Blind Item #8 - A Reader Blind Item
The year was 1989.
It was my birthday and a girlfriend
decided to take me to that famous LA underground club
that changed locations weekly.
We got there, I in my sky blue skin tight mini dress
and hair up to here, innocent and unknowing as to what
the evening would hold.
I was immediately adopted by this 24 year old grandson
of a very famous studio head who was already gone but
still remains extremely well known to this day.
He reminded me of the singer of REM. Ha. He made sure to
tell everyone I was "legal" so naturally every single
person had to buy me a drink.
I was not a drinker.
He then asked me if I was interested in going to the VIP
room. Why not, so he grabbed my hand and off we went
upstairs.
He asked which VIP room I wanted to go in. I asked what
the difference was. He said there were two film wrap
parties so I said whichever one seems more fun and let
him decide (here's me from OC with zero idea.)
Room #1 had the weirdest conglomeration of famous people.
The film was horror, complete with a monster. It starred
a famous ballet dancer.
I was offered drugs by almost everybody, I was rather
shocked but I declined because I didn't do them. A
older man who was famous for quite a few TV/films in
the 60s was there, he was not doing drugs and offered
to share his pizza with me so I did. We chatted and ate
and had a great time.
Until I went to the bathroom. Nobody warned me that was
where the harder stuff was, and the weirdos. The guy
who played the monster swore I was in the film, that
he had killed me in the last scene. I said no, not an
actress. A director overheard us and came over to ask
me if I was interested in acting. I said no. He gave me
his card anyway. My friend took it and tossed it LOL.
Then an actor famous for certain comedies back in the
70s bugged me to do coke with him. I again declined. I
think this again impressed my new friend who stayed by
my side and kept watch. Many people asked for an intro
but I still didn't even know who he was.
Soon the people in the room were asking me about myself,
my life, where I lived, etc. They were shocked I wasn't
in entertainment and had no desire to be and found my
boring life to be enthralling!
Crazy.
Soon my friend grabbed my hand and took me to the other
VIP room. This film that wrapped was much higher on the
success scale and had several of its costars present.
It was a comedy drama and had several memorable lines,
one of which I repeat to this day regarding licensing
for adult activities.
The room was more of the same, only there were several
people in there who were with same sex dates and I had
NO IDEA they were gay!!!! I am not going to out them
but it was very shocking, let me say.
Everybody was very nice to me because of my friend whom
someone had informed me who he was at the bar when he
stepped away. It didn't change anything for me, he was
near my age and was very nice to me and we were having
fun. He asked me if I was interested in being his date
for the premiere for this movie and I said why not. He
chuckled at me because I was not impressed in the people
postulating and more interested in talking about music
which he loved.
Soon we went back downstairs because the band started.
My friend said nothing about who was performing but when
we got there the guy onstage was wearing this weird
combination straitjacket/corset, lots of femme makeup, and
the performance was very dramatic. Not really my thing.
I had a guy I was interested in meet me at the club so
I said goodbye to my friend and set off for a romantic
adventure.
Hollywood is really freaking weird, and that was just
one memorable evening. The premiere is another story.
It was my birthday and a girlfriend
decided to take me to that famous LA underground club
that changed locations weekly.
We got there, I in my sky blue skin tight mini dress
and hair up to here, innocent and unknowing as to what
the evening would hold.
I was immediately adopted by this 24 year old grandson
of a very famous studio head who was already gone but
still remains extremely well known to this day.
He reminded me of the singer of REM. Ha. He made sure to
tell everyone I was "legal" so naturally every single
person had to buy me a drink.
I was not a drinker.
He then asked me if I was interested in going to the VIP
room. Why not, so he grabbed my hand and off we went
upstairs.
He asked which VIP room I wanted to go in. I asked what
the difference was. He said there were two film wrap
parties so I said whichever one seems more fun and let
him decide (here's me from OC with zero idea.)
Room #1 had the weirdest conglomeration of famous people.
The film was horror, complete with a monster. It starred
a famous ballet dancer.
I was offered drugs by almost everybody, I was rather
shocked but I declined because I didn't do them. A
older man who was famous for quite a few TV/films in
the 60s was there, he was not doing drugs and offered
to share his pizza with me so I did. We chatted and ate
and had a great time.
Until I went to the bathroom. Nobody warned me that was
where the harder stuff was, and the weirdos. The guy
who played the monster swore I was in the film, that
he had killed me in the last scene. I said no, not an
actress. A director overheard us and came over to ask
me if I was interested in acting. I said no. He gave me
his card anyway. My friend took it and tossed it LOL.
