Dear Readers:
Ya always here about what happens to someone when they suddenly get famous…………., but the people around them go on this ride too!
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Superman walked my dog. Twice. How many people can say that?
Superman walked my dog. Twice. How many people can say that?
Back in 2005 I became friends with
an extremely handsome restaurant host named Henry. Little did I know it
was Henry Cavill, on the cusp of fame.
I used to walk my malamute, Buddy, by the new neighborhood tapas restaurant in West Hollywood, California, each night.
Buddy immediately took to Henry.
And I must admit, so did I, almost immediately giving him the moniker
“Hot Henry.” He was, without a doubt, the most handsome person I’d ever
seen in real life and also, quite possibly, the nicest. The British accent didn’t hurt either.
I knew Henry was an actor, but
when you live in the Los Angeles area — especially in West Hollywood —
about 90 percent of the people you meet are “actors.” One day I naively
offered to help him get an agent. He graciously declined, saying he was
in good hands with CAA (Creative Artist Agency — essentially the
Rolls-Royce of acting agencies). This was the first time I wondered to
myself, who is this guy?
Buddy (Photo: Giana Mucci)Henry and Buddy adored each other. I was simply the lucky bystander of their friendship. Buddy had a huge personality, and when he really liked someone he would howl and give the
warmest of bear hugs. Henry got this type of greeting nightly. It was
incredible to see how kind he was with this big 100-plus pound,
wolf-like dog that intimidated most people. After Henry offered a few
times to walk Buddy if I ever needed help, I finally took him up on it.
Henry just wanted to do this as a favor, but I insisted on paying him.
After all, he was a struggling actor, right?
The next time I called Henry to
see if he could walk Buddy, I didn’t hear back, which seemed a little
strange. A couple weeks later, I got a voicemail from him apologizing
for not being able to help and explaining he had been overseas
auditioning for Bond. Wait, what? Bond? James Bond? Who was this guy?
And how embarrassed should I be that I had asked him to walk my dog???
Suddenly my “Hot Henry” was up-and-coming actor Henry Cavill. After
coming in second to Daniel Craig for the role of Bond, he immediately
booked a leading role on the Showtime series “The Tudors.” It was a
whirlwind. One second I saw him nightly and considered him my
friend-slash-backup dog walker, and the next he was becoming a movie
star. It still doesn’t seem real.
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The Canadian Automobile Association has released its list of Ontario’s worst roads and four of the 10 are in Toronto.
The list is not compiled scientifically; voters cast their ballots in an online poll.Ontario’s worst roads of 2013 are:
- Dufferin Street, Toronto
- Burlington Street East, Hamilton
- Finch Avenue West, Toronto
- Kraft Creek Road, Timmins
- Bayview Avenue, Toronto
- Lawrence Avenue East, Toronto
- Wharncliffe Road South, London
- Bouvier Road, Clarence-Rockland
- Carling Avenue, Ottawa
- Stanley Avenue, Niagara Falls
(WAIT A MINUTE! What the hell am I saying!!!!)
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New info on “The Heimers”
Contracting a common virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) may be a major factor to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study of the brains of older adults suggests.
The study found an association between patients’ immune responses to CMV and signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
However, more studies are still needed to understand how an active CMV infection might be related to this most common form of dementia, said study researcher Dr. Julie Schneider, of the Rush University Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago.
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Coffee snobs can now take it to a whole new level. The
world’s most expensive cup of coffee is made from beans that are
extracted from the excrement of a small animal.
The Kopi Kuwak
is famously produced by the Paradoxurus, a relative of three different
breeds of civet, a slinky mammal that looks like a cross between a cat
and a mongoose. The coffee blends originates on the Indonesian island of
Sumatra and is produced when the Paradoxurus eats coffee cherries,
digests them and then the beans are extracted, cleaned and roasted.Amazingly, a cup of Kopi Kuwak typically costs about $90. Or, you can pick up a pound of the beans for around $1,000. Just getting a cup of the coffee typically requires an appointment.
SO REMEMBER KIDS, THE NEXT TIME SOME RICH S.O.B., SAYS HIS COFFEE TASTES LIKE SHIT……………… , He may be right!
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Earth will seem like a small, pale blue dot between the rings of Saturn in the image, part of a mosaic of the planet’s system that Cassini is taking.
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<–Joni Mitchell waves to the
crowd during her 70th birthday tribute concert as part of the Luminato
Festival at Massey Hall in Toronto on Tuesday. (Aaron Vincent Elkaim/The
Canadian Press)After watching a succession of decorated musicians interpret her vast songbook in a celebration of her upcoming 70th birthday, Joni Mitchell took to the Massey Hall stage, kicked off her shoes and gave the adoring audience an unexpected — and exceedingly rare — gift of her own: a public performance.
Mitchell, who rarely makes appearances and hasn’t toured since 2000, looked comfortable and even revitalized on stage, telling blissfully meandering stories, reading a new poem inspired by Emily Carr and singing three songs, each of which was rewarded with a resounding standing ovation at a tribute concert arranged in her honour by the Toronto arts festival Luminato.
“Tonight I must say I feel greatly honoured,” Mitchell said upon first taking the stage, only after holding her hand to her forehead and peering into the crowd as they roared.
“I wasn’t sure if I could sing tonight. I’m still not sure, but I’m going to try.”
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Contracting a common virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) may be a major factor to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study of the brains of older adults suggests.
The study found an association between patients’ immune responses to CMV and signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
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