I didn’t bother telling it because it’s a fairly boring story.
I met him both backstage and at his hotel, nothing happened between us except a sweet little chat. One of my friends had commented that she found him “scary”. I was telling him this and said that most guys that look scary are really pussycats and I’d bet he’s very ticklish.
He blushed and said he was.
One of the nicest band members I met.
Until . . . well, you know.
I think that is well attibuted–to her. I have no reason to believe she was as ditzy in real life as her shtick, but neither would I attribute a really high IQ just because she said so.
Ah. I didn’t know she was the source of the information.
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It’s understandable that an intelligent woman who also has large breasts might become quite defensive about her intelligence, especially given that men, in general, subconsciously subtract 25 IQ points for every additional cup size.
I thought it was the other way around: each additional cup size subtracts IQ points from the man.
It’s both. :eek:
From all I can see Walken is distressingly normal. TOO normal. Lives out in the country with his wife of several decades. Is still listed as a Methodist.
[old Western mode] It’s quiet. TOO quiet. :dubious: [/old Western mode]
Vid Diesel: I can’t call myself a fan of his work but I am aware of the “nerd” side of his personality and it’s always impressed me that he’s never felt the need to gloss over it. His interest in sci-fi and role playing is well known and, while I would say I wouldn’t go out of my way to see one his films, I like him regardless and wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to sit down and share a few beers with him.
Milla Jovovich: I confess that I’ve had a bit of a crush on Milla since I was a young teen and I’m glad to hear that she truly is a sweetheart in her real life. I can’t quite put my finger on it but she’s always interested me for some reason as an actress as I think she approaches all her roles with an uncommon earnestness. Always interesting to watch even in her lesser movies. (I didn’t care for Ultraviolet for example, but she was still entertaining and I’ll always give her the benefit of the doubt.)
Pro Wrestling personalities: As dropzone points out, even though wrestlers tend to meld their real personalities with their performances somewhat, you still have to be careful not to confuse the two. From what I know most people in the industry are far more normal than we commonly see, and respectful of history to boot. (For those who are interested I’d recommend first Mickey Rourke’s film “The Wrestler” as a decent treatment of the source material in a dramatic setting and then Barry Blaustein’s “Beyond the Mat” as the best behind the scenes documentary I’ve ever seen about the business.)
I think Vince McMahon gets something of a bad rap for a couple of reasons, mostly because he plays his character to near perfection on TV and he’s taken a lot of risks with his company that haven’t always panned out. Also, his livelihood, and that of his family, rests on the success of the WWE’s “brand” and he’ll always back the health of it over the health of business as a whole. Not always admirable, but understandable at least. On a related note his daughter Stephanie, who effectively runs and manages the WWE these days, I understand is in a similar place. She made her name on television as a vindictive, shrewish character but in real life most have said she’s one of the kindest most generous people you’ll ever meet.
Both Mick Foley and, as previously mentioned Jim Cornette, are intelligent, thoughtful people who both hold very hardline liberal views politically. Foley’s been a little more open about it, but for Cornette it can come as a surprise for some people.
Shawn Michaels is an interesting case as I’ve heard conflicting viewpoints about him. Back in the 90’s it seems generally agreed he was a selfish, manipulative person, but he claims to have went through a religious, life changing conversion at one point. Foley wrote in one of his books, (and he knew Shawn both in 95-96 when he first started working for the WWE and later in 2002 after Shawn returned to wrestling full time after a career threatening back injury), that Shawn seemed to truly turn over a new leaf, valuing professionalism and consistency far more than he had in the past. There was a DVD released some time ago detailing his career up to that point where Michaels was interviewed and he relayed a story about being so drugged out his mind on painkillers that he didn’t remember spending time with his children, (it was about having eaten an entire box of cookies with them, and he didn’t remember doing so, his wife had to remind him), that made him stop and re-examine his life. It sounds very convenient, but he would be far from the first person to be affected by a small, personal event so I’m tempted to give him the benefit of the doubt on that.
I met Jennifer Carpenter the day after the Dexter finale aired-I was flying out to an interview and she was flying out somewhere for a movie. She sat down next to me and I did a double-take (and yes, I asked her if she was Jennifer Carpenter, she said yes, then I said I was a fan of the show/the finale was awesome and left it at that…then she just starts talking to me forever even though I was trying to make it clear that I wasn’t going to bother her). She was incredibly nice. We spent 40 minutes talking-hilariously, about my job, not hers. She actually seems like a really shy person IRL.
