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Post by MsCali on Jan 27, 2006 19:56:07 GMT -5
So, my boss' husband brought his good friend, Matt Dillon, into the shop today. We were busy (and had a psycho customer in the store), so he didn't introduce me to him (and I barely got a look at him, so I didn't recognize who it was (although, I could tell he looked somewhat familiar)...which was funny, because the UPS guy came in and we had this exchange:
UPS Guy: How often does that happen? Me: What? UPS Guy: How often do they come in your store? Me (thinking it was weird that he rocognized my boss' husband...he's kind of a "Hey, it's THAT guy, but not incredibly recognizable): Oh, that's the owner's husband...he's in here all the time.
Heh...now the poor UPS guy thinks she's married to Matt Dillon. Hee hee:)
Anyway, her husband called later and was all "Ms. Cali, I really wanted to introduce you to Matt. He's a really cool guy, and I wanted you to meet him. I'll bring him in again sometime."
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Post by The Movie Mark on Jan 30, 2006 23:56:17 GMT -5
Matt Dillon wouldn't be a lame claim. I'm kind of surprised you didn't recognize him. Is your boss' husband an actor?
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Post by MsCali on Jan 31, 2006 16:28:46 GMT -5
Yes, my boss' husband is an actor.
Actually, I knew exactly why I didn't recognize Matt Dillion - the other people in the shop wouldn't believe me later when I said I'd never seen anything he was in. They were all, "Oh, you've seen something. You just don't realize it." But I will have you know, my review of his IMDB entry verifies what I was saying all along - I have never seen anything he was in (although Crash is really high on my list of movies to rent right now).
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Post by AustralianAnn on Jan 31, 2006 20:25:21 GMT -5
Never seen a Matt Dillon movie?
He's my '80s king.
Not that one with Tatum O'Neill or the million he made with Diane Lane? No Outsiders or RumbleFish or My Bodyguard or Flamingo Kid. NO DRUGSTORE COWBOY??!? No To Die For or There's something about Mary? In and Out?
No Wild Things, no One Night at MCools?
(and this is without going to IMDb)
It's lucky you didn't speak to him. You might have said, "I loved you in....um....well..."
Seriously love Matt Dillon, especially the accent, the slow speech and the furrowed brow.
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Post by AustralianAnn on Jan 31, 2006 20:26:54 GMT -5
Almost forgot my lame claim to fame. Caught the same school bus as Mel Gibson's nephew Evan (his Mum is Mel's sister).
To make it even lamer, Evan was in primary school not at my high school. He said he had only met his uncle once or twice.
What else? Once ordered before Judy Davis in a vegetarian takeaway and have seen Russell Crowe out jogging.
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Post by MsCali on Feb 1, 2006 13:47:02 GMT -5
Hey Ann! Nope, I have never seen any of those movies - not necessarily by choice, just never got around to seeing most of them. He pretty much looks exactly the same in person as on film though (and I'm basing that on the Crash trailers and nothing more), which is weird, because most people look either a lot worse or a lot better in person than on film (usually a lot worse, but I have seen a couple who look waaaaaaaaaaaay better in person - namely Wesley from Angel).
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Post by Rhiannon on Mar 3, 2006 15:21:41 GMT -5
I just came from the Mecca of Lame Claims to Fame. Mardi Gras.
I didn't really have my own lame claim to fame, except passing Ty Pennington on the street, and my friend I was walking with actually having the reaction skills to go "HEY TY!" with no reaction. My friend claimed to have seen Anderson Cooper walk by while we were in a bar, but even though I dropped everything and ran out on the street to catch a glimpse, I didn't see him. I think it was all an illusion.
But I heard about plenty lame claims. "Oh my God, Steven Seagal threw me these beads! He just threw me beads! I got beads form Steven Seagal!" <-- from a woman at the parade that Steven was riding in, therefore there was nocontact between her and SS, just the beads he randomly threw into the crowd and she caught. No, I'm no the least bit bitter that he didn't throw the beads to ME! Not at all.
"See the blue beads, know where I got those? Katie Curric!" "OMG, we got beads from Elijah Wood!" "Hello mom, yes, can you see me on CNN? no? now? what about now? should I move to the left?"
Anyways, I was just amused at all the lame claims to fame. I think the Krewe of Orpheous gets their own Lame Claim award for having a float for Ellen DeGeneres' mom, but not just putting her on the float, putting giant "ELLEN" signs all over it. like, "By the way, in case you don't know why this woman is special, look at her last name!"
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Post by EFG on Mar 6, 2006 12:38:12 GMT -5
Well, ok, I've got 4: one that's lame and three that aren't so lame.. 1. The lead from that ape-movie Congo went to my high school and my drama teacher taught him. 2. Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) did go to my HS and came back for an interview with the school paper a few years ago. 3. My sophmore year English teacher was David (Nirvana/Foo Fighters) Grohl's MOTHER. 4. A classmate of mine was actually IN Forrest Gump.
