Screening

I went to a screening of a movie called Dakota Skye tonight. My friend, Jeff, was the editor and the movie was really good! I ran into two people I know while I was there, so that was pretty cool. Also, Andrew Keegan was there and so was the actor who played Pedro in Napleon Dynamite. It was at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills and it was a really cool event.

EARTHQUAKE

I experienced my first earthquake today. I was in my agent's office and suddenly there was a loud noise and the whole building began shaking. Everyone panicked a little bit and ran to stand in the office doorways. When the shaking stopped after about 30 seconds, the building felt like it was swaying on a boat for about another 25 seconds. It was very scary and I was quite shaken up. Within 5 minutes it was on the news and the Internet that it was a 5.6 Earthquake!

When I got home to my apartment a few hours later, it looked like a scene from a bad horror movie. The books on the shelves were right to the edge and some had fallen off. All of the pictures in the apartment had fallen off the walls. My jewelry box was halfway across the room and the jewelry was strewn about the floor and a few potted plants were smashed to bits with dirt everywhere.

Fortunately, nobody seems to have been badly hurt and as far as I've heard, there was not much structural damage in the LA area.

Mt. Hollywood

Jody and Me below the Hollywood Sign
Maurice, Madison, Miles and Jody in front of the Batman Batcave.
The River goes Hollywood! Madison, our Art Director, Me aka Layla and Maurice aka Marcus at the top of Mt. Hollywood.
The Hollywood sign from the top of the hill from the backside.

Today my friend Jody, Maurice, Madison, Madison's brother, Miles and I hiked up the hill where the Hollywood sign is. It is a 5 mile hike and it is so inspiring when you get to the top. You can see all of LA, Griffith Observatory and the infamous Hollywood Sign.

We also hiked up a short path to the "Bat Cave" where the Batmobile used to speed out of in the old Batman Movies. That is also the best front view of the sign so we took a bunch of pictures.

Warner Brothers Lot Tour

Maurice and me on the same ladder that Spiderman was on when he gave Mary Jane the famous upside down kiss.
The gazebo from the Gilmore Girls and the final episode of Seinfeld where the guy got mugged and the group stood by and watched.
Outside of the only stage on the lot that is named after a show. Stage 24, the Friends stage.
Maurice, Joe and Phil in front of a "courthouse". They are just sitting in the golf cart that Joe was touring us around in.

My friend Maurice, who is a fellow cast member from "The River" flew into town today from Texas. He is staying with me for a week. My friend Joe, who works at Warner Brothers, took us on a private tour of the lot. We saw where they film scenes in that take place in NYC, where they film part of ER and the sound stage where they filmed seasons 2-10 of Friends. It was a really fun tour but Maurice said that it made him a little bit disillusioned to see where they filmed shows he sees on television all shot in one place and not in the least bit real. Many of the production offices on the lot are built to look like houses or hotels so that they can be used as exteriors while people are inside working.

After the tour we took quick naps and then went to a birthday party that my friend Todd threw. The rumor in LA before every party is always about which famous person is friends with somebody and is going to attend. Burt Reynolds was supposed to come tonight, but he never made it. The party was still a lot of fun. Todd and several roommates rent a house so each room of the house has a different activity like Rockband or Karaoke and then there is always a BBQ in the backyard.