Apparently, as reported by a NYC fireman who called howard stern friday morning, steve buscemi is now a fireman again. He’s supposedly donned his firefighter uniform and is currently working on the rescue effort.
They should give the guy an oscar 
Hopefully a few hollywood fluff-heads will take notice and apply whatever skills they have as well.
They should give him an oscar anyways but yes that is very very cool. Nice to see.
That has got to be the sine qua non of cool. What a down-to-earth guy. I had no idea he’d been a firefighter in the first place.
First thing that flashed through my mind after reading this was the stories of Cruise “rescuing” people from burning cars, etc. (I use the quotes because I was always half-convinced these were setups to improve his public persona.) Doesn’t seem likely he’ll be joining in these proceedings, though. Least he could do is donate a few million for the real heroes in his home state.
And here I thought this was going to be a thread about Ghost World (cool movie, stay after the credits). But, yeah, go Steve!
Interesting thought on the Tom Cruise Fakes Rescue angle. I’ve always felt that too, like the Russel Crowe Kidnap Plot just before the Oscars.
However, along the same lines, Hollywood in general seems to be really really quiet after all of the events lately. I haven’t heard of any massive donations from the megastars at all. Then again, E! hasn’t been covering the carnage, so I could be out of the fluff news loop.
There’s been nothing from the gossip mills. pagesix.com interview a few, like Liz Smith, who basically said, “f*** it, I wanna do something more useful than this s***.”
I’m anxiously awaiting next week’s Enquirer–I can’t wait to see what they print–will they go for a 100% glurge issue, or carry on with the manufactured Hollywood gossip? I can’t see them putting Steve Buscemi on the cover…
Too bad they don’t need a chopper rescue, 'cause if they did, we could very easily see Harrison Ford show up, as he does that all the time out west.
I know he’s a good actor, but Yeah! Go Mr. Buscemi!!
I feel like such a jerk for asking for this, but do you have a cite? I want to believe it’s true because Buscemi’s such a cool guy, but I can’t believe anything reported on the Howard Stern Show just because it’s Howard Stern. I quick google search did not come up with anything recent.
I don’t know if Steve Buscemi is helping with the NYC rescue but I know Kathleen Turner
has voluteered at St. Vincent’s hospital.
Keith
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Can anybody confirm this rumor?
I don’t know about Steve, but I hope it’s true.
Last night on Politically Incorrect, Bill Mahr said he had so wanted to do something more than donate blood and he had felt guilty about not working all week and still getting paid that he signed over his paycheck to the survivor’s fund.
He also is keeping a chair empty all week in honor of Barbara Olson, who was flying out to be on his show when her plane was hijacked.
Ack, as if dying in a hijacked plane isn’t sucky enough, she was flying out to be on Politically Incorrect? Geez.
She was a regular guest on PI, actually.
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I just had this image of Freddy Prinze Jr. smiling with charming vaccuity at the rubble. It didn’t move.
He has given most of his money to the Dianetics / Scientologist people, so he probably doesn’t have a few million to spare.
Jim Carrey, OTOH, has donated 1M in cash to the family relief fund, and is urging other stars to give what they can…
Fighting What Since When?
Last Thursday, in the midst of a NY Daily News story about the tragedy, the heroic efforts of firemen, and the horror of the scene at ground zero, I read “Actress Sarah Jessica Parker and Actor Matthew Broderick came by the scene with their border collie Sally.”
I practically threw up. What kind of celebrity goes to a scene of unspeakable tragedy with their dog to be “seen” by a reporter?
Mr. Buscemi, I understand, is a pretty good guy all around. I have a neighbor whose kid goes to school with Buscemi’s kid and she says Buscemi is a regular, down to earth kind of guy. He’s listed in the Brooklyn white pages, for god’s sake.
Seems to be true. Says it on the People website.