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Post by The Movie Mark on Mar 6, 2006 13:07:36 GMT -5
Well, I certainly don't go around bragging about this to everybody, but for the sake of this thread I'll offer it up:
Kathy Bates and I have the same high school alma mater - White Station High. The drama teacher taught the Speech class we were all required to take, and she often bragged about teaching Bates. I'm pretty sure she mentioned it about once a week.
Most the students ooh-ed and ahh-ed and thought this was so cool, but I couldn't have cared less. My teacher didn't appreciate me saying so.
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Post by MsCali on Mar 6, 2006 16:49:42 GMT -5
Teacher connections are great! Elvis went to the church I grew up in (of course, it had a slightly different name and had moved to a different building, but it was the same congregation). I once had a Sunday School teacher who was Elvis' Sunday School teacher way (WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY) back in the day.
She was like 80 when I was 7, and she died not long after she was my teacher.
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Post by Rhiannon on Feb 20, 2007 21:18:10 GMT -5
Remember this thread?
So yesterday my friend and I decided to go to a swanky restaurant for dinner. There's this place a few blocks away that I've really wanted to go for about a year now, and never had the occasion. Because she's in town, we decided that it was occasion enough to go.
The thing is, this place doesn't take reservations, so you are seated in the order you arrive. As we walked up, two couples darted in line in front of us. They were rather unapologetic, and one woman had these obnoxiously huge lips.
It was Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. They were with some other couple that my friend thought looked familiar. I kept forgetting to try to check them out, because I was hypnotized by Brad Pitt's hotness.
They were seated immediatly, we had to wait an hour and a half. So not fair. So very hot in person, though.
That is all.
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Post by The Movie Mark on Feb 21, 2007 2:31:25 GMT -5
It was Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. They were with some other couple that my friend thought looked familiar. I kept forgetting to try to check them out, because I was hypnotized by Brad Pitt's hotness. They were seated immediatly, we had to wait an hour and a half. So not fair. So very hot in person, though. I would have likely been a major smart aleck and thrown a few sarcastic remarks in their general direction. I now have a bit of a lame claim to fame of my own to offer - I attended a screening of Black Snake Moan this past Friday and the director Craig Brewer was there. He sat in the same row as I, about five seats down. I could smell his fear.
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Post by MsCali on Feb 23, 2007 0:10:00 GMT -5
Hey JB - how was Black Snake Moan? Mr. C wants to see it, but I haven't heard enough about it to know if I want to or not.
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Post by The Movie Mark on Feb 26, 2007 12:48:44 GMT -5
Hey JB - how was Black Snake Moan? Mr. C wants to see it, but I haven't heard enough about it to know if I want to or not. Hmm, it's ... interesting. Not one I can give a blanket recommendation to. This is the type of movie where you can use the plot line and the trailer and make a definite decision on whether you'll enjoy it or not. Samuel L. Jackson and Ricci are both really good, the Southern setting is excellent, and the blues music played throughout really adds to the gritty feel. However, Ricci's half naked for 75% of the film, and the movie doesn't shy away from showcasing some of her "extracurricular" activities. Family entertainment, this is not. But as long as you accept that going in and are in the mood for a different type of character study then I think you'll enjoy it.
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Post by tangentgirl on Feb 26, 2007 15:55:27 GMT -5
I am officially the lamest... as I don't even have any lame claims to fame. Some guy who won the Heisman's trophy was at my bar, but I didn't recognize him so the 15-minute of "fame" factor was completely lost on me. LOL... okay... to show just how lame I am... I googled his name to make sure I spelled it correctly (Charles Woods on) and apparently he currently plays in the NFL for the Packers. Oh yes... my cousin is a flight attendant for Jet Blue and Val Kilmer was in her section... he apparently is very nice and he invited her out to dinner which she obliged. (Totally on the up and up, nothing sleazy or whatever about it.) Oh... another one of my cousins has a bit part in Spiderman 2 and if you slow down the subway scene you can just barely see a girl in a hat that could possibly be her. (Ha... take that Laslo). The same cousin was (and may possibly still be) dating the lead guy on that Wildfire show on ABC Family --- the one about the horses. Ms. Cali likes it. She also took a job in a really lame movie that I don't think even J.B. would bother to watch and review... but it got her a sag card, so good for her. smile. Wait... another lame one. Kim Mather's came into my friend's bar in Ann Arbor and acted a fool. Probably hiding out from her husband (ex-husband?) Marshall Mathers (aka Eminem)--- neither of us would have known who she was if Jules didn't ID her. That's all I've got. smile.
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