Today's Blind Items
Hey, it's definitely not Ben Affleck, but it is someone who starred with him in a film once. Of course that could be a lot of people so lets narrow it down to B- actor, 95% films, although two great television appearances that come to mind are also part of his resume. He has basically been off the radar the past year. Oh sure, a bit part here and a bit part there, but this actor with the A list facial recognition has spent the better part of the past year in rehab. Not quite the crack smoking in the living room firing off shotguns, but he did manage to abuse just about every drug you can imagine over the past three years. What finally sent him to rehab though was his ex wife's promise to take away visitation rights of their child(ren) if he didn't stop leaving her/him/them unattended so he could both score and use drugs. The drug paraphernalia littering the floor was probably also not good parenting.
Ray Liotta..?
ReplyDeleteGary Sinise? Not sure about B- or TV appearances, though.
ReplyDeleteWild guess.
Chris Rock? Although his stint on SNL was more than an "appearance", but it was memorable. Pretty much everything else has been films. And he's right down there in RP.
ReplyDeleteNope. Sounds like he's still married. Got nuthin'.
ReplyDeleteSinise, that is.
ReplyDeleteGary Sinise also has a regular TV stint in CSI-NY, not just a couple of appearances here and there.
ReplyDeleteAnd well, EVERY blind can't be Assfleck - but he did cause that earthquake here in CA. That probably wore him out for awhile. :-D
Giovanni Ribisi
ReplyDeleteStarred w/Affleck in Boiler Room
TV: Friends & My Name is Earl
Divorced 2001
One kid
Giovanni Ribisi is a dedicated Scientologist - it's highly unlikely he was trying all kinds of drugs. He would have also been sent to the Purif and Narconon so fast your head would spin - I don't think they woudl have waited a year.
ReplyDeleteIf Giovanni (I hope not--loved him since an early X-Files episode), I suppose even Scientologists can fall off the wagon.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely they can, selenkayle, but it's really unlikely. And if anyone found out, that woul dbe a huge "flap" as they say - you're supposed to be ineligible to go up the "Bridge" if you've used.
ReplyDeleteI think Beck is married to Giovanni's (Frank Jr.) twin sister.
ReplyDeleteNot that that means anything--just a fun fact.
Actually Ray Liotta has done a lot of work in the past few years. I think this may be Peter Berg. Starred with Benny in Smokin' Aces. Is known for Chicago Hope and Alias, has 1 child & divorced, has a recognizeable face...
ReplyDeleteIt has to be an A-list recognizable face.
ReplyDeleteBeam me up, Scotty--I'm clean!!!
ReplyDeleteI like the Peter Berg guess. And he's a bit of a freak as well. I know someone who worked with him on a film and he said Peter is extremely difficult and errors on the side of being a beligerant bastard.
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Well of course Matt Damon was my first thought (TV apperance on Will & Grace...)...
ReplyDeleteI like the Giovanni Ribisi guess...
Film Co-stars (B actor, 95% film, A list facial recognition):
Adrian Brody?
Paul Giamatti?
Colin Farrell?
Liev Schriber?
??????????????
Bruce Willis...Jason Lee....Alec Baldwin
ReplyDeleteI think Jason Lee is also a Sci. 'Course, if it IS a Sci, that makes it even juicier!
ReplyDeleteHmmm
andy garcia, has he done tv?
ReplyDeleteFirt time post here; for some reason Micheal Rappaport popped into my head, but I can't think of a movie he was in with Ben Affleck....or maybe Donal Logue...ER and Grounded for Life....
ReplyDeleteEnt needs to take a cue from Ted and do the And it Ain'ts. The Ain't ben affleck is a good start.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking Bruce Willis until it came to only a couple of TV appearances (was on Moonlighting in the 80s).
Thought of Josh Hartnett, too, but never married.
Peter Berg has directed two movies in the last year, be tough to be doing that many drugs and direct The Kingdom and Hancock. As well as co-produce Friday Night Lights.
Its definitely not Chris Rock, he is currently on tour with his stand-up (great show by the way).
ReplyDeleteIt is also definitely not Adrien Brody, he has no children, and he has been filming pretty much nonstop this year. He's off the radar because he spends most of his off time in Europe with his Spanish girlfriend.
I'm liking the Ray Liota guess.
I actually like the Giovanni Rabisi guess best after looking through the IMDB lists. But if he is a Sci, I can't see how it would take his ex to send him to rehab, when I would expect the COS would squire him off to some place for reprogramming first.
