hey hey! this afternoon at work while sitting at my desk all of a sudden i hear the classic song sweet caroline blasting outside - as we all jumped to the window - there's legendary singer & songwriter neil diamond on the roof of the el capitan theatre with late-night talk show host jimmy kimmel who was decked out in a sequined vest with a white scarf - and serenading the growing crowd below - i'll have to tune-in tonight to see what all the roof action was about! tomorrow night mr. diamond will be mentoring the final five on american idol - i'm not a huge fan of mr. diamond's but he has written a number of great songs - a total american music icon! many thanks go out to my buddy aaron (full of conspiracy theories & lively conversation!) at work for snapping the pictures below since i was due at a meeting - and neil diamond on the roof next door was not a good excuse to skip! i love living & working right in hollywood - there's always something random going on! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
many thanks to my pal JAM who sent over this joint statement from a bunch of entertainment CEOs - which will hopefully signals the end of the writers' strike! i certainly pray it's all over - if it were to continue - television would start to seem bleaker than it already is! i've been feeling super uneasy about all this strike business (along with a looming recession!) i hope everyone is happy with the deal - so here's to people going back to work again - cheers! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo! (woo hoo...tomorrow is friday!)
PS i think i was reading too much into this statement - this is only an appeal to get talks going again! oh my word - this so needs to be resolved ASAP!
PHOTO CREDIT - MONICA ALMEIDA | THE NEW YORK TIMES
The agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television
Producers and the Directors Guild of America establishes an important precedent: Our industry's creative talent will now participate financially in every emerging area of new media. The agreement demonstrates beyond any doubt that our industry's producers are willing and able to work with the creators of entertainment content to establish fair and flexible rules for this fast-changing marketplace.
We hope that this agreement with DGA will signal the beginning of the end of this extremely difficult period for our industry. Today, we invite the Writers Guild of America to engage with us in a series of informal discussions similar to the productive process that led us to a deal with the DGA to determine whether there is a reasonable basis for returning to formal bargaining. We look forward to these discussions, and to the day when our entire industry gets back to work.
Peter Chernin Chairman and CEO The Fox Group
Brad Grey Chairman & CEO Paramount Pictures Corp.
Robert A. Iger President & CEO The Walt Disney Company
Michael Lynton Chairman & CEO Sony Pictures Entertainment
Barry M. Meyer Chairman & CEO Warner Bros.
Leslie Moonves President & CEO CBS Corp.
Harry Sloan Chairman & CEO MGM
Jeff Zucker President & CEO NBC Universal
hey hey! ok so this past friday i called in sick to work - when i returned today - one very cool co-worker (who wants to remain anonymous) of mine came running up to me - going on about witnessing a minor fender bender on hollywood blvd (at the corner of orange - right next to hollywood's roosevelt hotel) it involved a white mercedes rear ending a silver VW bug (there wasn't a lot of damage but the mercedes symbol from the front grill was missing...) guess who was driving the mercedes? it was aaron carter - the messy younger & washed up brother of 'backstreet boy' nick carter! my pal was working a little late that night and spotted the incident and quickly snapped a few pictures which are posted below! they told me as the girls and mr. carter were exchanging 'important yet boring' details (no police were called to the scene - plus there wasn't a paparazzi in sight) they had no clue who he was and then aaron even broke into a few moments of singing for them - then finally a tourist (of course) recognized him (shame on them!)
