The Losers Premiere

I can't sleep! I'm home from Hollywood after seeing the premiere of The Losers with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, and Idris Elba. I had the pleasure of bringing four friends who are Jeffrey Dean Morgan fans, most of which had never been to a Hollywood movie premiere. The red carpet was tented because of the rainy forecast, but of course, since I brought my huge umbrella, the rain had stopped by the time I arrived at Grauman's Chinese Theater.

Once inside the theater. we settled into our seats and waited what seemed like forever for the movie to begin. I can't complain, we had been let into the theater earlier than usual because of the weather, which was cold and windy by then. I did spot Sandy Morgan, Jeffrey's mom, about 6 rows behind me. We took a trip to the restroom and saw Kate Beckinsale in the lobby. She seemed to be very approachable and accommodating to fans who greeted her and asked to have a picture with her or an autograph.

Not long after we made it back to our seats, the movie began. We never saw any of the cast members before it began. (More about movie later)

After the movie we made our way to the lobby. We saw camera flashes to the left of us so we made our way in that direction and saw that it was Kate in the middle of the crowd taking pictures with fans.

Just as we were turning to walk the other direction I almost bumped into Chris Evans who was headed in the opposite direction. Charity, who was with me is a huge Chris fan and wanted to meet him. I called out, "Chris." But he kept on walking, not making eye contact, pretty much looking down at the ground.

A woman following him turned to us with the expression as if to say sorry. She said, "He has to pee."

Chris walked about five feet, saw the crowd of people around Kate Beckinsale, and then turned around (he would have had to go through the crowd around Kate to get to the men's restroom). He looked at us as he walked by. This time, the woman said sorry as she continued to follow Chris. I guess he really had to pee. LOL! Charity was just happy she got to see Chris Evans in person.

We decided to go outside to the courtyard. It wasn't long when I turned and saw Jeffrey Dean Morgan walking out the doors alone towards Charity and I in long legged strides. He reached Charity first. She was frozen looking up at him as had he already taken the sharpie out of her hand and autographing her movie ticket. He autographed my picture next. Next thing we knew we were surrounded by fans greeting him and asking for his autograph or a picture.

We were stuck and couldn't move as Jeffrey was swarmed. He turned 360 degrees signing autographs. He ended back facing me and signed another picture I had in my hand. That was when he stole my sharpie while he continued to sign autographs frantically.

Bodyguards appeared from nowhere and tried to get the crowd to back away. Of course Charity and I couldn't go anywhere because we were trapped. Jeffrey was in front of me. I told the bodyguard next to me I wanted to get my pen back from Jeffrey. He nodded. I placed my hand on Jeffrey's back attempting to get his attention to get it back so I could get out of the way, but he was still frantically signing. So I gave up. Eventually he was able to escape to a waiting limousine along with my sharpie in his hand! LOL!

We caught up with the rest of our group at the Roosevelt Hotel to have a wonderful dinner recapping the exciting night.

Grauman's Chinese Theater


The red carpet tented in case of rain

My first attempt at a picture without a flash

Jeffrey frantically trying to autograph pictures or movie tickets.

Me : ) The Losers in theaters Friday, April 23

2nd Anual Jeffrey Dean Morgan Birthday Project

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Zach in jail at the local SPCA. How could anyone resist those puppy dog eyes?

Zoe and Zach excited to go for a car ride.

The Losers Screening

Last night I braved the pouring rain to attend an early screening of The Losers with my girlfriends. The movie wasn't 100% complete, some CGI needs to be improved/reworked and I hope they give a little more punch to the ending. (Not much time for an April 9th opening)

Great fight scenes, lots of nonstop action, and great one liners. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evens, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, and Oscar Jaenada worked well together as a modern A-Team.

Chris Evens is hysterical, with lots of one liners, everyone laughed out loud. The elevator scene really had the audience laughing and clapping. Which also leads to great song selection - Chris does a little singing. LOL!

There were lots of close ups on Jeffrey throughout the movie, you won't be disappointed, but I wanted to see more of him than Zoe Saldana in the sex scenes. Zoe is great in the fight scene against Jeffrey, literally HOT.

Our group was asked to stay for a focus group (funny, four women, I would have thought we were out of the demographic). Maybe Warner Brothers has finally realized women love action movies too! I look forward to seeing the finished movie.

In theaters April 9, 2010

The Losers Trailer

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In theaters April 9

Taking Woodstock Poster

Take a look at the new poster for Jeffrey Dean Morgan's new movie, directed by Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock. Also staring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch, and Liev Schreiber.

Taking Woodstock will be in theaters August 14, 2009

Taking Woodstock Trailer

Jeffrey Dean Morgan's new movie, directed by Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock will be in theaters August 14, 2009. Also staring Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch, and Liev Schreiber.