ReplyDeleteTotally thought Giovanni too. Sad, I really like him.
ReplyDeleteFirst time to post a comment on this site. I immediately thought of Tony Goldwyn. Most people would recognize him, but he isn't a blockbuster star. He starred with Ben in the movie Bounce and was on Dexter in 2006 and Law & Order: CI in '07.
ReplyDeleteOn second thought, maybe not. Blind indicates ex-wife, and he is apparently still married.
ReplyDeleteWhat about Steve Buscemi? Now that's a recognizable face.
ReplyDeletei beleive rappaport was in 200 cigarettes with Affleck,non?
ReplyDelete2 tv roles, Phoebe's cop bf on friends and War at Home.
i got nadda after that.
although Matt Damon did Will n Grace AND Jimmy Kimmel. ooh that sounds dirty.
Giovanni Rabisi is a Scientology follower i dont think its him.
ReplyDeleteand i would be sooo heart broken I love him. met him at build - a - bear in Hollywood <3<3 <3 HIM!
rapaport was on that boston teacher show for one or two seasons...
ReplyDeletepeter berg has a full slate of directing, don't think it's him...
i gots no guesses, though...
Joe Pantoliano? Was in Daredevil with Ben and didn't make anything in the past year....
ReplyDeleteamy, i was just going to guess Joey Pants
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking it's him - very recognizable face - does mostly films but has done TV.... Peter Berg doesn't have A list facial recognition
ReplyDeleteI think Joey's Kids are too old. Doesn't the blind imply that the children are too young to be left unattended?
ReplyDeleteI am liking the Ray Liotta gues.
How about Christian Slater? Were those two in a movie together?
ReplyDeleteScientology is also anti-gay, but that doesn't stop the never-ending rumors about Cruise and Travolta. And where there's smoke...
ReplyDeleteI like the Giovanni Ribisi guess.
My guess is Robin Williams.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds good, but Williams starred on Mork & Mindy for four years. His fame stems from television originally.
ReplyDeletewhat about Peter Stormare? he was in Armaggedon and has done TV; CSI, Prison Break and a very memorable episode in Seinfeld (The Frogger), he is "that guy", and is divorced with one child.
ReplyDeleteNot Giovanni. Has a ton of work in post-production. If he had a problem, it would be dealt with within the COS, not rehab.
ReplyDeleteokay, sorry, i'm new here.
ReplyDeletebut "facial recognition" means someone whose name you may not recognize (for example aaron eckhart) but who, if you saw him in a film, you'd say something like "oh! it's that guy! harvey dent from batman!"
do i have it right?
I remember reading about this stripper from the SCORES strip club in NYC. She said that Ray Liotta was the filthiest 'pig' of a man she had ever met. I'm sure he is coked out of his mind too. He is def a B actor, but has the gorgeous eyes for the A list facial recognition. He is rabid-ass crazy too!
ReplyDeleteBilly Bob (Armageddon) - wasn't he on an episode of Friends - or was it Will and Grace?
ReplyDelete@ xyz I'm with you on RW :)
ReplyDeleteray liotta was just on tmz last week. they were following him around trying to talk to him and he snapped- do i look like a guy that wants to talk"- with that scary look on his face.
ReplyDeleteOMG.....in the pic of KATIE HOLMES (totally unrelated to BI)..does she have her jeans tuck & rolled like I did back in 1987???? Did she do it match her 80's hairdo?
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OMG.....in the pic of KATIE HOLMES (totally unrelated to BI)..does she have her jeans tuck & rolled like I did back in 1987???? Did she do it match her 80's hairdo?
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ReplyDeleteChristian Slater is a great guess, xxx, but he and Ben Affleck have not costarred in anything, according to IMDB.
ReplyDeletePaul Giamatti has hardly been off the radar the past year.
lance henriksen
ReplyDeleteSTOP SAYING BAD THINGS ABOUT PETER BERG!!! He had Charlize wear a "Macalester" tank top in Hancock so I will now love and worship him forever.
ReplyDeletecolin ferell
ReplyDeleteI just looked up Judge Reinhold to see if it could be him, but doesn't look like he has any kids, and he's in the new Kevin Costner flick that dn just reviewed.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone seen Joaquin Phoenix lately?
ReplyDelete@ tully mars:
ReplyDeletea fellow parrot head? here on cdan??