Where have I been? You mean Francis didn't tell you? The self-centered ... well, I knew he was going into this. All directors are.

I've been building a house out of hay. You're supposed to go into it and remember the people important to you who have died. It's in San Diego now, but it was in Oakland for a while last year -- then we had to redo it ( Read more... )

Francis is not feeling too good at the moment; Marlon Brando died, and of course all the journalists in the world wanted to know what he thought of that. He said (correctly) that Marlon wouldn't care for all those people opine about his death, so all he was going to say now was that he was sad that Marlon was dead ( Read more... )

I am so glad to be back in Napa, though we have managed to unpack just in time to pack again for Amanda Lucas' graduation ceremony and the party that follows. Our presence will doubtless start a whole series of rumors about whether Francis and George can stand each other or not ( Read more... )

Francis, Sofia, Steven and Paul are in a corner arguing about some very technical aspects of filmmaking. Sofia's actually raising her voice. It's stunning ( Read more... )

Good thing Francis and I stocked up on Coca-Cola, otherwise we would never have made the drive from Naples to St. Tropez in one piece. It was more than 9 hours, overnight, and we traded every two hours. My neck is stiff from sleeping in the car. But we tortured ourselves so much because our baby needed us ( Read more... )

Here we are at the Royal Continental on Via Partenope, right on the Gulf of Naples. It's not too far from a place called Plazza Plebiscito, a name which made me laugh. It's almost like calling a place "Ballot Initiative Plaza." I told Francis that, and received a long lecture about how a plebiscite is not the same as a ballot initiative ( Read more... )

I havent' been on much lately because I've been organizing both Francis' official and unofficial birthday parties and the trip to Italy ( Read more... )

Last time I was here, I believe I threatened to leave Francis and join Sofia in her tour of Europe's best drinking establishments ( Read more... )

Francis let me out of hell. How generous of him.

Last night was a pure, unmitigated disaster. Worse than Apocalypse Now. Worse than One From the Heart ( Read more... )