Watch that bottle
They always say "never hold a drink in your hand when posing for a press photo" -- here's why. Little Miss Sunshine co-director Jonathan Dayton (l.) appears to be holding a bottle of Perrier, but the mere presence of a bottle in his right hand plus that vaguely smirky expression on his ruddy bearded face (he looks half-bombed) plus the straw pork-pie hat doesn't make for a winning combination. If he'd put the bottle down and buttoned his jacket he'd be fine.
Sunshine co-director Valerie Faris (center) is also holding a Perrier bottle, but with both hands as if it the bottle is a piece of sculpture or an award she's just won, and that makes all the difference. The lady looks sharp, elegant and reserved, like an art-gallery owner. L.A. Film Festival programming chief Rachel Rosen (r.) isn't holding anything, and thank fortune for that.
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 29, 2006 at 10:06 AM
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Bob Woodstein says ...
The bottle thing seems minor to me. Can't we just be happy that Carl Kolchak is back on the streets?
Posted by Bob Woodstein at July 29, 2006 11:14 AM
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NYCBusybody says ...
God, what ever happened to the celebration of men like Richard Burton and Oliver Reed, who didn't give a fuck how they looked and took pride in not being effete assholes?
Is Jeffrey Wells ACTUALLY saying he doesn't like this picture 'cause the guy doesn't look like an art-gallery type?? He looks like a dude who doesn't give a fuck how he looks and is just holdin' his drink like a man. At what point does being metrosexual just become plain gay?
Posted by NYCBusybody at July 29, 2006 11:42 AM
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NYCBusybody says ...
Although the pork-pie does admittedly make him look a little molester-ish.
Posted by NYCBusybody at July 29, 2006 11:49 AM
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Thompson says ...
"At what point does being metrosexual just become plain gay?"
When you start fucking other men.
Posted by Thompson at July 29, 2006 12:12 PM
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(Not Really) Jeffrey Wells says ...
Egads! A plaid shirt! AND a slight pot belly. He almost looks like one of those out-of-shape, un-hip, red state mouth-breathers. At LEAST it's Perrier and they're at an art gallery, but still... My smelling salts, please! (And don't see "Lady In The Water". Nobody likes it.)
Posted by (Not Really) Jeffrey Wells at July 29, 2006 12:27 PM
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ed says ...
They always say "never look like you just toked for a web banner photo" -- here's why. Hollywood Elsewhere blogger Jeffrey Wells appears to have just toked for the graphic atop his website, but the mere presence of a slightly raised eyebrow and a confused grimace (he looks like he's got the munchies) doesn't make for a safe American theocracy. If he smiled for the photographer, he'd be just fine.
Posted by ed at July 29, 2006 2:19 PM
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thedude says ...
And he's balding too. So...there.
Posted by thedude at July 29, 2006 5:06 PM
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christian says ...
actually, a better photographer could have taken a better picture.
Posted by christian at July 29, 2006 8:28 PM
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gh says ...
wow Wells, you are taking douche baggy nit-picking to whole new levels lately.
seriously. please stop.
Posted by gh at July 29, 2006 11:39 PM
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Aaron says ...
At least I know I'm not the only one bothered by Wells' frequently insane physical-appearance obsessions (that is, unless you're Michael Mann or Alejandro Gonzales Inatritu, who could wear a plastic bag and rainbow brite jelly slippers and give Wells' a hard-on).
How is the film? Good? Then who gives a shit!
Posted by Aaron at July 30, 2006 1:49 AM
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Aaron says ...
Great Kolchak reference, by the way.
Posted by Aaron at July 30, 2006 1:50 AM