Are You Still A Star... If I Don't Know Who You Are?

So I just realized that while waiting in line to get into Spyder a few weeks back (with my fabulous girlfriend who has all the hookups.... and still couldn't get us in because Spyder is freakishly small.... and we are not famous), I got passed by one Taryn Manning. Check her out on IMDb.com - she's a bona fide starlet, and I certainly thought she looked familiar, but hey, everybody in this town looks familiar. Oh well, at least she's not Byron Allen... who everybody thinks they know but they're not sure why.

Namaste...

Summertime... and the BET Awards

Hidey ho! So it's summertime in Hollywierd, and that means HOT... in so many ways!! Actually, June is usually pretty yucky here in SoCal -- they call it the "June Gloom." But this year? Not so much -- it's actually been really nice and sunny -- and with the sunroof in our new car, it's been hot!!!! So, out cruising around, looking for a new apartment, we came across a bunch of celebs who obviously had the same idea as us -- enjoy the sun!! I've evidently been missing out by making my coffee at home. The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf on Sunset is the place to be on a sunny day. We stopped for a jolt (and a bathroom) and came across a full patio of folks -- including Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater to you and I... yeah, you know you watched "Saved By The Bell" -- don't lie!!), Jason Mewes (now I KNOW you know who he is... cuz if you say you've never seen a film with Jay & Silent Bob, you're either missing out big time, or lying to me again...), and one Gina Marie Heekin, whom I haven't seen since we shot "2001 Maniacs" together. :) We stopped off for lunch at David's restaurant and got to see some of the folks in town for the B.E.T. Awards enjoying lunch, including NAS and his lovely wife Kelis (you know.... her milkshake brings all the boys to the yard -- and now it's stuck in your head - gotcha!!). Trying to get home we had to run the gambit of all the Escalades making their way to the Kodak... when you see these awards on tv, think of us poor souls who live in the neighborhood and have to deal with a sea of spinners and bling all night. We're just tryin to live, people.... just tryin to get by.

Actually, this is day 2 of the traffic jam we call living by the Kodak... last night was the "War of the Worlds" premiere. And as much as I wanted to hang out at the Tropicana Room at the Hollywood Roosevelt and watch the fallout, I stayed inside, lest I be accosted by roving bands of Scientologists. Summer is the season of the blockbuster, so in the last few weeks we've also seen the "Herbie: Reloaded" premiere on Father's Day (ack -- the kids' premieres are a pain in the butt -- right in the middle of the day), "Batman" and a handful of others. And the neighborhood is seething with tourista humanity... as much as I'm looking forward to moving to a better neighborhood to push my kid around in his pram, I'm going to miss the freakshow that is Hollywierd. Gonna have to come back and visit.

Oh yeah -- at the corner gourmet market, a friend and I ran into Scott Patterson (Luke on "Gilmore Girls" - or if you remember, he was the spongeworthy guy on "Seinfeld"). My friend used to work on the show, so I actually got to meet him - nice guy. As I've spent a lot of time on the couch these last few months growing a bigger better Democrat - um, baby - I've been catching "Gilmore Girls" from the beginning. So it was actually kinda cool. :)

Well, gotta run -- I've become hopelessly addicted to "Law & Order" (regular, SVU, Criminal Intent...) and you KNOW it's on right now. Through the beauty of cable, it's on pretty much all the time... ahhhhhhhh the digital age! :)

Namaste cats & kittens.... ;)

Me with Giusseppe ("Cabin Fever," "Detroit Rock City," "Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place") signing autographs after our Fango panel. Ok, we were having a wee bit of fun :) 

Jay & Christa signing autographs after our panel at Fangoria WOH. 

Our Fango panel -- writer Chris Tobin, me, Dylan, Giusseppe and Christa. 

Our Fango panel -- check out those awesome shoes!!!! Yes, dearies, pregnant women can wear stillettos, too!!! 

Our Q & A at Fangoria... 

The "2001 Maniacs" Q & A panel at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention in Burbank (from left: Dylan Edrington, me, Giussepe Andrews, Christa Campbell, Lin Shaye, Scott Spiegel, Robert Englund and Jay Gillespie). 

Me with the Tall Man from "Phantasm" -- Angus Scrimm!!  

Tim Sullivan, artist Daniel Horne, myself & Christa Campbell with a bust of Robert Englund used in "2001 Maniacs" (again... do I look a little thick?!?). 

Me with Leatherface Bill Johnson. 

Me with "Child's Play" star Alex Vincent. 

AAAAIIIEEEEEE!!!!!! Me with Doug Bradley, Pinhead from "Hellraiser"!!!!!!! What an awesome dude! 

Me with Andrew Bryniarski, Leatherface in the new "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" at MMC3. 

Christa & I with her friend Bobby, who helped us all weekend at the con!!  

Me with my "2001 Maniacs" costar Christa Campbell (you can catch Christa on the cover of Playboy in a couple of months!!). 

Me with "2001 Maniacs" director Tim Sullivan - yay!! 

Me with "The Real Jason" (the masked Jason in Part 2) Steve Dash. 

Me with MMC3 board member & my buddy "Mrs. V" -- wheee! 

Me with "Ghost of Frankenstein" child star Janet Gallow at MMC3, 

John Saxon trying out a 3-D camera...  

Tim Sullivan and "Nightmare on Elm Street" star John Saxon at the Monster-Mania Convention 3 in Cherry Hill, NJ 

Me with "2001 Maniacs" cast Jay Gillespie, director Tim Sullivan, Christa Campbell and Dylan Edrington at the Fangoria Weekend of Horrors convention in Burbank... is it me, or do I look a little thick in the middle? ;) 

I was in the Italian horror magazine Horror Mania.... shame I can't read Italian!! :) 

Missing!!!

Ok, for some reason all the pics I posted last week are gone.... so, bear with me -- here's a boatload!!! And, I promise an actual update soooon!!! ;)

Namaste....

Miss Karleigh makes nice with Kiwi... who I'm not sure is so thrilled about it! 

Steve & Jennifer's awesome brood!! Miss Hallie, Miss Dakota, and the new Miss Karleigh! :)