aaron seemed quite content with the very small bit of attention - then my friend asked him to snap a picture and mr. carter obliged with a big ol' smile (he's practicing for his inevitable mugshot!) it all seems fishy to me - apparently he was flirting hardcore w/ the ladies - and what a convenient place to rear end someone! although his mini PR stunt most likely failed - i looked around the web and i've seen no mention of the fender bender - so i suppose this is a semi-exclusive post - not the most groundbreaking story but it's something right? popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
hey y'all! i've got one last post before i head off to bed (i'm so super tired) earlier today i was sitting at my desk when all of a sudden everybody in my office heard a bunch of clamor growing louder by the minute outside - we all raced to the window and saw what seemed like thousands of people marching down hollywood blvd - it turned out to be a part of the writers' strike that will soon be heading into week #3 - i looked closely into the crowd and i spotted debra messing holding a strike sign (who i saw earlier in the day) and 'grey's anatomy' star sandra oh got up at the podium and gave an impassioned speech - i couldn't hear it but she was really into whatever she was saying - and people were cheering like mad! i for one totally support the writers guild of america - and i hope the two sides can come up with a compromise that keeps everyone happy - i really don't want to see this drag on - TV will be so bleak! (and movies will be backed up too!) popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
good morning & happy friday! earlier this week i posted some pictures from the hancock movie shoot taking place on hollywood blvd with will smith & charlize theron - as of yesterday they were still filming this big action sequence with a smashed truck laid out on the ground - i'm not exactly sure what's going on in the scene but something causes total pandemonium on the blvd - they've filmed a lot of scenes of people running for their lives all over the street - my work pals aaron & erik even went downstairs and sneaked into one of the extras scene where they ran across the street (they're pictured below) when asked who they were - aaron said 'oh we're friends of peter's' (referring to director peter berg) and they were allowed to stay! as much as it has been fun having this film being worked on right outside my work building - it has also been a total pain in the ass - besides the traffic nightmare - just walking around has been annoying - being stopped here & there - asked to hold up for five minutes while they film a scene - and having to take various alternate paths to get around the whole set-up - i'm so ready for them to be done and move on! anyways hopefully when i head to work in a few minutes the blvd will be back to normal...however i will have to see this film when it comes out next july just to see how this sequence turned out! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo! (oh the blond lady below is ms. theron's stand in!)
hey everybody! oh what a day it has been here on popbytes - my post the other day on those brazilian yogurt ads did very well - i even got linked off an article over on people.com which helped provide some extra traffic! anyways this afternoon i walked over to the hollywood wax museum along with a few pals from work for a fun break - i've passed by the museum a gazillion times but never went in...until today! (this month i'm celebrating my sixth year living here in los angeles - oh my word time does fly!) all houses o' wax are always on the creepy side - this one was no exception! founded in 1965 by spoony singh (he passed away last year) it was the first wax place dedicated to celebrities - the quality of the figures isn't the best (this was no madame tussauds) but i have to admit it was better than i thought and proved to be a fun & kooky time! below are a bunch of pictures including one of yours truly! (that's jude law w/ angelina jolie) right now i'm enjoying my friday evening - along with loving the thought of sleeping semi-late tomorrow! popbytes over & out for tonight - much love to all as always...xxoo!
good evening! so this morning there was a bunch of hoopla (aka traffic) in front of grauman's chinese theater on hollywood blvd when the united states postal service (gosh who doesn't love when the mail comes?!?) launched their new collection of star wars stamps in celebration of the series' 30th anniversary! there's fifteen in all (pictured below) and will be available for purchase starting on may 26th! plus if you head over to usps jedi master you can vote for your favorite (time is ticking...less than sixty days left to cast your vote) the winning stamp will be made into its very own sheet! (i'm totally voting for yoda) this is only the second time in the post office's 256 years (damn that's a long ass time) where the public has been offered the chance to vote for a stamp (the first time was for the elvis presley stamp back in '92) i'll admit i'm not a fan of star wars at all but i'm such a sucker for a hot new stamp release! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo! (many thanks to my pals brent & tina who snapped the pictures from this morning)
good evening! this morning there was vanessa williams getting her star and then in the afternoon i spotted the gorgeous heidi klum filming something for what i assume is intended for german television - she wasn't talking to the camera in english so i really have no clue what was going on but i snapped some pictures anyway! it looked like some sorta outfit critiquing but i could be wrong! she looks great for just having another baby a few months ago - oh i simply can't wait until the next season of project runway kicks off - oh yes that's another favorite show of mine!
right now i'm getting ready for the amy winehouse concert tonight which i've got myself quite excited and pumped over - i can't wait! i'll try to do a quick post when i get home later tonight! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
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