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Happy 2010!
My name is Heather Brady and I will be bringing you all of the Austin Celebrity Scoop!
It’s a new year, a new decade, and a new baby for our Matthew McConaughey. What a great way to ring in the new year, and to ring in the Austin Celebrity Confidential blog! Matthew and girlfriend Camila Alves welcomed daughter Vida Alves McConaughey on January 3, 2010 at 12:13 am. A few days later, dad was able to break away from diaper duty to attend the BCS National Championship Game in Pasadena to watch his beloved UT Longhorns. He ran into Reese Witherspoon at a tailgate- she was rooting for the Horns too! Atta girl Reese! I always knew we could be BFF’s!
And…..taking a bite out of Austin was Jackson Rathbone who plays vampire Jasper Cullen in the Twilight series. He and his band 100 Monkeys were at Waterloo Music on Thursday to play some tunes, sign CD’s, and greet their fans. Super cool celebrity confidential scoop is that he got to meet his baby nephew for the first time at the appearance! Then they were off to play a gig in San Antonio. Normally sunny Austin, Texas isn’t an ideal place for a sparkly vampire, but with this weather lately, it wasn’t a problem!
(Jackson is in the middle)
Wishing you all a fun and fabulous 2010! Lots to look forward to in Austin over the coming months. I’ll be here to keep you informed of all the local celebrity happenings!
Till next time!
My South by Southwest Schedule
I just wanted to make everyone jealous by showcasing all the shows I went to go and see during the SXSW festival. This is my fourth year having a wristband, and it was still just as awesome as ever - MINUS the part of not being able use my feet by Saturday night.
Wednesday:
Hey Negrita ( London)
Winter Gloves (Quebec)
Lindi Ortega (Toronto)
Rod Thomas (London)
Aqualung (Uk)
Hymns (Brooklyn)
Thursday:
Von Bondies (Detroit)
Oak Ridge Boys (Tennessee)
Airborne Toxic Event (Los Angeles)
Guggenheim Grotto (Ireland)
Stars Go Dim (Tulsa)
SleeperCar (El Paso)
Val Emmich (New York)
Friday:
Supersonic (Hungary)
Josh Charles (Brooklyn)
The Felice Brothers (New York)
Jason Isbell and the 400 unit (Alabama)
White Denim (Austin)
Can’t remember after that…bit of a blur.
Saturday:
Colin Moore (Montreal)
The Details (Winnipeg)
Tinted Windows (New York)
Immaculate Machine (Victoria)
Autum (Austin)
Youth Group (Australia)
Bedouin Soundclash (Toronto)
Also, I wanted to let it be known that I did get an invite to Perez Hilton’s One Night in Austin party, but I decided not to go because I wasn’t that overly interested in the acts he had lined up. I know, I know, being a celebrity blogger I should have been there, but I couldn’t justify staying in one place all night, after I had purchased a wristband. There is always next year….
Band Camp Ladies we met
Music
Murray and his Electric Copper hair
I will putting my celebrity sighting goggles on tomorrow, because I will actually be oot and aboot downtown since that is when the Music portion of South by Southwest kicks off. I’m not important enough to have one of those fancy badges, but I did get my hands on a lowly wristband, so I will be making my rounds downtown to check out the scene. Last year I caught personal glimpses of Neil Patrick Harris, Janeane Garofalo and THE bachelor but the most memorable star sighting was at some random no-name show where I saw Rhys Darby who plays the manager on Flight of the Conchords, I asked him if he was at the show to find New Zealand’s fifth most popular digi-folk paradists. He didn’t find it as hilarious as I did…