Milo got his BA and MA at UCSD in Bio at the same time I was there getting my BS and MS in ME. He was a friend of mine and a good friend of a couple of good friends of mine. He is an incredibly unassuming, nice and genuine guy with a great sense of humor.
Did she swear a lot?
A bit off-topic, but I like to think that the last thing everyone sees before they die is Walken with a bread knife and 1 can of beer. What is going on? Only he knows.
No-I was thinking of modifying my post to say “and she didn’t swear once!” Actually, she got a call in the middle of our conversation and asked me to watch her bag for her while she took it, then thanked me after she came back. Not even a “f*cking hell” once!
I just can’t buy that about Stephanie. Every backstage story and rumor I’ve ever heard has painted her as the shrew and bitchy but also shrewd businesswoman. Best example I can see is Shane McMahon’s announcement that he was stepping away from the business. The few editorials I read about it (I don’t follow wrestling that much any more but this story caught my eye) all posited that he wasn’t going to fight his sister over the company and she had been squeezing him out anyway. Also her stage to real life relationship with HHH was always skeevy to me.
Assuming you’re talking about this Vince McMahon, I will offer only that my ex-wife is related to him and believes him to be a major douche.
You may very well be right, I don’t claim to have ever met Stephanie or anyone who knows her, my impression is formed completely from industry news, rumors and the shoot interviews and books from people inside the industry. Admittedly everyone has a very good reason not to badmouth either Vince or Stephanie, so there’s probably a measure of political foresight at play when anybody talks about them even when they’re not directly working for the WWE. I do know that Mick Foley, who’s written extensively about his career and time in the WWE, has went out of his way to say that Stephanie grew up with her father’s vision concerning what pro-wrestling is supposed to be and while he disagrees with her creative decisions, he still respects her as a person. He’s said that she’s not nearly as difficult to deal with as her father is.
Two other things…
Her marriage to HHH does seem skeevy on the surface, more on his end than hers, but many people in the industry end up with others who are also in the industry simply by virtue of the fact that they spend so much time around one another. When your on the road 5 days out of the week year round it can be difficult to maintain a relationship with someone who stays at home. As far as I’m aware neither were in a relationship prior to them hooking up and they were booked together in a high profile angle for an extended period of time. They probably spent a LOT of time together during that period. Stephanie, being Vince’s daughter, was always going to be high profile and HHH was riding high on Shawn Michaels coat tails after he suffered his back injury. It seems understandable to me in hindsight. They’ve been married since 2003 and they’re parents twice over. I don’t think the marriage is one of convenience at this point.
About Shane, it’s been well known for years that Shane never had the passion for the business that his father did, preferring to remain behind the scenes. It’s been often said that Shane takes after his mother, concerning himself with the business side of things, while Stephanie took after her father on the creative/theatrical side. In my own opinion, Steph has always looked more comfortable on camera. Shane never wanted to succeed Vince and Stephanie has been the primary booker since 2001-2002. Stephanie was reportedly devastated by Shane’s decision to leave the company entirely, and I can’t believe for a second that she had an active hand in forcing him out.
Again, this is all based on speculation, rumors and hearsay concerning the industry, which is notoriously closed off to outsiders. I wouldn’t be able to cite most of it if asked.
Helena Bonham Carter was so desperate to shed her corset and prove herself anti-Victorian she just went waaay overboard and earned heaps of scorn for her efforts…I will put in here the obligatory “did you know Sting (of the Police) was a schoolteacher for two years?” comment.
My bro-in-law met Rachel Rae at his hotel and said she’s a major bi-otch. I don’t think that would surprise anyone.
He was still pretty publicly involved with Chyna when rumors that the on-screen relationship with Stephanie was becoming backstage reality and then it was confirmed not long after.
It seemed skeevy from HHH’s side because it seemed like a medeival power grab to protect his position in the company by marrying the boss’ daughter.
See, that I can’t buy at all. Shane had the guts and work ethic to look credible in in-ring work and was someone who could be counted on to give a good promo or get a pop. That doesn’t sound at all like someone who isn’t passionate about the business.
Meh. I can’t muster too much ire about it.
In celebrity world… June Lockhart can be surprisingly pushy.