Then an actor famous for certain comedies back in the
70s bugged me to do coke with him. I again declined. I
think this again impressed my new friend who stayed by
my side and kept watch. Many people asked for an intro
but I still didn't even know who he was.
Soon the people in the room were asking me about myself,
my life, where I lived, etc. They were shocked I wasn't
in entertainment and had no desire to be and found my
boring life to be enthralling!
Crazy.
Soon my friend grabbed my hand and took me to the other
VIP room. This film that wrapped was much higher on the
success scale and had several of its costars present.
It was a comedy drama and had several memorable lines,
one of which I repeat to this day regarding licensing
for adult activities.
The room was more of the same, only there were several
people in there who were with same sex dates and I had
NO IDEA they were gay!!!! I am not going to out them
but it was very shocking, let me say.
Everybody was very nice to me because of my friend whom
someone had informed me who he was at the bar when he
stepped away. It didn't change anything for me, he was
near my age and was very nice to me and we were having
fun. He asked me if I was interested in being his date
for the premiere for this movie and I said why not. He
chuckled at me because I was not impressed in the people
postulating and more interested in talking about music
which he loved.
Soon we went back downstairs because the band started.
My friend said nothing about who was performing but when
we got there the guy onstage was wearing this weird
combination straitjacket/corset, lots of femme makeup, and
the performance was very dramatic. Not really my thing.
I had a guy I was interested in meet me at the club so
I said goodbye to my friend and set off for a romantic
adventure.
Hollywood is really freaking weird, and that was just
one memorable evening. The premiere is another story.
Dino DeLaurentis grandson Dino for studio guy?
ReplyDeleteBaryshnikov dancer
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DeleteBurt Reynolds actor?
DeleteHE Only had one thing released in 1989 and it was “Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra” (not a horror).
Deleteso we're taking blind items from readers now?
ReplyDeleteFun story.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't even a blind. It's just some rando's account of a night out.
ReplyDeleteStraight from the cellphone eh?
ReplyDeleteAlmost makes Enty's writing look good.
DeleteI think the first movie is 1989's ballet horror staring Jennifer Connoly called Ballet. I think the second movie is Heathers and the actor is Christian Slater.
ReplyDeleteIf I tell you about the night I got naked for Stevie Wonder, is it technically a blind?
ReplyDeleteMarilyn Manson for the music?
ReplyDeleteI think this was too long ago for him. It sounds like a Rozz Williams project to me.
DeleteAlex Winter would've been 24 at that time.Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure came out at about that time
DeleteExcellent-memorable quote/Say Anything most notable for the soundtrack that was awesome
DeleteI agree, sounds more like xtian death the Rozz years.
DeleteNope, 89, boy George maybe
Delete@Candy Be careful, I hear Stevie reads braille!
ReplyDeleteI have a Braille version of the Kama sutra. It’s for sale. Paperback.
DeleteBetter fan-fiction than Ready Player One.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to her girlfriend? And she ditched the grandson to have another guy she was interested in pick her up for a booty call because the band sucked?
ReplyDeleteFirst movie sounds like The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez. Baryshnikov -- The ballet dancer. Weird conglomeration of people -- Peter Sellars, Joan Cusack and Peter Gallagher.
ReplyDelete1989 Jennifer Connolly movie obviously 'inspired' Black Swan. 1989 Jennifer Connolly, when she was 18-19, was maybe the hottest 10 who's ever walked God's Earth. She's now a botoxed freak, but back then the perfect woman. The thought that she might also have been a coked up whore at the time is just too much. I just can't! I'm literally! I need to go lie down.
ReplyDelete@AndrewBW -- then I better hope this rash on my left +i+ goes away before we get together again. Otherwise, he might get the wrong message.
ReplyDelete2nd movie with the memorable quotes - Say Anything
ReplyDeleteEnty had asked for reader stories on the Twitters and Book of Face. It is a chance to do more with the community, along the lines of the reader photos.
ReplyDeleteI met Fabian once.
ReplyDeleteFor a long time I thought on one would ever give a shit about that.
Still feel that way.
"I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career."
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if the corset/straightjacket could have anything to do with Tim Curry and the Rocky Horror Picture show?
ReplyDeleteGuess I'm in the minority because I love these stories.
ReplyDeleteThing is, when Enty publishes something, one can attach his credibility (which perhaps changes over time, part of the deal) to the story.
