Sunday, August 18, 2013

Smurfs 2 Premiere

The Smurfs 2 premiere was generally bad.  Katy Perry signed a few in the beginning, but I didn't get up to her in time.  Then after the beginning she kinda stopped signing photos.  Britney Spears actually signed (which is rare, she's a bad signer) but again I couldn't get to her in time.  So I was left with my Smurfs 2 27x40 cast poster to get some smaller names on. 

JB Smoove signed it.  

Neil Patrick Harris signed it, but I did not get a pic of him signing. 

And Anton Yelchin signed it.   

And that's all. Kinda bad premiere.  Summer premieres have been generally bad this year.  Too many people coming out and not enough celebs signing. 












Sunday, August 11, 2013

Johnny Depp Stiffs . . . Again!

This happened over a month ago but it still stings.  Johnny Depp was my best signer in 2012.  If he was having an event in Los Angeles he was a sure thing to sign.  Well that has been anything but the case in 2013.  A few weeks earlier he did an event and his security guard promised to bring him over after (he did the exact opposite and hurried him into his SUV to leave after).  But I chalked that one time up as an aberration.  Johnny would not skip the fans twice.  So I had hope when I went for Johnny when he made a late night talk show appearance.  

He arrived and we loudly called his name "Johnny!" "Johnny!" "Please sign".  He waved to the crowd.  He nodded his head "yes", and made the "after" signal with his hand (the one finger in a circular motion like a wheel).  Ok that's more like it, everything is right in the universe, Johnny was going to sign after.  The crowd waited with anticipation to see one of their favorite stars up close in about a couple hours.


Then about an hour and a half later Johnny's SUV pulled directly up to the exit doors.  The driver positioned the back SUV door directly in front of the building exit.   
A few minutes later I saw it happen with my own bewildered eyes: Johnny Depp left the building and got directly in his SUV and drove off.  It was shocking, heartbreaking, and demoralizing.   He had just signaled to us less than two hours ago that he would do it after.   It still stings.  Hundreds of fans were there.  Some had waited 12 plus hours.  And Johnny simply ignored everyone and left.  We all went home shellshocked.  Johnny will not be making it on my Best Signers List of 2013.  







Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Nancy Botwin from Weeds Mary-Louise Parker

I went for Mary-Louise Parker last month and she was really nice.  She spent a good amount of time talking with the fans and interacting as much as possible.   I got my four 11x14s and one 8x10 signed.  All Nancy Botwin shots from Weeds. 













Charlie Hunnam Sons of Anarchy

I went out for Charlie a couple weeks ago and like a true Son of Anarchy he just drove his Harley to the event.   Afterwards he pulled his bike over and signed for fans, took pictures with the ladies, and was a generally cool guy as he always is.  I got three 11x14s done. 












Pacific Rim Premiere

I've been pretty busy recently and thus I've been slacking on updating the blog.  But here are some pics from the Pacific Rim premiere last month.  Everybody in the cast was nice and signed a good amount.  I worked on mostly cast pieces and filled all of them up.   Here is the premiere in pictures: