Elizabeth Taylor
"I'd cry my eyes violet
Elizabeth TaylorTell me for realDo you think it's forever?Been number one but I never had twoAnd I can't have fun if I can't have...Be my NY when Hollywood hates meYou're only as hot as your last hit, babyI been number one but I never had twoAnd I can't have fun if I can't have... you" - Elizabeth Taylor, Taylor Swift |
| Hollywood, CA |
Here is a photo I shot of a mural promoting Olivia Rodrigo's latest album "You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love" in Hollywood, CA
So are you enjoying her latest? I know I am.
Olivia is officially the most bad ass Gen Z artist out there to me because of her duet with Robert Smith of The Cure "What's Wrong With Me."
"Went to the doctor and she said I was fine
But every movie that I see makes me cry
It's like somebody put a weight on my chest
I should talk to a friend
But I can't get out of bed
My head is spinning and my stomach is sick
Say I'm in love, so it's hard to admit
I can't eat, I can't sleep
I think you're what's wrong with me"
Mic Drop!!!
Olivia on IG -
One of the fun things about living in Los Angeles is that I have errands I have to do in Hollywood roughly twice a month.
Well I was there yesterday and the historic El Capitan Theatre was boasting The Devil Wears Prada 2 would be playing there and to get your advanced tickets now. On the rooftop above said theatre was this billboard.
You know I just had to take this photo and post it.
Groundbreaking...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 on IMDb -
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| Agnes Moorehead as Endora |
Here's a little bit of Hollywood History you most likely haven't heard about. It's the infamous graffiti: "Agnes Moorehead Is God"
For those of you who are unfamiliar Ms. Moorehead is best know for her role of Endora, mother to Elizabeth Montgomery's Samantha Stephens on Bewitched. I have included her photo above.
Here is the 411 on the graffiti via Vintage Los Angeles:
It's Christmas time in the city, the city of Los Angeles to be exact. Guess what this means?! "Yes" over the top Christmas decor and the elaborate promotion of Holiday Movies.
Hey, presents are the only thing they want you to spend coin on during the season. Thus let us Hump Day & Chill to Hollywood, hurray for Hollywood!
For me I love walking down the street and seeing a side of a building done up to promote a movie. It's part of the magic of living in the heart of it all. Trust me there is about one on every corner.
While running errands in Hollywood the other day I was walking down the street and there it was complete with Uber Lime Bikes as accessories a side of a building promoting the latest Knives Out Mystery "Wake Up Dead Man"
In the immortal words of Pee Wee Herman I took a picture so it would last longer.
Good thing I did, Hump Day & Chill Minions!
Wake Up Dead Man on Rotten Tomatoes -
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wake_up_dead_man_a_knives_out_mystery
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| Puttin' On The Ritz The Cast & Some Crew of Wicked For Good |
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| Myself & Tyler Cassity, Owner Of Hollywood Forever |
Yesterday I attended a party celebrating the opening of the new mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA, naturally.
The to do was held on the rooftop of the structure, that's correct I said rooftop. This mausoleum is big! Five stories to be exact and one hundred feet tall. With some amazing views and curated space for events and celebrations of any kind.
It was christened with the first yoga class ever held on the roof yesterday before the party.
Here are some photos yours truly took while attending it.
Enjoy!
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| Rooftop Fun |
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| A View Of The Hollywood Sign, Of Course |
For More information about Hollywood Forever visit -
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| Michelle Pfeiffer |
While I was running errands the other day in Hollywood, to what did my roving eyes did appear, Chucky & Tiffany the two most notorious killer dolls ever to unleash terror on the big screen!
They stared at me malevolently from the display in the window of the historic Hollywood Toys & Costumes. The store has been in Hollywood for 75 years and counting.
It's one of the great things about living in Los Angeles, you get to see all the great history that has been made here every day.
Especially Hollywood, it's very close to where I live and I head up to the Blvd at least once a month have lunch and walk around and take in everything it has to offer.
Hooray For Hollywood!
Hollywood Toys & Costumes on the WWW -
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| Bend It Like Marilyn Monroe |
After a week of Wild Fires (and counting) in Los Angeles, CA I thought it was time to revisit a simpler time in the cities history.
Let's take a Hump Day & Chill trip back to the days of yore when Marilyn Monroe lounged on a chair languidly looking like a million dollars, shall we? We shall!
Marilyn is the kind of woman you knew you could have a dirty martini with, laugh and confide in. I bet she would never tell anyone your secrets, and you'd better not spill hers either.
So let's raise our collective glasses and toast to the history of Los Angeles/Hollywood and remember a time and place when things were less chaotic.
Hump Day & Chill...Cheers!
Marilyn on IG -
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| Blackie |
Today just for the sheer levity of it, I decided to bring back the Creature From The Black Lagoon and declare it National Creature From The Black Lagoon Day!
Hey there's a national day for just about everything else why not the creature.
I remember seeing the Creature's screen debut on TV with my Dad when I was kid. The creature was a sight to behold to my inner child. I was fascinated by this aquatic oddity.
Something came to mind when I sae this image of Blackie and decided to hold a day in his honor. There has yet to be remake that updates his image and story for the modern day.
Maybe honoring him will inspire Hollywood!
Creature From The Black Lagoon on Wikipedia -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_from_the_Black_Lagoon
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| Santa's Circus |
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I remember this as well, "Yes" once upon a time...
Posting this in support and solidarity for the SAG/AFTRA Strike. Here's hoping to a resolution in the near future.
For more info on the SAG/AFTRA strike hit the link below!