Bad News for The Accidental Husband

The Accidental Husband is a 2008 romantic comedy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Isabella Rossellini and Sam Shepard. The film is written by Mimi Hare and Clare Naylor and Bonnie Sikowitz, and is produced by Jennifer Todd, Jason Blum, and Uma Thurman. It was released on February 29, 2008 in the UK and was scheduled to be released on March 27, 2009 in the United States before being shelved indefinitely following the bankruptcy of its distributor, Yari Film Group's releasing division.

Source:
http://pstlepost.blogspot.com/2009/03/romantic-comedy-accidental-husband.html

Well that sucks!

Jeffrey Dean Morgan on the Bonnie Hunt Show

If you aren't already in love with Jeffrey, prepare yourself, he's so adorable!

Watchmen TV Appearances

Set your Tivos and DVRs!

Wednesday, March 11 ~ Patrick Wilson, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and Billy Crudup

The Rachael Ray Show

Thursday, March 12 ~ Jeffrey Dean Morgan

The Bonnie Hunt Show

Wondercon 2009 ~ Watchmen Panel

The surprise invite to the Watchmen Premiere put me behind with writing about my trip to San Francisco for Wondercon where we had a fabulous time.

We were in line early, ready for the Watchmen panel. The line was long, out the door, and wrapped around the building.

Lois proudly wearing her Watchmen pin she won at the Cartoon Art Museum the night before. There was a lot of pin envy! LOL! Everyone asked where we got them. They proved to be a great conversation piece for the weekend.

There were plenty of people dressed as their favorite comic book characters.

We did pretty well, getting great seats in the second row.

Zack Snyder was the first to come out on stage. He talked a little about the film before we were treated with the first 20 minutes of Watchmen.

Then the cast was introduced one by one. Jeffrey immediately reclined back into his seat where he, Patrick, and Dave seemed to be having a great time.

A great smile from from Jeffrey and a big wave when he spotted us in the audience.

Dave Gibbons talking about how great it was to see the novel come to life.

Jackie, Billy, and Malin.

The audience asked the panel questions. My favorite question was:

Q: Jeffrey Are you ever gonna NOT die?

A: I think it's working for me so far.

Watchmen Premiere

We made it to Grauman's about 4 pm and met up with the rest of the girls. Hollywood Blvd was a mess, one side of the street had been closed off to make way for the canopied yellow carpet and the Owl Ship. No cameras were allowed so I left it in the car, but they let us keep our cell phones which I used to take pictures, which weren't great.

Fans lined the barriers to see the stars arrive

While waiting we saw the Watchmen bus drive by several times, a Star Tour bus you pay to ride in for a sightseeing tour of Hollywood.

We walked by the yellow carpet as the cast gave interviews to the press.

As we were waiting for the movie to begin we saw Clay Enos across the way so Maree and I went over to say hi. Clay introduced us to, I think, the art director to the film (sorry I can't remember his name). Clay told the man what loyal fans were were, Super Fans I think he called us. I don't know if it was Maree or me who said we're Watchwomen. They laughed, Clay said something like, "I like that!"

There were a lot of Watchmen fans around us who had gotten tickets through KROQ, a local radio station. A guy in front of me had all sorts of questions and was excited to see the film. We pointed out to the people around us the cast memebers, Dave Gibbons coauthor of Watchmen, Zack Snyder the director, and Tyler Bates who did the music. I guess my girlfriends and I were full of information.

After the movie we walked out to the lobby and I saw Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He was talking to a man with his back towards me. I waited a moment and when the guy began to walk away, I said, "Jeff!"

He turned and smiled. I said, "Hello, could you autograph my picture."

He said, "Sure."

Then Jeffrey autographed Maree's. A guy asked Jeffrey to sign his movie ticket. Jeffrey still had my Sharpie so I waited. Then more people asked for an autograph or to take a picture with him. Poor Jeffrey, he was swarmed, but he still had my Sharpie!
Finally someone began to lead Jeffrey away. He said, "Sorry guys I have to go." He looked around still holding my sharpie, I reached out, he smiled and handed it back to me.

Maree and I made it to the yellow carpet, just outside the doors, where Lois found us. She hadn't gotten Jeffrey's autograph who was still near us, but greeting some people. We waited until he finished so Lois could ask for an autograph. I took a picture of them with my cell phone, but it didn't turn out good. Poor Jeffrey, he got swarmed again!

We saw Clay again who talked to us a while. The rest of our group found us so I introduced him to some of the girls who hadn't gone to Wondercon. My daughter, Loren, caught up to us, so I had the opportunity to introduce her to Clay as well. We wished him well and he said good night. What a sweetie!

We waited to see more of the cast. Slowly they made it out of the theater so we asked them to autograph our movie tickets. Carla Gugino, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Tyler Bates, and Zack Snyder! We got a chance to say how much we loved the movie to him personally! He's such a cool guy.

