| Katherine Heigl is all about speaking her mind
"Oh, man, I'm tired," Katherine Heigl said. She laughed. It was 9 a.m. on a recent Saturday morning and Heigl was wearing a full-length red Oscar De La Renta dress, black shawl over the shoulders. Her hair was blown out, face fully made up. This week very much promised to be busy -- and all about her. She was getting married in a few days to singer Josh Kelley -- a destination wedding on her property in Utah. She was still deflecting comments she made in the January issue of Vanity Fair. And she had her first big starring role in a movie to promote. For now, Heigl was sitting under a heat lamp outside at the Four Seasons Hotel, smoking and drinking a pot of coffee with Splenda before heading back upstairs to her "holding suite" before a day's worth of promotion for her new movie, the romantic comedy "27 Dresses." .
AFI pays tribute to Linney, Deneuve
A number of other high-profile pics, including "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," "Margot at the Wedding," "Mr. Warmth" and "Southland Tales," will receive special presentations at the fest. A total of seven pics will world preem, and 35 more will receive their North American or U.S. preems. In addition, at least 30 of the features in official selection will be represented by exhibitors at the American Film Market, unfolding concurrently from Oct. 31-Nov. 7. There are 97 features and 51 shorts in this year's festival representing 37 countries. Fest features several competitions for international fare, a Latin showcase and a dark horizons section devoted to horror and experimental work. Artistic director Rose Kuo said the event was "given tremendous support to take risks so that we could make bold selections" on experimental work and tackle hot-button political issues without "limiting ourselves to choosing films based on fulfilling preordained categories or achieving premiere 'quotas.'" Among the world preems: "Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story," featuring John Waters and John Landis; docu "1000 Journals"; and "It's Better If Gabriela Doesn't Die." "The Art of Negative Thinking," "Elvis Pelvis" and "Never Apologize" will receive their North American bows at the fest.
Jeff Thelen's Blog
Thought you'd like this one. At church a few weeks back, a couple renewed their wedding vows to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The preacher asked them where they were married. The groom replied "Saint So-and-sos. And a short time after our wedding the church burned down and the priest died." Without missing a beat my preacher said "Would you mind if we did this outside?" I had the luck of being at the Packer game last Sunday. What a game and what a day! After spotting the Seahawks 14-points, the Packers looked like an absolutely unstoppable team. And when that snow fell down, it was like being inside a snow globe, you couldn't see the people who were sitting in the stands on the other side of the stadium. But it wasn't cold! In fact, I kept my gloves off for most of the game.
dear prudence: Advice on manners and morals.
This event is just over three hours away and I have to work early the next morning. I sent an RSVP to the mother-in-law explaining that I couldn't come, and then sent a short e-mail to my cousin telling her personally that we'd regret not being able to be there but hoped she would have a wonderful time. The next day, I got a snippy e-mail from my cousin stating, "I'm really disappointed you're not coming. I guess wedding etiquette has changed a lot." She went on to say that they had hoped their families would be able to "come together" for their celebration, but so far that had not been the case. I'm wondering what, if any, wedding etiquette I truly violated here. Do guests no longer have the right to RSVP "No"? —Out of Touch With Etiquette Dear Out,
I know in some societies, the bloody sheet is waved after the wedding, and the family has a party.
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