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Red Carpet Fun Times June 18, 2008

Best.Night.Ever. Tonight me and Kathleen walked the red carpet for the London premier of Will Smith’s new movie Hancock. We showed up really early for a champagne toast, and I got a few pictures of folks setting up the red carpet. Then, unfortunately, someone took both my camera and my cell phone away from me so I couldn’t document my brush with celebrity. People here really hate cameras.

We walked the carpet before all the big stars did, but it’s impossible to describe the feeling of coming around the corner and seeing a billion people behind barricades staring at you with cameras. And then all of them promptly looking behind you to see if there’s someone important coming. Not even one flash for us. Oh well. It was still incredible. I can see how people get addicted to the whole fame thing. At one point I waved and smiled to a friend who was up ahead on stairs, causing me to do the look up, smile, and wave combo. Awesome.

When we were in the theater we waited for Will Smith to stop taking pictures with fans (which he did for like an hour, and it was shown on the screen in the theater), and come in to introduce the movie. We were really lucky and had front row seats, so we were literally 3 feet away from him, Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron. Will Smith’s teeth are really white, and Charlize Theron is stunningly gorgeous in person. It’s kind of disgusting how pretty she is. It’s almost like she’s an anamatronic version of herself. But not in a creepy way.

Anyway, the movie was really entertaining and we got free popcorn. But really, nothing comes close to walking down the carpet. Even if I will be tagged in any photos as “unknown guest”.

(Note how Peaches was lugged along)