One of my apartment-mates keeps seeing famous people, but I always miss them. Apparently I’ve walked by Kyle Chandler and Zooey Deschanel (on separate occasions), but my friend doesn’t point them out until we’ve passed them, and there’s no going back. Especially if you’re driving. Moreso if you’re driving on the streets of L.A.
This is what I managed to glimpse of Ms. Deschanel in my rearview mirror.
The other day a couple of our teachers surprised us with a group assignment - make a short film within three hours. Neither group’s film was very good, but it taught us the value of preproduction.
Yesterday we went to a taping of Fox’s sitcom ‘Til Death. Sitcoms these days aren’t worth watching (except for some single-camera sitcoms), but this was a fun experience. It was the show’s season finale, which I guess made it a bit more special. Before the show started, Brad Garrett, Joely Fisher, and J.B. Smoove came out to take questions from the audience.
After Garrett made some awkward-but-apparently-good-humored racist jokes, one audience member named Marco raised his hand and told a story of how he once met Ray Romano, who tried to go the wrong way on a one-way street and used the line, “Do you know who I am?” Garrett got a kick out of this, took his cell phone out of his pocket, and called Romano. He was going to put the conversation on speakerphone, but Romano didn’t pick up, and the call went to voicemail. So Garrett left a message, and we all got a good laugh out of it. But man, I wish Romano had answered the phone….
A comedian named Roger Lundblade warmed up the audience throughout the show. He was pretty entertaining. I sat next to his wife, who happens to be from Ohio, so we had a good conversation. All in all, it was a really fun afternoon.
Last night I saw Synecdoche, New York at the Showcase theatre on La Brea Avenue. I’ve been wanting to see this movie for a while, and thankfully, my high expectations were met. One critic called it a “miracle movie,” and I might agree with him. It was definitely inspirational - I’ve had writer’s block for the past week or so, but this movie got the gears churning in my brain again.
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