There Will Be Oscars, and Arrogance
The recently settled WGA strike has still put a huge damper on Hollywood’s biggest party week. A lot of events have cancelled, including many of the swag suites that normally set up shop at various hotels and houses in the hills. But one sector is working nonstop: stylists and designers looking to get their schmattas on the stars. Here’s one crazy story: a female nominee in one of the marqee categories–although not...
DDL: Class Act at the SAG Awards
I have always been a huge admirer of Daniel Day-Lewis, ever since his “My Left Foot” and “The Last of the Mohicans” days. But his DDL-ness reached new heights with his acceptance speech for winning The Actor for his riveting performance as Daniel Plainview in “There Will Be Blood.” Incongrously, he had appeared on Oprah the other day and told her he wanted to talk about Heath Ledger more than he...
Call 3x…Dial 3 Digits
Please, if I am ever unconscious and in need of emergency medical attention, do not call Mary Kate Olsen to send over her bodyguards. Still so shocked and saddened by the horribly untimely death of Heath Ledger. I met him several years ago when he was promoting the film “Ned Kelly,” and he was definitely a reluctant star at that point and decidedly uncomfortable and fidgety in the spotlight in a one-on-one Q&A after...
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