Mr. Redcarpet's Dirt

Tara, the famous plantation depicted in Gone With the Wind, is not in Atlanta, 
or Georgia, or anywhere close to the South, for that matter.  Coincidentally, I'm in Atlanta for the Holidays 
but I took this picture a few days ago in Culver City, CA, just 10 minutes from my home in Los Angeles. Tara is part
of Culver Studios  which is a couple of blocks from Sony Studios, formerly known as MGM Studios (for those of you old 
enough to remember). 

I hope everyone has a GREAT Holiday Season and a happy and healthy 2007. 

Mr. Redcarpet

P.S.  The Academy Awards are exactly 2 months from Christmas Day.

Last week I had the indistinct pleasure of attending the Chainsaw Awards.  The Show airs Sunday, Oct. 22nd on Fuse TV at 9:30.  Don’t worry if you missed it, I checked the listings, Fuse is replaying it almost every day this week.  Check your local listings.  I suppose if you’re really into Horror Flicks, you’ll enjoy the show, but I found it rather boring.  There was very little entertainment value in the show and the laughs were far and few in-between.  It was hosted by Jamie Kennedy.  Is he funny?  I mean somebody tell me if he’s funny because I don’t hear anything funny coming out of his mouth.

This show is so far down the alphabet list to attend, Kathy Griffin turned it down.  To give you an idea of how tacky this show is, here are the types of people who showed up.  Laura Linney and Samuel L. Jackson were nominees and they were nowhere to be found.  Porn star Ron Jeremy and The Girls Next Door were there.  Catch my drift?  Don’t forget, I was there.  What does that tell you?  A guest in the audience who didn’t quite fit the mold was JENNA FISCHER from The Office.  I think she was there because of a spousal obligation.

The Show was sleazy but the environment wasn’t.  Kudos to the people who renovated the Orpheum Theater which was the venue for the event.

I’ll post some pics later.

Mr. Redcarpet

You are now officially one degree of separation from KEVIN BACON.  That’s right, people!  Everyone on HIT is one degree from Kevin Bacon because I brushed shoulders with him at the Emmys.  He was walking down the aisle to his seat as I was walking up.  He escorted his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, who was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.  Mariska Hargitay won that award.  Did you know Ms. Hargitay is the daughter of Mickey Hargitay and Jayne Mansfield and was in the back seat of the car when Ms. Mansfield had her fatal accident?

For the men:  However good the Deal or No Deal models look on television, they are absolutely gorgeous in person!  I’ve got to get tickets for that show.

I kept bumping into all the Idol people throughout the night.  I ran into Paula Abdul several times.  She made a lot of trips to the lobby.  Weak kidneys?  Drinks?  Candy for the nose?   Whatever it was, she was back and forth all night.  At one point I said, “I keep running into you, don’t I?” and she just gave me a drunken glassy eyed smile and said nothing.  Something about her just wasn’t right.

Wasn’t it great seeing the Angels (not the baseball team) together again or what???  Jacqueline Smith still looks fantastic!

Chloris Leachman graciously placed her hand on my shoulder as an appreciative gesture when I congratulated her for her Emmy.

Did I PARTY afterwards?  Hey, I’m Mr. Redcarpet, aren’t I?  Flying solo, I got into the HBO party.  There were Desperate Housewives (Ricardo Chavira and Alfre Woodard) and Office people there (neither of which are on HBO) and Angelina Jolie’s father…gee…what’s his name?  I guess he’s better known to my parents’ generation.  This event was held on the grounds of the Pacific Design Center “The Blue Whale.”  The tent in which it was held was different from what I’ve seen at other parties.  This one had clear plastic walls at each end which opened things up to the nice flower landscaping done outside (the San Vicente side for you Angelenos).  The dance floor and band (DJ plus percussionists) were outside on the east end in the Pacific Design Center quad.  See HBO pics.

Mr. Redcarpet

•    James Gandolfini and Edie Falco are presenters.  James was dressed just like Tony Soprano dresses around his house...a sport shirt and shorts.  Edie had her hair pulled back and no makeup.
•    No amusing celebrity anecdotes to tell.
•    I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
•    There are FOUR trees in the Governors Ball ballroom.  All of them are artificial.
•    Baby Boomers!  You'll enjoy highlights from past Emmy broadcasts that will be shown throughout the Show.
•    Enjoy the Show!

Mr. Redcarpet

   Last Saturday I was at the taping of the Creative Arts Emmys.  It airs this Saturday on E (Aug. 26^th, 8 pm PDT; check your local listings).  Penn & Teller did a great job as the hosts.  They revealed a secret to an old magician standard and it’s not pulling a rabbit out of the hat.

  Have you seen The Evolution of Dance?  It's the most downloaded stream on the Net and was performed live by comedian Judson Laipply at the Creatives.    

   I walked right by James Woods.  He’s a little taller than I expected but, man, does he have a big head!  I mean that literally.   Maybe he just has big hair, I don’t know.  His head is out of proportion with the rest of his body which is very trim.

   Only a few more days to the Prime Time Emmys!

   Mr. Redcarpet

   Two weeks ago I went to the Great to be Nominated series at the Academy to see Airport (the original; 1970).  There were about five actors present who appeared in the film but the most notable was Jacqueline Bisset.  Gentlemen, she still looks great.  Unfortunately, the lame photos I have of her don’t do her justice but that’s what you’re up against when you’re a discreet paparazzi taking pictures where no photography is allowed.

   All the actors spoke highly of Dean Martin and what fun he was on the set.  Jacqueline Bisset said he always had a cocktail glass filled with apple juice on the rocks in his hand.

     The director, George Seaton, gave strict orders not to drink alcoholic beverages at lunch time.  Jacqueline Bisset’s hair dresser talked her into having a margarita on the day they were to shoot the scene where she hits Helen Hayes. (You might recall Helen Hayes’ character was in on this ruse in an effort to grab the bomb from the unstable passenger).  Jacqueline considered this her most difficult scene in the movie. Anyway, the first margarita was so good that she had another…and another.  She was totally blitzed when she did what was considered her best acted scene in the film.  Try to find this out somewhere else on the Internet.

   Angelenos, I can’t urge you enough to get over to the Academy on Monday nights for this series.  It’s only five bucks!  Check out the upcoming films.  http://www.oscars.org/events/great_to_be_nominated/august.htm   This Monday, it’s the Exorcist and Linda Blair is expected to be there.  Last week Michael York was there for Cabaret.  He looked great.  His hair looked the same as it did in the film 35 years ago.  Damn that guy!

Mr. Redcarpet