Archive for October, 2008
Yankee Doodle
Minka- Not a stranger to the sidelines.
So I was at the Texas-Missouri game on Saturday, and up on the Godzillatron they showed Derek Jeter standing on the sidelines with his lady love Minka Kelly. Immediately the crowd started booing. I asked around and the general consensus as to why the booing is that Derek is a Yankee. Oh. Okay then. Thanks for clearing that up. Makes perfect sense…. For the record, I’m against booing. If you don’t like the person then just don’t make any noise. I wonder if Minka was taking any pointers from the UT cheerleaders for the third season of Friday Night Lights. Derek and Minka were also seen checking out a show at Momo’s.
Thank you for being a Friend.
Who knew Blanche Devereaux owned property in Austin? According to Austin Star map, Rue McClanahan the golden girl herself was spotted at an Austin title company closing on the sale of one of her local properties. It was interesting to read that Rue’s autobiography is titled ‘My First Five Husbands.’ That kind of seems like life-imitating art since Blanche was the man-crazed golden girl of the show.
Kyle Chandler who plays Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night lights also has been in the market for a property in Austin. It would make sense to have a home here seeing as how a lot of the show is shot in and around Austin. And speaking of buying homes, Dennis Quaid has made it no secret that he plans to make Austin his permanent home in a couple of years. The veteran actor, a UT sports fan is promoting his new movie, ‘Express’ where he plays (speaking of coaches) Syracuse coach Ben Schwartzwalder.
The Improbable President
James with his Co-star.
For all you George Bush fans (and non-fans as well) the movie W. opened up the Austin Film Festival on Thursday. I’m sure George Jr. regrettably declined his invitation to the screening; in attendance was James Cromwell who plays the more senior of the Bushes in the movie. This must have been a difficult role for the actor to play since he has been hanging out on the ‘extreme left’ for most of his life. James was also spotted chowing down on some vegan dishes at Casa De Luz. The movie is playing in theatres now. I for one will not be seeing it as I can think of much better things to do with my time than waste two hours of it watching Dubya’s life on film. In fact, reading the dictionary sounds more appealing (and educational!) to me at the moment.
