TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead EXTRA BUTTER, PLEASE: It's rare to see a director devouring a tub of popcorn at the premiere of his first feature film. Usually fledgling filmmakers are so nervous they can barely talk, much less eat. But that's how laid back Ethan Hawke was at the Monday-night premiere of his first film, ``Chelsea Walls,'' at the Laemmle Theatre in Hollywood. The goateed adj. 1. having a small pointed chin beard. Adj. 1. goateed - having a small pointed chin beard unshaved, unshaven - not shaved lad dove into the popcorn after thanking the theater full of friends and folks who worked on the film. But he also warned the audience that the film, with its languorous lan·guor n. 1. Lack of physical or mental energy; listlessness. See Synonyms at lethargy. 2. A dreamy, lazy mood or quality: "It was hot, yet with a sweet languor about it" and lyrical interwoven in·ter·weave v. in·ter·wove , in·ter·wo·ven , inter·weav·ing, inter·weaves v.tr. 1. To weave together. 2. To blend together; intermix. v.intr. vignettes from a day in the life of a flat-broke young couple in love, a wanna-be musician, a drunken womanizing wom·an·ize v. woman·ized, woman·iz·ing, woman·iz·es v.intr. To pursue women lecherously. v.tr. To give female characteristics to; feminize. writer, a lonely waitress and a frustrated artist, all living in New York's legendary Chelsea Hotel, is not exactly what you'd call a commercial film. After the premiere, the party, sponsored by Sketchers and Details magazine, got rolling at yet another infamous hotel with its share of legendary ghosts, Hollywood's hip hangout, the Chateau Marmont (site of Jim Belushi's overdose), where celebrants Marisa Tomei (``In the Bedroom''), Donal Logue Donal Francis Logue (born February 27, 1966[1][2]) is a Canadian actor. Biography Early life Logue was born in Ottawa, Ontario. His father was once a Catholic missionary in Africa where he met Donal's mother, Elizabeth, where they (``The Tao of Steve''), Mickey Rourke (``Barfly'') and Minnie Driver (``Good Will Hunting'') kicked back in the cozy drawing room-lobby, spellbound by Hawke and two of his stars - Robert Sean Leonard and a musician you might have heard of, Kris Kristofferson - strumming their guitars and singing a few tunes, including Kristofferson's country classic ``How to Beat the Devil.'' After the mini-concert, the weathered and worn 66-year-old singer/songwriter/actor signed autographs and graciously accepted kudos on his performance as Bud, the drunken, self-destructive novelist. ``Everyone in the film was so good,'' he said with a grin and a good-natured growl. ``I thought I was the worst thing in it!'' And he would be wrong. Hawke's stunning, statuesque stat·u·esque adj. Suggestive of a statue, as in proportion, grace, or dignity; stately. stat  u·esque wife, Uma Thurman, who plays the
film's homely waitress, was also at the party, applauding her
husband's musical and film efforts in a blue-jean skirt, stretchy stretch·y adj. stretch·i·er, stretch·i·est 1. Capable of being stretched: a stretchy fabric. 2. Tending to stretch excessively. Adj. 1. Jean Paul Gaultier top and her mane haphazardly captured in two low-slung ponytails. Here it must be stated that Thurman is probably the only woman on Earth who can look beautiful with her hair arranged thusly thus·ly adv. Usage Problem Thus. Usage Note: Thusly was introduced in the 19th century as an alternative to thus in sentences such as Hold it thus or He put it thus. . So what was it like working with her hubby on his first feature? ``Working with Ethan and getting to watch his struggles making this film gave me a real understanding of what directors have to go through and an appreciation of the directors I've worked with in the past,'' Thurman said. ``I never completely understood everything that directors do before. Ethan spent an entire year on this. It wasn't just showing up on the set; it was all-consuming. He was never home.'' We think he must have come home once or twice. The couple just welcomed their second child, Roan roan a coat color consisting of a relatively uniform mixture of white and colored hairs, giving a 'silvered' hue; self-describing colors are red-roan, blue-roan, chestnut roan. , in January, a playmate for daughter Maya Ray, born in '98. BAFTA Baf´ta n. 1. A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export. bafflement baf·fle tr.v. baf·fled, baf·fling, baf·fles 1. To frustrate or check (a person) as by confusing or perplexing; stymie. 2. To impede the force or movement of. n. 1. : The Los Angeles branch of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts held its annual Britannia Awards last Friday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, honoring HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy for excellence in television, giving George Lucas the Stanley Kubrick award for excellence in film and lauding both for contributions to the British film and TV industry. There was a smattering of home-grown U.S. stars - director John Frankenheimer, Allison Janney (``The West Wing''), Thora Birch (``Ghost World''), comedian/writer Harry Shearer and Mira Sorvino (``Triumph of Love'') - as well as some tea-bag talents: Sir Ben Kingsley (``Sexy Beast''), Eddie Izzard (``Cat's Meow'') and Alan Cumming (``Anniversary Present''). Brits and Yanks alike were stunned by Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and her bump-and-grind Vegas-style revue. At one point, Halliwell dragged an embarrassed Kingsley on stage, sat on his lap and forced him to sing along with her version of ``My Heart Belongs to Daddy.'' Afterward, the G-string-clad dancers tried to strip the tux off the Oscar-winning Kingsley, who smiled as he fought them off, trying his best to be a good sport. At evening's end, acclaimed ``Star Wars'' score composer John Williams, acclaimed director/producer Steven Spielberg and Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, took the podium to wax poetic about their pal Lucas. But Ford had to take a moment to sarcastically acknowledge the halftime fiasco. ``I just want to thank Gerri Halliwell, Ben Affleck and the Princess.Truss dancers for enlarging our understanding of British culture.'' CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) THURMAN: Mane event Lucy Nicholson/Associated Press (2) KINGSLEY, HALLIWELL: British reserve? |
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