We flew into LA on Monday night and decided to walk over to the theatre where the premiere was so we knew where we would be going on Tues night. Lo and behold, the "Transformers" premiere was going on! Very cool! We got there kind of late so all of the stars had already arrived and were on the red carpet doing their interviews. It was hard to see from where we were standing but Michael Bay (the director) was right in front of us signing autographs.
We milled around long enough to watch Shia LeBouf and Josh Duhamel walk into the theatre. Cool!
Spent Tues afternoon in Beverly Hills/Robertson Blvd doing some shopping. Well, mostly window shopping but I did do some damage at the Seven for All Mankind store...Score! Then, back to the hotel to get glammed up for the premiere. We picked up our tickets at will call about 6:30p and then proceeded to try to go incognito on the red carpet so we could watch all the stars arrive. Well, our "incognito" spot we chose ended up being the start of the red carpet so we quickly got booted after some stars started showing up. Oops! Funny thing was, we got asked about 3 times if we were walking the red carpet so I guess we looked like we at least belonged there! Saw Giovanni Ribisi (Phoebe's brother from "Friends") on the red carpet along with Shawn Hatosy (the jock from "The Faculty"). Then, Christian Bale arrived and we were quickly shooed into the theatre as things got quite busy. He ran across the street to sign autographs for the fans. Once in the theatre, we took our seats and waited. A 7:30 start time really means 8:30 I guess in Hollywood! Right before the show started, Michael Mann (the director) came up onstage with Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard and Christian Bale to introduce the movie. I was so glad Johnny was up there since we didn't get to see him outside.
The movie was awesome! Johnny is super sexy in it (but, what did I really expect...he cleans up REAL nice!) and it was very entertaining. After the show, we hung around in the lobby area for a bit to see who came out. Saw Vince Vaughn standing around, Leelee Sobiesky, Stephen Dorff, Giovanni again, and Peter Fonda. Here is my "sasquatch-like" photo of Christian Bale and Peter Fonda. Oops! New camera! Flash was turned off...dang!
That was it for my celeb photos. I certainly wasn't going to be the ONE weirdo around that kept taking pics. So, all of my celeb shots are saved inside my head.
We hopped on a shuttle bus for the quick trip to the after party at the Hammer Museum. It was a cool place for a party. The whole inside of the building was an open air courtyard. There were tables set up all over the place along with heated gas lamps and a bunch of bars with different drinks. We made our way to the bathroom then got a drink and stood around to peruse the room for stars. Saw the same people as before mostly sitting with their friends and family. Rosario Dawson walked by, skinny as a rail! Christian Bale made his way through the crowd with his wife. Gave me a nod and a smile as he passed. I felt like a kid in a candy store, trying not to have a huge grin on my face. It really was neat feeling like we fit in with this crowd.
We met up with Tina (the gal I had been in contact with to get all the info for the premiere) and her friend, Marc. We visited with them for awhile. Really nice people. She told me "Bruno" was premiering on Thurs at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and if we were around, to come by will call and say hi. We made our way back to the hotel about 1:30a and of course, I had had a bit too much wine...needless to say, I was feeling under the weather on Wed. But, we had such a great night, I didn't mind!
Now...what movies will be premiering next summer that we can attend??? I'm hooked!
