After a night of beer I was feeling quite groggy this morning when Tino picked me up. He got me to Warner Brothers for around 930 am, so I was able to regain my energy by gulping down a couple of coffees in Starbucks (I seem to be spending a lot of time in Starbucks... ). The studio tour was absolutely incredible. While I took the "short" two and half hour tour, there is also a … [Read more...] about Warner Brothers Studio – Burbank
Cinema
Stars and Photos
Yesterday I started my day with coffee and croissants in Starbucks, courtesy of Jason from Alertsite who had sent me a Starbucks' card before I left Ireland. I wandered around the forecourt of the Chinese Theatre before succumbing and signing myself up for a tour of the stars' homes. Yes it is incredibly tacky, but I feel zero guilt :) Did I see anyone famous? No. The only … [Read more...] about Stars and Photos
Hollywood
I'm staying literally two minutes walk from Hollywood Boulevard. Yesterday afternoon I was picked up at the airport by a very swish Town Car and dropped off at the hotel. I had slept a bit on the plane, but the seats weren't particularly comfortable, so I wasn't feeling exactly refreshed. In order to get my internal clock on track (there's an 8 hour difference) I thought I'd go … [Read more...] about Hollywood
Oscars 2007
Just got an email from CD Wow promoting the nominated films for the 2007 Academy Awards. I hadn't had a chance to look at the list previously, so I popped over to the official site, where I quickly discovered that I hadn't seen most of the films :( … [Read more...] about Oscars 2007
Celebrities Boost Traffic … Scarlett Johansson Jessica Alba coming soon?
Last year I mentioned Twink. That was in September of last year. It's now January and I'm still getting hits on that post. I checked my stats... Since September 1st 2006 I've had about 2000 visits from people looking for Twink (or something to do with her). In the same period I've had about 3000 visits from people looking for XtraVision (extra vision / Xtra Vision / … [Read more...] about Celebrities Boost Traffic … Scarlett Johansson Jessica Alba coming soon?