Weekly Update:Kind of a crazy week this past one ... don't know how it happened but I'm tired again! Started on Tuesday night when I attended a reception for the legendary Stan Lee as he finally received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame earlier that day. This system of receiving a star is completely messed up and should be redone completely but the committee who runs it are simply a self-proclaimed bunch so there is not voting in or out its members. I mean just last year Tony Curtis and Dennis Hopper got their stars and honestly they should have received it many years, even decades ago. I feel like the Hollywood Stars have lost their sense of prestige and honor in getting one when people like Christina Aguilera and Ryan Seacrest have gotten theirs way before so many others. But Stan finally got his star and he was in very high spirits during the evening. Then again that guy always is. During the night I did meet:
*Lou Ferrigno- Best known as the actual Hulk from the TV series back in the 70's. He was a bit odd but ok.
Then the latter half of the week I helped out a friend with some projects and each day went into late night! But at the end of the week got to meet:
Tim Johnson- Directed the first film for DreamWorks called "Antz" back in 1998 when the studio first started. He went on to direct other DreamWorks films like "Over the Hedge" and "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas" and an incredibly cool guy!
At the movies:
Not a lot of movement that went on this week but we are in January which is typically a slow month for the box office. In at #1 we have "True Grit" with another 15 million and now just over the 100 mil cume mark. Holding on to #2 is "Little Fockers" with 13.8 mil more. New at #3 is Season of the Witch with 10.7 mil for its debut and a better opening for the new studio, Relativity, than its previous first release. In at #4 is "Tron Legacy" with an extra 9.8 mil. Rounding off the top 5 is "Black Swan" with 8.4 mil more but a lot of Oscar buzz around this film so that could carry it longer at the box office than most films.
Quote of the week:
"Every exit is an entry somewhere else." - Tom Stoppard
Other News:Gabrielle I have to say, the state of Arizona is quiet crazy and probably first on my list of places never to live in. Not to long ago they were making headlines with their immigration initiative of randomly profiling people for citizenship status and such. Now, this past Saturday a shooting killing 6 and injuring U.S. RepresentativeGiffords at a public gathering outside a grocery store in Tucson, Arizona. The Congresswoman was hit in the head from the shooter and remains in critical but hopeful condition at the hospital. If not for the efforts of her intern, Daniel Hernandez, her wound could have been fatal. The gunman was identified as Jared Loughner, 22 - was subdued at the scene by two people in the crowd. No motive has been found as to Loughner's attack yet but it is currently suspected he acted alone. Arizona is one honked up state ... They are one of two states who do not observe Daylight Saving Time and a little side story, one time when I was working at the theatre and the time changed happen. Someone came to the theatre an hour early and I said we were not open for an hour due to DST. His response, "Well I am from Arizona and we don't believe in DST so you should open now since I am here." What?
Facts & Tips:
The world's termites outweigh the world's humans 10 to 1.
"What would you say to silver-dollar pancakes, fresh-squeezed orange juice, bacon, and Kona coffee?" - Amanda Plummer as Rose Michaels in "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
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