ReplyDeleteIf Enty keeps publishing things dropped off by people he doesn't know, it's a completely different situation.
I come here because I think it gives me a (very imperfect) sense of a lot of the nonsense going on in Hollywood. People from Des Moines telling me what happened to them this one time definitely won't give me the same feeling.
@J, Most people in Des Moines are generally more interesting than most people in Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteThe main problem with this blind is that it is a Mary Sue story. Everything went perfectly, she did everything right, everybody was interested in her. All she had to do was show up at a club in a mini dress, because that's so rare in LA.
ReplyDeleteSo it’s Will Wheaton
DeleteI like this blind! The Dino D guess for the grandfather studio head doesn't work because it says the grandfather had already passed in 1989, and Dino D didn't die until the 2000's.
ReplyDeleteLoving the reader blinds! And the commentary on the reader blinds.
ReplyDeleteDoesn’t help me guess the movies
ReplyDeleteBut I’m thinking the Adult Activies quote is
Just Do It
Nike
Tony Goldwyn would work for the friend/grandson of a studio head, but he was 29 in 1989, not 24.
ReplyDeleteLiterally a blind item cause how are we supposed to guess any of these lol I wanna know what the comedy-drama movie with the same-sex dates is... @readers at least attach some sort of rating/profession hint will ya?
ReplyDeleteBen Mankiewicz as the studio grandson (he would have been 22 - close)
ReplyDeleteEtoile as the Horror movie; Charles Durning as the dancer and the nice old man (I'm guessing)
Heathers as the movie full of quotes; Christian Slater as the actor / premiere date
boy George on stage
Ben Mank was my first thought.
DeleteI can’t even imagine who’d have been shocked by corsetry & whatnot in 1989. That part’s pretty odd,
At first I thought it was a poem but halfway the first part it lost all its incidental music and then it was just another bragging story with very little insight. That would have been a great idea though, a poem. I am sick of the elliptic language, the bad grammar, the bogus interface and the rapper/reality/cocaine stories to skip through on this rather sloppy website, waiting for the real stuff to seep down.
ReplyDeleteIf it is say anything and the cabinet movie - it would have been a very Cusack evening. Joan was in both movies and her brother was the lead of the amazing day anything.
ReplyDeleteErasure on stage
ReplyDeleteUmmm... ok. Could this be anymore vague?
ReplyDeleteIn Parenthood (1989) Keanu Reeves says, "You need a license to have a dog, hell you even need a license to fish, but they'll let any butt fucking asshole be a dad." (Or something close) so I'll guess that as the 2nd movie, but don't you even dare say that he was there on a gay date because he is my future husband.
ReplyDeleteAh! You beat me to it!
Delete*disclaimer* critical old person statement coming up:
ReplyDeleteI hate the way this was written.
Jane's Addiction/Perry Farrell on stage
ReplyDeleteJared Leto walked past me in NYC 2 years ago. I bet Himmm could turn it into a thesis.
ReplyDeleteIn 50 parts.
DeleteI once saw Ursula Andress walking around Rome at midnight, carrying an armful of white roses and accompanied by a luscious toy boy.
I should write a book about it.
+10
DeleteNot very interesting
ReplyDeleteI love these stories and I’m glad Enty is putting them up.
ReplyDelete@Erin, Erasure is my guilty pleasure ;)
ReplyDeleteMovie is Parenthood. Need a license to fish but anyone can be a dad.
ReplyDeleteTony Goldwyn as grandson
ReplyDeleteKeep em coming. Enty' slice of Hollywood life.
ReplyDeletethe guy onstage was wearing this weird
ReplyDeletecombination straitjacket/corset, lots of femme makeup, and
the performance was very dramatic.
Erasure - I wouldnt call it "dramatic" -
Marilyn Manson
Nine Inch Nails
Jane s addiction
Am I a bxtch for not liking this sugar coated story? ... Sounds SOOO IRREAL ..
I walked right by Alan Alda once. We were right in front of Carnegie Hall. He's very tall.
ReplyDeleteCan I submit this as an item??
You can't just give it away, Southern Man.
DeleteThis alliterative former A-lister, who had a TV show that everyone watched back in the day, and has a "sensitive" reputation, didn't seem to care who saw that he was well-above average height, while in front of that hall that shares a name with the nearby deli that you all know.
The band sounds like it could be The Cure, of which were extremely popular during the time listed in the BI.
ReplyDelete@SteveD haha- perf
ReplyDelete