The crowd thinned out as the staff started ushering people out of the area. We were walking away when we saw Jackie Earle Haley. We asked a guard if we could go back towards his direction, he was nice enough to let us. Jackie was the best when we asked for his autograph, he said, "I'd love to." He took his time to autograph each of our movie tickets and even included his Rorschach insignia, so cool!

In the end it was a wonderful night, a fabulous ending to my four day Watchmen weekend!

Watchmen TV Appearances & Special Events

Set your Tivos and DVRs!

February 28
HBO First Look

March 2
Jackie Earle Haley on KTLA Morning News
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ~ Malin Akerman

March 3
HBO First Look

March 4
Live with Regis and Kelly ~ Carla Gugino
Good Morning America ~ Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, and Billy Crudup
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ~ Billy Crudup
HBO First Look

March 5
Jimmy Kimmel Live ~ Carla Gugino
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ~ Billy Crudup
Spike TV ~ Half hour film special
Reelz Channel ~ One hour film special
TV Guide Network ~ One hour film special
HBO First Look

Patrick Wilson and Jeffrey Dean Morgan @ Apple Store NY (Soho)

March 6
The View ~ Jeffrey Dean Morgan

March 7
Reel Talk ~ Patrick Wilson

March 8
HBO First Look

March 10
Ellen Degeneres Show ~ Carla Gugino
HBO First Look

March 12
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ~ Malin Akerman

March 14
HBO First Look

March 17
HBO First Look

March 20
Clay Enos @ Apple Store NY (Soho), 7 PM
HBO First Look

More from London ~ Watchmen Premiere

Watchmen London Premiere

I Watch the Watchmen

I was lucky enough to go to an advance screening of Watchmen last night. Honestly, there's too much to process, director Zack Snyder packed so much into the movie, I have to see it again. But in short, the music was wonderful, I love how it's threaded into the scenes, the violence is brutal, at times I had to turn away, the warped history messes with your head, I hope young people don't take this as a history lesson.

The cast, Malin Akerman, Silk Spectre II, Patrick Wilson, Night Owl, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the Comedian, Billy Crudup, Dr. Manhattan, and Jackie Earle Haley, and Rorschach were awesome. It was hard to see Jeffrey be a sadistic asshole when I know he's such a nice guy in person, but he did it well and then Patrick, WOW, he doesn't disappoint! On that note, there's a lot to look at for the ladies. Great scene in the Owl ship, thank you Zack!

I took two film students with me. They loved the CGI, especially Rorschach's mask and Dr. Manhattan, and it looks like I'll be making a Silk Spectre costume for my daughter to wear on Halloween!

There's so much more, but I have to see it again to give you a better review.

Watchmen in theaters March 6, 2009

Jeffrey Dean Morgan on Rove

Jeffrey Dean Morgan is hard at work promoting Watchmen down under, enjoy!

Watchmen Comedian Poster ~ More Locations Added!

Rochester - 1/31-2/1
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Olympia Sports (3225 State Route 364, Canandaigua) Sat&Sun from 4-6pm to get The Comedian poster!

Syracuse - 1/30-31
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Kitty Hoynes (301 West Fayette Street) Fri&Sat until 2am to get The Comedian poster!

For more information:
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Sign up for WATCHMEN updates, including the secret locations and to enter the VIP contest, fill in the form Watchmen Updates or text VEIDT along with your zip code to 43549 (ex. VEIDT 91505). Only one entry per phone is allowed, so if you've already entered, just stay close to your phone and wait for WATCHMEN updates.

Watchmen Comedian Poster

Chicago - 1/30
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Navy Pier IMAX Box Office (700 E. Grand) on Fri 1/30 from 2-3pm to get your Silk Spectre poster!

Cincinnati - 1/30
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Joseph-Beth Booksellers (2692 Madison Rd. #M) on Fri 1/30 from 5-6p to get your Silk Spectre poster!

Boston - 1/30
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Nuggets (486 Commonwealth Avenue) on Fri 1/30 from 12-2pm to get your The Comedian poster!

Los Angeles - 1/30
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Golden Apple Comics (7018 Melrose Ave, LA) on Fri 1/30 from 6-7p to get your The Comedian poster!

Portland - 1/30
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Blockbuster Video (6144 SE Foster Rd. Portland) Fri 1/30 from 5-6p to get your Nite Owl poster!

Seattle - 1/30
Who watches the WATCHMEN? Stop by Silver Platters (701 5th Ave N., Seattle) on Fri 1/30 from 10a-10p to get your Nite Owl poster!

For more information:
43kix.com/Watchmen


Sign up for WATCHMEN updates, including the secret locations and to enter the VIP contest, fill in the form Watchmen Updates or text VEIDT along with your zip code to 43549 (ex. VEIDT 91505). Only one entry per phone is allowed, so if you've already entered, just stay close to your phone and wait for WATCHMEN updates.


In theaters Watchmen March 6, 2009

WATCHMEN

Coming soon! March 6, 2009

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