Friday, February 29, 2008

go for the gold, oscar

last sunday (the 24th) was the 80th annual academy awards, the show i worked all week in the cold and rain to go to. i worked until 9 am the morning of the show then walked across the street to the roosevelt hotel (where the first academy awards were handed out, over dinner between a handful of hollywood elite back in the late 20s) to sleep for a few hours. i woke up around 1 and showered and dressed. we bought my dress at loehmanns (and got an amazing deal on it) and i looked pretty good if i do say so myself. i walked back across the street, grabbed some lunch, and headed down to the red carpet to keep my eagle eyes trained on the press corps (aka the paps). i was stationed just inside the entrance to the kodak theater (right behind wher ethe big golden curtain was. i was very briefly on tv (on the abc preshow) but we only saw me because we knew what i was wearing and where i was standing - it was pretty far and blurry. i kept the vendors in line - they kept busting out their personal cameras (a HUGE no no) and i kept yelling at them and security kept confiscating phones and cameras. so no i did not get any pictures of anyone famous however, every single person in the audience of the awards walked within five feet of my position. i saw them all.
george c.
john t and kelly p.
miley c (aka hannah m).
javier b.
jennifer g.
cate b.
jessica a and cash w.
tommy lee j.
steve c.
harrison f and old whats her face.
rene z (who just needs to eat something already!)
daniel d-l.
jennifer h (serious back fat issues in that dress)
all of them, it was amazing. i actually sneezed on colin ferrell. oops. he and his mom didnt mind. his mom was cute. and it wasnt ALL over him just a little on his shoe.

during the broadcast i was in the photo room where winners and presenters are taken after leaving the stage. in between the stage and the door to the photo room is an open bar and some of those folks took FULL advantage. the paps yelled and screamed at them to try and get "the shot" (ps if you are looking at photos of winner online and you see ones with a white curtain saying abc and the oscar logo thats the room i was in). i got to use my stage managing skills to turn the volume on the show up and down if someone was in the room or not and make sure the slate with the correct name went across the stage before each winner. it was really fun. i wasnt able to actually meet any of the celebs but javier and i definitely had a moment after we were all cracking up at him. the paps yelled at each winner to kiss their statue and he turned his over and kissed oscars butt. it was really funny. we (the other press guides and i) laughed and he looked right at me and smiled. i just about melted into a puddle on the floor. ewan mcgregor has some stiff competition in my book now!

we have been watching the show and red carpet coverage on our dvr slowly this week - i know i was on canadian tv alot because their camera was pointed right at me but i dont get canadian channels. oh well. maybe next year.

!m!

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