Friday, October 5, 2012

Gail Anne Hurd gets Star: James Cameron, Andrew Lincoln, and The Walking Dead cast


Super Hollywood Producer Gale Anne Hurd was getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last week and I went to try to get some autographs.  James Cameron was supposed to be there and "many cast members" from The Walking Dead.  That was an understatement, and pretty much every major character from The Walking Dead showed up.  
 Above: (L-R seated) Scott Wilson, David Morrissey, Steven Yeun, James Cameron, Andrew Lincoln, Glen Mazarra, and Sarah Wayne Callies.  Michael Rooker and Lauren Cohen standing in background.


Greg Nicotero is a producer on The Walking Dead and the mastermind behind the make-up.  I got him on three individual 11x14s and also added him to all my cast shots. 






Steven Yeun signed my cast pieces for me.  I didn't have any individuals for him today. 


I did, however, have individuals for Norman Reedus and he threw it down and signed them all plus my cast pieces.  He's in my best signers list for a reason. 


I've never gotten Andrew Lincoln's autograph before.  He didn't go to the Season 2 premiere.  He hasn't attended any other AMC premiere or event in LA in the past couple years.  He spends most of his time in either Georgia or the UK so I was really happy to finally get his autograph today.  He was great and just signed and signed and signed some more.



(I even added him to this cast piece below I've been working on since last year)

I've also never gotten Sarah Wayne Callies' autograph on a Walking Dead image (she didn't sign last year at the premiere and also is a rare name to see).  So I was also really happy to get her on most of my cast pieces.

Scott Wilson, Danai Gurira, and Michael Rooker all came by at the same time and I had to shuffle through all my photos.  I got them on some individuals and some cast pieces. 




 Robert Kirkman is always really nice.  I added him to some of my new cast pieces today.  


I needed Iron-E Singleton to complete a four person shot and he signed it for me and also signed some of my cast pieces.  He's a cool guy and always adds "T-dog" to his signature. 


The Governor.  David Morrissey is going to a big role in the show next season.  So I was really happy to get him on some individuals and also all my cast shots.  



Here's my cast shots I worked on.  The new middle shots were my priority so I made sure they got the big names on them. 
 I also completed this three person and this four person shot, pretty happy with these. 

And weirdly enough it felt like an afterthought that James Cameron also signed.  I was so happy to get Andrew and Sarah that I went home and almost forgot I got one of the best directors ever on two 11x14 photos.  The Titanic 11x14 had Kathy Bates and Ioan Gruffudd on it.  


And Penelope Ann Miller also came and I happened to have two 11x14s in the car.  She signed them both for me with her beautiful intricate signature. 







That's it for this one. 























Seven Psychopaths Premiere: Epic Fail

I was debating about not doing this premiere since not many of the stars were supposed to be there.  But then I got word last minute that Abbie Cornish was going so I threw my stuff together and headed out. 

I should have never left home. 

I got there early and they were setting up. 

Nice, they came around and gave away an official promo hat for the movie. 

And then the premiere began.  

Christopher Walken didn't sign. Fail.

Sam Rockwell and Jeremy Renner showed but I parked a mile away so by the time I got word Renner was coming I couldn't go get my photos. Fail.  And I didn't have photos for Sam because he's just not that important to me. 

Then Abbie Cornish signed but she would not sign my shot.  It must have been too sexy. Fail.

Then Colin Farrell signed and someone handed him a ballpoint pen.  Fantastic.  I tried to get him to switch to sharpie but instead he just ignored me and signed my 11x14 in ball point.  Fail.  Colin has been acting really arrogant recently in my opinion.  He just was not cool to fans, skipped large sections of people, moved erratically, and was just generally unpleasant. 

And that's all I got. An amazingly bad day by all counts.





Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Mark Harmon and the cast of NCIS


Mark Harmon was getting a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and I went in large part because Mark is pretty rare to see out and about. 

I ended up doing better than I could have ever imagined.  I walked away with two cast pieces nearly done, and a few individuals to boot. 

 Above: 11x14 just need Rocky to be complete
Above: 12x18 just need Rocky and Cote

So as the Star Ceremony was going on I took a few pictures of the cast.





Then when that was done the signing began. 

David McCallum was the first person I got and I added him to both my cast 11x14 and 12x18.



 Then Sean Murray signed and I also added him to both my cast 11x14 and 12x18. 


Rocky Carroll was right behind Sean but in the mess of me going for Sean I ended up missing Rocky.  Which didn't concern me too much since Rocky is pretty nice so I should get him the next time I see him. But the sooner I get him the better.  I want to finish these cast pieces asap. 


 Michael Weatherly is probably the most outgoing of the cast, and as usual he signed up a storm.  All I had was my two cast pieces so I just stood around watching him sign for a long while. 

Pauley Perrette is one of the best signing actresses in Hollywood.  She gets hit up a lot so now when I see her I try to only come with only a couple.  I got her on my two cast shots, one individual 11x14, one individual 8x10, and one combo 11x14 of her and Cote. 





Cote De Pablo can be somewhat tough about signing.  Some days she just doesn't like to sign, but today she was pretty good about it.  I got her on four of the five pictures I had along.  Completing the combo of her and Pauley was pretty cool, I was happy about that.  




And then the man of the hour Mark Harmon signed.  He's actually really nice and would have signed for probably hours but the head of security working the event gave the arbitrary "ok you've signed enough lets go" and Mark listened. I got Mark on both my cast shots and two individual 11x14s I had along.  He got pulled by security before I could get my last individual 11x14 done.  But I'm not complaining  I was happy to see him at all. 



 Above: I tried to get an exact photo of him signing my 11x14 but everyone threw their photos in front of my camera. 


A pretty good day.