Weekly Update:
So what happened last week ... too much! Mostly busy for me during the days as I had extended lunches on Monday and Thursday. Tuesday night I met up with my good friend John who was potentially signing up a new client for PR and good news, he signed him! I drove over to the UCB (Upright Citizen Brigade) Theatre to meet his new client and catch his podcast show. While there, I ran into some other folks at the show:
*Doug Benson- Funny comedian and a really nice guy. This is my friends new client.
*BJ Novak- Best known for being on the US version of "The Office" and also a VERY nice guy!
*Kristen Bell- Veronica Mars herself and a very sweet person.
On Wednesday I helped out with a pitch reel/promo spot for a potential TV show at
Amalgamated Dynamics. That place is amazing because what they do there are the creatures and costumes for movies such as "Aliens" and "Predator" along with other sci-fi type of films. The place is basically a working warehouse of cool and creepy things. Then Friday went to a special sneak peek of the upcoming James Cameron film "Avatar" which my friend at Fox wanted me to go check out ... someone owes me 16 minutes back for that!
At the movies:After 2 years, The Weinstein Company finally pulls off a hit as they take top honors this weekend with Inglorious Basterds earning 37.6 mil. Their future was pretty questionable and this also marks a new box office opening record for director Quentin Tarantino. Slight drop to #2 is "District 9" with another 18.9 mil. Hanging on to #3 is "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" with an extra 12.5 mil and now just over the 120 mil cume mark. Dropping to #4 is "The Time Traveler's Wife" with 10 mil more. Rounding off the top 5 is "Julie & Julia" with an additional 9 mil.
New movies that did not make the top 5: We do have a few this week but no surprises here. The family film for the end of summer is Shorts which only did 6.6 mil, however, it is enough for the #6 spot this week. Showing up at the #10 is the comedy Post Grad with a disappointing 2.8 mil. And finally, showing up at the #21 spot is Disney's X-Games 3D: The Movie with only 800k this weekend. It was a limited release but still over 1200 screens.
Comment Response:
Yeah let me know when you two are in town, we should definitely do that. As for the comedian, his name is John Di Crosta (mentioned in the Weekly Update section). Humor wasn't exactly clean but I am not sure what your definition of that is.
Quote of the week:
"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything." - Alexander Hamilton
Other News:
Another Hollywood legend and Disney Legend has passed. A little bit lesser known but Virginia Davis died at her home last Saturday (8/15) in Corona from natural causes. She can be called the first real live star for Walt Disney Pictures when she did a series of shorts in the 1920's known as the "Alice" series. Davis was only 4 years old when the series was being created by Walt. I have had the unique and distinct pleasure of meeting Ms. Davis last year and she couldn't have been any nicer and charming. A little gem from both the Hollywood and Disney scene that will be missed. Davis was 90 years old.
Facts & Tips:China only has one time zone.
"Newton, we are wasting valueless time here." - Fisher Stevens as Ben Jabituya in "Short Circuit."
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