Today I am going to Hump Day & Chill by seeing Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer at the world famous Chinese theater in Hollywood, CA.
Oppenheimer is being shown in IMAX there the way it is intended by Nolan to be seen thus I am gonna watch it in all it's resplendent glory.
For those not in the know at one point they shut the historic theater down and revamped it to show movies in IMAX so far I have seen only one movie in the format there that being The Batman. After today it will be two.
Anyway if you wanna know where I'm gonna Hump Day & Chill for three hours today it's with me, myself and Oppenheimer at the Chinese in Hollywood.
Cheers to air conditioning!
The Chinese Theater on Wikipedia -
The Montalbán Presents
Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey
Professor Brian Cox’s
Immersive Live Experience
Fri. June 17 & Sat. June 18, 2022
The Montalbán is honored to present Horizons: A 21st Century Space Odyssey, the latest immersive live experience from World-renowned physicist, Professor Brian Cox for two nights, Friday, June 17 and Saturday, June 18, 2022. Horizons is a celebration of our civilization, of our music, art, philosophy and science; an optimistic vision of our future if we continue to explore Nature with humility and to value ourselves and our fellow human beings. Cox will once again be joined by award-winning comedian Robin Ince, his co-host on the BBC’s The Infinite Monkey Cage, Returning to the historic Montalbán (the site of his Cox’s last sold-out engagement in Southern California), the show will start at 8:00pm. Tickets cost $65. Located near the legendary corner of Hollywood and Vine, the venue is at 1615 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. For information and tickets, please visit https://www.themontalban.com/briancox.
In the midst of a 29-city North America tour produced by WestBeth Entertainment, Horizons demystifies planetary science, cosmology, and quantum theory for an all-ages audience through advanced LED screen technology, comedy, and live Q&A. The tour will also visit arenas and theaters throughout the U.K., Europe, Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia. As the Edmonton Journal recently wrote, “Only a handful of scientists can sell out arenas lecturing on some of the most complex issues vexing particle physicists today. Cox is one of them. His capacity to distill some of the most complex questions researchers ask about space, time and things above and beyond it into something the lay person can grasp is rare.” |
Horizons takes audiences on a dazzling cinematic journey; a story of how we came to be and what we can become. Using state of the art LED screen technology, venues will be filled with images of far-away galaxies, alien worlds, supermassive black holes and a time before the Big Bang. What is the nature of space and time? Why does the Universe exist? How did life begin, how rare might it be and what is the significance of life in the Cosmos? What does it mean to live a small, finite life in a vast, eternal Universe? The deepest of questions will be explored using the latest advances in our understanding of quantum theory, black holes, biology, planetary science, astronomy and cosmology. “I loved the 2019 world tour because it gave me the opportunity to discuss the most profound ideas with tens of thousands of people in front of the most spectacular images of the Universe,” stated Professor Cox. “When the tour was over, I immediately started thinking about how I could delve deeper, tell an even more profound story and make the show even more spectacular. I’m very excited about what has emerged! I hope the evening will make people think about how fortunate and precious we are, how strange and wonderful our Universe is, and the limitless future we have to look forward to if we make the right choices over the coming decades.” |
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| Grauman's Chinese Theater |
Yesterday I went and saw The Batman at the historic Chinese Theater in Hollywood, IMAX style.
Batman is my jam and IMO this was the best Batman movie ever! Robert Pattinson is the best movie Batman ever!
There I said it. Now on to the important stuff. While I have been to movies in a theater last year etc. I really wasn't prepared for how emotional I got being in the iconic Chinese again.
From the hand prints in the cement, to the amazing architecture inside. You can feel the history of this shrine to movie going leap into your soul.
A little bit dramatic? Not really, accurate to my feelings, it is.
I mean I even took this photo of Marilyn Monroe's hand and foot prints (yes I had seen them before) I was feeling so nostalgic.
Sally Forth and smile like you mean it, it's Monday!!!
The Chinese Theater on the WWW -
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| Pucker Up! Michelle Pfeiffer |
How has everyone's week been? Mine been pretty good, today I'm going to see The Batman at the Chinese in Hollywood IMAX style and I can't wait!
Being as it is the close of the weekend I felt it called for some levity and also something that is reflective of how I woke up feeling this morning (hey I had a good dream, what can I say???)
Thus when I saw this quite silly photo of Michelle Pfeiffer I knew this was it, this was what captured it all starting my day off.
Oddly I have never seen Michelle act this goofy for a photo ever! I never even new she posed for photos like this. She usually looks so serious or smiling, but never downright off the wall.
So if Michelle can do it...
Bend it like Michelle, here's looking at you!!!
Michelle on IG -
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| Don't Call Me "Baby." I'm Not Your "Baby." Michelle Pfeiffer |
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| James Dean |
With a scant 4 more days until Halloween, how fitting that today is National Black Cat Day...Meow!
So I let my fingers hit the keyboard and Google the WWW and what to my wandering eyes did appear but a pictorial to honor Halloween of Black Cats and their celebrity owners. One in partik stood out, well a few actually did but this one popped a little more.
Behold the beauty of James Dean and his Black Cat, oh, and there's also a table involved too, for good measure (I guess.)
For those of you reading this who don't know who James Dean is, and I am sure there are a few. First of all take the Walk of Shame and then do a Google search. You'll thank me, trust...
Seeing James and his pussy takes me back to a simpler time, also a time in Hollywood that will never come back. "Yes" Virginia all the glamour is gone, but legends live on!
Go Black Cat or go home! Have you cleaned the litter box?!
James on Wikipedia:
