Bob agrees: Luna si!
In Hollywood Ryan O’Neal knocked the Super Bowl off the front
page. Ryan’s son Griffin has to be thankful that good ole pop is a
bad shot as this is no
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Love Story
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family. We saw Ryan, Griffin and Tatum O’Neal a few years ago at
the wonderful Vista Theatre where Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset
kiss.
Bob agrees: Luna si!
In Hollywood Ryan O’Neal knocked the Super Bowl off the front page. Ryan’s son Griffin has to be thankful that good ole pop is a bad shot as this is no “Love Story” family. We saw Ryan, Griffin and Tatum O’Neal a few years ago at the wonderful Vista Theatre where Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset kiss.
The big question then was if Ryan would show up, would Tatum show? They were to attend the 30th anniversary showing of “Paper Moon”. They had been fighting openly for decades but did attend and played that Hollywood kissy kissy with big smiles and hugs for the cameras. Yuck! They weren’t that good of actors.
But the film still holds up. Great on DVD. It is one of Ryan’s few great acting jobs and of course won Tatum an Oscar for best supporting actress, which could have just as well gone to co-star Madeline Kahn in her absolutely hysterically funny role as Trixie Delight.
Don’t you just know that if your parents named you Jeeves that you would have to grow up to be a butler? Just imagine your parents naming you Trixie Delight? Don’t think you would be convent material. Father I’d like you to meet Sister Trixie Delight. Aye chee waa waa.
Don’t know why some newspapers can’t afford two sets of photos for local politicians. The Fifty Cent Lance recently had Hollister Councilman Doug Emerson smiling as though he won the lottery or a night without Rosie O’Donnell under the headline “City Moving Ahead With Service Cuts.” Can’t imagine his glee when its announced “City Employees Fired.” If newspapers can’t find it in their budget to take two pictures of local office-holders then they should supply the papers with photos to be used in their proper context. A rare case where it’s better to be two faced.
Speaking of two faced, isn’t it a relief that John Kerry is not threatening us with another run for President? The Democrats picked the only guy who could have possibly lost to Bush. But while Bush is out saving the world from democracy I have a feeling the Democrats are already trying to figure out who to pick to lose to even the worst Republican candidate. And there are some worse ones but the Dems will come up with a worser. Ferlin Husky?
Glad to hear that Mickie Luna is retiring from the city finance department, as I know the joy of retirement. But it was Luna’s work with LULAC that will be on her headstone. She is an amazing fighter for the rights of Mexicans. When I lived in Hollister I disagreed most of the times with the tactics used but not necessarily with the results. To this day she will never convince me that having a Hispanic Chamber of Commerce isn’t as racist as if we had an Anglo Chamber of Commerce.
But while Mickie and I fought a lot, I hope that we remained friends. My favorite recollection will always be when Mickie ran for county clerk and I wrote when she gave a speech that her followers were outside the courthouse yelling “Luna Si, Luna Si.” And that I agreed. Luna Si, Luna Si!
Good luck Mickie. The world is a much better place because of your efforts even though you never met a Mexican that was ever guilty. Well except for me.
Chewbacca also made news here in Hollywood as the Star Wars character was hauled off to jail for head butting a tour guide who was defending tourists against Chewy. The movie characters outside the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theatre and the Kodak Theatre, the home of the Academy Awards, work for tips and sometimes they get frustrated when tourists refuse to tip. They get as ornery as San Fernando Red. After all they are actors and they know damn well that they are not going to make it. Like what big star ever made it after resorting to having to put on a character costume?
I know, I know! Brad Pitt. Yep, Pitt used to be the Chicken in front of the Pollo Loco two blocks from us on Sunset Boulevard. Pitt may have been a Pollo Loco but he landed the greatest chick in Hollywood. Angelina. And they clucked all night.
Actually Pitt and Angelina are two of our favorites as they are among those nice- to-the-fans big stars. We have seen them at world premieres and they run across Hollywood Boulevard to sign autographs and have their pictures taken with fans while other so-called stars barely acknowledge those that made them famous. Other nice guys include in no special order: Tom Cruise, Jackie Chan, Selma Hayek, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Johnnie Depp. Probably the most unexpected nice guy was Billy Bob Thornton who came over to Nancy and was actually flirting with my wife. I practically had to get them a room at Motel 6, but in Hollywood it should be called Motel $600.
Next week: more nice guys and the bad guys plus excerpts from a letter by the little old lady in blue hair. Lunacy! Lunacy!
