From late LATE night events to early morning meetings. From parties to screenings and other events it was a whirlwind of activity. But the weekend home was all about catching up on sleep and now its back to work on the grey Monday morning ...

Weekly Update:
During the ShoWest weekend, it was nothing but go go go!! But along the way I got to get some snaps with a few folks:

*Brenden Fraser- Meet him before and he was nice although he doesn't seem to smile too much.
*Anita Briem- Very nice and friendly lady, she was charming to chat with.
*Steve Coogan- Top notch guy!
*Ang Lee- Quiet but very nice, I was invited to come hang out with them!
*Jason Biggs- Just a cool guy.
*Julie Benz- Very pretty and very sweet.
*Jodie Foster- Classic and very cool!
*Eric Brevig- Sat next to him during a dinner, cool guy.
*Sarah Jessica Parker- very sweet.
*Emile Hirsch- down to earth and cool guy.
*Matthew Fox- tall and cool.
*Christopher Nolan- quiet but nice guy.
*Seth Rogen- VERY cool and level-headed guy.
*Robert Downey Jr.- kind of a dry humor guy but very funny at that!
*Anne Hathaway- very pretty and extremely nice.
*Jim Sturgess- seemed like an overall nice guy.

At the movies:
A movie is a movie no matter how big or small ... the new kid on the block takes the #1 spot this weekend as Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! earns a nice 45.1 million. Holding in at #2 is "10,000 B.C." with another 16.4 mil. New at #3 is Never Back Down with only 8.6 mil to support it. I guess you can't back down if you never go forward to begin with. Dropping to #4 is "College Road Trip" with an extra 7.9 mil. Rounding off the top 5 is "Vantage Point" with another 5.4 mil.

New movies that did not make the top 5: Just one this week which is no surprise here. In at #7 is the apocalyptic Doomsday with only 4.7 mil.

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Other News:
Have we forgotten Iraq? It seems like with the election year upon us and so many domestic problems going on, the US death toll in Iraq was sort of brushed under the rug. Does anyone realize that any moment now we will reach a new milestone of having 4,000 US Soldiers killed since the war began? Let's take a quick snap-shot ... The 1,000th US Soldier was killed in September of 2004. The 2,000th in October of '05 and the 3,000th on the last day of '06. I suppose statistically speaking it's an improvement that the 4,000th will happening March of '08 but that still doesn't make it any better. As the politics get heated here in the US, will the topic stay hot for them or will there be enough domestic issues that Iraq will become a footnote? I guess time will tell but I am sure for those soldiers over there, they will vote for the one who will get them out of there.

Facts & Tips:
Long Beach Island was once frequented by pirates.

"I've been getting complaints that you're not allowing the kitchen staff to vote today!"- Freddy Rodriquez as Jose Rojas in "Bobby."

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