TAURUS Stunt Awards 2007
Ah boy, did I have a good time. This show should get the Most Fun Award Show statue. That's live, of course, because I saw the edited and cut for television version of the 2005 show and it sucked. I guess it's more fun to watch Josh Duhamel (good Gods he's hot) mess up a line, Kelly Hu being unable to read the teleprompter, or Christina Milian completely blow her part and have to redo her entrance.
But The Rock was funny and charming, they recognized the awesome Jeannie Epper as well as over 100 other stuntwomen, and to top it off, a good friend was one of the ensemble that won the Best Fight award for Pirates 2. And they even performed a fighting gag in costume as part of the show. Congrats Buddy!!
The after party was even better this year. I got drunk on 1 1/2 drink (yes, that's sad but I hadn't eaten) within the first 30 minutes and spent the rest of the party eating bread and sobering up because I was the driver. I love the stunt community because, for the most part, it's ego free. They aren't pretentious and are really down to earth. I met a bunch of new folks, reunited with a few I hadn't seen in a while, and most importantly, got my dance on.
I only saw a few "actual" celebs at the after party. (I guess legends in the industry - Henry Kingi, Donna Evans, Terry Leonard {and his hot son Malosi} and George Fisher - don't count.) Harrison Ford and The Rock were hanging out. I think I saw Elisha Cuthbert, but I'm not positive. But, as I was hanging out with my boss, I see this guy walking towards me. And I think, "huh, that looks like Michael Rosenbaum's BFF Chris who he is never without. But, no, that can't be him, why would he be here?" And not two steps behind him was Michael himself. All hot and scruffy. But I was good and didn't follow him around the Paramount lot. I quietly squee'd to my boss.
Got home at 3 am. I'm still recovering.
Stunt Golf Tournament - 2 weeks! Yay!