i do hope you have the time
So, I've been sick. It was viral meningitis. Minor, but I still felt like serious shit. And it's been all over the entertainment news. I don't know what is so interesting about it, but it seems to be a hot topic. Lots of speculation about how I got it and all that, but really, does it matter? I'm better and no one else got sick, so everything is going back to normal.
Just the other night I made it out to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual installation luncheon honoring its 2005-2006 slate of officers, at the Beverly Hills Hotel. I was picking up a check for The Film Foundation. They help spread awareness about preserving the history of film.
So many of our classic and not so classic, films were just disappearing into memory. Celluloid only lasts so long and the reels they were on had been used and abused and left in warehouses, all but forgotten. Thanks to Martin Scorcese and a few other directors awareness of this problem has saved many films that might have been lost eventually. Films like Gone With the Wind, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, Charlie Chan and Buster Keaton's silent films would all be unwatchable now without this group. I was honored to accept the grant check on their behalf.
Of course the event was peppered with the usual speculation about Angelina and where she was and why wasn't I with her and Zahara when she had to be hospitalized and various other bullshit. I'm not sure if I want to talk about it here or not. Some things are obvious enough they don't have to be spelled out. Seriously, do you need a picture or a specific quote to know some of the things you know to be true? Does a special announcement have to be made to tell you what's going on with people around you? I hope not. Though the media seems to think the general public needs that. To hear in no uncertain terms what you are thinking, feeling, doing, even if you haven't figured it out yourself yet.
I've always hated labels. Back in school I was the jock with decent grades. In college, I was the one to watch on the advertising front. I was going to be the guy who came up with the next "where's the beef?" or "just do it". Until I packed up mid-semester and left for California. Because sometimes, you just have to go with your gut and let life lead you to where you're supposed to be. I still believe that. Life is just to be lived. You plan things like buildings and business deals, not relationships and family.
Speaking of business deals, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, produced by Plan B, seems to be the number one movie. I didn't make it to the premiere, but I understand Britney stole the show.
Just the other night I made it out to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's annual installation luncheon honoring its 2005-2006 slate of officers, at the Beverly Hills Hotel. I was picking up a check for The Film Foundation. They help spread awareness about preserving the history of film.
So many of our classic and not so classic, films were just disappearing into memory. Celluloid only lasts so long and the reels they were on had been used and abused and left in warehouses, all but forgotten. Thanks to Martin Scorcese and a few other directors awareness of this problem has saved many films that might have been lost eventually. Films like Gone With the Wind, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, Charlie Chan and Buster Keaton's silent films would all be unwatchable now without this group. I was honored to accept the grant check on their behalf.
Of course the event was peppered with the usual speculation about Angelina and where she was and why wasn't I with her and Zahara when she had to be hospitalized and various other bullshit. I'm not sure if I want to talk about it here or not. Some things are obvious enough they don't have to be spelled out. Seriously, do you need a picture or a specific quote to know some of the things you know to be true? Does a special announcement have to be made to tell you what's going on with people around you? I hope not. Though the media seems to think the general public needs that. To hear in no uncertain terms what you are thinking, feeling, doing, even if you haven't figured it out yourself yet.
I've always hated labels. Back in school I was the jock with decent grades. In college, I was the one to watch on the advertising front. I was going to be the guy who came up with the next "where's the beef?" or "just do it". Until I packed up mid-semester and left for California. Because sometimes, you just have to go with your gut and let life lead you to where you're supposed to be. I still believe that. Life is just to be lived. You plan things like buildings and business deals, not relationships and family.
Speaking of business deals, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, produced by Plan B, seems to be the number one movie. I didn't make it to the premiere, but I understand Britney stole the show.