SO! Turns out the sponsor of the lounge changes everytime. It was Extra's lounge this time instead of HBO's. Saturday was fairly epic, however it was so extremely cold that it hailed in Beverly Hills and snowed in Burbank (the first time in over 75 years!) so I think between the awful weather and the fact that there is a ton more going on during Oscars weekend versus Golden Globes weekend kept people from coming to the Luxury Lounge. I was honestly a little disappointed that more A list celebs didn't come, but beggars can't be choosers when you are getting paid for the day!
I escorted Michael Arndt (the writer of Toy Story 3 and Little Miss Sunshine), Daniel Sunjata (from Greys Anatomy and Rescue Me), and Matt Weiner and his wife (the creator/producer of Mad Men). All three were great guys. Daniel registered for a TiVo account (because they had a booth this time) and the lady gave me the paper they needed filled out, which includes full name, address, telephone number, and email address. I filled in his full name but it's not like I knew any of that other information so it was kind of funny. He was just like "I'll take it from here. I would be scared if you did know all that." So that was pretty entertaining.
The lounge had a lot of the same vendors as last time but there were a few different ones. Trident was there this time giving out a year supply of Trident, which I thought was pretty awesome. Also Heineken was there, TiVo as I mentioned earlier and this new video game called YooStar. It is basically like movie karaoke, you put yourself in a movie as one of the characters and have to deliver that characters lines. It seemed really cool! You can then download the videos to facebook and other sites so your friends can you see in a movie. The wonders of technology...
Also saw at the lounge: Leslie David Baker (The Office), Eric Johnson (one of the writers of The Fighter), Heather McDonald (Chelsea Lately), Isabel Gilles (Law and Order SVU), Lake Bell (No Strings Attached), and Anna Pacquin (True Blood).
However the people I was most excited about seeing (which is ironic because they aren't really celebrities...) was the actual people The Fighter was based off of! First Mikey and Charlene came in, but they tried to keep a low profile by getting in and out pretty quickly. However when Dicky and Alice (the mom) came in I didn't even have to ask anyone who they were because Christian Bale and Melissa Leo did such an amazing job portraying them! Dicky was really friendly, talking and taking pictures with everyone. He kept answering his phone and saying that he was at "the lounge of luxury." At one point he went up to one of the escorts named Caroline and stroked her cheek and started singing "Sweet Caroline" to her. I couldn't take my eyes off of them! I was telling Matt Weiner that I was star struck over them and he said something like, "it's funny the people who make you star struck, you would never guess it."
Sunday morning I returned with Ginny to the Four Seasons because she was planted at the brunch at the hotel there for her internship to see what celebs were eating there. We were getting really disappointed that we weren't seeing anyone until we saw the man of the day, Colin Firth! Some walked right up to him and said "Good luck tonight Colin!" So we thought that was pretty cool, especially after he won the Oscar later. We also had fun pretending like we fit amongst the people that could actually afford the $68 brunch (her internship reimburses her for everything).
After that Ginny, Kelsey, and I decided to go stalk the red carpet for the pre-Oscars coverage to see if we could see any celebs. It was hard to find a spot at first because so many of the streets were closed down, but we eventually found this area right by the red carpet blocked by this giant fence. There were TONS of people there though. I literally was getting squished on all sides and got stepped on everytime a limo would pull up and the door was opened. It was really uncomfortable so we didn't stay long, however we did get a chance to see Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams, and Amy Adams! So that was pretty awesome.
Almost won this competition we were having through the ICLA program about who guessed the most correct winners of the Oscars, but I lost because I picked The Social Network for best picture instead of The King's Speech. boooo. The prize was two free movie tickets! haha
Last night we had our first Media Industries class (a mini-course we are all required to take that meets three times during the semester). There was a panel of IC alums there that came to talk about what they are doing now and how they got there from their time at IC. It was really interesting and it really made me think about my future because I was so adamant about what I wanted to do, not realizing that the path to getting there doesn't need to be as straightforward as I was imagining it to be. One of the panelists said, "sometimes you'll be taking jobs just to be employed and it is those jobs that you'll not only make contacts at, but that might lead you to something you couldn't imagine yourself doing but you find that you actually enjoy." That gave me a lot of peace of mind and honestly it made me look forward to the future because I don't know where I'll end but I am excited to see where that is and how I'll get there.
Guess I should go read a script now that one of my bosses are here!
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